Hee-Jin Kim is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the University of Oregon and the author of Dōgen Kigen—Mystical Realist.

"Kim … makes sense of Dōgen's puzzling grammar in lucid prose … Kim's scholarship and delivery are impeccable." — Original Mind"By offering a creative approach to reflections about Zen through philosophical musings and weaving a path that ties together diverse themes and outlooks, Kim provides a new generation of readers who are eager to learn from the 'grand master' of the field an insightful analysis of key passages from Dōgen's collected works." — Journal of Religion"Kim's sophisticated forays into Dōgen's enigmatic texts … convey the sense of closing in on the essence of this thought." — Japanese Journal of Religious Studies"…Kim spells out his thinking with such clarity that any reader interested in making a serious effort to understand Dōgen's thought will find Kim's insights indispensable." — Buddhadharma"Kim has been very successful in providing novel, innovative means of interpreting Dōgen's approach to such seminal issues as meditative thinking, nonduality, illusion, language, logical thinking, and realization. A new generation of readers will be eager to learn from the 'grand master' of the field and will benefit from his insightful analysis of key passages from Dōgen's collected works. This book will take its place among other prominent philosophical studies of Dōgen by Masao Abe, Joan Stambaugh, and Gereon Kopf." — Steven Heine, author of Dōgen and the Kōan Tradition: A Tale of Two Shōbōgenzō Texts

• PrefaceAcknowledgments 1. A Shattered Mirror, a Fallen Flower 2. Negotiating the Way 3. Weighing Emptiness 4. The Reason of Words and Letters 5. Meditation as Authentic Thinking 6. Radical Reason: Dōri Postscript Glossary of Sino-Japanese Words, Names, and Titles NotesBibliographyIndex

Hee-Jin Kim is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the University of Oregon and the author of Dōgen Kigen—Mystical Realist.

"Kim … makes sense of Dōgen's puzzling grammar in lucid prose … Kim's scholarship and delivery are impeccable." — Original Mind"By offering a creative approach to reflections about Zen through philosophical musings and weaving a path that ties together diverse themes and outlooks, Kim provides a new generation of readers who are eager to learn from the 'grand master' of the field an insightful analysis of key passages from Dōgen's collected works." — Journal of Religion"Kim's sophisticated forays into Dōgen's enigmatic texts … convey the sense of closing in on the essence of this thought." — Japanese Journal of Religious Studies"…Kim spells out his thinking with such clarity that any reader interested in making a serious effort to understand Dōgen's thought will find Kim's insights indispensable." — Buddhadharma"Kim has been very successful in providing novel, innovative means of interpreting Dōgen's approach to such seminal issues as meditative thinking, nonduality, illusion, language, logical thinking, and realization. A new generation of readers will be eager to learn from the 'grand master' of the field and will benefit from his insightful analysis of key passages from Dōgen's collected works. This book will take its place among other prominent philosophical studies of Dōgen by Masao Abe, Joan Stambaugh, and Gereon Kopf." — Steven Heine, author of Dōgen and the Kōan Tradition: A Tale of Two Shōbōgenzō Texts

• PrefaceAcknowledgments 1. A Shattered Mirror, a Fallen Flower 2. Negotiating the Way 3. Weighing Emptiness 4. The Reason of Words and Letters 5. Meditation as Authentic Thinking 6. Radical Reason: Dōri Postscript Glossary of Sino-Japanese Words, Names, and Titles NotesBibliographyIndex

Hee-Jin Kim is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the University of Oregon and the author of Dōgen Kigen—Mystical Realist.

"Kim … makes sense of Dōgen's puzzling grammar in lucid prose … Kim's scholarship and delivery are impeccable." — Original Mind"By offering a creative approach to reflections about Zen through philosophical musings and weaving a path that ties together diverse themes and outlooks, Kim provides a new generation of readers who are eager to learn from the 'grand master' of the field an insightful analysis of key passages from Dōgen's collected works." — Journal of Religion"Kim's sophisticated forays into Dōgen's enigmatic texts … convey the sense of closing in on the essence of this thought." — Japanese Journal of Religious Studies"…Kim spells out his thinking with such clarity that any reader interested in making a serious effort to understand Dōgen's thought will find Kim's insights indispensable." — Buddhadharma"Kim has been very successful in providing novel, innovative means of interpreting Dōgen's approach to such seminal issues as meditative thinking, nonduality, illusion, language, logical thinking, and realization. A new generation of readers will be eager to learn from the 'grand master' of the field and will benefit from his insightful analysis of key passages from Dōgen's collected works. This book will take its place among other prominent philosophical studies of Dōgen by Masao Abe, Joan Stambaugh, and Gereon Kopf." — Steven Heine, author of Dōgen and the Kōan Tradition: A Tale of Two Shōbōgenzō Texts

• PrefaceAcknowledgments 1. A Shattered Mirror, a Fallen Flower 2. Negotiating the Way 3. Weighing Emptiness 4. The Reason of Words and Letters 5. Meditation as Authentic Thinking 6. Radical Reason: Dōri Postscript Glossary of Sino-Japanese Words, Names, and Titles NotesBibliographyIndex