Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo

The complete English translation of one of the great Zen classics and works of Japanese literature, by the founder of the Soto school--now in a single volume

Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shobo Genzo, in Japanese) is a monumental work, considered to be one of the profoundest expressions of Zen wisdom ever put on paper, and also the most outstanding literary and philosophical work of Japan. It is a collection of essays by Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), founder of Zen's Soto school.

Kazuaki Tanahashi and a team of translators that represent a Who's Who of American Zen have produced a translation of the great work that combines accuracy with a deep understanding of Dogen's voice and literary gifts. This edition includes a wealth of materials to aid understanding, including maps, lineage charts, a bibliography, and an exhaustive glossary of names and terms--and, as a bonus, the most renowned of all Dogen's essays, "Recommending Zazen to All People."

Author: Kazuaki Tanahashi
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 05/14/2013
Pages: 1280
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 2.10d
ISBN13: 9781590309353
ISBN10: 1590309359
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism | Sacred Writings
- Philosophy | Eastern
- Religion | Buddhism | Zen (see also Philosophy | Zen)

About the Author
DOGEN (1200-1253) is known as the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen sect.
Translator KAZ TANAHASHI is one of the most renowned Zen calligraphers at work today, and one of the most prominent teachers of that art. He is also a Zen practitioner of many years in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (author of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind), and thus is himself in the lineage of Zen Master Dogen. He has published three previous translations of Dogen, as well as Brush Mind, a book about approaching Zen through the practice of art.