Preface and Acknowledgements
Abbreviations, Transliteration, Systems of Counting, and Capitalization
Introduction: The Life of Zen Master Dogen and Dogen's Teaching
PART ONE: PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS
Rules for Zazen (Zazen-gi)
Guidelines for Studying the Way (Gakudo Yojin-shu)
Bodhisattva's Four Methods of Guideance (Bodaisatta Shisho-ho)
Regulations for the Auxiliary Cloud Hall (Juundo-shiki)
Instructions for the Tenzo (Tenzo Kyokun)
PART TWO: PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS
Actualizing the Fundamental Point (Genjo Koan)
Birth and Death (Shoji)
The Time-Being (Uji)
Undivided Activity (Zenki)
Body-and-Mind Study of the Way (Shinjin Gakudo)
PART THREE: POETIC IMAGERY
Mountains and WAters Sutra (Sansui-kyo)
Spring and Autumn (Shunju)
Plum Blossoms (Baika)
Everyday Activity (Kajo)
The Moon (Tsuki)
Painting of a Rice-cake (Gabyo)
PART FOUR: TRANSMISSION OF TEACHING
On the Endeavor of the Way (Bendo-wa)
Only Buddha and Buddha (Yuibutsu Yobutsu)
Twining Vines (Katto)
Face-to-Face Transmission (Menju)
Buddha Ancestors (Busso)
Document of Heritage (Shisho)
All-Inclusive Study (Henzan)
Going beyond Buddha (Bukkojoji)
PART FIVE: POEMS
Waka Poems
Chinese-style Poems
APPENDIXES
Appendix A: "Reading the Record of Eihei Dogen" by Ryokan
Appendix B: Chinese Transliteration: Comparative Table
Appendix C: Maps
Appendix D: Lineage Charts of Chinese Zen Masters
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Glossary and Index

Edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi; Translated by Robert Aitken, Reb Anderson, Ed Brown, Norman Fischer, Arnold Kotler, Daniel Leighton, Lew Richmond, David Schneider, Kazuaki Tanahashi, Katherine Thanas, Brian Unger, Mel Weitsman, Dan Welch, and Philip Whalen