Record of the Transmission of Illumination : Volume 2; A Glossary of Terms, Sayings, and Names pertaining to Keizan's Denkōroku

The first book of this two-volume set consists largely of an annotated translation of the __Record of the Transmission of Illumination__ (__Denkōroku__ 傳光録) by Zen Master Keizan Jōkin 瑩山紹瑾 (1264–1325), presented together with the original Japanese text on which the English translation is based. That text is the recension of the __Denkōroku__ published in Shūten Hensan Iinkai 宗典編纂委員会, ed., __Taiso Keizan Zenji senjutsu Denkōroku__ 太祖瑩山禅師撰述伝光録 (Tokyo: Sōtōshū Shūmuchō 曹洞宗宗務庁, 2005). The Shūmuchō edition of the __Denkōroku__ includes some items of Front Matter from earlier published editions, which are included in the English translations. Volume 1 also contains an Introduction that addresses such matters as the life of Keizan, the contents of the __Denkōroku__, the provenance of that work, and the textual history of its various recensions. In addition, Volume 1 includes a Bibliography that lists many works of modern Japanese- and English-language scholarship that are relevant to the academic study of the __Denkōroku__. The second volume contains a Glossary in two parts. Part One explains all of the Buddhist technical terms and Zen sayings that appear in the annotated translation of the Shūmuchō edition of the __Denkōroku,__ found in Volume 1. Part Two treats all of the people, places, and texts that are named in that annotated translation. The Glossary also contains a wealth of material pertaining to the study of Chinese Chan, Japanese Zen, and East Asian Buddhist traditions at large, providing a broader historical context for understanding Keizan’s __Denkōroku.__ Published in association with Sōtōshū Shūmuchō, Tokyo. "Volume I of this two-volume set contains a thoroughly annotated translation of the Record of the Transmission of Illumination (Denkōroku) by Zen Master Keizan Jōkin (1264-1325), juxtaposed with the original Japanese text on which the English translation is based: Shūten Hensan Iinkai, ed., Taiso Keizan Zenji senjutsu Denkōroku (Tokyo: Sōtōshū Shūmuchō, 2005). The prefaces to the Japanese edition are also presented herein, together with English translations. The Introduction to this volume addresses such matters as the life of Keizan, the contents of the Denkōroku, the provenance of the work, and the textual history of its various recensions. The bibliography lists published and unpublished manuscript editions of the Denkōroku, modern Japanese and English translations of the Denkōroku, and many works of modern Japanese and English language scholarship that are relevant to the study of the text"-- Provided by publisher