The Dark Side of the Mirror, 9781911407256
Paperback
Genjo Koan is the most important chapter in Dogen’s principal major work, the Shobogenzo. This new commentary by Buddhist teacher and author David Brazier draws back the curtain revealing the deeper meaning of the text in language that is as transparent to the general reader as it is informative to the specialist.

The Dark Side of the Mirror

Forgetting the Self in Dogen's Genjo Koan

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    19 March 2019

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Summary

Genjo Koan is the most important chapter in Zen master Dogen’s principal major work, the Shobogenzo. Although Genjo Koan has been translated into English many times, and is familiar to Buddhists both east and west, it is still not well understood. This new commentary by Buddhist teacher and author David Brazier draws back the curtain revealing the deeper meaning of the text in language that will be as transparent to the general reader as it is informative to the specialist.The Dark Side of th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781911407256
ISBN-10:1911407252
Author:David Brazier, Henk Barendregt
Publisher:Windhorse Publications
Imprint:Windhorse Publications
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:19 March 2019
Weight:598g
Dimensions:233mm x 155mm
About The Author

David Brazier

David Brazier, aka Dharmavidya, born in 1947 in England, now lives in a hermitage in France when not lecturing internationally. He is a founder member and chief priest of the Order of Amida Buddha. Trained in Vajrayana with Choegyam Trungpa, then in Soto Zen with Reverend Master Jiyu-Kennett, he became a member of the Tiep Hien Order of Thich Nhat Hanh, until the founding of Amida Trust under the patronage of Pure Land Sensei Gisho Saiko and other Japanese teachers, in 1996.

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