Books : Shobogenzo.:Zen Essays by Dogen
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by: Eihei Dogen
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 294.385
EAN: 9780824814014
ISBN: 0824814010
Label: University of Hawaii Press
Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 136
Publication Date: January 01, 1992
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Sales Rank: 401696
Studio: University of Hawaii Press
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A remarkable collection of essays, Shobogenzo, 'Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching,' was composed in the thirteenth century by the Zen master Dogen, founder of the Soto Zen school in Japan. Through its linguistic artistry and its philosophical subtlety, the Shobogenzo presents a thorough recasting of Buddhism with a creative ingenuity that has never been matched in the subsequent literature of Japanese Zen. With this translation of thirteen of the ninety-five essays, Thomas Cleary, a longtime resident of Japan and lecturer in Oriental thought and religion, attempts to convey the form as well as the content of Dogen's writing, thereby preserving the instrumental structure of the original text. Together with pertinent commentary, biography, and notes, these essays make accessible to a wider audience a Zen classic once considered the private preserve of Soto monks and Buddhologists. Readers from many fields in the sciences and humanities will find themselves richly rewarded.
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Rating:  - great book.
Your options for studying Dogen's thought are few. I believe that this collection of essays compiled by Mr. Cleary is an excellent one. This work contains a much smaller number of essays than that of the actual Shobogenzo. I think that Mr. Cleary has done a good job with his selection of essays for this book. This book offers the reader a very nice cross section from the whole of the original work. I like his translations and his introductions before each essay are helpful.
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Rating:  - Decent Translations
I agree with the previous reviewer, these translations are good-yet not as to the point as "Moon in a Dewdrop." For those of you unfamiliar with the book we are mentioning, I recommend purchasing it before this one. The reviewer prior to him mentioned Cook's translation of the Genjokoan, a text which some 20 years after Shobogenzo's completion was made the first chapter. Personally, not to play one-upmanship here, I find Taizan Maezumi Roshi's commentaries on Genjokoan as erudite as the original work ... Read More
Rating: - dharma eye new moon size
A useful "best of" selection of Dogen's enormous masterwork. Cleary is generally dependable in this venture. While not as comprehensive as "Moon in a Dewdrop", the book has the virtue of fitting very neatly into a backpack. As 'wisdom imparts wisdom to wisdom', highly recommended.
Rating: - new moon size dharma eye
For casual or beginning students, a very useful, selected 'best of', summary type of collection. Cleary appears dependable in this venture. Moon in a Dewdrop is more complete, but does not fit in the backpack nearly as well.
Rating: - Dogen leaves most other thinkers behind in the dust.
Thomas Cleary, the well-known translator of Oriental texts, has been performing a valuable service for many years by placing before the Western reader many interesting texts, some of which might otherwise never have been translated. His translations, though they may serve the uncritical reader well enough for ordinary purposes, ought wherever possible to be supplemented by alternate translations as they cannot be relied upon for scholarly ... Read More
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