Master Dogen's Shobogenzo: Book 1

About this book

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. The translation adheres closely to the original Japanese with a clear style and extensive annotations. Book 1 presents translations of twenty-one chapters of Shobogenzo including Genjo-koan (The Realized Universe) Soku-shin-ze-butsu Mind Here & Now is Buddha) Uji (Existence-Time) and Sansuigyo (The Sutra of Mountains & Water). Its several reference sections include a Chinese/English appendix of references to the Lotus Sutra and an extensive Sanskrit glossary. "At last I visited Zen Master Nyojo of Dai-byaku-ho mountain and there I was able to complete the great task of a lifetime of practice. After that at the beginning of the great Sung era of Shojo I came home determined to spread the Dharma and to save living beings it was as if a heavy burden had been placed on my shoulders....I will leave this record to people who learn in practice and are easy in the truth so that they can know the right Dharma of the Buddhas lineage. This may be a true mission."