{"product_id":"what-happened-at-tassajara-stories-of-the-first-zen-buddhist-monastery-in-the-west-1968-1971-paperback","title":"What Happened at Tassajara: Stories of the First Zen Buddhist Monastery in the West, 1968--1971 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Chadwick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning and best-selling author of the biography of Shunryu Suzuki, comes the concluding volume of exploration, through personal memoir, oral history, and rare photographs, of the physical and spiritual place known as Tassajara--a monastery founded by the San Francisco Zen Center in 1967.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeopled like a Sixties film of Buddhism invasion, with hippies, dreamers, lovers, and the first serious practitioners in the US. Joan Baez, David Steindl-Rast, Maud Oakes, Jack Kerouac, Peter Matthiessen and Deborah Love, Chogyam Trungpa, Alan Watts, Gary Snyder, Robert Bly, Emma Bragdon, Jacob Needleman, are all here. The book concludes with Shunryu Suzuki dying from cancer before the end of 1971, and how his passing was felt in the community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnecdotes also include an impromptu band calling themselves the Non Burnables, that included Chadwick himself on guitar, and Suzuki sitting on the band platform playing a kazoo and wearing a cowboy hat. This volume also tells the story of the writing and publication of Suzuki's international bestseller, \u003ci\u003eZen Mind, Beginner's Mind\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the continued story of what happened at the founding of the first Zen monastery in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Chadwick\u003c\/b\u003e died in early 2026, just after finishing this book in manuscript. At the age of 21, in 1966, he first rang the bell of Sokoji, a Soto Zen temple and the original home of the San Francisco Zen Center. Thus began his serious study under Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. Ordained a Zen priest in 1971, he later wrote Suzuki's biography, \u003ci\u003eCrooked Cucumber\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eThank You and OK!: An American Zen Failure in Japan\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTassajara Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, the first book in this series. Chadwick was the primary preserver of the legacy of Shunryu Suzuki and those whose paths crossed his. See cuke.com and shunryusuzuki.com for more information. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 380\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49661104783515,"sku":"9781966608455","price":29.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/4602\/1275\/files\/iknjOYca2L9781966608455.webp?v=1790506305","url":"https:\/\/www.statesideqm.com\/products\/what-happened-at-tassajara-stories-of-the-first-zen-buddhist-monastery-in-the-west-1968-1971-paperback","provider":"Stateside Quartermaster, Ltd.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}