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Dogen Zenji is the most famous & influential of all Japanese Zen masters. He is Japan's greatest philosopher & from his Soto school derives most of the Zen practised in the West.

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A vast, beautiful translation of the master work of the Japanese genius Dogen Zenji. English-speaking practitioners will be indebted to Kaz Tanahashi and his associates for this truly magnificent teaching, an indispensable contribution to Zen letters. --Peter Matthiessen (Muryo Roshi) <br> At long last! A discerning, poetic, and intimate rendering of Dogen's true expression of the dharma. Dogen's devotees have long awaited Tanahashi's complete translation of the Shobogenzo into a contemporary and deeply profound version. Those new to the wisdom of this great teacher as well as those who treasure him will delight in the extraordinary work by our foremost translator and interpreter of Dogen's masterpiece. --Pat Enkyo O'Hara, Abbot of Village Zendo, New York <br> Kaz Tanahashi, a renowned translator of Dogen and noted artist, has put together an outstanding team of co-translators to create a complete rendering of Dogen's magnum opus, the Shobo Genzo. This publication, which will be in great demand by all scholars, students, and practitioners of Zen Buddhism and Eastern thought more generally, is both accurate and accessible in following the original text literally while capturing the spirit of Dogen's poetic genius. Although there are numerous versions of the work available in English, this new edition is sure to be the one turned to and cited consistently by knowledgeable readers. --Steven Heine, Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Asian Studies, Florida International University, author of Zen Skin, Zen Marrow and Opening a Mountain: Koans of the Zen Masters <br> Reading over Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo, I am astonished first by the incredible range and variety of Dogen's writings, and second by the immense task that has been done to translate this major text. With the possible exception of Hakuin's complete writings, there is nothing in Japanese Zen to equal the immense breadth and depth of Do

A vast, beautiful translation of the master work of the Japanese genius dogen Zenji. English-speaking practitioners will be indebted to Kaz Tanahashi and his associates for this truly magnificent teaching, an indispensable contribution to Zen letters. --Peter Matthiessen (Muryo Roshi) <br> At long last! A discerning, poetic, and, intimate rendering of Dogen's true expression of the dharma. Dogen's devotees have long awaited Tanahashi's complete translation of the Shobogenzo into a contemporary and deeply profound version. Those new to the wisdom of this great teacher as well as those who treasure him will delight in the extraordinary work by our foremost translator and interpreter of Dogen's masterpiece. --Pat Enkyo O'Hara, Abbot, Village Zendo, New York, New York <br> Kaz Tanahashi, a renowned translator of Dogen and noted artist, has put together an outstanding team of co-translators to create a complete rendering of Dogen's magnum opus, the Shobo Genzo. This publicati

A vast, beautiful translation of the master work of the Japanese genius Dogen Zenji. English-speaking practitioners will be indebted to Kaz Tanahashi and his associates for this truly magnificent teaching, an indispensable contribution to Zen letters. --Peter Matthiessen (Muryo Roshi) <br> At long last! A discerning, poetic, and intimate rendering of Dogen's true expression of the dharma. Dogen's devotees have long awaited Tanahashi's complete translation of the Shobogenzo into a contemporary and deeply profound version. Those new to the wisdom of this great teacher as well as those who treasure him will delight in the extraordinary work by our foremost translator and interpreter of Dogen's masterpiece. --Pat Enkyo O'Hara, Abbot of Village Zendo, New York <br> Kaz Tanahashi, a renowned translator of Dogen and noted artist, has put together an outstanding team of co-translators to create a complete rendering of Dogen's magnum opus, the Shobo Genzo. This publication, which

"""A vast, beautiful translation of the master work of the Japanese genius Dogen Zenji. English-speaking practitioners will be indebted to Kaz Tanahashi and his associates for this truly magnificent teaching, an indispensable contribution to Zen letters.""--Peter Matthiessen (Muryo Roshi) ""At long last! A discerning, poetic, and intimate rendering of Dogen's true expression of the dharma. Dogen's devotees have long awaited Tanahashi's complete translation of the ""Shobogenzo"" into a contemporary and deeply profound version. Those new to the wisdom of this great teacher as well as those who treasure him will delight in the extraordinary work by our foremost translator and interpreter of Dogen's masterpiece.""--Pat Enkyo O'Hara, Abbot of Village Zendo, New York ""Kaz Tanahashi, a renowned translator of Dogen and noted artist, has put together an outstanding team of co-translators to create a complete rendering of Dogen's magnum opus, the ""Shobo Genzo."" This publication, which will be in great demand by all scholars, students, and practitioners of Zen Buddhism and Eastern thought more generally, is both accurate and accessible in following the original text literally while capturing the spirit of Dogen's poetic genius. Although there are numerous versions of the work available in English, this new edition is sure to be the one turned to and cited consistently by knowledgeable readers.""--Steven Heine, Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Asian Studies, Florida International University, author of ""Zen Skin, Zen Marrow"" and ""Opening a Mountain: Koans of the Zen Masters "" ""Reading over ""Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's""""Shobo Genzo, "" I am astonished first by the incredible range and variety of Dogen's writings, and second by the immense task that has been done to translate this major text. With the possible exception of Hakuin's complete writings, there is nothing in Japanese Zen to equal the immense breadth and depth of Do"

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Dogen (1200-1253) is known as the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen sect.

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