Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo

Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo

by Kazuaki Tanahashi (Editor)
Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo

Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo

by Kazuaki Tanahashi (Editor)

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Overview

The complete English translation of one of the great Zen classics and works of Japanese literature, by the founder of the Soto school—now in a single volume
 
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
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

DOGEN (1200–1253) is known as the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen sect.
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

From the Publisher

“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

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