Shinmon Michael Newton offers a talk about David Chadwick, a Soto Zen priest, author, archivist, and one of the earliest disciples of Shunryu Suzuki (February 9, 1945 - February 23, 2026).
“I don't know anything about consciousness. I just try to teach my students how to hear the birds sing.”
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