- Dogen is said to have been encouraged to study Zen by a high priest of the Tendai school to whom he applied with his question of why Buddhas aspire to and practice the way of enlightenment if the reality.
- In the spring of 1233, Dogen Zenji founded Koshoji in Fukakusa. In that year, he wrote Shobogenzo Genjo Koan, and Shobogenzo Makahannyaharamitsu, which became the first and second chapters of the seventy-five-volume version of Shobogenzo.
When we practice Zazen in the way Dogen Zenji brought from China to Japan, we have to understand the central characteristics of the teaching. In the Shobogenzo, Master Dogen pointed out at least three important aspects.
The following works are recommended by Okumura Roshi for the study of Dōgen. They are organized by three traditional study topics.[1]
Precepts (Sila) & Shingi: guidelines for our basic attitude toward life
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(Dogen’s texts)
- Kyojukaimon (教授戒文, Comments on Teaching and Conferring the Bodhisattva Precepts That Have Been Authentically Transmitted by Buddhas and Ancestors): unpublished in English
- Eihei Shingi (永平清規, Dogen’s Pure Standards for the Zen Community): translated by Taigen Daniel Leighton & Shohaku Okumura, SUNY, 1996
- Shobogenzo Bodaisatta Shishobo (正法眼蔵菩提薩埵四摂法, Bodhisattvas’ Four Embracing dharma): The Bodhisattva’s Embrace: Dispatches from Engaged Buddhism’s Front Lines (Alan Senauke, Clear View Press, 2020)
(Other Books)
- The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics (Robert Aitken, North Point Press,1984)
- The Heart of Being: Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen Buddhism (John Daido Loori, Tuttle, 1996)
- Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts (Reb Anderson, Rodmell Press, 2001)
- From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment: Refining Your Life (Dogen & Uchiyama, translated by Thomas Wright, Weatherhill,1983)
Meditation (Samadhi): 只管打坐（Shikantaza, just sitting）
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(Dogen’s texts)
- Fukanzazengi (普勧坐禅儀, The Way of Zazen Recommended Universally)
- Shobogenzo Zazengi (正法眼蔵坐禅儀, The Way of Zazen)
- Shobogenzo Zazenshin (正法眼蔵坐禅箴, Acupuncture Needle of Zazen)
- Shobogenzo Zanmai-o-zanmai (正法眼蔵三昧王三昧, King of Samadhi)
(Other Books)
- Samadhi of the Self (Jijuyu Zanmai): Menzan Zuiho (Heart of Zen, Sotoshu Shumucho,1988)
- Manuals of Zazen in Soto Zen: translated by Shohaku Okumura, unpublished
- Dogen’s Manuals of Zen Meditation: Carl Bielefeldt, University of California Press, 1988
- Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundation of Zen Buddhist Practice (Kosho Uchiyama, translated by Tom Wright, Jisho Warner, & Shohaku Okumura, Wisdom,2004)
Wisdom (Prajna)
(Dogen’s Texts)
- Shobogenzo (正法眼蔵)
- Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo Book 1-4: translated by Gudo Nishijima & Chodo Cross Windbell Publications, 1994
- Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen’s Shobo Genzo: edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi, Shambhala, 2020
- The Heart of Dogen’s Shobogenzo: translated by Norman Waddell & Masao Abe, SUNY, 2002
- Eihei Koroku (永平広録)
- Dogen’s Extensive Record: translated by Taigen Dan Leighton & Shohaku Okumura, Wisdom, 2004
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(Other Books)
- Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen’s Shobogenzo: Shohaku Okumura, Wisdom, 2010
- Dogen’s Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries: translations and commentaries by Bokusan Nishiari, Shohaku Okumura, Shunryu Suzuki, Kosho Uchiyama, Sojun Mel Weitsman, Kazuaki Tanahashi, and Dairyu Michael Wenger, Counterpoint, 2011
- Deepest Practice, Deepest Wisdom: Three Fascicles from Shobogenzo with Commentaries: Kosho Uchiyama, translated by Daitsu Tom Wright & Shohaku Okumura
- Being-Time: A Practitioner’s Guide to Dogen’s Shobogenzo Uji: Shinshu Roberts
- The Mountains and Waters Sutra: A Practitioner’s Guide to Dogen’s “Sansuikyo”: Shohaku Okumura, with contributions by Carl Bielefeldt, Gary Snyder, & Issho Fujita, Wisdom, 2018
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[1] “Sangaku, 三學 ‘The three learnings’; the three ways of learning: (1) kai 戒, (observance of) precepts; (2) jō 定, meditation; and (3) e 慧 Iseeyou mac download. , wisdom (cultivated by studying the Buddhist teaching).” from Hisao Inagaki, A Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist Terms, Stone Bridge Press, 1992 p. 264
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