It Came From Beyond Zen!: More Practical Advice From Dogen, Japan's Greatest Zen Master (treasury Of The True Dharma Eye)
by Brad Warner /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Vol. 2 of Brad Warner’s Radical but Reverent Paraphrasing of
Dogen’s
Vol. 2 of Brad Warner’s Radical but Reverent Paraphrasing of
Dogen’sTreasury of the True Dharma Eye
Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
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,
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
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
, 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 paraphrasingShobogenzo
Shobogenzo, recasting
it in simple, everyday language. The first part of this project
resulted in
, recasting
it in simple, everyday language. The first part of this project
resulted inDon’t Be a Jerk
Don’t Be a Jerk, and now Warner presents this
second volume,
, and now Warner presents this
second volume,It Came from Beyond Zen!
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.
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.
