Shobogenzo
Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma – By Zen Master: Eihei Dogen (1200 – 1253)

 Meaning of the title “Shobogenzo” 

Sho: “right,” “true,” “accurate,” “exact.” Ho: (lit. “Dharma”) “law,” “principle” (of Buddhism) Gen: “eye,” “eyesight,” “vision,” (can suggest the meaning of a “point of view,” or “viewpoint) Zo: “storehouse,” “treasury,” (Imperial) “archives.”

2. Makahannya-haramitsu: On the Great Wisdom That Is Beyond Discriminatory Thought

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3. Genjo Koan: On the Spiritual Question as It Manifests Before Your Very Eyes

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4. Ikka Myoju: On ‘The One Bright Pearl’

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5. Juundo-shiki: On Conduct Appropriate for the Auxiliary Cloud Hall

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6. Soku Shin Ze Butsu: On ‘Your Very Mind Is Buddha’

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7. Senjo: On Washing Yourself Clean

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8. Keisei Sanshoku: On ‘The Rippling of a Valley Stream, the Contour of a Mountain’

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9. Shoaku Makusa: On ‘Refrain from All Evil Whatsoever’

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10. Raihai Tokuzui: On ‘Respectful Bowing Will Secure for You the Very Marrow of the Way’

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11. Uji: On ‘Just for the Time Being, Just for a While, For the Whole of Time is the Whole of Existence’

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12. Den’e: On the Transmission of the Kesa

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13. Sansui Kyo: On the Spiritual Discourses of the Mountains and the Water

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14. Busso: On the Buddhas and the Ancestors

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15. Shisho: On the Record of Transmission

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16. Hokke Ten Hokke: On ‘The Flowering of the Dharma Sets the Dharma’s Flowering in Motion’

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17. Shin Fukatoku: On ‘The Mind Cannot Be Held Onto’ (Oral version)

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18. Shin Fukatoku: On ‘The Mind Cannot Be Grasped’ (Written version)

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19. Kokyo: On the Ancient Mirror

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20. Kankin: On Reading Scriptures

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21. Bussho: On Buddha Nature

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22. Gyobutsu Iigi: On the Everyday Behavior of a Buddha Doing His Practice

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23. Bukkyo: On What the Buddha Taught

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24. Jinzu: On the Marvelous Spiritual Abilities

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25. Daigo: On the Great Realization

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26. Zazen Shin: On Wanshi’s ‘Kindly Advice for Doing Seated Meditation’

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27. Butsu Kojo Ji: On Experiencing That Which Is Above and Beyond Buddhahood

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28. Immo: On That Which Comes Like This

29. Gyoji: On Ceaseless Practice

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30. Kaiin Zammai: On ‘The Meditative State That Bears the Seal of the Ocean’

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31. Juki: On Predicting Buddhahood

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32. Kannon: On Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion

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33. Arakan: On Arhats

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34. Hakujushi: On the Cypress Tree

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35. Komyo: On the Brightness of the Light

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36. Shinjin Gakudo: On Learning the Way Through Body and Mind

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37. Muchu Setsumu: On a Vision Within a Vision and a Dream Within a Dream

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38. Dotoku: On Expressing What One Has Realized

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39. Gabyo: On ‘A Picture of a Rice Cake’ 

40. Zenki: On Functioning Fully

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41. Sesshin Sessho: On Expressing One’s True Nature by Expressing One’s Intent

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42. Darani: On Invocations: What We Offer to the Buddhas and Ancestors

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43. Tsuki: On the Moon as One’s Excellent Nature

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44. Kuge: On the Flowering of the Unbounded 

45. Kobusshin: On What the Mind of an Old Buddha Is

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46. Bodaisatta Shishobo: On the Four Exemplary Acts of a Bodhisattva

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47. Katto: On The Vines That Entangle: the Vines That Embrace

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48. Sangai Yuishin: On ‘The Threefold World Is Simply Your Mind’

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49. Shoho Jisso: On the Real Form of All Thoughts and Things

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50. Bukkyo: On Buddhist Scriptures

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51. Butsudo: On the Buddha’s Way

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52. Mitsugo: On the Heart-to-Heart Language of Intimacy

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53. Hossho: On the True Nature of All Things

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54. Mujo Seppo: On the Dharma That Nonsentient Beings Express

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55. Semmen: On Washing Your Face

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56. Zazengi: On the Model for Doing Meditation

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57. Baika: On the Plum Blossom

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58. Jippo: On the Whole Universe in All Ten Directions

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59. Kembutsu: On Encountering Buddha

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60. Henzan: On Seeking One’s Master Far and Wide

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61. Ganzei: On the Eye of a Buddha

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62. Kajo: On Everyday Life

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63. Ryugin: On the Roar of a Dragon

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64. Shunju: On Spring and Autumn: Warming Up and Cooling Down

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65. Soshi Seirai I: On Why Our Ancestral Master Came from the West

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66. Udonge: On the Udumbara Blossom

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67. Hotsu Mujo Shin: On Giving Rise to the Unsurpassed Mind

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68. Nyorai Zenshin: On the Universal Body of the Tathagata

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69. Zammai-o Zammai: On the Meditative State That Is the Lord of Meditative States

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70. Sanjushichihon Bodai Bumpo: On the Thirty-Seven Methods of Training for Realizing Enlightenment

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71. Temborin: On Turning the Wheel of the Dharma

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72. Jisho Zammai: On the Meditative State of One’s True Nature

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73. Daishugyo: On the Great Practice

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74. Menju: On Conferring the Face-to-Face Transmission

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75. Koku: On the Unbounded

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76. Hatsu’u: On a Monk’s Bowl

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77. Ango: On the Summer Retreat

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78. Tashintsu: On Reading the Minds and Hearts of Others

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79. O Saku Sendaba: On ‘The King Requests Something from Sindh’

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80. Jikuin Mon: On Instructions for Monks in the Kitchen Hall

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81. Shukke: On Leaving Home Life Behind

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82. Shukke Kudoku: On the Spiritual Merits of Leaving Home Life Behind

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83. Jukai: On Receiving the Precepts

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84. Kesa Kudoku: On the Spiritual Merits of the Kesa

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85. Hotsu Bodai Shin: On Giving Rise to the Enlightened Mind

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86. Kuyo Shobutsu: On Making Venerative Offerings to Buddhas

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87. Kie Bupposo Ho: On Taking Refuge in the Treasures of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha

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88. Jinshin Inga: On the Absolute Certainty of Cause and Effect

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89. Sanji Go: On Karmic Retribution in the Three Temporal Periods

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90. Shime: On ‘The Four Horses’

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91. Shizen Biku: On the Monk in the Fourth Meditative State

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92. Ippyakuhachi Homyomon: On the One Hundred and Eight Gates to What the Dharma Illumines

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93. Shoji: On Life and Death

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94. Doshin: On the Mind’s Search for Truth

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95. Yui Butsu Yo Butsu: On ‘Each Buddha on His Own, Together with All Buddhas’

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96. Hachi Dainingaku: On the Eight Realizations of a Great One

2. Maka-hannya-haramitsu: Mahaprajnaparamita

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3. Genjo-koan: The Realized Universe

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4. Ikka-no-myoju: One Bright Pearl

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5. Ju-undo-shiki: Rules for the Hall of Accumulated Cloud

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6. Soku-shin-ze-butsu: Mind Here and Now Is Buddha

7. Senjo: Washing

8. Raihai-tokuzui: Prostrating to the Marrow of Attainment (HN: 10)

9. Keisei-sanshiki: The Voices of the River Valley and the Form of the Mountains (HN:8)

10. Shoaku-makusa: Not Doing Wrongs (HN: 9)

11. Uji: Existence-time

12. Kesa-kudoku: The Merit of the Kasya (HN: 84)

13. Den-e: The Transmission of the Robe (HN: 12)

14. Sansuigyo: The Sutra of Mountains and Water (HN: 13)

15. Busso: The Buddhist Patriarchs (HN: 14)

16. Shisho: The Certificate of Succession (HN: 15)

17. Hokke-ten-hokke: The Flower of Dharma Turns the Flower of Dharma (HN: 16)

18. Shin-fukatoku: Mind Cannot Be Grasped (The Former) (HN: 17)

19. Shin-fukatoku: Mind Cannot Be Grasped (The Latter) (HN: 18)

20. Kokyo: The Eternal Mirror (HN: 19)

21. Kankin: Reading Sutras (HN: 20)

22. Bussho: The Buddha-nature (HN: 21)

23. Gyobutsu-yuigi: The Dignified Behavior of Acting Buddha (HN: 22)

24. Bukkyo: The Buddha’s Teaching (HN: 23)

25. Jinzu: Mystical Power (HN: 24)

26. Daigo: Great Realization (HN: 25)

27. Zazenshin: A Needle for Zazen (HN: 26)

28. Butsu-kojo-no-ji: The Matter of the Ascendant State of Buddha (HN: 27)

29. Inmo: It (HN: 28)

30. Gyoji: [Pure] Conduct and Observance [of Precepts] (HN: 29)

31. Kai-in-zanmai: Sam?dhi, State Like the Sea (HN: 30)

32. Juki: Affirmation (HN: 31)

33. Kannon: Avalokite?vara (HN: 32)

34. Arakan: The Arhat (HN: 33)

35. Hakujushi: Cedar Trees (HN: 34)

36. Komyo: Brightness (HN: 35)

37. Shinjin-gakudo: Learning the Truth with Body and Mind  (HN: 36)

38. Muchu-setsumu: Preaching a Dream in a Dream (HN: 37)

39. Dotoku: Expressing the Truth (HN: 38)

40. Gabyo: A Picture of a Rice Cake (HN: 39)

41. Zenki: All Functions (HN: 40)

42. Tsuki: The Moon (HN: 43)

43. Kuge: Flowers in Space (HN: 44)

44. Kobusshin: The Mind of Eternal Buddhas (HN: 45)

45. Bodaisatta-shishobo: Four Elements of a Bodhisattva’s Social Relations (HN: 46)

46. Katto: The Complicated (HN: 47)

47. Sangai-yuishin: The Triple World Is Only the Mind (HN: 48)

48. Sesshin-sessho: Expounding the Mind and Expounding the Nature (HN: 41)

49. Butsudo: The Buddhist Truth (HN: 51)

50. Shoho-jisso: All Dharmas are Real Form (HN: 49)

51. Mitsugo: Secret Talk  (HN: 52)

52. Bukkyo: The Buddhist Sutras (HN: 50)

53. Mujo-seppo: The Non-emotional Preachesthe Dharma (HN: 54)

54. Hossho: The Dharma-nature (HN: 53)

55. Darani: Dh?ra?? (HN: 42)

56. Senmen: Washing the Face (HN: 55)

57. Menju: Face-to-Face Transmission  (HN: 74)

58. Zazengi: The Standard Method of Zazen  (HN: 56)

59. Baike: Plum Blossoms (HN: 57)

60. Juppo: The Ten Directions (HN: 58)

61. Kenbutsu: Meeting Buddha (HN: 59)

62. Hensan: Thorough Exploration (HN: 60)

63. Ganzei: Eyes (HN: 61)

64. Kajo: Everyday Life (HN: 62)

65. Ryugin: The Moaning of Dragons (HN: 63)

66. Shunju: Spring and Autumn (HN: 64)

67. Soshi-sairai-no-i: The Ancestral Master’s Intention in Coming from the West (HN: 65)

68. Udonge: The U?umbara Flower (HN: 66)

69. Hotsu-mujoshin: Establishment of the Will to the Supreme (HN: 67)

70. Hotsu-bodaishin: Establishment of the Bodhi-mind (HN: 85)

71. Nyorai-zenshin: The Whole Body of the Tath?gata (HN: 68)

72. Zanmai-o-zanmai: The Sam?dhi That Is the King of Sam?dhis (HN: 69)

73. Sanjushichi-bon-bodai-bunpo: Thirty-seven Elements of Bodhi (HN: 70)

74. Tenborin: Turning the Dharma (HN: 71)  

75. Jisho-zanmai: Sam?dhi as Experience of the Self (HN: 72)  

76. Dai-shugyo: Great Practice (HN: 73)  

77. Koku: Space (HN: 75)

78. Hatsu-u: The P?tra (HN: 76)

79. Ango: The Summer Retreat (HN: 77)  

80. Tashintsu: The Power to Know Others’ Minds (HN: 78)  

81. O-saku-sendaba: A King’s Seeking of Sendaba  (HN: 79)

82. Ji-kuin-mon: Sentences to Be Shown in the Kitchen Hall (HN: 80)

83. Shukke: Leaving Family Life (HN: 81)

84. Sanji-no-go: Karma in Three Times (HN: 89)  

85. Shime: The Four Horses (HN: 90)  

86. Shukke-kudoku: The Merit of Leaving Family Life (HN: 82)

87. Kuyo-shobutsu: Serving Offerings to Buddhas (HN: 86)

88. Kie-sanbo: Taking Refuge in the Three Treasures (HN: 87)  

89. Shinjin-inga: Deep Belief in Cause and Effect (HN: 88)

90. Shizen-biku: The Bhik?u in the Fourth Dhy?na  (HN: 91)

91. Yui-butsu-yo-butsu: Buddhas Alone, Together with Buddhas (HN: 95)  

92. Shoji: Life and Death (HN: 93)

93. Doshin: The Will to the Truth (HN: 94)

94. Jukai: Receiving the Precepts (HN: 31)  

95. Hachi-dainingaku: The Eight Truths of a Great Human Being (HN: 96)

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2. Maka hannya haramitsu – 2 – Great Prajna Paramita

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3. Bussho – 22 – Buddha Nature

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4. Shinjin gakudo – 37 – Body and Mind Study of Truth

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5. Sokushin zebutsu – 6 – This Very Mind is Buddha

6. Gyobutsu iigi – 23 – Acting Buddha

7. Ikka myoju –4 – One Bright Pearl

8. Shin fukatoku – 18 – Mind Unattainable [former] – 19 – [latter]

9. Kobutsushin – 44 – Eternal Buddha Mind

10. Daigo – 26 – Great Awakening

11. Zazen gi –  58 – The Method Zazen

12. Zazen shin – 27 – Lancet of Zazen

13. Kaiin zanmai – 31 – Ocean Seal Samâdhi

14. Kuge – 43 – Flowers of Emptiness

15. Komyo – 36 – Light

16. Gyoji – 30 – Active Observance (Two Versions)

17. Inmo – 29 – Thusness

18. Kannon – 33 – Avalokitesvara (Bodhisattva of Compassion)

19. Kokyo – Eternal Mirror

20. Uji – 11 – Being Time

21. Juki – 32 – Affirmation

22. Zenki – 41 – Total Function

23. Tsuki – 42 – The Moon

24. Gabyo – 40 – Picture of a Rice Cake

25. Keisei sanshoku – 9 – Sounds of the River-Valley and Forms of Mountains

26. Bukkojo ji – 28 – Going Beyond Buddha

27. Muchu setsumu – 38 – Preaching a Dream in a Dream

28. Raihai tokuzui – 8 – Prostrating to Attainment of the Marrow  

29. Sansui kyo – 14 – Mountains and Waters Sutra

30. Kankin – 21 – Reading Sutras

31. Shoaku makusa – 10 – Not Doing Evil

32. Den e – 13 – Transmission of the Robe

33. Dotoku – 39 – Ability to Express Truth

34. Bukkyo – 24 – Buddhism 

35. Jinzu – 25 – Mystical Power

36. Arakan – 34 – Arhat

37. Shunju – 66 – Spring and Autumn

38. Katto – 46 – Entangling Vines

39. Shisho – 16 – Certified Transmission

40. Hakujushi – 35 – Cedar Trees

41. Sangai yuishin – 47 – The Triple World is Mind Only

42. Sesshin sessho – 48 – Expressing Mind Expressing Essence

43. Shoho jisso – 50 – All Things are Real Form

44. Butsudo – 49 – The Buddha Way

45. Mitsugo – 51 – Secret Words

46. Mujo seppo – 53 – Nonsentient Preaching

47. Bukkyo – 52 – Buddhist Sutras

48. Hossho – 54 – Dharma Nature

49. Darani – 55 – Dharani

50. Senmen – 56 – Face Washing

51. Menju – 57 – Face to Face Transmission

52. Busso – 15 – Buddhist Ancestors

53. Baika – 59 – Plum Blossoms

54. Senjo – 7 – Washing 

55. Jippo – 60 – The Ten Directions

56. Kenbutsu – 61 – Meeting Buddha

57. Henzan – 62 – Thorough Exploration

58. Ganzei – 63 – Eyes 

59. Kajo – 64 – Everyday Life

60. Sanjushichihon bodai bunpo – 73 – Thirty-seven Elements of Enlightenment

61. Ryugin – 65 – The Dragon’s Moan

62. Soshi seirai i – 67 – The Ancestral Master’s Intention in Coming From the West

63. Hotsu bodai shin – 70 – Establishment of the Enlightened Mind (see also ch.69)

64. Udonge – 68 – The Udumbara Flower

65. Nyorai zenshin – 71 – The Whole Body of the Tathagata

66. Sanmai o zanmai – 72 – The King of Samadhi Samadhi

67. Ten horin – 67 – Turning the Dharma Wheel

68. Dai shugyo – 76 – Great Practice

69. Jisho zanmai – 75 – Self-Fulfilling Samadhi

70. Koku – 77 – Space

71. Hatsu-u – 78 – Alms Bowl

72. Ango – 79 – Retreat

73. Tashintsu – 80 – Knowing Others’ Minds

74. O saku sendaba – 81 – A King Seeks Sendaba

75. Shukke – 83 – Leaving Family Life