The Heart of Dogen's Shobogenzo

Masao Abe, Norman Waddell

Description

The Heart of Dogen's Shobogenzo provides exhaustively annotated translations of the difficult core essays of Shobogenzo, the masterwork of Japanese Zen master Dogen Kigen, the founder of Soto Zen. This book is centered around those essays that generations have regarded as containing the essence of Dogen's teaching. These translations, revised from those that first appeared in the 1970s, clarify and enrich the understanding of Dogen's religious thought and his basic ideas about Zen practice and doctrine. Dogen's uncommon intellectual gifts, combined with a profound religious attainment and an extraordinary ability to articulate it, make Shoµboµgenzoµ unique even in the vast literature the Zen school has produced over the centuries, securing it a special place in the history of world religious literature.

Abbreviations

Translator's Introduction

1. Fukanzazengi
(Universal Promotion of the Principles of Zazen)

2. Bendowa
(Negotiating the Way)

3. Ikka Myoju
(One Bright Pearl)

4. Genjokoan
(Manifesting Suchness)

5. Uji
(Being-Time)

6. Bussho
(Buddha-Nature)

7. Sammai-O-Zammai
(The King of Samadhis Samadhi)

8. Shoji
(Birth and Death)

9. Zazengi
(The Principles of Zazen)

Bibliography

Index

Sujets

• East Asian religions
• Buddhism

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 29 mars 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9780791489338
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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The Heart of Dôgen’s Shôbôgenzô

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The Heart of Do¯ gen’s

Shôbôgenzô

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translated and annotated by

Norman Waddell and Masao Abe

S t at e U n i v e r s i t y o f N e w Yo r k P r e s s

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Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Dogen, 1200–1253 [Shôbôgenzô. English] Theheart of Dogen’s Shôbôgenzô / translated and annotated by Norman Waddell and Masao Abe. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–7914–5241–7 (hc. : alk. paper) — ISBN 0–7914–5242–8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Sôtôshû—Doctrines—Early works to 1800. I. Waddell, Norman, 1940– . II. Abe, Masao, 1915– . III. Title. BQ9499.D654 S5613 2002 294.3'85—dc21 2001044661

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CONTENTS

Abbreviations vii Translators’ Introduction

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ONE Fukanzazengi ීק࠱ષّ (Universal Promotion of the Principles of Zazen)

TWO Bendôwa ፬ಓ࿩ (Negotiating the Way)

THREE Ikka Myôju Ұᰒ໌च (One Bright Pearl) 31

FOUR Genjôkôan ݱ੒ެҊ (Manifesting Suchness)

FIVE Uji ༗࣌ (Being-Time)

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THE HEART OF DÔGEN’SSHÔBÔGENZÔ

SIX Busshô ෹ੑ (Buddha-nature)

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SEVEN Sammai-Ô-Zammai ࡾດԦࡾດ (The King of Samadhis Samadhi)

EIGHT Shôji ੜࢮ (Birth and Death)

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NINE Zazengi ࠱ષّ (The Principles of Zazen)

Bibliography 111 Index 113

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CTL: LTHY: Ôkubo: SBGZ: T: ZZ:

ABBREVIATIONS

Ching-te ch’uan-teng lu ܠಙ఻౮࿥ .T51. 2076 Lien-teng hui-yao ࿆ ౮ձཁ . ZZ2b.9.3-5 Dôgen Zenji zenshû ಓݩષࢣશू Tokyo, 1969, 2 vols., Shôbôgenzô ਖ਼๏؟ଂ :Ôkubo, vol. 1. Taishô shinshû daizôkyô େਖ਼৽मେଂܦ . Tokyo, 1914–1922. Dai-Nihon zoku-zôkyô େ೔ຊଓଂܦ , Kyoto, 1905–1912.

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TRANSLATORS’ INTRODUCTION

This book offers annotated translations of eight key fascicles fromShôbôgenzô, the major work of Dôgen Kigen, 1200–1253, founder of Japanese Sôtô Zen. Among the fascicles translated are four—Bendôwa,Genjôkôan,Busshô,and Uji—that the Sôtô school has regarded as representing the heart of the entire collection. We have also included a translation ofFukanzazengi, a brief but important text on the principles of zazen (seated Zen meditation). Aside from a few autobiographical references found in Dôgen’s own writings, the particulars of his life are known largely through the early biograph- 1 ical records compiled many years after his death by priests in his Sôtô lineage. According to these traditional accounts, Dôgen was of noble birth, his father an important figure at the imperial court, and his mother a daughter of the powerful Fujiwara clan. He began his monastic study at age thirteen at Yokawa, the center of Tendai esotericism on Mount Hiei near Kyoto. He later spent time at the nearby Onjô-ji (Miidera), a rival Tendai monastery situated in the foothills of Mount Hiei. He then moved to the Kennin-ji, a Tendai temple in Kyoto where in preceding decades the Tendai priest Myôan Eisai (1141–1215) had been intro- ducing the teachings and practice methods of Chinese Zen, which he had acquired from teachers of the then dominant Lin-chi (in Japanese, Rinzai) lineage during two trips to China.

1. Although probably fairly reliable in their broader outlines, there is a natural tendency toward hagiography in these records. Only recently have scholars begun to reexamine the traditional accounts of Dôgen’s life, and details heretofore accepted as fact are now being called into question. Eventually this reassessment should result in a clearer overall picture of his career, especially in such areas as his early monastic life and the circumstances surrounding the teaching he engaged in immediately after his return from China. As our main concern in the present book is to present the religious thought ofShôbôgenzô, we have made no attempt to address these or other current trends in Dôgen studies. The most recent works in Japanese that deal comprehensively with Dôgen’s life are by Nakaseko Shôdô,Dôgen Zenji den kenkyû(Tokyo, 1979) andDôgen Zenji den kenkyû, zoku (Tokyo, 1997).

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