Cuke Audio Podcast

Joan Amaral is the founding teacher of the Zen Center North Shore in Beverly, Massachusetts. In 2005 she was the jisha, attendant, to Mel Weitsman for a practice period at Tassajara. After getting to know her some, she'll share some memories of Mel who recently retired as the abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center, died at home just a week ago at the age of 91. Photo of Mel and Joan (if you can see it) by Shundo David Haye.

A Cuke Audio mini podcast - a vignette from Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki.

A draft piece for a work in progress - Tassajara Stories: the Early Years with Shunryu Suzuki.

A mini podcast - Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki.

Ida Ayu Narayani, or Dr. Raya, as she's called, is a physician with the Global Health Center in Sanur. This is her second time to be our guest on Life in Bali. The first was just two weeks ago.

Mel Weitsman died yesterday, January 7, 2021. He was 91. Mel was in charge of, then priest of, then abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center from 1967 to the summer of 2020. Herein I read some tributes from his Carling Bridge page and Facebook and then play a brief phone chat he and I had back in April when he was our first podcast guest. Mel was a great priest, person, and dear friend. - dc

A Cuke Audio mini podcast - a vignette from Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki

A Cuke Audio mini podcast - a vignette from Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki.

A draft piece for a work in progress - Tassajara Stories: the Early Years with Shunryu Suzuki

A Cuke Audio mini podcast - a vignette from Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki