Zen was popularized in the West largely through the writings of Dr. D.T. Suzuki, who followed the school of Rinzai Zen. Although it remains relatively unknown in the West, Soto Zen eventually attracted the greatest number of followers in Japan. With its gentle, more intellectual approach, Soto Zen relies on deep meditation (zazen) rather than the sudden, direct method (using koan) of Rinzai Zen, in striving for enlightenment.
The Shobogenzo Zuimonki consists largely of brief talks, horatatory remarks, and instructional and cautionary comments by the Soto Zen Master Dogen (1200-1253). Translated, shobogenzo means the eye of the true law. Roughly translated, zuimonki means easy for the ears to understand, or simplified.
- ISBN10 0710089198
- ISBN13 9780710089199
- Publish Date 18 May 1978 (first published December 1971)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 October 2009
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint Law Book Co of Australasia
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 126
- Language English