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Further investigation of "the samadhi of receiving and using the self."
The opening paragraph of Shobogenzo contains the expression "the samadhi of receiving and using the self." My teacher and co-translator Gudo Nishijima has for many years explained that "the samadhi of receiving and using the self" expresses balance of the parasympathetic and sympathetic nerves. This balance is facilitated when the spine lengthens naturally, through the anti-gravity action of the postural reflexes. My understanding of this process has become much clearer due to training in the FM Alexander Technique. Nishijima Roshi himself has recently confirmed that, in his view also, "Buddhism and the Alexander Technique are based on the same principles. Relying upon the common basis we can explain both Buddhism and the Alexander Technique."
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A Valuable Addition to any Buddhist's Library,
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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 3). 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 4 are: [73] SANJUSHICHI-BON-BODAI-BUNBO - The Thirty-seven Auxiliary Bodhi Methods [74] TEMBORIN - Turning the Dharma Wheel [75] JISHO ZANMAI - Samadhi as Self Experience [76] DAI SHUGYO - Great Practice [77] KOKU - Space [78] HATSU-U - The Patra [79] ANGO - The Retreat [80] TASHINTSU - The Power to Know Others' Minds [81] O SAKU SENDABA - A King's Seeking of Saindhava [82] JI-KUIN-MON - Sentences To Be Shown in the Kitchen Hall [83] SHUKKE - Leaving Family Life [84] SANJI-NO-GO - Karma in Three Times [85] SHIME - The Four Horses [86] SHUKKE-KUDOKU - The Merit of Leaving Family Life [87] KUYO-SHOBUTSU - Serving Offerings to Buddhas [88] KIE-SANBO - Taking Refuge in the Three Treasures [89] SHINJIN-INGA - Deep Belief in Cause and Effect [90] SHIZEN-BIKU - The Bhiksu in the Fourth Dhyana [91] YUI-BUTSU-YO-BUTSU - Buddhas Alone, Together With Buddhas [92] SHOJI - Life-and-Death [93] DOSHIN - The Will to the Truth [94] JUKAI - Receiving the Precepts [95] HACHI-DAININGAKU - The Eight Truths of a Great Human Being [Appendix 1] BUTSU-KOJO-NO-JI - The Matter of the Ascendant State of Buddha [Appendix 2] IPPYAKUHACHI-HOMYOMON - One Hundred and Eight Gates of Dharma-Illumination For a good general introduction to Dogen I would recommend Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist by Hee-Jin Kim.
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A Monumental Achievement!
If you have not read Books 1 through 4 of this translation of the 95 chapter edition of Shobogenzo, do it now! If you have read them, do it again! Gudo Nishijima and Mike (Chodo) Cross's four volume translation of the 13th century Zen master Eihei Dogen's masterpiece marked the first English language translation of the entire 95 chapter version of Shobogenzo - The True Dharma-Eye Treasury (excepting the nearly useless translation by Kosen Nishiyama and John Stevens). By opting for a more "literal" rather than "interpretive" rendition, the translators have realized a monumental achievement by furnishing English readers with a reliable text that is certain to be invaluable for generations. This set is also packed with a wide selection of reference material, or "Aids to the Reader", including a translation of The Heart Sutra, Dogen's Fukanzazengi, and a generous selection of passages from the Lotus Sutra, Glossaries, a variety of tables offering data on everything from The Works of Dogen, to equivalents of Chinese/Japanese/Sanskrit/English. The extensive footnotes, while occasionally offering some overly "interpretive" (read: sectarian), provide readers with a vast amount of supplemental information with lucid explanations concerning cultural context, alternate readings, sources for material quoted in the body of the text, biographical (historical and traditional) information on personages appearing in the text, and much more. Book 1 - Table of Contents [1] BENDOWA - A Talk about Pursuing the Truth [2] MAKA-HANNYA-HARAMITSU - Maha-prajna-paramita [3] GENJO-KOAN - The Realized Universe [4] IKKA-NO-MYOJU - One Bright Pearl [5] JU-UNDO-SHIKI - Rules for the Hall of Heavy Cloud [6] SOKU-SHIN-ZE-BUTSU - Mind Here and Now Is Buddha [7] SENJO - Washing [8] RAIHAI-TOKUZUI - Prostrating to Attainment of the Marrow [9] KEISEI-SANSHIKI - The Voices of the River-Valley and the Form of the Mountains [10] SHOAKU-MAKUSA - Not Doing Wrongs [11] UJI - Existence-Time [12] KESA-KUDOKU - The Merit of the Kasaya [13] DEN-E - The Transmission of the Robe [14] SANSUIGYO - The Sutra of Mountains and Water [15] BUSSO - The Buddhist Patriarchs [16] SHISHO - The Certificate of Succession [17] HOKKE-TEN-HOKKE - The Flower of Dharma Turns the Flower of Dharma [18] SHIN-FUKATOKU - Mind Cannot Be Grasped [The former] [19] SHIN-FUKATOKU - Mind Cannot Be Grasped [The latter] [20] KOKYO - The Eternal Mirror [21] KANKIN - Reading Sutras Book 2 - Table of Contents [22] BUSSHO - The Buddha-nature [23] GYOBUTSU-YUIGI - The Dignified Behavior of Acting Buddha [24] BUKKYO - The Buddha's Teaching [25] JINZU - Mystical Power [26] DAIGO - Great Realization [27] ZAZENSHIN - A Needle for Zazen [28] BUTSU-KOJO-NO-JI - The Matter of the Ascendant State of Buddha [29] INMO - It [30] GYOJI - [Pure] Conduct and Observance [of Precepts] - Parts 1 & 2 [31] KAI-IN-ZANMAI - Samadhi, State Like the Sea [32] JUKI - Affirmation [33] KANNON - Avalokitesvara [34] ARAKAN - The Arhat [35] HAKUJUSHI - Cedar Trees [36] KOMYO - Brightness [37] SHINJIN-GAKUDO - Learning the Truth with Body and Mind [38] MUCHU-SETSUMU - Preaching a Dream in a Dream [39] DOTOKU - Expressing the Truth [40] GABYO - A Picture of Rice Cake [41] ZENKI - All Functions Book 3 - Table of Contents [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 [73] SANJUSHICHI-BON-BODAI-BUNBO - The Thirty-seven Auxiliary Bodhi Methods [74] TEMBORIN - Turning the Dharma Wheel [75] JISHO ZANMAI - Samadhi as Self Experience [76] DAI SHUGYO - Great Practice [77] KOKU - Space [78] HATSU-U - The Patra [79] ANGO - The Retreat [80] TASHINTSU - The Power to Know Others' Minds [81] O SAKU SENDABA - A King's Seeking of Saindhava [82] JI-KUIN-MON - Sentences To Be Shown in the Kitchen Hall [83] SHUKKE - Leaving Family Life [84] SANJI-NO-GO - Karma in Three Times [85] SHIME - The Four Horses [86] SHUKKE-KUDOKU - The Merit of Leaving Family Life [87] KUYO-SHOBUTSU - Serving Offerings to Buddhas [88] KIE-SANBO - Taking Refuge in the Three Treasures [89] SHINJIN-INGA - Deep Belief in Cause and Effect [90] SHIZEN-BIKU - The Bhiksu in the Fourth Dhyana [91] YUI-BUTSU-YO-BUTSU - Buddhas Alone, Together With Buddhas [92] SHOJI - Life-and-Death [93] DOSHIN - The Will to the Truth [94] JUKAI - Receiving the Precepts [95] HACHI-DAININGAKU - The Eight Truths of a Great Human Being [Appendix 1] BUTSU-KOJO-NO-JI - The Matter of the Ascendant State of Buddha [Appendix 2] IPPYAKUHACHI-HOMYOMON - One Hundred and Eight Gates of Dharma-Illumination
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Master Dogen's Shobogenzo, Book 4 is a must buy for anyone who is serious about learning Zen Buddhism.
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