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Engaging Dogen's Zen: The Philosophy of Practice as Awakening
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Overview
Zen Master Dogen, the thirteenth-century founder of Japanese Soto Zen Buddhism, is widely regarded as one of the world’s most remarkable spiritual thinkers. Dogen influence on both Japanese and Western Zen Buddhism cannot be overstated. His writings, emphasizing the nonduality of practice and enlightenment are vastly subtle, endlessly sophisticated—and renownedly challenging to read on one’s own.
This unique collection of essays opens up for the reader new pathways for connecting to and making use of Dogen's powerful teachings. Some of Soto Zen’s leading scholars and practitioners offer a masterfully guided tour of Dogen’s writings, organized around two key texts: Shushogi, which is a classical distillation of the whole of Dogen’s teachings, and Fukanzazengi, Dogen universal instructions for Zen meditation. Along the way, the reader will gain an enriched understanding of the Zen practice and realization, of shikantaza or “just sitting,” and of the essence of Mahayana Buddhism—and a much deeper appreciation of this peerless master.
Includes essays from Kosho Itagaki, Taigen Dan Leighton, Tenshin Charles Fletcher, Shudo Brian Schroeder, Glen A. Mazis, David Loy, Drew Leder, Steven DeCaroli, Steve Bein, John Maraldo, Michael Schwartz, Tetsuzen Jason M. Wirth, Leah Kalmanson, Erin Jien McCarthy, Dainen David Putney, Steven Heine, Graham Parkes, Mark Unno, Shudo Brian Schroeder, and Kanpu Bret W. Davis.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781614292548 |
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Publisher: | Wisdom Publications MA |
Publication date: | 01/17/2017 |
Pages: | 296 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d) |
About the Author
Shudo Brian Schroeder is a priest in the Soto Zen lineage of Yashiki Chijo, abbot of Yokoji (Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan), and Professor of Philosophy and director of Religious Studies at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He has published numerous books and articles on Continental philosophy, Buddhist philosophy, the history of philosophy, environmental philosophy, and philosophical theology. He is director of the Idunno Zen Buddhist Community at RIT, a founding member of CoZen, and an active member of the Rochester Zen Center. He is also co-director of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy and past co-director of the International Association for Enviromental Philosophy. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Stony Brook University and a M.Div. from the Princeton Theological Seminary. He lives in Rochester, NY.
Kanpu Bret W. Davis is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Maryland. His publications include several books and dozens of articles, written in English and in Japanese, on such topics as Heidegger, the Kyoto School, and Zen. He received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Vanderbilt University and spent thirteen years studying and teaching in Japan, during which time he studied Buddhist thought at Otani University, completed the doctoral program (with thesis in progress) in Japanese philosophy at Kyoto University, and undertook formal practice of Rinzai Zen as a member of Chishokai, a group of lay practitioners at Shokokuji (one of the main Zen training monasteries in Kyoto), whose members have included Kyoto School philosophers Nishitani Keiji and Ueda Shizuteru. Since 2005 he has served as leader of The Heart of Zen Meditation Group at Loyola University Maryland. In 2010 he received formal recognition as a teacher (sensei) and head of a Zen center (docho) from Kobayashi Gentoku Roshi, abbot of Shokokuji. He lives in Baltimore, MD.
Table of Contents
A Note on the Text xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction Tetsuzen Jason M. Wirth 1
Part I General Essays
1 Reflections on Dogen's Practice and Philosophy Kosho Itagaki 15
2 Updating Dogen: Shushogi and Today Taigen Dan Leighton 29
3 Dogen and Sakyamuni Tenshin Charles Fletcher 33
4 Practice-Realization: Dogen Zen and Original Awakening Shudo Brian Schroeder 37
5 Walking with Mountains, or What Shobogenzo and Dogen Mean to Me Glen A. Mazis 53
Part II Shushogi-Text and Commentary
Shushogi (The Meaning of Practice and Verification) 69
General Introduction 79
6 Shushogi Paragraph 1 Tetsu'un David Loy 81
7 Shushogi Paragraphs 2-4 Drew Leder 89
8 Shushogi Paragraphs 5-6 Steven DeCaroli 97
Repenting and Eliminating Bad Karma 103
9 Shushdgi Paragraphs 7-10 Steve Bein 105
Receiving Precepts and Joining the Ranks 113
10 Shushogi Paragraphs 11-14 John C. Maraldo 115
11 Shushdgi Paragraphs 15-17 Michael Schwartz 121
Making the Vow to Benefit Beings 127
12 Shushogi Paragraphs 18-20 Tetsuzen Jason M. Wirth 129
13 Shushogi Paragraph 21 Leah Kalmanson 145
14 Shushogi Paragraphs 22-23 Jien Erin McCarthy 151
15 Shushogi Paragraphs 24-25 Dainen David Putney 159
Practicing Buddhism and Repaying Blessings 163
16 Shushogi Paragraphs 26-28 Steven Heine 165
17 Shushogi Paragraph 29 Graham Parkes 171
18 Shushogi Paragraph 30 Mark Unno 179
19 Shushogi Paragraph 31 Shudo Brian Schroeder 185
Part III Fukanzazengi-Text and Commentary
Fukanzazengi: (Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen) 195
20 The Enlightening Practice of Nonthinking: Unfolding Dogen's Fukanzazengi Kanpu Bret W. Davis 199
Notes 225
Contributors 253
Index 261