Dogen's Extensive Record: A Translation of the Eihei Koroku
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Overview
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.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780861716708 |
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Publisher: | Wisdom Publications MA |
Publication date: | 03/16/2010 |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 824 |
Sales rank: | 1,013,086 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.50(d) |
About the Author
Shohaku Okumura is a Soto Zen priest and Dharma successor of Kosho Uchiyama Roshi. He is a graduate of Komazawa University and has practiced in Japan at Antaiji, Zuioji, and the Kyoto Soto Zen Center, and in Massachusetts at the Pioneer Valley Zendo. He is the former director of the Soto Zen Buddhism International Center in San Francisco. His previously published books of translation include Shobogenzo Zuimonki, Dogen Zen, Zen Teachings of Homeless Kodo, and Opening the Hand of Thought. Okumura is also editor of Dogen Zen and Its Relevance for Our Time and SotoZen. He is the founding teacher of the Sanshin Zen Community, based in Bloomington, Indiana, where he lives with his family.
Reb Anderson Roshi moved to San Francisco in 1967 to study Zen Buddhism with Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, who ordained him as a priest in 1970. Since then, he has continued to practice at the San Francisco Zen Center, where he served as abbot from 1986 to 1995 and is now a senior dharma teacher. Anderson Roshi lectures and leads retreats around the world, and is the author of Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains and Being Upright. He lives with his family and friends at Green Dragon Temple, Green Gulch Farm, near Muir Beach, in Northern California.
John Daido Loori was, until his death in 2009, the spiritual leader and abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery in Mt. Tremper, New York. Trained in koan Zen as well as in the subtle school of Master Dogen's Zen, he was the Dharma heir of Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi. Devoted to maintaining authentic Zen training, he developed a distinctive style, called the Eight Gates of Zen, based on the noble eightfold path. Drawing on his background as scientist, artist, naturalist, and Zen priest, Abbot Loori was an American master who spoke directly to students from the perspective of a common background. His books include Mountain Record of Zen Talks and The Heart of Being.
Steven Heine is an authority on Japanese religion and society, especially the history of Zen Buddhism and the life and works of Dogen. He has published two dozen books, including Did Dogen Go to China? and Zen Skin, Zen Marrow.
Table of Contents
Foreword Tenshin Reb Anderson xiii
Introduction Taigen Dan Leighton 1
Overview of Dōgen's Teaching Career 1
The Move to Echizen 7
The Significance of Eihei Kōroku in Dōgen's Writings 9
The Question of Shifts in Dōgen's Teachings 15
Dōgen's Great Disciples and the Spread of Sōtō Zen in Japan 19
Other Disciples 25
Dōgen's Use of Kōans 27
The Eihei Kōroku Text and Translation Notes 32
The Jōdō (Dharma Hall Discourses), Volumes 1-7 35
The Shōsan (Informal Meetings) and Hōgo (Dharma Words), Volume 8 38
Kōans and Juko (Verse Comments), Volume 9 40
The Poems, Volume 10 41
Using Eihei Kōroku as a Practice Tool 43
Acknowledgments 47
The Significance of Eihei Kōroku and Its Translation Steven Heine 51
Dōgen and Kōans John Daido Loori 61
"On Reading Eihei Kōroku" Ryōkan (1758-1831) 69
Eihei Kōroku
Volume 1 Dharma Hall Discourses 1-126 (1236-1243) 75
Volume 2 Dharma Hall Discourses 127-184 (1245-1246) 151
Volume 3 Dharma Hall Discourses 185-257 (1246-1248) 205
Volume 4 Dharma Hall Discourses 258-345 (1248-1249) 253
Volume 5 Dharma Hall Discourses 346-413 (1249-1251) 311
Volume 6 Dharma Hall Discourses 414-470 (1251) 371
Volume 7 Dharma Hall Discourses 471-531 (1251-1252) 421
Volume 8 473
Informal Meetings 1-20 473
Dharma Words 1-14 498
Fukanzazengi 532
Volume 9 Kōans with Verse Comments 1-90 537
Volume 10 Poetry 599
Verses of Praise on Portraits 1-5 599
[Dōgen's] Verses of Praise on Portraits of Himself 1-20 601
Assorted Verses 1-125 610
Indexes
Chronological Index of Dharma Hall Discourses with Dates 647
Index and Glossary of Names 653
Pinyin Names with Japanese Transliterations and Kanji 685
Index of Translators' Names of Dharma Hall Discourses 691
General Index 707
Selected Bibliography 785
About the Translators 799