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Flowers Blooming on a Withered Tree: Giun's Verse Comments on Dogen's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
Flowers Blooming on a Withered Tree: Giun's Verse Comments on Dogen's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
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The Verse Comments on the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye is an important early medieval Japanese commentary on the 60-chapter edition of the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye, written by Eihei Dogen. This book provides a translation and critical bilingual edition of Giun's commentary, exploring his interpretations, historical investigations, and theoretical reflections on Dogen's masterwork.
\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 272 pages
\n Publication date: 06 October 2020
\n Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
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The Verse Comments on the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye, penned by Giun, the fifth abbot of Eiheiji temple, is a significant early medieval Japanese commentary on the 60-chapter edition of this renowned text. Giun's commentary, which was one of only two written during the Kamakura era, stands as a valuable contribution to the study of the Treasury. While the other commentary, known as Distinguished Comments (Gosho), fell into disuse and was only revived nearly three hundred years later, Giun's Verse Comments enjoyed widespread circulation and was read by numerous Soto monks over the subsequent centuries.
Through his meticulous interpretations, historical investigations, and theoretical reflections, Steven Heine showcases the profound significance of Giun's writings in the context of the history of pre-modern and modern commentaries on Eihei Dogen's masterwork, the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye. By offering poems and cryptic expressions that aim to capture the spiritual essence and essential meaning of Dogen's thought, Giun's Verse Comments provide a crucial insight into how his Treasury was received and appropriated within the religious and literary milieu of medieval Japan.
This book serves as a valuable resource for scholars and enthusiasts alike, offering a comprehensive exploration of Giun's commentary and its place in the broader landscape of Dogen's intellectual legacy.
\n Weight: 554g\n
Dimension: 164 x 243 x 27 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780190941345\n \n
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