A primer of Sōtō Zen : a translation of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō zuimonki
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A primer of Sōtō Zen : a translation of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō zuimonki
University of Hawaii Press, 1971
1st ed
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正法眼蔵随聞記
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Note
The present translation is based on the standard version by Menzan Zuihō as edited by Watsuji Tetsurō
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Description
Zen was popularized in the West largely through the writings of Dr. D.T. Suzuki, who followed the school of Rinzai Zen. Although it remains relatively unknown in the West, Soto Zen eventually attracted the greatest number of followers in Japan. With its gentle, more intellectual approach, Soto Zen relies on deep meditation (zazen) rather than the "sudden," direct method (using koan) of Rinzai Zen, in striving for enlightenment.
The Shobogenzo Zuimonki consists largely of brief talks, horatatory remarks, and instructional and cautionary comments by the Soto Zen Master Dogen (1200-1253). Translated, shobogenzo means "the eye of the true law." Roughly translated, zuimonki means "easy for the ears to understand," or "simplified.
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