Moon In a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), among the first to transmit Zen Buddhism from China to Japan and founder of the important Soto School, was not only a profoundly influential and provocative Zen philosopher but also one of the most stimulating figures in Japanese letters.

Kazuaki Tanahashi, collaborating with several other Zen authorities, has produced sensitive and accurate translations of Dogen's most important texts. Moon in a Dewdrop contains the key essays of the great master, as well as extensive background materials that will help Western readers to approach this significant work. There is also a selection of Dogen's poetry, most of which has not appeared in English translation before.

Dogen's thought runs counter to conventional logic, employing paradoxical language and startling imagery. It illuminates such fundamental concerns as the nature of time, existence, life, death, the self, and what is beyond self.

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Moon In a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), among the first to transmit Zen Buddhism from China to Japan and founder of the important Soto School, was not only a profoundly influential and provocative Zen philosopher but also one of the most stimulating figures in Japanese letters.

Kazuaki Tanahashi, collaborating with several other Zen authorities, has produced sensitive and accurate translations of Dogen's most important texts. Moon in a Dewdrop contains the key essays of the great master, as well as extensive background materials that will help Western readers to approach this significant work. There is also a selection of Dogen's poetry, most of which has not appeared in English translation before.

Dogen's thought runs counter to conventional logic, employing paradoxical language and startling imagery. It illuminates such fundamental concerns as the nature of time, existence, life, death, the self, and what is beyond self.

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Moon In a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen

Moon In a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen

Overview

Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), among the first to transmit Zen Buddhism from China to Japan and founder of the important Soto School, was not only a profoundly influential and provocative Zen philosopher but also one of the most stimulating figures in Japanese letters.

Kazuaki Tanahashi, collaborating with several other Zen authorities, has produced sensitive and accurate translations of Dogen's most important texts. Moon in a Dewdrop contains the key essays of the great master, as well as extensive background materials that will help Western readers to approach this significant work. There is also a selection of Dogen's poetry, most of which has not appeared in English translation before.

Dogen's thought runs counter to conventional logic, employing paradoxical language and startling imagery. It illuminates such fundamental concerns as the nature of time, existence, life, death, the self, and what is beyond self.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780865471863
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date: 10/31/1995
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 368
Product dimensions: 6.15(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.95(d)

About the Author

Eihei Dogen was a thirteenth century Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher and founder of the Soto school of Zen. A selection of his writings are collected in Moon in a Dewdrop from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Kazuaki Tanahashi's publications include Penetrating Laughter: Hakuin's Zen and Art, Enku: Sculptor of a Hundred Thousand Buddhas, and Japanese Design Motifs.

Robert Aitken (1917-2010) was Roshi of the Diamond Sangha in Honolulu and the author of Taking the Path of Zen and The Mind of Clover. His introduction to Zen came in a Japanese prison camp during World War II, after he was captured as a civilian in Guam. R. H. Blyth, author of Zen in English Literature, was imprisoned in the same camp, and in this unlikely setting Aitken began the first of several important apprenticeships. After the war Aitken returned often to Japan to study. He became friends with D. T. Suzuki, and studied with Nagakawa Soen Roshi and Yasutani Hakuun Roshi. In 1959 Robert Aitken and his wife, Anne, established a Zen organization, the Diamond Sangha. Aitken was given the title "Roshi" and authorized to teach by Yamada Koun Roshi in 1974.

Kazuaki Tanahashi's publications include Penetrating Laughter: Hakuin's Zen and Art, Enku: Sculptor of a Hundred Thousand Buddhas, and Japanese Design Motifs.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements

Abbreviations, Transliteration, Systems of Counting, and Capitalization

Introduction: The Life of Zen Master Dogen and Dogen's Teaching

PART ONE: PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS

Rules for Zazen (Zazen-gi)

Guidelines for Studying the Way (Gakudo Yojin-shu)

Bodhisattva's Four Methods of Guideance (Bodaisatta Shisho-ho)

Regulations for the Auxiliary Cloud Hall (Juundo-shiki)

Instructions for the Tenzo (Tenzo Kyokun)

PART TWO: PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS

Actualizing the Fundamental Point (Genjo Koan)

Birth and Death (Shoji)

The Time-Being (Uji)

Undivided Activity (Zenki)

Body-and-Mind Study of the Way (Shinjin Gakudo)

PART THREE: POETIC IMAGERY

Mountains and WAters Sutra (Sansui-kyo)

Spring and Autumn (Shunju)

Plum Blossoms (Baika)

Everyday Activity (Kajo)

The Moon (Tsuki)

Painting of a Rice-cake (Gabyo)

PART FOUR: TRANSMISSION OF TEACHING

On the Endeavor of the Way (Bendo-wa)

Only Buddha and Buddha (Yuibutsu Yobutsu)

Twining Vines (Katto)

Face-to-Face Transmission (Menju)

Buddha Ancestors (Busso)

Document of Heritage (Shisho)

All-Inclusive Study (Henzan)

Going beyond Buddha (Bukkojoji)

PART FIVE: POEMS

Waka Poems

Chinese-style Poems

APPENDIXES

Appendix A: "Reading the Record of Eihei Dogen" by Ryokan

Appendix B: Chinese Transliteration: Comparative Table

Appendix C: Maps

Appendix D: Lineage Charts of Chinese Zen Masters

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Glossary and Index

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