＂Commentary on a beloved ancient philosopher of Zen by a beloved contemporary master of Zen. Eihei Dogen was a thirteenth-century Buddhist poet-philosopher and founder of the Soto school of
Zen. Famously insightful and famously complex, his writings have been studied and puzzled over by generations of students. Kosho Uchiyama was a beloved twentieth-century Zen teacher and author
of over twenty books, who here addressed himself head-on to unpacking Dogen’s wisdom for a modern audience. Translators TomWright and Shohaku Okumura present three fascicles of Dogen’s
monumental Shobogenzo, or Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: ＂Shoaku Makusa＂ or ＂Refraining from Evil,＂ ＂Maka Hannya Haramitsu＂ or ＂Practicing Deepest Wisdom,＂ and ＂Uji＂ or ＂Living Time.＂ For
each one, they lovingly translate Uchiyama’s thoughtful commentary on the piece. At turns poetic and funny, always insightful, this is Zen wisdom for the ages＂--
