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, is available in PDF format:
- 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 offers translations, including the complete Shobogenzo, and related teachings in PDF format:
- Shobogenzo (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye)
- Rules for Meditation
- On Receiving the Precepts
- Zen is Eternal Life – Houn Jiyu-Kennett
Ven. Anzan Hoshin roshi and Yasuda Joshu Dainen roshi of White Wind Zen Community have translated several of Master Dōgen’s works:
- 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:
- Introduction to Buddhism and The Practice of Zazen – Eido Michael Luetchford
- 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