A Primer of Sōtō Zen: A Translation of Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki (East-West Center Press) - Hardcover

Eihei Dogen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082480094X ISBN 13: 9780824800949

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, 1972

Synopsis

Zen was popularized in the West largely through the writings of Dr. D.T. Suzuki, who followed the school of Rinzai Zen. Although it remains relatively unknown in the West, Soto Zen eventually attracted the greatest number of followers in Japan. With its gentle, more intellectual approach, Soto Zen relies on deep meditation (zazen) rather than the "sudden," direct method (using koan) of Rinzai Zen, in striving for enlightenment.
The Shobogenzo Zuimonki consists largely of brief talks, horatatory remarks, and instructional and cautionary comments by the Soto Zen Master Dogen (1200-1253). Translated, shobogenzo means "the eye of the true law." Roughly translated, zuimonki means "easy for the ears to understand," or "simplified."

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Language Notes:

Text: English, Japanese (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 082480094X
• ISBN 13: 9780824800949
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128