The Heart of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō

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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)

Citation 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.


Abbreviations vii
Translators’ Introduction ix


ONE

Fukanzazengi 普勧坐禅儀

(Universal Promotion of the Principles of Zazen) 1


TWO

Bendōwa 辦道話

(Negotiating the Way) 7


THREE

Ikka Myôju 一顆明珠

(One Bright Pearl) 31 FOUR Genjôkôan 現成公案 (Manifesting Suchness) 39 FIVE Uji 有時 (Being-Time) 47