Book Summary
Zen Master Dogen's Bendowa is one of the primary texts on Zen practice. Transcending any particular school of Buddhism or religious belief, Dogen's profound and poetic writings are respected as a pinnacle of world spiritual literature. Bendowa, or "A Talk on the Wholehearted Practice of the Way", was written in 1231 and expresses Dogen's teaching of the essential meaning of zazen (seated meditation) and its actual practice. Included in this edition is an introduction by Reverend Shohaku Okumura, Director of the North American Soto School in Los Angeles. "The Wholehearted Way"is a translation of Eihei Dogen's"Bendowa, " one of the primary texts on Zen practice. Transcending any particular school of Buddhism or religious belief, Dogen's profound and poetic writings are respected as a pinnacle of world spiritual literature. "Bendowa, "or"A Talk on the Wholehearted Practice of the Way, "was written in 1231 A.D. and expresses Dogen's teaching of the essential meaning of"zazen"(seated meditation) and its practice. This edition also contains commentary on"Bendowa"by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi, a foreword by Taigen Daniel Leighton, and an Introduction by Shohaku Okumura, both of whom prepared this English translation.
Book Details
| Book Name | The Wholehearted Way |
| Author | Kosho Uchiyama Roshi, Shohaku Okumura, Taigen Daniel Leighton |
| Publisher | Tuttle Publishing (Oct 1997) |
| ISBN | 9780804831055 |
| Pages | 224 |
| Language | Japanese |
| Price | 690 |
