It came from beyond Zen!
Subtitle: more practical advice from Dōgen, Japan's greatest Zen master
By: Brad Warner
Contributors: Dōgen, 1200-1253
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781608685110
Subjects: Doctrines; Sōtōshū
Description: In Japan in 1253, one of the great thinkers of his time died -- and the world barely noticed. That man was the Zen monk Eihei Dogen. For centuries his main work, Shobogenzo, languished in obscurity, locked away in remote monasteries until scholars rediscovered it in the twentieth century. What took so long? In Brad Warner's view, Dogen was too ahead of his time to find an appreciative audience. To bring Dogen's work to a bigger readership, Warner began paraphrasing Shobogenzo, recasting it in simple, everyday language. The first part of this project resulted in Don't Be a Jerk, and now Warner presents this second volume, It Came from Beyond Zen! Once again, Warner uses wry humor and incisive commentary to bridge the gap between past and present, making Dogen's words clearer and more relevant than ever before.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-342).