| Dogen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community Contributor(s): Leighton, Dan (Translator), Okumura, Shohaku (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0791427102 ISBN-13: 9780791427101 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $32.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Buddhism - Zen (see Also Philosophy - Zen) |
| Dewey: 294.365 |
| LCCN: 95-24658 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.1" W x 9.02" (0.98 lbs) 294 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a complete translation of Eihei Shingi, the major writing by the Japanese Zen master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253) on monastic practice and the role of community life in Buddhism. Dogen was the founder of the Soto branch of Japanese Zen, but his teaching was not limited by any particular school of Buddhism. His writings are generally regarded today as a great summit of Japanese Buddhist philosophy, meditation practice, psychology, and poetic insight into the nature of reality. Eihei Shingi contains Dogen's principal guidelines and instructions for everyday life and rituals in the monastic training center he established. Included are a collection of dramatic teaching stories, or koans, on the attitude and responsibilities for practitioners in the community, the only collection of traditional koans with this practical focus. In addition to the translation, the book includes detailed annotation, a substantial introduction, glossaries of Japanese technical terms and persons mentioned, and lineage charts, all providing relevant background in historical and religious context. |