{"product_id":"sounds-of-valley-streams-suny-series-in-buddhist-studies-enlightenment-in-dogens-zen-translation-of-nine-essays-from-shobogenzo-9780887069246","title":"Sounds of Valley Streams Suny Series in Buddhist","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA study of Zen Buddhist enlightenment in nine chapters of Shobogenzo Dogen.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSounds of Valley Streams\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of Zen Buddhist enlightenment in nine chapters of Shobogenzo Dogen. Francis H. Cook has translated the nine chapters and has preceded them with four chapters of discussion. These essays show Dogen bringing his religious intensity, philosophical depth, and poetic power to bear on a number of different facets of enlightenment. Using striking images and poetical expressions such as one bright pearl, dragon song, beyond Buddha, and a painting of a rice cake,Dogen explores such fundamental matters as the relationship between enlightenment and compassion, the dynamic nature of the enlightened life, the need to go beyond enlightenment, the nature of illusion and enlighten-ment, and what it is like to live the awakened life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe centerpiece of the translation is \u003ci\u003eGenjokoan\u003c\/i\u003e (Manifesting Absolute Reality). It is a manifesto of the Zen life in which Dogen proclaims the religious insight that stands at the core of everything he wrote subsequently. Cook''s translation of \u003ci\u003eGenjokoan\u003c\/i\u003e is as accurate as possible, faithful to the original, and readable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University Press of New York (SUNY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039066358103,"sku":"9780887069246","price":22.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sounds-of-valley-streams-suny-series-in-buddhist-studies-enlightenment-in-dogens-zen-translation-of-nine-essays-from-shobogenzo-9780887069246","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}