Steven Heine

Gebundenes Buch

Flowers Blooming on a Withered Tree

Giun's Verse Comments on Dogen's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye

Beschreibung

This book provides a translation and critical bilingual edition on the Verse Comments on the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye. The Verse Comments by Giun (1253-1333), the fifth abbot of Eiheiji temple, is an important early medieval Japanese commentary on the 60-chapter edition of the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shobogenzo), one of the main versions of the masterwork written by Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), the founder of the Soto Zen sect in Japan who established Eiheiji in the mid-1240s.

Autor

Steven Heine is Professor and Director of Asian Studies at Florida International University, and an expert on East Asian religions, especially the origins and spread of Zen Buddhism from China to Japan. He has published more than thirty monographs and edited volumes, including several works specializing in the life and thought of Zen master Dogen (1200-1253) such as Did Dogen Go to China? and Dogen: Textual and Historical Studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780190941345
• ISBN-10: 0190941340
• Artikelnr.: 59080597