Waddell, N.

Norman Waddell

Norman Waddell born in Washington, D.C. in 1940, was attracted to Japan by the works of the legendary D. T. Suzuki and his protégée R. H. Blyth, taught at Otani University for over thirty years, and was editor of the Eastern Buddhist Journal for several decades. He has published more than a dozen books on Japanese Zen Buddhism and is considered one of the finest translators of sacred texts of our time. He is the authoritative English translator of works by and about Hakuin.

He is the translator of: The Complete Poison Blossoms from a Thicket of Thorn: The Zen Record of Zen Master Hakuin; Poison Blossoms from a Thicket of Thorn; The Religious Art of Zen Master Hakuin; and The Old Tea Seller. (Source: Counterpoint Press)

Library Items

Article

Shōbōgenzō Buddha-Nature: Part 2

This is the second part of Waddell and Abe's translation of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō Busshō ("Buddha-nature"). Part 1 appears in The Eastern Buddhist vol. 8, no. 2 (1975); Part 3 appears in vol. 9, no. 2 (1976). For the authors' complete introductory remarks, see Shōbōgenzō Buddha-Nature: Part 1.

Waddell, Norman, and Masao Abe, trans. "Shōbōgenzō Buddha-Nature: Part 2." The Eastern Buddhist 9, no. 1 (1976): 87–105.

Waddell, Norman, and Masao Abe, trans. "Shōbōgenzō Buddha-Nature: Part 2." The Eastern Buddhist 9, no. 1 (1976): 87–105.;Shōbōgenzō Buddha-Nature: Part 2;Dōgen;Shōbōgenzō;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Japanese Buddhism;Dōgen;Dōgen Kigen (道元希玄);Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師);Eihei Dōgen (永平道元);Kōso Jōyō Daishi (高祖承陽大師);Busshō Dentō Kokushi (仏性伝東国師); Norman Waddell;Masao Abe

Article

Shōbōgenzō Buddha-Nature: Part 3

This is the final part of a translation of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō Busshō ("Buddha-nature") by Norman Waddell and Masao Abe. Parts 1 and 2 appeared in The Eastern Buddhist vols, 8, no. 2 (1975) and 9, no. 1 (1976). For the translators' complete introductory remarks, see Shōbōgenzō Buddha-Nature: Part 1

Waddell, Norman, and Masao Abe, trans. "Shōbōgenzō Buddha-nature: Part 3." The Eastern Buddhist 9, no. 2 (1976): 71–87.

Waddell, Norman, and Masao Abe, trans. "Shōbōgenzō Buddha-nature: Part 3." The Eastern Buddhist 9, no. 2 (1976): 71–87.;Shōbōgenzō Buddha-Nature: Part 3;Dōgen;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Japanese Buddhism;Shōbōgenzō;Dōgen;Dōgen Kigen (道元希玄);Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師);Eihei Dōgen (永平道元);Kōso Jōyō Daishi (高祖承陽大師);Busshō Dentō Kokushi (仏性伝東国師); Masao Abe;Norman Waddell

Book

The Heart of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō

The Heart of Dogen's Shobogenzo provides exhaustively annotated translations of the difficult core essays of Shobogenzo, the masterwork of Japanese Zen master Dogen Kigen, the founder of Soto Zen. This book is centered around those essays that generations have regarded as containing the essence of Dogen's teaching. These translations, revised from those that first appeared in the 1970s, clarify and enrich the understanding of Dogen's religious thought and his basic ideas about Zen practice and doctrine. Dogen's uncommon intellectual gifts, combined with a profound religious attainment and an extraordinary ability to articulate it, make Shobogenzo unique even in the vast literature the Zen school has produced over the centuries, securing it a special place in the history of world religious literature. (Source: SUNY Press)

Waddell, Norman, and Masao Abe, trans. The Heart of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002. https://terebess.hu/zen/dogen/The-Heart-of-Dogens-Shobogenzo.pdf.

Waddell, Norman, and Masao Abe, trans. The Heart of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002. https://terebess.hu/zen/dogen/The-Heart-of-Dogens-Shobogenzo.pdf.;The Heart of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Japanese Buddhism;Zen - Chan;Dōgen;Shōbōgenzō;Dōgen;Dōgen Kigen (道元希玄);Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師);Eihei Dōgen (永平道元);Kōso Jōyō Daishi (高祖承陽大師);Busshō Dentō Kokushi (仏性伝東国師); Norman Waddell;Masao Abe;The Heart of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō

Affiliations & relations

Otani University · workplace affiliation