It came from beyond Zen!

more practical advice from Dōgen, Japan's greatest Zen master

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Brad Warner: It came from beyond Zen! (2017)

344 pages

English language

Published June 4, 2017

ISBN:
978-1-60868-511-0
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OCLC Number:
1007340708

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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.

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Subjects

  • Doctrines
  • Sōtōshū