The Zen Record

Shunryu Suzuki鈴木俊隆

1904–1971Sōtō
Born
1904
Died
1971
Founded
San Francisco Zen Center (1962)Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (1967)
School
Sōtō

Sōtō priest who came to San Francisco in 1959 and founded the San Francisco Zen Center. His talks were published as Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind.

Writings and records

Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
1970Englishintroduction

Shunryu Suzuki’s talks on Zen meditation and practice, edited by Trudy Dixon.

Sources

  • San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco Zen Center Lineage, section on Shunryu Suzuki Roshi · link
  • San Francisco Zen Center, About San Francisco Zen Center · link
  • San Francisco Zen Center, Tassajara · link
  • National Diet Library, Japan, Web NDL Authorities: 鈴木俊隆, ndlna 00686660 · link
  • David Chadwick, Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki (1999)
  • James Ishmael Ford, Zen Master Who? A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen (2006)

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