Did Dōgen Go to China?: What He Wrote and When He Wrote ItDōgen (1200-1253), the founder of the Sōtō Zen sect in Japan, is especially known for introducing to Japanese Buddhism many of the texts and practices that he discovered in China. Heine reconstructs the context of Dōgen's travels to and reflections on China by means of a critical look at traditional sources both by and about Dōgen in light of recent Japanese scholarship. While many studies emphasize the unique features of Dōgen's Japanese influences, this book calls attention to the way Chinese and Japanese elements were fused in Dōgen's religious vision. It reveals many new materials and insights into Dogen's main writings, including the multiple editions of the Shōbōgenzō, and how and when this seminal text was created by Dōgen and was edited and interpreted by his disciples. This book is the culmination of the author's thirty years of research on Dōgen and provides the reader with a comprehensive approach to the master's life works and an understanding of the overall career trajectory of one of the most important figures in the history of Buddhism and Asian religious thought. |
Contents
A DharmaTransmitter Who Traveled | 5 |
Contents | 12 |
Gone Fishin | 51 |
The Early Period | 91 |
Dōgens Shōbōgenzō | 108 |
The Middle Period Part I | 133 |
The Middle Period Part II | 155 |
The Late Period | 189 |
Five Factions of Sōtō Zen | 237 |
Shōbōgenzō Editions | 241 |
Comparison of 75 and 60Fascicle Texts | 247 |
Dōgens Citations of Juching | 249 |
Notes | 253 |
Bibliography | 277 |
Warner Jisho Shohaku Okumura John McRae and Taigen Dan Leighton eds Noth | 281 |
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