Rational Zen

Rational Zen consists of selection from Dogen's two masterworks Shobogenzo (the famed Treasury of Eyes of True Teaching Japan's most sophisticated philosophical work) and Eihei Koruko (Universal Book of Eternal Peace) now in English for the first time. The translator's commentary and a compendium of authentic source materials enhance the reader's insight into Dogen's methods linking them to the great classical traditions of Buddhism that ultimately flowered in Zen.<P>Thomas Cleary holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and is a former fellow of Kyoto University. Having published over forty volumes of Buddhist Taoist and Confucian works he is the most prolific translator of Asian spiritual classics today.