Today’s Recommendation: Dogen's Bendowa

Wholehearted Way: A Translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa
With Commentary by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
★★★★★

"The Wholehearted Way is a translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa, one of the primary texts on Zen practice. Transcending any particular school of Buddhism or religious belief, Dogen's profound and poetic writings are respected as a pinnacle of world spiritual literature. Bendowa, or A Talk on the Wholehearted Practice of the Way, was written in 1231 A.D. and expresses Dogen's teaching of the essential meaning of zazen (seated meditation) and its practice.

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