Index

Notes --- Names with Links

A

• Acid Test - 53 - Alan Watts' Acid Test
• Adams, Ansel - 9
• Agpaoa, Dr. Tony - 232
• Alpert, Richard (Ram Dass) - 162, 181
• American Nazi Party - 35-36, 73
• Arthur, Gavin - 45
• Aston, Tim - 124
• Avalokiteshvara - 182-183
• Ayahuasca - 162

B

• Baez, Joan - 88
• Black Butte Summit - 198
• Baker, Ginny - 6, 12, 43, 64, 79, 126, 152, 191
• Baker, Richard - 6, 10-12, 30-31, 41-43, 46-47, 61-67, 69, 78, 80-81, 89-90, 92, 99-100, 103-104, 109-114, 123-127, 131-132, 136, 142, 145, 154-158, 162, 166-167, 171-172, 174, 177, 183-184, 186, 189, 191-192, 201, 207-208, 212- 213, 217, 236-237, 241
• Baker, Sally - 64
• Barry, Ernie (Berkeley Barb) - 174-175
• Barrett, Geoffrey - 204
• Baul singers - 102
• Beck, Adam - 10
• Beck, Anna - 6-9, 9-10, 12-15, 43, 45-47, 51, 68-69, 87-88, 92-94, 97, 111, 152-153, 163-167, 186 (Becks included)
• Beck, Robert - 6-15, 30, 43-45, 47, 51, 68-69, 87-88, 92-94, 96-97, 99-100, 111, 151, 153, 159, 163-167, 168, 170-171, 186 (Becks included)
• Bees (Italian honeybees) - 120, 124, 130
• Beginner's mind - 54
• Benz, Ernst - 184
• Berkeley Barb - 174-175
• Big Brother and the Holding Company - 36, 100
• Bishop, the (Soto Zen) - 75-76, 78-79, 81-83, 109-110, 132-133, 154
• Blue Cliff Records - 81
• Books - See page for this
• Bodhidharma - 179
• Brand, Stuart - 161-162
• Brautigan, Richard - 101
• Bread - 12-14, 45, 59, 77, 127-128, 152-153, 178, 192
• Brooks, Charles - 89, 156-158, 171, 212
• Brown, Dwite - 4, 112
• Brown, Ed - 3-8, 11, 13-16, 45, 65, 70, 91, 93, 110, 112, 144, 152-153, 160, 163, 177-179, 186, 224, 237, 239, 241
• Bucke, Richard Maurice - 16
• Buddha nature - 6, 144
• Buddha's Law Among the Birds - 182
• Buddhist Wisdom Books (Heart & Diamond Sutras) - 116, 182
• Buckley, Tim - 11, 44-45, 50, 54-55, 67, 79, 167-168, 196, 209, 239
• Bunnell, Sterling - 43-44, 101, 120, 162-163
• Burkett, Linda - 104, 120-121, 142
• Burkett, Tim - 16-18, 89, 104, 120-121, 133, 140-141, 143, 145-146
• Buzz Inn (Gilroy) - 10, 48, 104

C

• Caen, Herb - 169
• Cambridge Buddhist Association - 183-184, 189, 193-194
• Campbell, Howard - 52, 66, 155,
• Campbell, Jeanne - 52, 66, 155,
• Camus, Albert - 211
• Carlson, Chester (Xerox) - 184
• Carmel Valley - 7, 49, 89, 169
• Cat's Yawn - 187
• Caves - 98
• Chadwick, Alan - 103-104
• Chew's Ridge - 7, 49, 86, 176
• China Camp - 7, 12, 49
• Chino, Kobun (Otogawa) - 105-106, 108, 114, 118-119, 129-131, 134, 145, 170, 174-178, 180, 217, 220-222, 235, 239
• Church, Andrew - 171
• Church Creek Ranch - 98
• Church Creek Road - 99
• Church Creek Trail - 197
• Colvig, Bill - 159
• Conze, Edward - 116 182-184, 189
• Cook, Jim - 9-10, 163
• Cook, Kathy - 42, 67, 94, 143, 205-207
• Cosmic Consciousness - 16
• Coyote, Peter - xi

D

• Daft, Mike - 127-128, 239
• Dalenberg, Claude - 109-111, 187
• Derby, Marian - 18, 133, 143-144, 155
• Diamond Sutra - 116, 138, 182-183, 189-190, 223
• Discoe, Paul - 66, 68-69, 105, 107-108, 116, 149, 197, 201, 203-206, 213, 235, 237, 239, 241
• Discoe, Ruthie - 66, 116, 144, 169-170, 201, 239
• Dixon, Mike - 11, 30, 134, 143
• Dixon, Trudy - 11, 30, 65, 134, 154-155
• Dodson, Harold - 203-204
• Dogen - 81, 91, 142, 172, 178, 188
• Doss, Margot Patterson - 185-188

E

• Echo Point - 197
• Eiheiji monastery - 63, 65, 78, 105, 113, 120, 179, 192-193, 202
• Enlightenment - 32, 53-54, 78-79, 82, 127, 136, 141, 183, 222, 225
• Entering ceremony - 114-115, 210
• Esalen Institute - 88-89, 157, 171-174, 190, 213
• Esselen Indians - 96-97, 171

F

• Ferlinghetti, Lawrence - 101
• Fire safety and tools - 119-120
• First practice period (1967) - 55, 104, 112-125, 127-146, 149, 205, 239
• First sesshin - 123, 134
• Food and diet controversies - 69-70, 91, 122, 174
• Four-and-nine days (shikunichi) - 128-131, 214
• Fromm, Erich - 108
• Fujimoto, Rindo - 183, 193, 195
• Fuller Sasaki, Ruth - (see Sasaki, Ruth Fuller)

G

• Gassho (bowing) - 5, 74, 105, 113-114, 116, 142, 154, 194, 209-210, 221, 223
• Ginsberg, Allen - 30, 101
• Goddard, Jack - 125-126
• Goldberg, Natalie - i
• Gomashio (sesame salt) - 45, 69-70
• Gorda Mountain Commune - 191-192
• Gossip Oak - 91, 239
• Gottlieb, Lou - 191-192
• Green Gulch - 186
• Gruel (leftover food) - 60, 122, 127, 128

H

• Haiku Zendo - 17-18, 89, 105
• Hain oils - 76-77
• Hall, Margaret - 18
• Halpern, Bob - 71-72, 73, 74, 93, 100, 104-105, 117-118, 119, 121-122, 124, 129-131, 133-134, 145-146, 173, 176, 179, 201, 216-217, 220, 221-223
• Han (wooden sounding board) - 108, 139, 159, 168, 205
• Haramaki (belly warmer) - 73-74
• Harrison, Lou - 159
• Heart Sutra - 17, 26, 57, 80, 101, 116, 135, 138, 141, 183, 187, 209
• Hendrix, Jimie - 100
• Hiking and trails - 10-12, 19-20, 43-44, 75, 87-88, 97, 119, 129-131, 147-148, 172-173, 186-187, 197-199, 221-222
• Hoadley, Silas - 30, 31, 40-41, 43, 46-52, 55, 57, 73, 92, 105, 107, 111, 120, 124, 136, 143, 167, 208
• Holm, Niels - 213-216, 221-222, 236, 239
• Holmes, Jim and Laurie - 8, 13, 57, 59, 163
• Hooker, Alan - 13
• Horse Pasture - 10-12, 30, 42-44, 45-46, 88, 130, 221
• Hot springs and baths - xiii, 6, 8, 11, 14, 45, 47, 50-51, 55, 68, 73-74, 87, 94-98, 117, 129, 135, 160, 171, 186, 213, 216, 221
• Huang Po - 181
• Hudson, Admiral and Margaret - 99, 165

I

• I Ching - 55
• Indian legend (Tassajara) - 95-96
• Indians (Native Americans) - 87-88, 95-97, 101, 171, 215, 237

J

• Jackson, Ardis - 30
• Jefferson Airplane - 100
• Johnson, Edward C. II (Fidelity) - 192
• Joplin, Janis - 100

K

• Kagen, Paul - 175
• Kamiya, Joe - 172
• Katagiri, Dainin - 5-6, 25-27, 29, 44-45, 53, 55, 155, 172, 212, 218, 220, 236
• Kato, Kazemitsu - 109-110
• Kerouac, Jack - 43
• Kimball, Fred (psychic) - 83-86
• King snakes - 120
• Kinhin (walking meditation) - 26-27, 31, 115, 117, 135
• Kitchen construction - 51-52, 66, 107, 203-204
• Koan study - 80-82, 187, 195
• Kobun Chino (see Chino, Kobun)
• Kornfield, Jack - i
• Krishnamurti, J. - 13
• Kwong, Bill - 26-27, 133, 142, 154-155
• Kyosaku (awakening stick) - 108-109, 121-122, 188, 220-221

L

• Ladybugs - 170-171
• Lambert, Bill - 14-16, 86, 164
• Lankavatara Sutra - 179
• Lay, Nancy - 147, 212, 239
• Leary, Timothy - 162, 181
• Lee, Paul - 103, 126
• Leonard, George and Lillie - 172
• Levitsky, Charles and Melissa - 158-159
• Long, Max Freedom - 232-233

M

• McClure, Michael - 101
• McCain, David - 61
• Macrobiotics - 7, 10, 35, 44, 59, 69, 134, 174
• Maezumi, Taizan - 71, 77-78, 81, 83, 109, 113-114, 123, 131-132, 145
• Mantras - 101, 115, 135, 141, 143, 149, 167, 180, 217
• Mason, Clarke - 67, 92, 156, 239
• Mill Valley zendo - 142, 155
• Mitchell, Elsie and John - 184, 189, 192-196
• Mochi - 169, 235-236
• Mokugyo (wooden fish drum) - 8, 57, 108
• Monterey Pop Festival - 100
• Moore, Daniel - 101-102
• Morning Star commune - 191-192
• Murphy, Michael - 171-172
• Myers, Ralph - 98

N

• Narrows, the - 94, 101, 129, 131, 137, 160, 221
• Nason, Fred - 96
• Needleman, Jacob - 184
• Newell, Amelia (Gordo Mountain Commune) - 191-192
• New Year's celebrations - 230-236
• Noah (dog) - 147-148, 212, 217, 239

O

• Ohsawa, George - 7, 134
• Opening ceremony - 107-111
• Oryoki (eating bowls) - 118, 120-121, 136, 138, 175, 208-210

P

• Pain in zazen - 134-136, 137, 140, 144, 207
• Palmer, Loring - 35, 44-45, 53-55, 59, 67, 69-70, 72, 76, 102, 239
• Parker, Bill and Kathy - 8, 13, 16, 57, 97
• Peanut allergy incident - 122
• Phelps, Dryden - 148
• Pigeons - 168-169
• Poetry readings - 101
• Poison oak - 129-130, 196, 217
• Pomeroy, Gil and Karen - 36
• Porter, Mr. (strawberries) - 160-161
• Prajna Paramita - 137-138, 142
• Price, Dick - 171-174
• Pryor, Louise - 66-67, 126, 210, 239
• Psychedelics/LSD - 15-16, 24, 37, 41, 53-55, 103, 162, 174, 181, 192, 221

Q

• Quicksilver Messenger Service - 36
• Quilty, Helen - 98

R

• Raccoons - 158
• Rand, Yvonne - 43-44, 148, 162
• Rattlesnakes - 120, 130
• Raymond, Dick - 161-162
• Reincarnation - 33-34, 41
• Reps, Paul - 77, 180
• Rinzai Zen - 43, 66, 77, 79-81, 108, 110, 113, 122, 187-188, 202-203
• Robes, sewing and wearing - 66-67, 77-78, 93, 177, 205-206
• Rockwell, George Lincoln - 35-36, 73
• Rohatsu sesshin - 222-225
• Roscoe, Frederick and Nancy - 163-167
• Ross, Jean - 63, 105, 109
• Runk, Jane (Westberg) - 210-213, 235, 239

S

• Samu (work practice) - 118-120, 130
• San Francisco Zen Center - 24-34, 78, 241
• Sappok, Frank and Gela - 14, 96, 98-99
• Sasaki, Joshu - 79-80, 81, 83
• Sasaki, Ruth Fuller - vii, 43, 187-188
• Sasaki, Sokei-an - vii, 187-188
• Schedule, daily - 26, 115-116, 124, 125, 127, 128, 135, 213
• Schalk, Dorothy - 188-189
• Schneider, Peter - 61-64, 65, 89, 93, 126, 143, 167, 212, 220, 227, 239, 241
• Scorpions - 58, 138
• Selver, Charlotte - 89, 156-158, 171, 212
• Senzaki, Nyogen - vii, 77, 85
• Sesshin - 31, 52, 62, 67, 75, 81, 113, 114, 123, 133-145, 154, 179, 188, 195, 222-225
• Shakkei (borrowed scenery) - xiv
• Shaving heads - 44, 129, 174, 219
• Shikunichi (four-and-nine days) - 128-129, 131, 214
• Shosan ceremony - 142-145, 222-225
• Shurtleff, Bill - 88-89, 241
• Shuso ceremony (head monk) - 154-155
• Smith, Huston - 184
• Snyder, Gary - vii, 43, 45, 162, 187
• Sokoji (temple) - 4-6, 8, 17, 23-29, 31-35, 42, 44, 46, 52, 55, 62, 75, 77, 89, 100-102, 104, 109-111, 124-125, 128, 155, 159, 183, 193, 202, 207-208, 211-212, 217, 220, 226-227
• Soto Zen - 38, 75, 77, 81, 108-109, 122, 132, 183, 188, 193
• Steam rooms - 51, 87, 97, 135
• Stiegelmeyer, Norman - 11, 133, 136-137, 155
• Stone work - 73, 118-119, 133, 202-205
• Stunkard, Mickey - 114-115, 123
• Suzuki, Mitsu (Okusan) - 42, 90, 110, 227
• Suzuki, Shunryu (throughout text - major references) - 5-6, 10-12, 17-18, 25-28, 31-34, 42, 46, 54-55, 62-64, 70, 74, 80, 89-90, 94, 102, 104, 109-112, 114-115, 117, 119, 126-127, 133, 137-138, 140-145, 168, 174, 185, 188-190, 192, 194-196, 201-203, 205, 206-207, 208-210, 216, 218-219, 222-227, 239

T

• Taiko drum - 108, 109
• Takata, Ejo - 108-109, 121-122
• Tangaryo - 112-115, 127, 208
• Tassajara:
• Early history - 95-99
• Etymology - 97
• First purchase - 45-47
• First visits - 6-12
• Legend - 95-96
• Physical description - 7-8, 48-50
• Road conditions - 7, 49-50, 196-199
• Tea ceremony - 117-118, 202
• Texas memories - 228-236
• Thompson, Bill - 100
• Three Pillars of Zen - 126
• Tipton, Steven M. - i
• Tjeerdsma, Jack - 207-210
• Tony Trail - 44, 87, 119, 147-148
• Truesdell, Alden and Nell - 231
• Tuttle, Fred and Linda - 48-49, 196-199

U

• Udon noodles - 176

V

• Vegetarian diet - 10, 60, 69, 91, 174, 220
• Vietnam War - 21-23
• Village Voice - 63, 125-126

W

• Wake-up bell - 50, 58, 115
• Watkins, Bob and Sandy - 60-61, 66-67, 73, 123, 167, 217-219
• Watts, Alan - vii, 26, 30, 45, 89, 110, 156-157, 162, 171, 181, 188
• Watts, Jano - 45
• Welch, Dan - 66-67, 113, 124, 126, 134, 218, 221, 223, 239
• Westberg, Jane (see Runk, Jane)
• Whole Earth Catalog - 161-162
• Williams, Marie - 87
• Wilson, Phillip - 65-66, 90, 105, 109, 118-119, 133, 137, 150, 188, 201-203, 205, 208, 210
• Wind Bell publication - 64-65, 78, 81, 154, 231, 241
• Winter, Alan  - 3-11, 15-16, 42-43, 163, 241
• Wolf, Liz - 126-127, 223, 239, 241

X-Y-Z

• Yamada, Mumon - 108
• Yasutani, Hakuun - 114, 195
• Zabuton (sitting mat) - 32, 57, 107, 135, 203
• Zafu (sitting cushion) - 5, 11, 27, 31-33, 57, 79, 89, 106, 115-116, 125, 128, 135, 139, 142, 144, 154, 179, 203, 209-210
• Zazen (sitting meditation):
• Instruction - 5, 17-18, 27, 31, 41, 141, 144, 209, 211-212
• Pain and difficulty - 34, 89, 127, 134-136, 140, 177-179, 207
• Posture - 18, 157-158
• Practice - 26-27, 31, 37, 43, 57, 142, 172, 202-203, 225
• Zen Center board - 29-30, 45-47, 92, 172
• Zen Flesh, Zen Bones - 4, 77, 180
• Zendo (meditation hall) - 8, 18, 68, 107-108, 205, 222, 226
• Zenshinji (temple name) - 107-108