David Chadwick (born 1945) grew up in Texas and moved to California to began studying Zen as a student of Shunryu Suzuki in 1966. Chadwick was ordained as a Buddhist priest in 1971, shortly before Suzuki's death. He assisted in the operation of the San Francisco Zen Center for a number of years.

Chadwick has two children and has married and remarried. He has written several books and continues to "dabble in Buddhism and related matters"[1]. Among his works is Crooked Cucumber, perhaps the best-known biography of Shunryu Suzuki

References

• Chadwick, David (1994). Thank You And OK!: An American Zen Failure in Japan. Arkana. ISBN 0140194576.
• Chadwick, David (1999). Crooked Cucumber: the Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki. Broadway Books. ISBN 0-7679-0104-5.
• Chadwick, David (2001). To Shine One Corner of the World: Moments with Shunryu Suzuki. Broadway Books. ISBN 0767906519.

External link

• David Chadwick's web site