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Shōbōgenzō (12 fascicles), no. 10: "Shizen biku" (The Monk of the Fourth Dhyāna)

正法眼蔵 四禪比丘

Dōgen contemplando la luna (Tsukimi no zō)
byDōgen

Undated; copied in 1255. Starting from the monk who mistook the fourth absorption for arhatship, it criticises those who confuse meditative attainments with awakening and rejects the idea of the unity of the three teachings.

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Editions and translations · 2

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Authorship note

Fascicle of the 12-fascicle collection (shinsō, "new draft"), composed in Dōgen's last years and known from the Yōkō-ji manuscript (1446 copy, found in 1936). Many remained drafts that Ejō copied in 1255.

Editions and translations

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English

  • Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo

    Shambhala, 2010

    Translation: Kazuaki Tanahashi (ed.) y equipo

    ISBN 9781590304747

    Traducción completa; el fascículo figura en esta edición.

日本語

  • 正法眼藏 四禪比丘

    Shōmon-ji (edición en línea)

    Texto original con colofones, en la página única del templo Shōmon-ji.

Other works by Dōgen

Sources

  • 正法眼藏 (Bendōwa, 75 fascículos y 12 fascículos), texto japonés con colofones de fecha y lugar de cada fascículo. Edición en línea del templo Shōmon-ji (松門寺).

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