Treasury of the True Dharma Eye

by Zen Master Dogen

  Yuanzhi: See Daowu Yuanzhi.

  Yuezhou Qianfeng: 越州乾峯 [Esshū Kempō]. Ca. ninth century, China. Caodong School. Dharma heir of Dongshan Liangjie. Taught in Yue Region (Zhejiang). When asked by a monk about all buddhas’ road to nirvāna, he responded by drawing a line on the ground with his walking stick.

  Yun’an Kewen: See Zhenjing Kewen.

  Yunding Defu: 雲頂徳敷 [Unchō Tokufu]. Ca. ninth–tenth century, China. Dharma heir of Sushan Guangren, Caodong School. Biography unknown.

  Yunju Daoying: 雲居道膺 [Ungo Dōyō]. d. 902, China. Caodong School. Dharma heir of Dongshan Liangjie. He founded Jenru (True Thus-ness) Monastery on Mount Yunju, Hong Region (Jiangxi), and taught many monks there for more than thirty years. His posthumous name is Great Master Hongjiao, 弘覺大師 [Kōkaku Zenji].

  Yunmen School: 雲門宗 [Ummon Shū]. A lineage from Yunmen Wenyan. One of the Five Schools of Zen in China.

  Yunmen Wenyan: 雲門文偃 [Ummon Bun’en]. 864–949, China. After becoming dharma heir of Xuefeng Yicun, he traveled widely and established a monastery at Mount Yunmen, Shao Region (Guangdong). His community grew to include one thousand monks. His teaching flourished, and he is considered founder of the Yunmen School. Known for expressing buddha dharma in pithy single phrases. Given the title Great Master Daciyun Kuangzhen, 大慈雲匡眞大師 [Daijiun Kyōshin Daishi] by the Emperor.

  Yunyan Tansheng: 雲巖曇晟 [Ungan Donjō]. 782–841, China. Studied with Baizhang Huaihai for twenty years. Then he became a disciple of Yaoshan Weiyan, Qingyuan Line, and became his dharma heir. Taught at Yunyan, Tan Region (Hunan). Many dialogues are recorded between Yunyan and his dharma and biological brother, Daowu Yuanzhi. Dongshan Liangjie, who studied with several famous teachers, regarded the lesser-known Yunyan as his dharma teacher because Yunyan never explained anything directly. His posthumous name is Great Master Wuzhu, 無住大師 [Mujū Daishi].

  Yuquan Shenxiu: 玉泉神秀 [Gyokusen Jinshū]. d. 706, China. Dharma heir of Fifth Ancestor Daman Hongren, he was the most senior student among over seven hundred peers. Taught at Mount Dangyang, Jing Region (Hubei). Regarded as founder of Northern School of Zen, while his dharma brother Huineng is regarded as founder of Southern School of Zen.

  zazen: J. 坐禪. A Chinese compound of zuo [za], sitting, and chan [zen], meditation. Total concentration of body and mind in upright seated meditation posture, which is the basis of Zen Buddhist practice.

  Zazen School: 坐禪宗 [Zazen Shū].

  Zazen, The Point of: See Point of Zazen, The.

  Zen: J. 禪. Originally, Skt. dhyāna. Its Chinese transliteration is channa, 禪 那 [zenna]. Abbreviated as chan [zen]. Translated as 静慮 [jōryo], literally, quiet thinking. 1. Meditation; contemplation. 2. Zen Buddhist practice. 3. Zen School of Buddhism. 4. In Dōgen’s usage, the buddha way.

  Zen, practice: 參禪 [sanzen], literally, visiting (and studying) Zen (with a teacher).

  Zen master: 禪師 [zenji]. 1. Accomplished meditation teacher. 2. Title given by the Emperor.

  Zen monastery: 禪院 [zen’in].

  Zen School: 禪宗 [Zen Shū]. Zen Gate, 禪門 [Zemmon].

  Zen student: 學人 [gakunin], literally, studying person.

  Zen text: 禪册 [zensatsu], literally, Zen bundle (of books).

  Zhang Zhuo: 張拙 [Chō Setsu]. Ca. ninth century, China. Scholar. Had realization after exchanging a few words with Shishuang Qingzhu.

  Zhanran: 湛然 [Tannen]. 711–782, Tiantai School sixth ancestor and scholar who articulated the teaching potential of grasses and trees and more generally the buddha nature of nonsentient beings. These were important philosophical background materials for Dōgen’s teachings about worldview and buddha nature. Author of Zhiguan Fu Xingchuan Hongjue, 止観輔行伝弘決 (Biological Study of the Buddha’s Practice That Supported Shamatha and Vipashyanā)—a large commentary on Mahe Fuchuan 摩訶止観 [Maka Shikan] (Great Shamatha and Vipashyanā) by Zhiyi, founder of the Tiantai School. Dōgen quotes this book of Zhanran, while referring to him as an ancient teacher.

  Zhantang Wenzhun: 湛堂文準 [Tandō Monjun]. 1061–1115, China. Studied with Zhenjing Kewen, Linji School, and became his dharma heir. Abbot of Letan Monastery, Nanchang (Jiangxi).

  Zhao: see Hutou Zhao.

  Zhao, Superintendent: 趙提擧 [Chō Teiko]. Ca. thirteenth century, China. Government officer, grandson of Emperor Ning of the Song Dynasty. A lay student of Tiantong Rujing.

  Zhaojiao Changzong: 照覺常總 [Shōkaku Jōsō]. 1025–1091, China. Dharma heir of Huanglong Huinan, Linji School. Taught at Donglin Monastery, Jiang Region (Jiangxi). Teacher of Su Dongpo. His posthumous name is Zen Master Zhaojiao, 照覺禪師 [Shōkaku Zenji].

  Zhaozhou Congshen: 趙州從諗 [Jōshū Jūshin]. 778–897, China. Dharma heir of Nanquan Puyuan, Qingyuan Line. Aroused aspiration for enlightenment at age sixty-one. Taught for forty years at Guanyin Monastery, Zhao Region [Zhaozhou] (Hebei). His teachings are collected in Recorded Sayings of Zen Master Zhenji of Zhaozhou. A great many of his sayings, and anecdotes about him, are used as kōans, including the kōan mu, about a dog’s buddha nature. His posthumous name is Great Master Zhenji, 眞際大師 [Shinzai Daishi].

  Zhengjiao: See Hongzhi Zhengjiao.

  Zhengshou: See Leian Zhengshou.

  Zhenxie Qingliao: See Changlu Qingliao.

  Zhichang: See Guizong Zhichang.

  Zhicong: 智聰 [Chisō]. Ca. twelfth century, China. Also named Huiyan Zhizhao. Dharma heir of Zhuoweng Ruyan, Linji School. Visited monasteries for twenty years and compiled Human and Deva Eyes.

  Zhifu: See Ehu Zhifu.

  Zhijian: See Xuedou Zhijian.

  Zhimen Guangzuo: 智門光祚 [Chimon Kōso]. Ca. tenth century, China. Dharma heir of Xianglin Chengyuan, Yunmen School. He first taught at Shuangchuan in Suizhou and later became Abbot of Zhimen Monastery, Sui Region (Hubei), from which he derived his name. Also known as Beita Guangzuo.

  Zhiqin: See Lingyun Zhiqin.

  Zhixian: See Guanxi Zhixian; Xiangyan Zhixian.

  Zhiyi Kefu: 紙衣克符 [Shie Kokufu]. Ca. ninth century, China. Linji School. Student of Linji Yixuan. Called Ascetic Paper Robe (Zhiyi) because of his clothes. Also called Zhuozhou Kefu.

  Zhiyuan: See Gushan Zhiyuan.

  Zhizang: See Xitang Zhizang.

  Zhongjian: 宗鑑 [Sōkan]. Ca. twelfth–thirteenth century, China. Abbot of Wannian Monastery on Mount Tiantai (Zhejiang) before Dōgen visited. Biography unknown.

  Zhongjin: See Sun Zhongjin.

  Zhongxian: See Xuedou Zhongxian.

  Zhongxing: See Jianyuan Zhongxing.

  Zhou, Lord: 周大夫 [Shū Taifu]. Ca. twelfth century B.C.E. Named Ji Dan. Son of King Wen and brother of King Wu. Established legal system of the Zhou Dynasty. Regarded as an ideal ruler by Confucius.

  Zhu, Government Secretary: 竺尚書 [Chiku Shōsho]. Ca. ninth century, China. Studied with Changsha Jingcen, Qingyuan Line. Biography unknown.

  Zhu Falan: See Dharmaratna.

  Zhuangzi: 莊子 [Sōji (Sōshi)]. Also, Chuang-tzu. Ca. fourth century B.C.E., China. Zhuangzhou, author of Zhuangzi, one of the main texts of ancient Daoism. Known for his wit, colorful parables, and deep insight.

  Zhuo: See Zhang Zhuo.

  Zhuoan Deguang: 拙菴徳光 [Setsuan Tokkō]. 1121–1203. Dharma heir of Dahui Zonggao, Linji School. The Emperor gave him the honorary title Zen Master Fuzhao, 佛照禪師 [Bussō Zenji]. Abbot of Ayuwang Monastery, Ming Region (Zhejiang), when Dōgen’s teacher Rujing visited. Later taught at Lingying Monastery and Mount Jia, both in Hang Region (Zhejiang). His posthumous name is Great Zen Master Puhui Zongjiao, 普慧宗覺大禪師 [Fue Shūkaku Daizanji].

  Zhuozhou Kefu: See Zhiyi Kefu.

  Zhiyuan: See Bozhao Zhiyuan.

  Zichun: See Danxia Zichun.

  Zidan. See also Su Dongpo.

  Zixuan: See Changshui Zixuan.

  Zongchi, Nun: 尼總持 [Ni Sōji]. Ca. sixth century, China. A disciple of Bodhidharma. Biography unknown. Described in
apocryphal legends as the daughter of Emperor Wu, whom Bodhidharma first encountered upon arrival in China.

  Zonggao: See Dahui Zonggao.

  Zongjiao: See Tiantong Zongjiao.

  Zongyue: See Xuechuang Zongyue.

  Zunxu: See Li Zunxu.

  Zuoxi Xianlang: 左谿玄朗 [Sakei Genrō]. Ca. seventh–eighth century, China. Dharma brother of Yongjia Xuanjiao when he was practicing in the Lotus School.

  Zuxin: See Huitang Zuxin.

  SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

  FOR FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT Dogen’s major writings, please see the entry Eihei Dōgen in the glossary.

  ENGLISH

  Books about or by Dogen

  Abe, Masao. A Study of Dogen: His Philosophy and Religion. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992.

  Bielefeldt, Carl. Dogen’s Manuals of Zen Meditation. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988.

  Bielefeldt, Carl, and Griffith Foulk, eds. Soto Zen Text Project. Translations of Soto texts including Dogen. An initiative of the Sotoshu Shumucho International Division. http://scbs.stanford.edu/sztp3/.

  Cleary, Thomas, trans. Rational Zen: The Mind of Dogen Zenji. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1993.

  ______, trans. Record of Things Heard: The Shobogenzo Zuimonki, Talks of Zen Master Dogen as Recorded by Zen Master Ejo. Boulder, Colo.: Prajna Press, 1980.

  ______, trans. Shobogenzo: Zen Essays by Dogen. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986.

  Cook, Francis. How to Raise an Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Zen Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo. Los Angeles: Center Publications, 1978.

  ______. Sounds of Valley Streams: Enlightenment in Dogen’s Zen. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989.

  Eto Sokuo. Zen Master Dogen as Founding Patriarch. Trans. Shohei Ichimura. Woodville, Wash.: North American Institute of Zen and Buddhist Studies, 2001.

  European Committee for the Organization of the 750th Commemoration of Dogen Zenji’s Entering Nirvana, eds. Dogen Zenji’s Mind Here and Now. Tokyo: Shotoshu Shumucho, 2001.

  Heine, Steven. A Blade of Grass: Japanese Poetry and Aesthetics in Dogen Zen. New York: Peter Lang, 1989.

  ______. Did Dogen Go to China?: What He Wrote and When He Wrote It. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

  ______. Dogen and the Koan Tradition: A Tale of Two Shobogenzo Texts. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994.

  ______. Existential and Ontological Dimensions of Time in Heidegger and Dogen. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1985.

  ______. The Zen Poetry of Dogen: Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace. Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 1997.

  Ichimura, Shohei, trans. and ed. Zen Master Eihei Dogen’s Monastic Regulations. Woodville, Wash.: North American Institute of Zen and Buddhist Studies, 1993.

  Jaffe, Paul, trans. Flowers of Emptiness: Dogen’s Genjokoan with Commentary by Yasutani Roshi. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997.

  Kim, Hee Jin. Dogen on Meditation and Thinking: A Reflection on His View of Zen. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2007.

  ______. Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2004.

  Kim, Hee Jin, trans. Flowers of Emptiness: Selections from Dogen’s Shobogenzo. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 1985.

  Kodera, Takashi James. Dogen’s Formative Years in China: An Historical Study and Annotated Translation of the Hokyo-ki. Boulder, Colo.: Prajna Press, 1980.

  Kopf, Gereon. Beyond Personal Identity: Dogen, Nishida, and a Phenomenology of No-Self. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 2001.

  LaFleur, William R., ed. Dogen Studies. Honolulu: Kuroda Institute, University of Hawaii Press, 1985.

  Leighton, Taigen Dan. Songs for the True Dharma Eye: Verse Comments on Dogen’s Shobogenzo. San Francisco: Browser Books, 2007.

  ______. Visions of Awakening Space and Time: Dogen and the Lotus Sutra. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

  Leighton, Taigen Dan, and Okumura Shohaku, trans. with introductions. Dogen’s Extensive Record: A Translation of the Eihei Koroku. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2004.

  ______, trans. Dogen’s Pure Standards for the Zen Community: A Translation of Eihei Shingi. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996.

  Masunaga, Reiho. A Primer of Soto Zen: A Translation of Dogen’s Shobogenzo Zuimonki. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1978.

  Merzel, Dennis Genpo. Beyond Sanity and Madness: The Way of Zen Master Dogen. Boston: Charles E. Tuttle, 1994.

  Myers, Bob. First Dogen Book. Scott Valley, Calif.: CreateSpace, 2008.

  Nearman, Hubert, trans. The Shobogenzo: A Trainee’s Translation of Great Master Dogen’s Spiritual Masterpiece. www.urbandharma.org/udharma12/shobo.html.

  Nishijima, Gudo Wafu, and Chodo Cross, trans. Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo. 4 vols. Woods Hole, Mass.: Windbell Publications, 1994–1998.

  Nishijima, Gudo. Master Dogen’s Shinji Shobogenzo. Woods Hole, Mass.: Windbell Publications, 2003.

  Nishiyama, Kosen, and John Stevens. Dogen Zenji’s Shobogenzo (The Eye and Treasury of the True Law). 4 vols. Sendai, Japan: Daihokkaikaku, 1975–1983.

  Okumura, Shohaku, trans. and ed. Dogen Zen. Kyoto: Kyoto Soto Zen Center, 1988.

  ______, trans. Shobogenzo Zuimonki: Sayings of Eihei Dogen Zenji, Recorded by Koun Ejo. Kyoto: Kyoto Soto Zen Center, 1987.

  ______, ed. Dogen Zen and Its Relevance for Our Time: An International Symposium Held in Celebration of the 800th Anniversary of the Birth of Dogen Zenji. San Francisco: Soto Zen Buddhism International Center, 2003.

  Okumura, Shohaku, and Taigen Dan Leighton, trans. The Wholehearted Way: A Translation of Eihei Dogen’s Bendowa with Commentary by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi. Boston: Charles Tuttle and Co., 1997.

  Rajneesh, Osho. Dogen the Zen Master: A Search and a Fulfillment. Cologne, West Germany, Rebel Publishing House, 1988.

  Shasta Abbey Buddhist Monastery. Shobogenzo. www.shastaabbey.org/shobogenzo1.htm.

  Shimano, Eido, and Charles Vacher, trans. Shobogenzo Busshô: The Buddha Nature / La nature donc bouddha. La Versanne, France: Encre Marine, 2002.

  ______, trans. Shobogenzo Uji: Être-temps (Being time). La Versanne, France: Encre Marine, 1997.

  ______, trans. Shobogenzo yui butsu yo butsu, shôji / Seul boudha connaît bouddha, vie-mort. La Versanne, France: Encre Marine, 1999.

  Stambaugh, Joan. Impermanence Is Buddha-Nature: Dogen’s Understanding of Temporality. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1990.

  Tanahashi, Kazuaki, ed. and trans. Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation by Zen Master Dogen. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2004.

  ______, ed. Enlightenment Unfolds: The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1999.

  ______, ed. Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen. New York: North Point Press, 1985.

  Tanahashi, Kazuaki, and John Daido Loori, trans., with commentary and verse by John Daido Loori. The True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen’s Three Hundred Koans. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2005.

  Waddell, Norman, and Abe Masao, trans. The Heart of Dogen’s Shobogenzo. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002.

  Warner, Brad. Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen’s Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye. Novato, Calif.: New World Library, 2007.

  Warner, Jisho, Okumura Shohaku, John McRae, and Taigen Dan Leighton, eds. Nothing Is Hidden: Essays on Zen Master Dogen’s Instructions for the Cook. New York: Weatherhill, 2001.

  Wright, Thomas, trans.RefiningYour Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment by Zen Master Dogen and Kosho Uchiyama. New York: Weatherhill, 1983.

  Yokoi, Yuho, trans. The Shobogenzo. Tokyo: Sankibo Buddhist Bookstore, 1986.

  Yokoi, Yuho, with Daizen Victoria. Zen Master Dogen: An Introduction with Selected Writings. New York: Weatherhill, 1976.

  Books with Material Concerning Dogen

  Anderson, Reb. Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts. Berkeley:
Rodmell Press, 2001.

  ______. Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains: Dharma Talks on Zen Meditation. Berkeley: Rodmell Press, 1999.

  Barnhart, Bruno, and Joseph Wong, eds. Purity of Heart and Contemplation: A Monastic Dialogue between Christian and Asian Traditions. New York: Continuum, 2001.

  Bodiford, William M. Soto Zen in Medieval Japan. Honolulu: Kuroda Institute, University of Hawai’i Press, 1993.

  Cleary, Thomas, trans. and ed. Minding Mind: A Course in Basic Meditation. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1995.

  ______, ed. and trans. Timeless Spring: A Soto Zen Anthology. Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1980.

  Faure, Bernard. Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996.

  Heine, Steven. Shifting Shape, Shaping Text: Philosophy and Folklore in the Fox Koan. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1999.

  ______. Zen Skin, Zen Marrow: Will the Real Zen Buddhism Please Stand Up? New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

  Heine, Steven, and Dale Wright, eds. Zen Ritual: Studies of Zen Buddhist Theory in Practice. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

  Kasulis, T. P. Zen Action / Zen Person. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1981.

  Katagiri, Dainin. Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2007.

  ______. Returning to Silence, Zen Practice in Daily Life. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1988.

  Leighton, Taigen Dan. Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expressions. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003.

  Leighton, Taigen Dan, and Yi Wu, trans. Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi. Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 2000.

  Loori, John Daido, ed. The Art of Just Sitting: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikantaza. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2002.