Shōbōgenzō正法眼蔵

1231–1253essay collectionSōtōOriginal: public domain

Author: Dōgen Kigen
Date: 1231–1253
Also called: Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
Language: Japanese
Catalogue: Taishō T.2582
Used in: Sōtō

Dōgen’s essays on practice and doctrine, written in Japanese between 1231 and 1253. He edited a 75-fascicle and a later 12-fascicle version; the most common, the Sōtō school says, is the 95-fascicle edition his descendants produced in 1690.

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Shōbōgenzō正法眼蔵

OriginalJapanese1231–1253

The Japanese text as printed in the Taishō canon.

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Sources

Dōgen, Shōbōgenzō 正法眼藏 (1231–1253) · link
Sōtōshū Shūmuchō, What are the sutras? · link

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