{"product_id":"meeting-the-myriad-things-a-zen-practitioners-guide-to-dogens-genjokoan-paperback","title":"Meeting the Myriad Things: A Zen Practitioner's Guide to Dogen's Genjokoan - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShinshu Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eShohaku Okumura\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eZuiko Redding\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA guide to awakening buddha mind for the contemporary Zen practitioner.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the words of Eihei Dōgen, the thirteenth-century Buddhist monk who introduced the Sōtō school of Zen to Japan, \"To study the Buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.\" Centuries later, these enigmatic words from his seminal \"Genjōkōan\" (\"Actualizing the Fundamental Point\") are still studied in Zen communities the world over. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what did Dōgen really mean when he encouraged studying the self to forget the self? In this clarifying new commentary, esteemed Zen teacher Shinshu Roberts takes readers on a journey to understand Japan's great Buddhist philosopher. Roberts applies her deep familiarity with Dōgen's work to illuminate the text as a unified story in which Dōgen reveals the nondual nature of reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition to a full translation of Dōgen's \"Genjōkōan,\" this book includes the commentary \u003ci\u003eOkikigakishō\u003c\/i\u003e (\"Notes of What Was Heard and Extracted\"), written by two of Dōgen's direct students--the first time an English translation of this highly influential work has appeared in print.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHINSHU ROBERTS is a Dharma Heir of Sojun Mel Weitsman in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. She received her priest training at San Francisco Zen Center and from the North American branch of the Japanese Soto School. She has been appointed Kokusaifukyoshi (International Dharma Teacher) by the Shumucho (Japanese Soto Administration). She cofounded Ocean Gate Zen Center in Capitola, CA with her spouse Jaku Kinst. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBeing-Time: A Practitioner's Guide to Dogen's Shobogenzo Uji\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966807769389,"sku":"9781645472728","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/BybZ12i6ac9781645472728.webp?v=1775539102","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/meeting-the-myriad-things-a-zen-practitioners-guide-to-dogens-genjokoan-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}