Daily Zen Library


Zen Master Dogen: An Introduction with Selected Writings

This book includes the final twelve sections of the Shobogenzo.  These were chosen because they were compiled shortly before Dogen's death and thus in many ways represent the culmination of his mature thought, and because they are among the most readily understood as well as most important parts of the entire work, especially in their discussion of Bodhi-mind, the nature of causation and karma, and the importance of living according to the ideal of the Bodhisattva, one who vows to help all beings realize enlightenment instead of seeking only his own spiritual emancipation.

Daily Zen Tokonoma

Unadorned and awaiting your own small vase of flowers or statue.... "...if you go into a noon tea on some irritatingly hot summer day, you may discover in the darkened coolness of the tokonoma a single lily in a hanging vase; dripping with dew, it s...

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