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Written work

Shōbōgenzō (75 fascicles), no. 62: "Soshi seirai i" (The Meaning of Bodhidharma's Coming from the West)

正法眼蔵 祖師西來意

Dōgen contemplando la luna (Tsukimi no zō)
byDōgen

Preached in the mountains in 1244. It comments on Xiangyan's kōan of the man hanging from a tree by his teeth who is asked about the meaning of Bodhidharma's coming.

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Editions and translations · 2

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Authorship note

Fascicle of the 75-fascicle collection (kyūsō, "old draft"), arranged by Dōgen himself. A text he wrote in Japanese; most fascicles were preached to the community and later copied by his disciple Koun Ejō, whose colophons give date and place.

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 祖師西來意

    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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