Eihei Dogen – författare

The writings of Zen master Dogen are among the highest achievements not only of Japanese literature but of world literature. Dogen''s writings are a near-perfect expression of truth, beautifully expressing the best of which the human race is capable. In this volume, Francis Cook presents ten selections from Dogen''s masterwork, the Shobogenzo, as well as six of his own essays brilliantly illuminating the mind of this peerless master.

Eihei Dogen, the thirteenth-century Zen master who founded the Japanese Soto School of Zen, is renowned as one of the world''s most remarkable religious thinkers. As Shakespeare does with English, Dogen utterly transforms the language of Zen, using it in novel and extraordinarily beautiful ways to point to everything important in the religious life. He is known for two major works. The first work, the massive Shobogenzo (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye), represents his early teachings and exists in myriad English translations; the second work, the Eihei Koroku, is a collection of all his later teachings, including short formal discourses to the monks training at his temple, longer informal talks, and koans with his commentaries, as well as short appreciatory verses on various topics. The Shobogenzo has received enormous attention in Western Zen and Western Zen literature, and with the publication of this watershed volume, the Eihei Koroku will surely rise to commensurate stature. Dogen''s Extensive Record is the first-ever complete and scholarly translation of this monumental work into English and this edition is the first time it has been available in paperback. This edition contains extensive and detailed research and annotation by scholars, translators and Zen teachers Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura, as well as forewords by the eighteenth-century poet-monk Ryokan and Tenshin Reb Anderson, former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center - plus introductory essays from Dogen scholar Steven Heine, and the prominent, late American Zen master John Daido Loori.

One of the greatest religious practitioners and philosophers of the East, Eihei Dogen Zenji (1200–1253) is today thought of as the founder of the Soto school of Zen. A deep thinker and writer, he was deeply involved in monastic methods and in integrating Zen realization into daily life. 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 work—it 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. Nishiari Bokusan, Shohaku Okamura, Shunryu Suzuki, Kosho Uchiyama. Sojun Mel Weitsman, Kazuaki Tanahashi, and Dairyu Michael Wenger all have contributed to our presentation of this remarkable work. There can be no doubt that understanding and integrating this text will have a profound effect on anyone’s life and practice.

"Dogen's famous text on Zen practice comes alive in the hands of a modern meditation master." —Carl Biefeldt, Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University and author of Dogen's Manuals of Zen MeditationThis is the definitive English translation of a foundational work of Zen Buddhism—the Bendowa ("On the Endeavor of the Way") by Eihei Dogen, founder of the Soto school of Zen in Japan.Written in 1231, it contains the master's essential teachings on zazen, or seated meditation, which is the fundamental pathway to Buddhist enlightenment. The first part of the book introduces the notion of "wondrous dharma" and looks at the role of the individual to society and notions of time and interconnection. The second part of the work is cast in the form of a dialogue, the Q&A format offering answers to questions a Zen novice might pose regarding the paths to enlightenment:How can passively sitting being a means of attaining enlightenment?Why is sitting so key to meditation?Can seated meditation be combined with other practices? How can I maintain a practice that accords with my other responsibilities in life?What sets this edition apart are the contemporary insights by modern Zen master Kosho Uchiyama Roshi, which tackle some of the difficulties readers face in comprehending Dogen's guidance and demystify some of the terms and concepts central to an understanding of zazen practice and Buddhist philosophy. He discusses the notion of dharma as presented in the text and looks at Buddhist thought through the lens not of abstraction, but in terms of its concrete realities.

El Shōbōgenzō es la obra mayor del maestro zen japonés Eihei Dōgen (1200-1254). Está considerada una de las grandes obras de la literatura religiosa y filosófica de todos los tiempos.Escrita originalmente en japonés medieval, esta obra fue redactada a lo largo de veintitrés años. Constituye un excelente resumen de la cultura buddhista chan de China que Dōgen estudió y practicó durante su viaje de peregrinación por los monasterios chinos de la dinastía Song, presentado con la sensibilidad e idiosincrasia propia de un espíritu japonés cultivado como el suyo.La presente traducción al español es prácticamente una restauración, ya que se ha basado en un abanico de versiones en inglés y francés, y supone el fruto de muchos años de paciente trabajo de su autor, el maestro zen Dokushō Villalba.

El Shôbôgenzô es la obra mayor del maestro zen japonés Eihei Dôgen. Está considerada una de las grandes obras de la literatura religiosa y filosófica, no sólo de Japón, sino de todos los tiempos.La obra, escrita originalmente en japonés medieval, fue redactada a lo largo de veintitrés años. Constituye un excelente resumen de la cultura budista chan de China que Dôgen conoció durante su viaje de peregrinación por los monasterios chinos de la dinastía Song, presentado con la sensibilidad e idiosincrasia propia de un espíritu japonés cultivado como el suyo.La presente traducción al español es virtualmente una restauración, ya que se ha basado en al menos ocho traducciones al inglés y al francés, y supone el trabajo de un equipo de traductores dirigidos por el maestro zen Dokushô Villalba a lo largo de veinticinco años.