Treasury of the True Dharma Eye

This publication represents an English rendering of one of the great classics of Japanese Buddhism, the Shbgenz, by Dgen (12001253), founder of the St Zen school. The translation was produced by the St Zen Text Project, a team of scholars working under the auspices of the Administrative Headquarters of St Zen Buddhism. It is based on the Japanese edition of the Shbgenz in Kawamura Kd ed., Dgen zenji zensh, volumes 12, which provides what are thought to be the most authoritative compilations of Dgens Shbgenz essays, in seventy-five and twelve chapters, supplemented by sixteen additional texts. The translations, in seven volumes, are aimed at both professional and lay audiences. They are accompanied by the Japanese texts and by extensive annotation on the language, literary sources, and interpretations of those texts. An eighth volume provides a lengthy study of the history and contents of the Shbgenz, supplementary notes to the translation, and an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary works.