Shohaku Okumura on Shobogenzo Bussho ("Buddha Nature") Part 2 of 3
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Bendowa - Master Dogen's Zazen Meditation Handbook: A Translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa: A Discourse on the Practice of Zazen by Eihei Dogen, Kosho Uchiyama Roshi, Shohaku Okumura (Translator) - The Wholehearted Way by Eihei Dogen (Author), Kosho Uchiyama Roshi (Translator), Shohaku Okumura (Translator), Taigen Daniel Leighton (Translator) Book of Serenity (Shoyoroku), case 87 - Book of Serenity: One Hundred Zen Dialogues by Thomas Cleary (Translator) Fukanzazengi - Okumura Roshi's translation is availble in Dogen's Extensive Record: A Translation of the Eihei Koroku - An alternative translation is availble in Soto Zen, p. 69 Genjokoan - Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo Paperback by Shohaku Okumura (Author), Taigen Dan Leighton (Foreword) - Dogen's Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries by Eihei Dogen (Author), Nishiari Bokusan (Translator), Shohaku Okamura (Translator), Shunryu Suzuki (Translator), Sojun Mel Weitsman (Translator) Hokyoki, section 19 - Dogen's Formative Years in China: An historical study and annotation of the Hokyo-ki by James Kodera (out of print) Jijuyu Zanmai (see Bendowa above) John McRae's "Rules for Zen Studies" Seeing through Zen: Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism by John R. Mcrae (Author) Kosho Uchiyama's Poems on Life and Death Life-and-Death: Selected Dharma Poems by Kosho Uchiyama (Author), Daitsu Tom Wright (Translator), Shohaku Okumura (Translator) Shobogenzo Sansuikyo (Moutains and Waters Sutra) The Mountains and Waters Sutra: A Practitioner's Guide to Dogen's "Sansuikyo" by Shohaku Okumura (Author), Shodo Spring (Editor) Shobogenzo Zazenshin (Acupuncture Needle of Zazen) Lancet of Seated Meditation (Zazen-shin), translated by Carl Bielefeldt Shobogenzo Zuimonki - Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki: The New Annotated Translation―Also Including Dogen's Waka Poetry with Commentary by Eihei Dogen (Author), Shohaku Okumura (Translator) 30 Verses by Vasubandu (Yogacara Text) - Three Texts on Consciousness Only (BDK English Tripitaka) by Francis Cook (Translator) Email contactEmail a question for Okumura Roshi about the content of the text or a lecture
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Recorded lectures are available for a period of one month following the conclusion of the retreat. Note the the videos are unedited, so you may need to track forward a bit to get to the start of the lecture. Items to downloadTranslation of Shobogenzo Bussho, Part 2 (available in both .pdf and .docx fomats)
Translation of Shobogenzo Bussho, Part 1 (in case you missed May 2022 Genzo-e)
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