Dōgen
Shōbōgenzō zuimonki (Record of Things Heard)
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Shōbōgenzō zuimonki (Record of Things Heard)
正法眼蔵随聞記
The most accessible work of Dōgen's tradition: direct advice on monastic poverty, impermanence, detachment from fame, sincerity in practice, and anecdotes from his life and his journey to China. It was widely read in Japan as a moral guide.
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Authorship note
Koun Ejō's notes on Dōgen's informal talks at Kōshō-ji (1235–1238), arranged in six books after Ejō's death. It records Dōgen's words, but the wording is his disciple's.
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English
Dōgen
Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki
The Conscious LibraryDōgen's Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki
Wisdom Publications, 2022
Translation: Shohaku Okumura
ISBN 9781614295730
Dōgen
A Primer of Sōtō Zen: A Translation of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki
The Conscious LibraryA Primer of Sōtō Zen: A Translation of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki
East-West Center Press, 1971
Translation: Reihō Masunaga
ISBN 9780824800949
Other works by Dōgen
- Shōbōgenzō (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye) · 1253
- Fukanzazengi (Universal Recommendation for Zazen) · 1227
- Eihei kōroku (Dōgen's Extensive Record) · 1253
- Tenzo kyōkun (Instructions for the Cook) · 1237
- Gakudō yōjinshū (Points to Watch in Studying the Way) · 1234
- Bendōhō (Model for Engaging the Way) · 1246
- Fushukuhanpō (The Dharma for Taking Food) · 1246
- Shuryō shingi (Pure Standards for the Study Hall) · 1249
- Taitaiko gogejarihō (Dharma for Honouring Seniors) · 1244
- Chiji shingi (Pure Standards for the Temple Administrators) · 1246
- Eihei shingi (Pure Standards of Eihei) · 1667
- Hōkyōki (Record of the Baoqing Era) · 1227
- Shinji Shōbōgenzō (Mana Shōbōgenzō) · 1235
- Eihei goroku (Abbreviated Record of Eihei) · 1264
- Sanshō dōei (Songs of the Way from Sanshō Peak) · 1253
- Shari sōdenki (Record of Transmitting the Relics) · 1227
- Kyōjukaimon (Instructions on the Precepts) · 1253
- Busso shōden bosatsukai sahō (Ritual of the Bodhisattva Precepts Transmitted by the Buddhas and Ancestors) · 1253
- Gokoku shōbōgi (The True Dharma for Protecting the Nation) [lost] · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 1: "Genjōkōan" (Actualizing the Fundamental Point) · 1233
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 2: "Maka hannya haramitsu" (The Perfection of Great Wisdom) · 1233
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 3: "Busshō" (Buddha-Nature) · 1241
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 4: "Shinjin gakudō" (Studying the Way with Body and Mind) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 5: "Sokushin zebutsu" (This Very Mind Is Buddha) · 1239
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 6: "Gyōbutsu iigi" (The Awesome Presence of Active Buddhas) · 1241
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 7: "Ikka myōju" (One Bright Pearl) · 1238
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 8: "Shin fukatoku" (The Mind Cannot Be Grasped) · 1241
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 9: "Kobutsushin" (Old Buddha Mind) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 10: "Daigo" (Great Enlightenment) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 11: "Zazengi" (Principles of Zazen) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 12: "Zazenshin" (Lancet of Zazen) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 13: "Kaiin zanmai" (Ocean Seal Samadhi) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 14: "Kūge" (Flowers in the Sky) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 15: "Kōmyō" (Radiant Light) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 16: "Gyōji" (Continuous Practice) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 17: "Inmo" (Suchness) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 18: "Kannon" (Avalokiteśvara) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 19: "Kokyō" (The Ancient Mirror) · 1241
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 20: "Uji" (Being-Time) · 1240
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 21: "Juki" (Predictions) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 22: "Zenki" (Total Dynamic Working) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 23: "Tsuki" (The Moon) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 24: "Gabyō" (Painted Rice Cake) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 25: "Keisei sanshoku" (The Voice of the Valley Streams, the Form of the Mountains) · 1240
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 26: "Bukkōjōji" (Going Beyond Buddha) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 27: "Muchū setsumu" (Within a Dream Expressing the Dream) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 28: "Raihai tokuzui" (Getting the Marrow by Doing Obeisance) · 1240
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 29: "Sansuikyō" (Mountains and Waters Sutra) · 1240
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 30: "Kankin" (Reading Sutras) · 1241
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 31: "Shoaku makusa" (Refrain from Unwholesome Action) · 1240
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 32: "Den'e" (Transmitting the Robe) · 1240
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 33: "Dōtoku" (Expressing the Way) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 34: "Bukkyō" (The Buddha's Teaching) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 35: "Jinzū" (Spiritual Powers) · 1241
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 36: "Arakan" (Arhat) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 37: "Shunjū" (Spring and Autumn) · 1244
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 38: "Kattō" (Twining Vines) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 39: "Shisho" (Document of Heritage) · 1241
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 40: "Hakujushi" (The Cypress Tree) · 1242
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 41: "Sangai yuishin" (The Triple World Is Only Mind) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 42: "Sesshin sesshō" (Speaking of Mind, Speaking of Essence) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 43: "Shohō jissō" (True Form of All Things) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 44: "Butsudō" (The Buddha Way) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 45: "Mitsugo" (Intimate Language) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 46: "Mujō seppō" (The Insentient Preach the Dharma) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 47: "Bukkyō" (Buddha Sutras) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 48: "Hosshō" (Dharma Nature) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 49: "Darani" (Dhāraṇī) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 50: "Senmen" (Washing the Face) · 1239
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 51: "Menju" (Face-to-Face Transmission) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 52: "Busso" (Buddha Ancestors) · 1241
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 53: "Baika" (Plum Blossoms) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 54: "Senjō" (Cleansing) · 1239
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 55: "Jippō" (The Ten Directions) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 56: "Kenbutsu" (Seeing the Buddha) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 57: "Henzan" (Extensive Study) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 58: "Ganzei" (Eyeball) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 59: "Kajō" (Everyday Activity) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 60: "Sanjūshichihon bodai bunpō" (Thirty-Seven Factors of Enlightenment) · 1244
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 61: "Ryūgin" (The Dragon's Song) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 62: "Soshi seirai i" (The Meaning of Bodhidharma's Coming from the West) · 1244
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 63: "Hotsu mujōshin" (Arousing the Supreme Mind) · 1244
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 64: "Udonge" (Udumbara Blossom) · 1244
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 65: "Nyorai zenshin" (The Whole Body of the Tathāgata) · 1244
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 66: "Zanmai ō zanmai" (King of Samadhis Samadhi) · 1244
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 67: "Ten hōrin" (Turning the Dharma Wheel) · 1244
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 68: "Dai shugyō" (Great Practice) · 1244
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 69: "Jishō zanmai" (Samadhi of Self-Verification) · 1244
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 70: "Kokū" (Space) · 1245
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 71: "Hou" (The Bowl) · 1245
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 72: "Ango" (Practice Period) · 1245
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 73: "Tashintsū" (Reading Other Minds) · 1245
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 74: "Ōsaku sendaba" (The King Requests Saindhava) · 1245
- Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 75: "Shukke" (Home-Leaving) · 1246
- Shōbōgenzō (12 fascicles), no. 1: "Shukke kudoku" (The Merit of Home-Leaving) · 1250
- Shōbōgenzō (12 fascicles), no. 2: "Jukai" (Receiving the Precepts) · 1250
- Shōbōgenzō (12 fascicles), no. 3: "Kesa kudoku" (The Merit of the Kāṣāya) · 1240
- Shōbōgenzō (12 fascicles), no. 4: "Hotsu bodaishin" (Arousing the Mind of Awakening) · 1250
- Shōbōgenzō (12 fascicles), no. 5: "Kuyō shobutsu" (Making Offerings to Buddhas) · 1250
- Shōbōgenzō (12 fascicles), no. 6: "Kie buppōsōbō" (Taking Refuge in the Three Treasures) · 1250
- Shōbōgenzō (12 fascicles), no. 7: "Jinshin inga" (Deep Faith in Cause and Effect) · 1250
- Shōbōgenzō (12 fascicles), no. 8: "Sanjigō" (Karma of the Three Times) · 1250
- Shōbōgenzō (12 fascicles), no. 9: "Shime" (The Four Horses) · 1250
- Shōbōgenzō (12 fascicles), no. 10: "Shizen biku" (The Monk of the Fourth Dhyāna) · 1250
- Shōbōgenzō (12 fascicles), no. 11: "Ippyakuhachi hōmyōmon" (The One Hundred Eight Gates of Dharma Illumination) · 1250
- Shōbōgenzō (12 fascicles), no. 12: "Hachi dainingaku" (The Eight Awarenesses of the Great Being) · 1253
- Shōbōgenzō, "Bendōwa" (Talk on Wholehearted Practice of the Way) · 1231
- Shōbōgenzō, "Bodaisatta shishōbō" (The Bodhisattva's Four Methods of Guidance) · 1243
- Shōbōgenzō, "Hokke ten hokke" (The Dharma Blossom Turns the Dharma Blossom) · 1241
- Shōbōgenzō, "Yuibutsu yobutsu" (Only Buddha and Buddha) · 1250
- Shōbōgenzō, "Shōji" (Birth and Death) · 1250
- Shōbōgenzō, "Dōshin" (The Mind of the Way) · 1250
- Shōbōgenzō, "Jūundō shiki" (Rules for the Jūundō Hall) · 1239
- Shōbōgenzō, "Jikuin mon" (Instructions for the Kitchen) · 1246
Sources
- Masunaga, Reihō (trad.). A Primer of Sōtō Zen: A Translation of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki. Honolulu: East-West Center Press, 1971. ISBN 9780824800949.
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