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Podcast: New Books in Buddhist Studies
Episode: Steven Heine, "Readings of DÅgen's 'Treasury of the True Dharma Eye'"(Columbia UP, 2020)
Description: The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (ShÅbÅgenzÅ) is the masterwork of DÅgen (1200â1253), founder of the SÅtÅ Zen Buddhist sect in Kamakura-era Japan. It is one of the most important Zen Buddhist collections, composed during a period of remarkable religious diversity and experimentation. The text is complex and compelling, famed for its eloquent yet perplexing manner of expressing the core precepts of Zen teachings and practice.Readings of DÅgen's "Treasury of the True Dharma Eye" (Columbia University Press) is a comprehensive introduction to this essential Zen text, offering a textual, historical, literary, and philoso...