- Doctrines, Early works to 1800, Sōtō (Sect), Sōtōshū
A remarkable collection of essays, Shobogenzo, Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching, was composed in the thirteenth century by the Zen master Dogen, founder of the Soto Zen school in Japan.
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Contemplative, earnest, grave and character-led.
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Dōgen Zenji, Eido Shimano
- First published
- 1939
- Pages
- 318
- Publisher
- Daizō Shuppan, Windbell, Droz
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- Japanese, English, French
- ISBN
- 9781419613166
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Dōgen Zenji was a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher born in Kyōto, and the founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan after travelling to China and training under the Chinese Caodong lineage there. Dōgen is known for his extensive writing including the Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma or Shōbōgenzō, a collection of ninety-five fascicles concerning Buddhist practice and enlightenment. ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Dgen
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