The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Sh¿b¿genz¿) is the masterwork of D¿gen (1200-1253), founder of the S¿t¿ Zen Buddhist sect in Kamakura-era Japan. Steven Heine provides a comprehensive introduction to this essential Zen text, offering a textual, historical, literary, and philosophical examination of D¿gen's treatise.
The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Sh¿b¿genz¿) is the masterwork of D¿gen (1200-1253), founder of the S¿t¿ Zen Buddhist sect in Kamakura-era Japan. Steven Heine provides a comprehensive introduction to this essential Zen text, offering a textual, historical, literary, and philosophical examination of D¿gen's treatise.