Dogen's Extensive Record: A Translation of the Eihei Koroku
"Eihei Dogen is known for two major works. The first work, the massive Shobogenzo (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye), represents his earlier teachings and exists in numerous English translations; the second work, the Eihei Koroku, is a collection including almost all his later teachings, such as 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. The Shobogenzo has received...
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Dogen's Extensive Record is the first-ever complete and scholarly translation of this monumental work into English. Eihei Dogen, the thirteenth-century Zen master who founded the Japanese Soto School of Zen, is renowned as one of the world's most remarkable religious thinkers. As Shakespeare does with English, Dogen utterly transforms the language of Zen, using it in novel and extraordinarily beautiful ways to point to everything important in the religious life. He is known for two major works. The first work, the massive Shobogenzo (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye), represents his early teachings and exists in myriad English translations. The second work, the Eihei Koroku, is a collection of all his later teachings, 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. The Shobogenzo has received enormous attention in Western Zen and Western Zen literature, and with the publication of this watershed volume, the Eihei Koroku will surely rise to commensurate stature. This edition contains extensive and detailed research and annotation by scholar, translator, and Zen teacher Taigen Dan Leighton.
ForewordIntroductionOverview of Dogen's teaching career1The move to Echizen7The significance of Eihei Koroku in Dogen's writings9The question of shifts in Dogen's teachings15Dogen's great disciples and the spread of Soto Zen in Japan19Other disciples25Dogen's use of koans27The Eihei Koroku text and translation notes32The Jodo (dharma hall discourses), volumes 1-735The Shosan (informal meetings) and Hogo (dharma words), volume 838Koans and juko (verse comments), volume 940The poems, volume 1041Using Eihei Koroku as a practice tool43The significance of Eihei Koroku and its translation51Dogen and koans61"On reading Eihei Koroku"69D WIDTH="70%">Chronological index of dharma hall discourses with dates
