Dogen's Extensive Record: A Translation of the Eihei Koroku

818 Pages·2010·3.12 MB·English

by  Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura

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ihei Dōgen, the thirteenth-century Zen master who founded the Japanese o
SōtōschoolofZen,isrenownedasoneoftheworld’smostremarkablereli- ct
giousthinkers.AsShakespearedoeswithEnglish,Dōgenutterlytransforms
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thelanguageofZen,usingitinnovelandextraordinarilybeautifulwaystopoint extensive
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toeverythingimportantinthereligiouslife. e
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Dōgenisknownfortwomajorworks.Thefirstwork, n
s
themassiveShōbōgenzō(“TreasuryoftheTrueDharma d
i
Eye”), represents his early teachings and exists in many ’
vs
English translations; the second work, the Eihei
Kōroku,isacollectionofallhislaterteachings,includ- e record
ingshortformaldiscoursestothemonkstrainingathis
temple,longerinformaltalks,andkōanswithhiscom-
mentaries,aswellasshortappreciatoryversesonvarious
topics. The Shōbōgenzō has received enormous atten-
tion in Western Zen and Western Zen literature, and
withthepublicationofthiswatershedvolume,theEihei
Kōrokuisnowrisingtocommensuratestature.Dōgen’s
a t r a n s l a t i o n o f t h e
ExtensiveRecordisthefirst-evercompletetranslationof
this monumental work into English—a classic that e i h e i k o r o k u
belongs in the library of any student of Zen and any
scholarofworldreligion.
Thiseditionalsoincludesanextensiveindexandconcordanceofnames.
Taigen Dan Leighton is a Sōtō Zen priest and Dharma successor in the lineage of
ShunryuSuzukiandtheSanFranciscoZenCenter.Heistheauthorofseveralbooks,including
VisionsofAwakeningSpaceandTime:DōgenandtheLotusSutra,andisco-translatorandeditor
leighton & t r a n s l a t e d b y
ofseveralZentexts,includingCultivatingtheEmptyField.HeleadstheAncientDragonZen
GateinChicago. okumura t a i g e n d a n l e i g h t o n &
s h o h a k u o k u m u r a
Shohaku Okumura is a Sōtō Zen priest and Dharma successor of Kōshō Uchiyama
RoshiandtheformerdirectoroftheSotoZenBuddhismInternationalCenterinSanFrancisco.
He is the author of numerous books and articles related to Dōgen and his works including e d i t e d & i n t r o d u c e d b y
RealizingGenjōkōan:TheKeytoDōgen’sShōbōgenzō.HelivesinBloomington,Indiana,withhis
t a i g e n d a n l e i g h t o n
family.
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“We owe a great debt to Taigen Dan Leighton and
ShohakuOkumuraforthismonumentaltranslation.”—
InquiringMind
“Theyearsofdedicatedworkthatproducedthisbookwill
be much appreciated by all of us now and in the future
who value Dßgen’s inspired writing and talks.”—Mel
Weitsman,abbotofBerkeleyZenCenter
“LeightonandOkumura’stranslationofDßgen’sExten-
sive Record is a valuable contribution to the growing
body of Zen literature available in English. It allows
Western readers to discover a new side of Dßgen, the
side he presented to his own students on a daily basis.
It will reward careful study.”—William Bodiford in
Buddhadharma

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Contents
ForewordbyTenshinRebAnderson xiii
IntroductionbyTaigenDanLeighton 1
OverviewofDßgen’sTeachingCareer 1
TheMovetoEchizen 7
TheSignificanceofEiheiKßrokuinDßgen’sWritings 9
TheQuestionofShiftsinDßgen’sTeachings 15
Dßgen’sGreatDisciplesandtheSpread
ofSßtßZeninJapan 19
OtherDisciples 25
Dßgen’sUseofKßans 27
TheEiheiKßrokuTextandTranslationNotes 32
TheJßdß(DharmaHallDiscourses),Volumes1–7 35
TheShßsan(InformalMeetings)and
Hßgo(DharmaWords),Volume8 38
KßansandJuko(VerseComments),Volume9 40
ThePoems,Volume10 41
UsingEiheiKßrokuasaPracticeTool 43
Acknowledgments 47