Description
This is a complete translation of Eihei Shingi, the major writing by the Japanese Zen master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253) on monastic practice and the role of community life in Buddhism. Dogen was the founder of the Soto branch of Japanese Zen, but his teaching was not limited by any particular school of Buddhism. His writings are generally regarded today as a great summit of Japanese Buddhist philosophy, meditation practice, psychology, and poetic insight into the nature of reality.
Eihei Shingi contains Dogen's principal guidelines and instructions for everyday life and rituals in the monastic training center he established. Included are a collection of dramatic teaching stories, or koans, on the attitude and responsibilities for practitioners in the community, the only collection of traditional koans with this practical focus.
In addition to the translation, the book includes detailed annotation, a substantial introduction, glossaries of Japanese technical terms and persons mentioned, and lineage charts, all providing relevant background in historical and religious context.
Author: Dan Leighton
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 12/14/1995
Pages: 294
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.10w x 0.72d
ISBN13: 9780791427101
ISBN10: 0791427102
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism | Zen (see also Philosophy | Zen)
Eihei Shingi contains Dogen's principal guidelines and instructions for everyday life and rituals in the monastic training center he established. Included are a collection of dramatic teaching stories, or koans, on the attitude and responsibilities for practitioners in the community, the only collection of traditional koans with this practical focus.
In addition to the translation, the book includes detailed annotation, a substantial introduction, glossaries of Japanese technical terms and persons mentioned, and lineage charts, all providing relevant background in historical and religious context.
Author: Dan Leighton
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 12/14/1995
Pages: 294
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.10w x 0.72d
ISBN13: 9780791427101
ISBN10: 0791427102
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism | Zen (see also Philosophy | Zen)
About the Author
Taigen Daniel Leighton is a priest and teaches at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in Muir Beach, California. He also teaches at the Institute of Buddhist Studies at the Graduate Theological Union. Shohaku Okumura is Chief Priest and Head Teacher at the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center.
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