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Books in Print

Master Dogen's Shinji Shobogenzo
Between Heaven and Earth: From Nagarjuna to Dogen
Master Dogen's Shobogenzo, published in four volumes
To Meet the Real Dragon
How to Practice Zazen
Master Dogen's Shobogenzo published in German
Other books by Master Nishijima, published in Japanese

Master Dogen's Shinji Shobogenzo

Gudo Wafu Nishijima - Edited by Michael Luetchford & Jeremy Pearson

The Shinji Shobogenzo is a marvellous collection of 301 Zen koan stories in three volumes that Master Dogen collected during his four-year stay in China. The stories are written in Chinese, and are records of conversations between Buddhist masters and their students. Master Dogen used many of these stories as the basis for his formal lectures in his major work, the Shobogenzo.

Nishijima Roshi has published a complete translation and commentary on the stories in Japanese, and he first dictated an English translation to three of his students in the early 1980s, together with a commentary on each story. This translation was to be produced in three volumes, but only the first of the three volumes was published, and that volume is now long out of print. This new, completely revised version comprises all three volumes in one edition, together with Master Nishijima's refreshingly down-to-earth explanations of the stories.

The Shinji Shobogenzo is an essential collection that encompasses many of the well-known koan stories, with many interesting and less familiar ones, together with the comments of a contemporary Buddhist master renowned for his clear and no-nonsense approach.
ISBN 0 9523002 6 5 386 pages, paperback, 229mm x 152mm

Between Heaven and Earth - From Nagarjuna to Dogen

by Michael Eido Luetchford

In this new translation from the Sanskrit of Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika, the author seeks to interpret this important Buddhist text through the teachings of Dogen Zenji as found in the Shobogenzo.

The book is in three sections. The introduction to the book comprises a discussion of the basic principles taught by Nagarjuna and Dogen, which includes discussions under the headings of "The Abstraction of Reality," "The Buddhist State – Action at the Present Moment," "The Four Views in Nagarjuna and Dogen," "Division of Reality into Subject and Object," "Existence and Non-existence – The Mutual Opposition Between Two Views in Early Buddhism," and information about the translation process, which includes an explanation of the most important Sanskrit terms.

Part I then contains an interpretative version of each verse of the translated text, with a detailed chapter-by-chapter commentary that focuses on the main thrusts of Nagarjuna's arguments.

Part II presents a complete translation of the Mulamadhyamakakarika, comprising the Sanskrit verse, a complete vocabulary for the verse with a grammatical analysis, followed by a rigorously literal translation into English. The book contains frequent quotations from Dogen's Shobogenzo, fully referenced to Windbell Publication's 4-volume edition of this work.

"Throughout the translation, I have sought for Dogen's meaning in Nagarjuna's verses. Since Dogen's explanation of Buddhist theory and practice in the Shobogenzo is complete, it makes a reliable and entirely consistent basis on which to interpret Nagarjuna, particularly as Dogen claims to be expounding the teachings of the Patriarchs in his lineage, of whom Nagarjuna is one."

ISBN 0 9523002 5 7 328 pages, paperback, 229mm x 152mm

Master Dogen's Shobogenzo, Books 1 through 4

G. Nishijima & C. Cross

This translation, supported by the Japan Foundation, makes a strong claim to be the definitive translation of the 95-chapter edition of Shobogenzo, the essential Japanese Buddhist text, written in the 13th century by Master Dogen. It adheres closely to the original Japanese, with a clear style and extensive annotations; ample footnotes, including Japanese and Chinese characters, explanatory text, appendices, and cross-references to other works provide the reader with a wealth of supplementary information.

Read more about or order Book 1 contains the first 21 chapters. ISBN = 0 9523002 1 4

Read more about or order Book 2 contains chapters 22 to 41. ISBN= 0 9523002 2 2

Read more about or order Book 3 contains chapters 42 to 72. ISBN= 0 9523002 3 0

Read more about or order Book 4 contains chapters 73 to 95, plus two appendices. ISBN= 0 9523002 4 9

To Meet the Real Dragon

G. Nishijima & J. Bailey

A clear and simple introduction to the realistic Buddhism of Master Dogen. Nishijima Roshi discusses the fundamental issues of our ordinary daily lives. Each chapter includes a question and answer dialog.
Paperback; 226pp; ISBN: 0 87040 594 2

How to Practice Zazen is out of print. Click here to download an updated version titled "Introduction to Buddhism and the Practice of Zazen - The Teachings of Nishijima Roshi" from the Dogen Sangha UK website.

Shobogenzo - Die Schatzkammer des Wahren Dharma-Auges

Book 1 (chapters 1 to 21) and Book 2 (chapters 22 to 41) of the German translation of the Shobogenzo are now available from Verner Kristkeitz Verlag. It is easy to order the books from overseas. Just click on "BESTELLUNG" on the publisher's site at http://www.kristkeitz.de/ or http://www.shobogenzo.de/ and you will find an order form in German with all the details for shipping & payment.

Book 1 - ISBN: 3 921508 90 8
Book 2 - ISBN: 3 921508 91 6

Books By Master Nishijima, published in Japanese

Publishers: Kanazawa Bunko, Sumitomo Ichigaya Bldg 3F., 1-1, Ichigaya Honmura-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162.
Tel: +81-3-3235-7060
Fax: +81-3-3235-7135

Shobogenzo in Modern Japanese (13 volumes)
Lectures on the Shobogenzo (34 volumes)
Shinji Shobogenzo (3 volumes)
Buddhism: The Third World View
Questions and Answers on Buddhism
Introduction to Buddhism for Businessmen
Chu Ron (The Mulamadhyamakakarika)
and many others