It Came From Beyond Zen!: More Practical Advice From Dogen, Japan's Greatest Zen Master

by Brad Warner

2021-01-05 21:00:23

Vol. 2 of Brad Warner''s Radical but Reverent Paraphrasing of Dogen''s 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 h... Read more
Vol. 2 of Brad Warner''s Radical but Reverent Paraphrasing of Dogen''s 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, 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 Shobogenzo, recasting it in simple, everyday language. The first part of this project resulted in Don''t Be a Jerk, and now Warner presents this second volume, 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. Less

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File size5.5 X 8.5 X 0.82 in
Print pages368
PublisherNew World Library
Publication date October 20, 2017
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781608685110
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Ordained as a Soto Zen priest, Brad Warner is also a punk bassist, filmmaker, and blogger. He is the founder of Angel City Zen Center in Los Angeles and the author of Hardcore Zen, Sit Down and Shut U...

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