Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo
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Overview
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 edition 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.”
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781590309353 |
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Publisher: | Shambhala |
Publication date: | 05/14/2013 |
Pages: | 1280 |
Product dimensions: | 6.60(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.90(d) |
About the Author
Translator KAZ TANAHASHI is one of the most renowned Zen calligraphers at work today, and one of the most prominent teachers of that art. He is also a Zen practitioner of many years in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (author of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind), and thus is himself in the lineage of Zen Master Dogen. He has published three previous translations of Dogen, as well as Brush Mind, a book about approaching Zen through the practice of art.
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
Notes to the Reader xvii
Editor's Introduction xxi
Texts in Relation to Dogen's Life and Translation Credits li
Wandering Period, 1227-1233
1 On the Endeavor of the Way 3
Kosho Monastery Period, 1233-1243
2 Manifestation of Great Prajna 25
3 Actualizing the Fundamental Point 29
4 One Bright Pearl 34
5 Regulations for the Auxiliary Cloud Hall at the Kannondori Kosho Gokoku Monastery 39
6 The Mind Itself Is Buddha 43
7 Cleansing 48
8 Washing the Face 58
9 Receiving the Marrow by Bowing 72
10 Wiley Sounds, Mountain Colors 85
11 Refrain from Unwholesome Action 95
12 The Time Being 104
13 Power of the Kobe 112
14 Transmitting the Robe 136
15 Mountains and Waters Sutra 154
16 Buddha Ancestors 165
17 Document of Heritage 168
18 Dharma Blossoms Turn Dharma Blossoms 180
19 Ungraspable Mind 191
20 Ungraspable Mind, Later Version 195
21 Old Mirror 205
22 Reading a Sutra 222
23 Buddha Nature 234
24 Awesome Presence of Active Buddhas 260
25 The Buddhas' Teaching 276
26 Miracles 287
27 Great Enlightenment 296
28 The Point of Zazen 303
29 Going Beyond Buddha 315
30 Thusness 324
31a Continuous Practice, Part One 332
31b Continuous Practice, Part Two 354
32 Ocean Mudra Samadhi 380
33 Confirmation 387
34 Avalokiteshvara 397
35 Arhat 404
36 Cypress Tree 409
37 Radiant Light 415
38 Body-and-Mind Study of the Way 422
39 Within a Dream Expressing the Dream 431
40 Expressions 439
41 Painting of a Rice Cake 444
42 Undivided Activity 450
43 The Moon 453
44 Flowers in the Sky 458
45 Old Buddha Mind 468
46 The Bodhisattva's Four Methods of Guidance 473
47 Twining Vines 478
Monastery Construction Period, 1243-1245
48 Three Realms Are Inseparable from Mind 487
49 Speaking of Mind, Speaking of Essence 493
50 The Buddha Way 501
51 The Reality of All Things 518
52 Intimate Language 531
53 Buddha Sutras 537
54 Insentient Beings Speak Dharma 548
55 Dharma Nature 558
56 Dharani 563
57 Face-to-Face Transmission 569
58 Rules for Zazen 579
59 Plum Blossoms 581
60 Ten Directions 591
61 Seeing the Buddha 596
62 All-inclusive Study 609
63 Eyeball 615
64 Everyday Activity 621
65 Dragon Song 627
66 Spring and Autumn 631
67 The Meaning of Bodhidharma's Coming from India 638
68 Udumbara Blossom 642
69 Arousing the Aspiration for the Unsurpassable 646
70 Arousing the Aspiration for Enlightenment 655
71 Tathagata's Entire Body 664
72 King of Samadhis 667
73 Thirty-seven Wings of Enlightenment 671
74 Turning the Dharma Wheel 692
75 Self-Realization Samadhi 695
76 Great Practice 705
Daibutsu Monastery Period, 1245-1246
77 Space 717
78 Eating Bowl 721
79 Practice Period 724
80 Seeing Others' Minds 745
81 King Wants the Saindhava 755
Eihei Monastery Period, 1246-1253
82 Instructions on Kitchen Work 763
83 Leaving the Household 766
84 Eight Awakenings of Great Beings 771
Fascicles Not Dated By Dogen
85 Karma in the Three Periods 779
86 Four Horses 792
87 Virtue of Home Leaving 797
88 Making Offerings to Buddhas 819
89 Taking Refuge in Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha 839
90 Identifying with Cause and Effect 851
91 Monk of the Fourth-Stage Meditation 858
92 Only a Buddha and a Buddha 876
93 Birth and Death 884
94 Heart of the Way 886
95 Receiving the Precepts 889
96 One Hundred Eight Gates of Realizing Dharma 896
Afterword Michael Wenger 905
Appendixes
1 Recommending Zazen to All People · Dogen 907
2 Dogen's Life and Teaching · Keizan Jokin 911
3 Dogen's Editions of the Book 923
4 Lineage of Chinese Zen Ancestors 927
5 Maps Related to the Text 935
6 Eihei-ji Presumed Original Layout 941
7 Monks' Hall 943
8 Time System 945
Glossary 947
Selected Bibliography 1151
What People are Saying About This
“A vast, beautiful translation of the master work of the Japanese genius Dogen Zenji. English-speaking practitioners will be indebted to Kaz Tanahashi and his associates for this truly magnificent teaching, an indispensable contribution to Zen letters.”—Peter Matthiessen (Muryo Roshi)
“A deeply considered and deeply relevant text. Shambhala’s publication of Kazuaki Tanahashi’s translation of the complete text of Eihei Dogen’s Shobo Genzo marks a watershed moment for Western Buddhism. With the Tanahashi version, it appears we now have an edition that will receive the sort of attention this great work deserves. Tanahashi’s effort to preserve the particular Japanese difficulty of Dogen’s poetic prose, aided by the excellent work of the poet and Zen teacher Peter Levitt, emphasizes the text’s ambiguity, multiplicity, and resonance of meaning more effectively than other versions.”—Norman Fischer, Tricycle
“Kaz Tanahashi, a renowned translator of Dogen and noted artist, has put together an outstanding team of co-translators to create a complete rendering of Dogen’s magnum opus, the Shobo Genzo. This publication, which will be in great demand by all scholars, students, and practitioners of Zen Buddhism and Eastern thought more generally, is both accurate and accessible in following the original text literally while capturing the spirit of Dogen’s poetic genius. Although there are numerous versions of the work available in English, this new edition is sure to be the one turned to and cited consistently by knowledgeable readers.”—Steven Heine, Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Asian Studies, Florida International University, author of Zen Skin, Zen Marrow and Opening a Mountain: Koans of the Zen Masters
“Reading over Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen’s Shobo Genzo, I am astonished first by the incredible range and variety of Dogen’s writings, and second by the immense task that has been done to translate this major text. With the possible exception of Hakuin’s complete writings, there is nothing in Japanese Zen to equal the immense breadth and depth of Dogen’s work, which ranges from direct instructions in simple language to the most complex and profound teachings that use words to go far beyond words. I am convinced that Zen students will find this text especially valuable to contemplate, study, and absorb over the entire course of their lifetimes.”—Stephen Addiss, author of The Art of Zen
“At long last! A discerning, poetic, and, intimate rendering of Dogen’s true expression of the dharma. Dogen’s devotees have long awaited Tanahashi’s complete translation of the Shobogenzo into a contemporary and deeply profound version. Those new to the wisdom of this great teacher as well as those who treasure him will delight in the extraordinary work by our foremost translator and interpreter of Dogen’s masterpiece.”—Pat Enkyo O’Hara, Abbot, Village Zendo, New York, New York
“For adventuresome Dharma students of any tradition . . . Dogen’s writings offer the possibility of a profound exploration into the nature of practice, words, intimacy. This complete and splendid translation, the work of translators deeply immersed in Dharma and three languages—medieval Japanese, modern Japanese, and English—is a new atlas for such adventurers.”—Inquiring Mind