Crooked Cucumber
The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki
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Contents
part one JAPAN 1904–1959
Chapter One Childhood 1904–1916
Chapter Two Master and Disciple 1916–1923
Chapter Three Higher Education 1924–1930
Chapter Four Great Root Monasteries 1930–1932
Chapter Five Temple Priest 1932–1939
Chapter Seven The Occupation 1945–1952
Chapter Eight Family and Death 1952–1956
Chapter Nine An Opening 1956–1959
part two AMERICA 1959–1971
Chapter Twelve Sangha 1961–1962
Chapter Thirteen Journeys 1963–1965
Chapter Fourteen Taking Root 1965–1966
Chapter Fifteen Tassajara 1967–1968
Chapter Sixteen The City 1968–1969
Chapter Seventeen One and Many 1969–1970
Chapter Eighteen The Driver 1971
Chapter Nineteen Final Season: Autumn 1971
Notes on the Text and Pronunciation