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• This describes a good aim for the donkeywork of translation: just stick closely to the original Japanese text

  Preface Shobogenzo

The most important text

1. Old Writings and Our Own Life ●●● September 2013 — Banský Studenec

   if you can't find the simple meaning, you can just close the book and go and read the newspaper

   gods and demons as explanation · own life as the basis · realistic meaning of Buddhist scriptures

Other texts

2. Buddhism Free from ‘Buddhism’ ●●● September 2009 — Earth Spirit

   we have to put ourselves into our life in front of us, using our terms and our concepts

   putting ourselves into our own life · reading Dogen critically
3. Yunmen’s Lantern Without Mystery ●●● September 2009 — Earth Spirit

   spiritual or mystical interpretations of Buddhist stories or do we want to take realistic interpretations which we search for in our own experience

   interpretations influenced by our preferences · mystical or realistic interpretation
4. Making Dogen's Words Our Own ●●● August 2012 — Dibbavana

   He says, reflect on these words. Test them out in experience.

   guessing what Dogen meant · testing words in our own experience
5. Preface ●●● Shobogenzo

   This describes a good aim for the donkeywork of translation: just stick closely to the original Japanese text

   characters as momentary mirrors · literal translation · no leakage
6. An Introduction to Shobogenzo ●●● June 2005 — Lotus Centre

   Mike Cross and Nishijima Roshi together made a very literal version

   every generation one step · literal translation
7. Reading Dogen from Experience ●●● May 2014 — Banský Studenec

   If we interpret his writings based on our own real experience here and now

   gods in heaven read literally · reading Dogen from real experience
8. Bussho 3: Joshu’s Dog and Concepts ●●● Summer 2005 — Bussho

   I used the word “without” which is rather an unusual translation of mu

   mu translated as without
9. MMK 1: The Four Conditions ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika

   the Sanskrit word ‘hetus’ means both ‘reason’ and ‘cause’

   hetus as reason and cause · Kumarajiva's Chinese translation
10. Ikka-no-myoju 1: A Pearl in Ordinary Things ●●● Summer 2006 — Ikka-no-myoju

    if we can’t find a realistic meaning in what we read about Buddhism, my advice is close the book and give it away

    realistic meaning of Buddhist scriptures
11. Shoaku Makusa 2: Not Doing Wrong as a State ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusa

    I had to reinterpret the words to suit my experience, not look for experiences that suited the words

    reading Dogen from real experience
12. Introduction to the Shobogenzo ●●●

    by translating it into English we divide things that Dogen unites translated from Czech

    translating Dogen into English
13. One Moon, Two Moons ●●●

    The term SMRITI/SATI was translated into Chinese/Japanese as NEN, which means thought or idea, but also attention or care.

    smriti, sati and nen
14. Introductions 2: Reality in Ordinary Moments ●●● Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters

    Often Master Dogen says something which is quite strange. And if you make it un-strange then you miss the point

    strangeness lost in smooth translation
15. Ikka-no-myoju 5: The Four Views ●●● Summer 2006 — Ikka-no-myoju

    It's like a faint line traced in the sand. It's like, you know, like archaeology

    faint line traced in the sand
16. Koan Stories and Being Here and Now ●●● June 2007 — Padmafarma

    the vigorous efforts you are making are directed to the inside of the donkey, is a kind of common expression in medieval Chinese

    inside of the donkey
17. A Buddhist Teacher Without a Plan ●●● June 2007 — Padmafarma

    I checked it, and put in a stop and a comma, and made the sentences a little bit more beautiful

    understanding Dogen by editing translations

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