Dogen's Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (836 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1582438277 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Five Stars" according to william o.. This book is hard to put down.. Great Matthew Gindin This is a wonderful book for anyone practicing in Dogen's lineage, or interesting in understanding his writings. Genjokoan is a poetic, intellectual, and spiritual masterpiece, truly a gem of world spiritual literature. This short text is on par, in my opinion, with much longer classics like the Bhagavadgita, Ashtavakragita, Cloud . "The most comprehensive, authoritative, penetrating presentation of Genjokoan" according to MrBoules. The most comprehensive, authoritative, penetrating presentation of Genjokoan you will ever find, illuminated by Zen masters across the centuries. Dogen's insights are made accessible in a thorough exploration of this work.
Eihei Dogen Zenji was born in Japan on January 19, 1200. Considered to be the founding teacher of the Soto school of Zen, he was the author of many books and tracts, and his most important work, The Shobogenzo (Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma), was collected into 95 fascicles regarding practice and enlightenment. He died in Kyoto on September 22, 1253.
He died in Kyoto on September 22, 1253.. About the AuthorEihei Dogen Zenji was born in Japan on January 19, 1200. Considered to be the founding teacher of the Soto school of Zen, he was the author of many books and tracts, and his most important work, The Shobogenzo (Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma), was collected into 95 fascicles regarding practice and enlightenment
Sojun Mel Weitsman, Kazuaki Tanahashi, and Dairyu Michael Wenger all have contributed to our presentation of this remarkable work. At times The Shobogenzo was profoundly difficult, and he worked on it over his entire life, revising and expanding, producing a book that is today thought to be one of the highest manifestations of Buddhist thought ever produced. Dogen’s Genjo Koan is the first chapter in that book, and for many followers it might be thought to contain the gist of Dogen’s workit is one of the groundwork texts of Zen Buddhism, standing easily alongside The Diamond Sutra, The Heart Sutra, and a small handful of others.Our unique edition of Dogen’s Genjo Koan (Actualization of Reality) contains three separate translations and several commentaries by a wide variety of Zen masters. There can be no doubt that understanding and integrating this text will have a profound effect on anyone’s life and practice.. One of the greatest religious practitioners and philosophers of the East, Eihei Dogen Zenji (12001253) is today thought of as the founder of the Soto school of Zen. Nishiari Bokusan, Shohaku Okamura, Shunryu Suzuki, Kosho Uchiyama. A deep thinker and writer, he was deeply involved in monastic methods and in integrating Zen realization into daily life