Author: Roshi, Kosho Uchiyama; Author: Uchiyama, Kosho
Paperback (C Format)
208 pages
Published: December 1997
Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 080483105X

Zen Master Dogen's 'Bendowa' is one of the primary texts on Zen practice. Transcending any particular school of Buddhism or religious belief, Dogen's profound and poetic writings are respected as a pinnacle of world spiritual literature. 'Bendowa' was written in 1231 and expresses Dogen's teaching of the essential meaning of seated meditation and its actual practice. 224 pp.Bendowa, or A talk on wholehearted practice of the way, was written in 1231 and conveys Dogen's teachings of the practice and symbolism of zazen - seated meditation. This translation includes an introduction on the place of Bendowa in Dogen's writings.