A Primer of Soto Zen

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Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824803575
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis A Primer of Soto Zen by : Dōgen

Download or read book A Primer of Soto Zen written by Dōgen and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1979-06-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zen was popularized in the West largely through the writings of Dr. D.T. Suzuki, who followed the school of Rinzai Zen. Although it remains relatively unknown in the West, Soto Zen eventually attracted the greatest number of followers in Japan. With its gentle, more intellectual approach, Soto Zen relies on deep meditation (zazen) rather than the "sudden," direct method (using koan) of Rinzai Zen, in striving for enlightenment. The Shobogenzo Zuimonki consists largely of brief talks, horatatory remarks, and instructional and cautionary comments by the Soto Zen Master Dogen (1200-1253). Translated, shobogenzo means "the eye of the true law." Roughly translated, zuimonki means "easy for the ears to understand," or "simplified."

Master Dogen's Shobogenzo

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781419622571
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (225 download)

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Book Synopsis Master Dogen's Shobogenzo by : Chodo Cross

Download or read book Master Dogen's Shobogenzo written by Chodo Cross and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2006-05-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This translation, supported by the Japan Foundation, makes a strong claim to be the definitive translation of the 95 chapter edition of Shobogenzo, the essential Japanese Buddhist text, written in the 13th century by Zen Master Dogen. Following Shobogenzo Books 1 and 2, the third book in this four-volume set contains chapters 42 to 72 from the 95-chapter edition, including: Tsuki (The Moon); Kuge (Flowers in Space); Mujo Seppo (All Things and Phenomena Preach Dharma); Kajo (Daily Life); and Zanmai-O-Zanmai (Samadhi, King of Samadhis). Book 3 maintains the highest standards of translation, with a clear style that rigorously follows the original words of Master Dogen. 'The first Patriarch, the Venerable Bodhidharma, after arriving from the west, passed nine years facing the wall at Shorin-ji temple on Shoshitsu-ho peak in the Sugaku mountains, sitting in Zazen in the lotus posture. From that time through to today, brains and eyes have pervaded China. The lifeblood of the first Patriarch is only the practice of sitting in the full lotus posture.'

Dogen's Extensive Record

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861719425
Total Pages : 814 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (617 download)

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Book Synopsis Dogen's Extensive Record by : Eihei Dogen

Download or read book Dogen's Extensive Record written by Eihei Dogen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eihei Dogen, the thirteenth-century Zen master who founded the Japanese Soto School of Zen, is renowned as one of the world's most remarkable religious thinkers. As Shakespeare does with English, Dogen utterly transforms the language of Zen, using it in novel and extraordinarily beautiful ways to point to everything important in the religious life. He is known for two major works. The first work, the massive Shobogenzo (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye), represents his early teachings and exists in myriad English translations; the second work, the Eihei Koroku, is a collection of all his later teachings, including short formal discourses to the monks training at his temple, longer informal talks, and koans with his commentaries, as well as short appreciatory verses on various topics. The Shobogenzo has received enormous attention in Western Zen and Western Zen literature, and with the publication of this watershed volume, the Eihei Koroku will surely rise to commensurate stature. Dogen's Extensive Record is the first-ever complete and scholarly translation of this monumental work into English and this edition is the first time it has been available in paperback. This edition contains extensive and detailed research and annotation by scholars, translators and Zen teachers Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura, as well as forewords by the eighteenth-century poet-monk Ryokan and Tenshin Reb Anderson, former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center - plus introductory essays from Dogen scholar Steven Heine, and the prominent, late American Zen master John Daido Loori.

Treasury of the True Dharma Eye

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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834828367
Total Pages : 1280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Book Synopsis Treasury of the True Dharma Eye by : Kazuaki Tanahashi

Download or read book Treasury of the True Dharma Eye written by Kazuaki Tanahashi and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 1280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shobo Genzo, in Japanese) is a monumental work, considered to be one of the profoundest expressions of Zen wisdom ever put on paper, and also the most outstanding literary and philosophical work of Japan. It is a collection of essays by Eihei Dogen (1200–1253), founder of Zen’s Soto school. Kazuaki Tanahashi and a team of translators that represent a Who’s Who of American Zen have produced a translation of the great work that combines accuracy with a deep understanding of Dogen’s voice and literary gifts. This eBook includes a wealth of materials to aid understanding, including maps, lineage charts, a bibliography, and an exhaustive glossary of names and terms—and, as a bonus, the most renowned of all Dogen’s essays, "Recommending Zazen to All People."

The True Dharma Eye

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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780834823112
Total Pages : 528 pages
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Book Synopsis The True Dharma Eye by : John Daido Loori

Download or read book The True Dharma Eye written by John Daido Loori and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of three hundred koans compiled by Eihei Dogen, the thirteenth-century founder of Soto Zen in Japan, this book presents readers with a uniquely contemporary perspective on his profound teachings and their relevance for modern Western practitioners of Zen. Following the traditional format for koan collections, John Daido Loori Roshi, an American Zen master, has added his own commentary and accompanying verse for each of Dogen’s koans. Zen students and scholars will find The True Dharma Eye to be a source of deep insight into the mind of one of the world’s greatest religious thinkers, as well as the practice of koan study itself.

Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614295972
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Book Synopsis Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki by : Eihei Dogen

Download or read book Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki written by Eihei Dogen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The clearest and most approachable teachings from Dogen, the most famous thinker and writer in Zen Buddhism. Discover the teachings of the preeminent Zen Master Dogen in his own words, written down by his Dharma successor, Koun Ejo. This edition includes both the Shobogenzo Zuimonki and translations of and commentary on Dogen’s luminously evocative waka poetry. Distinct from Dogen’s similarly titled magnum opus (simply called the Shobogenzo), the Shobogenzo Zuimonki can be read as a highly practical manual of Buddhist practice. Consisting of straightforward and accessible teachings and making more limited use of the allusion, wordplay, and metaphor that characterize the essays in the Shobogenzo, this work is an essential read for any student of Zen Buddhism. Among the many topics covered, Dogen especially emphasizes the following points: seeing impermanence, departing from the ego-centered self, being free from greed, giving up self-attachment, following the guidance of a true teacher, and the practice of zazen, specifically shikantaza, or “just sitting.” Additionally, this translation of the Shobogenzo Zuimonki has extensive notes, which help to provide you with a new way of approaching the text. The collection of waka poems included in this volume are a beautiful artistic expression of the Dharma. Rarely seen in this large of a collection or with commentary, this poetry offers unique insight into an important expression of Dogen’s teachings. By the spring wind my words are blown and scattered people may see them the song of flowers These teachings, which have informed teachers and practitioners alike throughout the centuries, will deepen your knowledge, understanding, and experience of the Soto Zen tradition.

A Study of Dogen

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Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791408377
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis A Study of Dogen by : Masao Abe

Download or read book A Study of Dogen written by Masao Abe and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This work analyzes Dōgen's formative doubt concerning the notion of original awakening as the basis for his unique approach to nonduality in the doctrines of the oneness of practice and attainment, the unity of beings and Buddha-nature, the simultaneity of time and eternity, and the identity of life and death"--Back cover.

How to Raise an Ox

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861718755
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (617 download)

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Book Synopsis How to Raise an Ox by : Eihei Dogen

Download or read book How to Raise an Ox written by Eihei Dogen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writings of Zen master Dogen are among the highest achievements not only of Japanese literature but of world literature. Dogen's writings are a near-perfect expression of truth, beautifully expressing the best of which the human race is capable. In this volume, Francis Cook presents ten selections from Dogen's masterwork, the Shobogenzo, as well as six of his own essays brilliantly illuminating the mind of this peerless master.

Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861718399
Total Pages : 370 pages
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Book Synopsis Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist by : Hee-Jin Kim

Download or read book Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist written by Hee-Jin Kim and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eihei Dogen, the founder of the Japanese branch of the Soto Zen Buddhist school, is considered one of the world's most remarkable religious philosophers. Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist is a comprehensive introduction to the genius of this brilliant thinker. This thirteenth-century figure has much to teach us all and the questions that drove him have always been at the heart of Buddhist practice. At the age of seven, in 1207, Dogen lost his mother, who at her death earnestly asked him to become a monastic to seek the truth of Buddhism. We are told that in the midst of profound grief, Dogen experienced the impermanence of all things as he watched the incense smoke ascending at his mother's funeral service. This left an indelible impression upon the young Dogen; later, he would emphasize time and again the intimate relationship between the desire for enlightenment and the awareness of impermanence. His way of life would not be a sentimental flight from, but a compassionate understanding of, the intolerable reality of existence. At age 13, Dogen received ordination at Mt. Hiei. And yet, a question arose: "As I study both the exoteric and the esoteric schools of Buddhism, they maintain that human beings are endowed with Dharma-nature by birth. If this is the case, why did the buddhas of all ages - undoubtedly in possession of enlightenment - find it necessary to seek enlightenment and engage in spiritual practice?" When it became clear that no one on Mt. Hiei could give a satisfactory answer to this spiritual problem, he sought elsewhere, eventually making the treacherous journey to China. This was the true beginning of a life of relentless questioning, practice, and teaching - an immensely inspiring contribution to the Buddhadharma. As you might imagine, a book as ambitious as Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist has to be both academically rigorous and eminently readable to succeed. Professor Hee-Jim Kim's work is indeed both.

Shobogenzo The True Dharma-Eye Treasury III

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Publisher : BDK English Tripitaka
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Shobogenzo The True Dharma-Eye Treasury III by : 道元

Download or read book Shobogenzo The True Dharma-Eye Treasury III written by 道元 and published by BDK English Tripitaka. This book was released on 2007 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shobogenzo: The True Dharma-eye Treasury (Taisho No. 2582) is the masterwork of the thirteenth-century Zen master Eihei Dogen, founder of the Soto sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism. This reprint edition presents Volume 3 of the exemplary translation by Gudo Wafu Nishijima and Chodo Cross of the complete ninety-five-chapter edition of the Shobogenzo, compiled by the Zen master Hangyo Kozen in the late seventeenth century.

Record of Things Heard

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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0877737436
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (777 download)

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Download or read book Record of Things Heard written by and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Zen classic is a collection of talks by the great Japanese Zen Master Dogen, the founder of the Soto School. They were recorded by Ejo, one of Dogen's first disciples, and later his foremost successor. The talks and stories in this volume were written in the thirteenth-century Japan, a time when Buddhism was undergoing a "dark age" of misinterpretation and corruption. It was in this atmosphere that Dogen attempted to reassert the true essence of the Buddhist teachings and to affirm "the mind of the Way" and the doctrine of selflessness. Dogen emphasizes the disciplinary aspect of Zen: meditation practice is presented here as the backbone without which Buddhism could not exist. The stories in this volume are often humorous and paradoxical, relating the Buddhist teachings by means of example. Commonly in the Zen tradition, discussions between teacher and student and the telling of tales are used to point to a greater truth, which mere theory could never explain. Dogen relates interesting stories of his travels in China, where the inspiration he found lacking in Japanese Buddhism was flourishing in the Ch'an school of Chinese Buddhism.

The Heart of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō

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Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791452417
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book The Heart of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō written by Dōgen and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2002-01-24 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two of Dogen's most esteemed translators provide key chapters from his Zen masterpiece, the Shobogenzo, in English with annotations to guide the reader.

Opening the Hand of Thought

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861713575
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (617 download)

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Book Synopsis Opening the Hand of Thought by : Kosho Uchiyama

Download or read book Opening the Hand of Thought written by Kosho Uchiyama and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-06-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers with infused and wise humor, an eminently practial presentation of meditation, and with clarity shows how Zen Buddhism can be an ever-unfolding path of inquiry.

Living by Vow

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614290105
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Book Synopsis Living by Vow by : Shohaku Okumura

Download or read book Living by Vow written by Shohaku Okumura and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sot Zen priest and Dharma successor of Kosho Uchiyama Roshi explores eight of Zen's most essential and universal liturgical texts and explains how the chants in these works support meditation and promote a life of freedom and compassion.

The Mountains and Waters Sutra

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614293120
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book The Mountains and Waters Sutra written by Shohaku Okumura and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-05-28 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable map of a classic Zen text. “Mountains and waters are the expression of old buddhas.” So begins “Sansuikyo,” or “Mountains and Waters Sutra,” a masterpiece of poetry and insight from Eihei Dogen, the thirteenth-century founder of the Soto school of Zen. Shohaku Okumura—renowned for his translations of and magisterial teachings on Dogen—guides the reader through the rich layers of metaphor and meaning in “Sansuikyo,” which is often thought to be the most beautiful essay in Dogen’s monumental Shobogenzo. His wise and friendly voice shows us the questions Dogen poses and helps us realize what the answers could be. What does it mean for mountains to walk? How are mountains an expression of Buddha’s truth, and how can we learn to hear the deep teachings of river waters? Throughout this luminous volume, we learn how we can live in harmony with nature in respect and gratitude—and awaken to our true nature.

Being-Time

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614291381
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Book Synopsis Being-Time by : Shinshu Roberts

Download or read book Being-Time written by Shinshu Roberts and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tour-de-force guide to Zen Master Dogen’s most subtle and sophisticated philosophical premises: that being and time are inseparable. “Impermanence is time itself, being itself—yet time and being are not at all as we imagine them to be. To really understand and fully embrace this point is to live in a radically different world—a world of awakening, inclusion, and love. Zen Master Dogen frames the teaching on impermanence explicitly as a teaching about time—and all of Dogen’s profoundly poetic teachings flow from his seminal understanding of time, as expressed in Uji (Being-Time), the famous—and famously difficult—essay in his masterwork, Shobogenzo. In Uji, Dogen teaches that time itself, being itself, is luminous awakening. It is all-inclusive, all-elusive, ultimately healing, and eternal. In this book, Shinshu Roberts does full justice, as does no other book I know of, to Dogen’s words. She offers interpretation of Uji only after careful consideration and marshaling of many sources—and offers simple everyday examples to illustrate points that seem at first abstruse. If this text causes you to doubt your most cherished concepts about your life, it will have done its work.” —from the Foreword by Norman Fischer Being-Time thoroughly explores Dogen’s teaching on how we practice as Buddhas by understanding the relationship between being and time as it is—and as we perceive it to be. Using Dogen’s Shobogenzo Uji (The True Dharma Eye, Being-Time), Shinshu Roberts offers a twofold analysis of this teaching: the meaning of the text and practice with the text, giving examples how we apply Dogen’s complex teaching to our daily lives.

Realizing Genjokoan

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861716019
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (617 download)

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Book Synopsis Realizing Genjokoan by : Shohaku Okumura

Download or read book Realizing Genjokoan written by Shohaku Okumura and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A clear and concise commentary on one of Dogen's most difficult pieces." Brad Warner, author of Hardcore Zen --Book Jacket.