The Nishijima/Cross translation of the Kana Shobogenzo (in four volumes), supported by the Japan Foundation, is a fine translation of the 95 chapter edition of Shobogenzo, the magnum opus of Eihei Dogen [1200-1253], the First Japanese Soto Zen Buddhist Ancestor. The translation adheres closely to the original Japanese, with a clear style and extensive annotations.
The various fascicles of the Kana Shobogenzo were written between 1231 and 1253 (the year of Dogen's death). Unlike earlier Zen writings originating in Japan, including Dogen's own
Shinji Shobogenzo, which were written in Chinese, the Kana Shobogenzo was written in Japanese.
Modern editions of the Kana Shobogenzo contain 95 fascicles, though earlier collections in the Soto Zen tradition varied in number (75, 60, and 28). Dogen began a process of revision late in his life that resulted in 12 of these fascicles being revised, but it is thought that he intended to cover them all. There is debate over whether these revisions represented a shift in his views. The essays in Shobogenzo were delivered as sermons in a less formal style than the Chinese-language sermons of the
Eihei Koroku. (The Eihei Koroku (translated as Dogen's Extensive Record) is Dogen's second major work. It is a collection of all his later teachings collected by his disciples, including short formal discourses to the monks training at his temple, longer informal talks, and koans with his commentaries, as well as short appreciatory verses on various topics).
There are, to my knowledge, four translations of the complete Kana Shobogenzo available. In order of publication, they are:
1) The Nishiyama/Stevens translation 'Shobogenzo, The Eye and Treasury of the True Law' in four volumes (out of print)
2) The Nishijima/Cross translation, 'Master Dogen's Shobogenzo' in four volumes (this volume plus
Master Dogen's Shobogenzo: Book 1,
Master Dogen's Shobogenzo, Book 2,
Master Dogen's Shobogenzo: Book 4).
3) The Shasta Abbey translation 'Shobogenzo: The Treasure House of the Eye of the True Teaching' (available free at the Shasta Abbey Web Site)
4) The Tanahashi translation
Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo in two volumes.
The Stanford-based Soto Zen Text Project, a project to translate Dogen and other Soto texts, has completed a number of fascicles (22 at time of writing), and many other translations of individual fascicles are available.
As with any translation of a text that is as rich as Dogens, I often feel it best to consult a number of translations. Different translators will invariably translate terms in different ways and being able to consult a number of translations can help bring out different aspects of a text.
The Shobogenzo is not an easy text and is probably best for slightly more experienced practitioners.
Fascicles contained in book 3 are:
[42] TSUKI - The Moon
[43] KUGE - Flowers in Space
[44] KOBUSSHIN - The Mind of Eternal Buddhas
[45] BODAISATTA-SHISHOBO - Four Elements of a Bodhisattva's Social Relations
[46] KATTO - The Complicated
[47] SANGAI-YUISHIN - The Triple World is Only the Mind
[48] SESSHIN-SESSHO - Expounding the Mind & Expounding the Nature
[49] BUTSUDO - The Buddhist Truth
[50] SHOHO-JISSO - All Dharmas are Real Form
[51] MITSUGO - Secret Talk
[52] BUKKYO - The Buddhist Sutras
[53] MUJO-SEPPO - The Non-Emotional Preaches the Dharma
[54] HOSSHO - The Dharma-nature
[55] DARANI - Dharani
[56] SENMEN - Washing the Face
[57] MENJU - The Face-to-Face Transmission
[58] ZAZENGI - The Standard Method of Zazen
[59] BAIKE - Plum Blossoms
[60] JUPPO - The Ten Directions
[61] KENBUTSU - Meeting Buddha
[62] HENSAN - Thorough Exploration
[63] GANZEI - Eyes
[64] KAJO - Everyday Life
[65] RYUGIN - The Moaning of Dragons
[66] SHUNJU - Spring and Autumn
[67] SOSHI-SAIRAI-NO-I - The Ancestral Master's Intention in Coming from the West
[68] UDONGE - The Udumbara Flower
[69] HOTSU-MUJOSHIN - Establishment of the Will to the Supreme
[70] HOTSU-BODAISHIN - Establishment of the Bodhi-mind
[71] NYORAI-ZENSHIN - The Whole Body of the Tathagata
[72] ZANMAI-O-ZANMAI - The Samadhi That Is King of Samadhis
Appendices
For a good general introduction to Dogen I would recommend
Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist by Hee-Jin Kim.