About David Chadwick

David Chadwick is the author of Crooked Cucumber, a biography of Shunryu Suzuki, and Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki. His website, cuke.com, is an archive of the world of Suzuki Roshi and those who knew him.

Suzuki-roshi at Tassajara

by David Chadwick| June 23, 2016

David Chadwich describes the early days of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center and the ways which Suzuki Roshi related to the American mind.

Alan Watts at 101

by David Chadwick| April 8, 2016

Alan Watts did as much as anyone to introduce Americans to Buddhism. David Chadwick recalls his friend, the unconventional philosopher.

Teaching of the Day: Suzuki Roshi on Peace and War

by David Chadwick| November 15, 2008

Author David Chadwick is taking good care to preserve the teachings and world of the late Suzuki Roshi.

Intoxicants: Name Your Poison

by David Chadwick| June 1, 2004

“I like to get a little out of it now and then, but I don’t like to get too out of it too much, and thus my rule is to do as little as possible of any intoxicants, including caffeine.”