Shōbōgenzō (the eye and treasury of the true law) - A complete English translation

For more than fifty years I have been studying the life and thought of D ōgen Zenji, transmitter of the True Dharma to Japan over seven hundred years ago. Since then his profound insight has had a pervasive influence on Japanese thought and culture and has nourished and cultivated the Japanese spirit. I feel that his major work, the Sb ōbōgenzō, is the most superlative religious and philosophical work produced in Japan.I have worked for many years, compiling an accurate text and doing research on Dōgen, to promote the study of the Shōbōgenzō among all types of people – priests, students, scholars and lay men and women. The Shōbōgenzō contains the vast and unlimited world of religious experience; and it is open to all if only we look for it.Now, with this publication of a complete English translation of the Sh ōbōgenzō, Dōgen’s universal thought will becomeu niversally known. Mr. Nishiyama and his collaborator Mr. Stevens have worked very diligently to produce an excellent, readable translation which I hope will be widely used by all those interested in Buddhism. It is my sincere wish that the dissemination of Dōgen’s unique thought will contribute to the creation of a truly international culture, combining the best of East and West. May, I975, Dōshu Okubō, Lit. D., President, Tohoku College of Social Welfare *In Japan and the West, the term Shōbōgenzō is most commonly known as referring to the titles of two works composed by Japanese Zen master Dōgen Kigen in the mid-13th century.* *(The first written and completed in 1235, the Shinji Shōbōgenzō, also known as the Mana Shōbōgenzō or Shōbōgenzō Sanbyakusoku is a collection of 301 koans (public cases) and is written in Chinese, the language of the original texts from which the koans were taken.* ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Db%C5%8Dgenz%C5%8D