David Chadwick died last night in a hospital in Bali, Indonesia, while being treated for cancer. He had been with his wife Katrinka and his son Kelly. Much more will be said of David in coming days. Please email your feelings and memories to share on David's Cuke Archives Memorial Page.
Gya te gya te.

I was going to leave it at that, but I want to say what a pleasure it has been helping David with Cuke Archives for many years. Although his passing was not totally unexpected, it happened much more quickly than we hoped. David was always working on various aspects of the archives. A couple of days ago when he was too weak to continue his chemo therapy, he sent me a number of corrections that he wanted to make sure were included in the next volume of Tassajara Stories. So, I think David would be happy if we continue "Preserving the legacy of Shunryu Suzuki and those whose path cross his." -- Peter Ford, 2/23/2026, email: pf@cuke2.com

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We are continually working on improving the quality of transcriptions of Suzuki's lectures. After a new "verbatim transcript" is made, we create a minimally edited version which is more readable. See the most recently completed transcripts at shunryusuzuki.com/n. For more on the Cuke Archives Project see cuke.com, cukenew.blogspot.com and ShunryuSuzuki.com. Contact: .