Shōbōgenzō

Shobogenzo (. Jap.正法 眼 蔵; German lit: " The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye" ) is the title of the main work of the Japanese Zen master Dogen, he ( year of his death ) wrote in the period from August 1231 to January 1253. The Shobogenzo is the central Scripture for the followers of the Soto Zen.

One of the school of Soto Zen in Japan beyond importance was the writing in the 20th century, after the philosopher Watsuji Tetsuro ( 1889-1960 ) published them in his 1924 treatise Shamon Dogen (沙门 道 元; German " the monk Dogen " ) had described as a product of the " original Japanese thought " and she wanted to wrest " ( the Soto Zen) from the clutches of the sect ." As a result, the carried forward in this work thinking of numerous Japanese thinkers was re-examined.

Typical stylistic means, the Chinese intellectuals of the Song period are characterized, as the writings of highly educated nobleman in Japan at the same time mingle with private and distinctive style. The quotes show the wide range of works that Dogen has read. It involves classical Chinese literature from Confucius to then-contemporary works, said Buddhist literature dominated.

Translations

  • Dogen: Shobogenzo: selected writings: different philosophy from the Zen. Translated, illustrated and edited. Ryosuke Ōhashi and Rolf Elberfeld. From man - Holzboog, Stuttgart 2006 ( careful selection translation with explanatory notes; review online, PDF, 66 kB)
  • Master Dogen: Shobogenzo. The treasury of the true Dharma eye. 4 volumes, Kristkeitz, Heidelberg glues, 2001-2008 ( annotated translation from the Japanese original text )
  • Dogen Zenji 's Shobogenzo, The Treasure of the true Dharma. Complete edition, translated by Joseph Renner et al Angkor Verlag, Frankfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-936018-58-5 ( complete edition in one volume, contains also the two volumes from the Theseus Verlag)
  • Gudo Nishijima Wafa, Chodo Cross ( ed. ): Master Dogen 's Shobogenzo. 4 volumes, Wind Bell, London 1994 to 1999
  • Nishijima, Gudo, Cross, Chodo; ( tr ) Shobogenzo, Vol 1-4, Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, Berkeley from 2007 to 2008, ISBN 978-1-886439-35-1, 978-1-886439-36-8, 978-1 -886-439-37-5, 978-1-886439-38-2 PDF
  • Dogen, Thomas Cleary ( trans. ); Shobogenzo: Zen Essays By Doge; U. of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1986; ISBN 0-8248-1014-7.
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