Shunryu Suzuki Stories - Suzuki Stories Index

MEMORIES OF SUZUKI Roshi FROM WIND BELL AND DC FILES - from

Paul Reps

Letters on Suzuki Index - with more on these letters

Paul Reps was a great zany character who is best known for the great early Zen book he did with Nyogen Senzaki, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. I remember him being around the Zen Center some, especially when Richard Baker became abbot. Reps got us into fat pants which Alaya Stitchery started making. He did two large paintings on the wall of the barn at Green Gulch in the housing area, one of which can still be seen - a large YES on yellow as I remember. I hope the NO is still on the adjoining wall to the left inside the room. These are treasures to be protected. So is the following quote from Reps. Adding this to ZMBM at 40 Notes. - dc

reps

Pilgrim’s way bookstore

Carmel

thank you for the fine photo

of Shunryu suzuki

whose book is now tops on

my best seller list,

having demoted the Zen

teaching of Huang Po to

second place. I think

it's going to stay there

because he was challenged

by young minds in USA

and came through big.

He jettisoned all Buddhism

and extra baggage and came

up with something that even

now has baker puzzled.

thanks again,

reps