Downloads & Articles
from introductory articles to scholarly works and primary texts this page provides a comprehensive starting point for both beginners and experienced practitioners to explore Dogen's profound teachings and their impact on Zen Buddhism.
New to Master Dogen? Start Here:
- Who Was Eihei Dogen? - Lion's Roar
- The Greatest Philosopher You've Never Heard Of - NPR
- The Man Who Redefined Zen - Dr. Steven Heine
- Dogen: His Life, Religion, and Poetry - Dr. Steven Heine
- Dogen's Instructions for Zazen - Eihei Dogen
- Just Wholeheartedly Sit - Kazuaki Tanahashi
- The Naked Nature of Time - Dainin Katagiri Roshi
Master Dogen's Shobogenzo
Translated by Gudo Nishijima and Chodo Cross
- Master Dōgen's Shobogenzo – Book 1
- Master Dōgen's Shobogenzo – Book 2
- Master Dōgen's Shobogenzo – Book 3
- Master Dōgen's Shobogenzo – Book 4
Shasta Abbey
- Shobogenzo (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye)
- Rules for Meditation
- On Receiving the Precepts
- Zen is Eternal Life - Houn Jiyu-Kennett
White Wind Zen Community
Translations by Ven. Anzan Hoshin roshi and Yasuda Joshu Dainen roshi
- Bendowa: A Talk on Exerting the Way
- Bukkyo: The Buddha's Sutras
- Fukanzazengi: How Everyone Can Sit
- Fushukuhanpo: How to Use Your Bowls
- Gabyo: Painted Rice Cakes
- Genjokoan: The Question of Our Lives
- Jippo: The Ten Directions
- Kuge: Flowers of Space
- Makahannyaharamitsu: Vast Perfect Knowing
- Raihai Tokuzui: Bowing and Acquiring the Essence
- Shoaku makusa: Not Doing Wrong Action
- Shoji: Birth and Death 生死
- Tenzo kyokun: Instructions for the Tenzo
- Zanmai-O-Zanmai: The Samadhi That is Sovereign of Samadhis
- Zazengi: How to Sit
- Zenki: Complete Activity 全機
Dogen Sangha translations and articles:
- The Concept of Now in Dogen's Philosophy - Eido Michael Luetchford
Various Essays and Articles:
- Understanding the Shobogenzo - Gudo Nishijima
- Rigorous, Pious, and Poetic: Comparing the different English translations of Shobogenzo - Norman Fischer
- Dogen and Koans - Roshi John Daido Loori
- Being Time: Introduction to Approaching the Study of Dogen - Shinshu Roberts
- Forum: Understanding Dogen - Lion's Roar
- Remembering Dogen's Death - Dr. Steven Heine