BeingTime, Shinshu Roberts
BeingTime, Shinshu Roberts
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Being-Time
A Practitioner's Guide to Dogen's Shobogenzo Uji

Author: Shinshu Roberts, Norman Fischer

Narrator: Leslie Howard

Unabridged: 9 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/29/2022

Synopsis

A tour-de-force guide to Zen Master Dogen's most subtle and sophisticated philosophical premises: that being and time are inseparable.

Being-Time thoroughly explores Dogen's teaching on how we practice as Buddhas by understanding the relationship between being and time as it is—and as we perceive it to be. Using Dogen's Shobogenzo Uji (The True Dharma Eye, Being-Time), Shinshu Roberts offers a twofold analysis of this teaching: the meaning of the text and practice with the text, giving examples how we apply Dogen's complex teaching to our daily lives.

About Shinshu Roberts

Shinshu Roberts is a Dharma Heir of Sojun Mel Weitsman, abbot of Berkeley Zen Center and in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. She received her priest training at San Francisco Zen Center and from the North American branch of the Japanese Soto School. She has been appointed Kokusaifukyoshi (International Dharma Teacher) by the Shumucho (Japanese Soto Administration). She co-founded Ocean Gate Zen Center in Capitola, California with her spouse Jaku Kinst.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Will on July 30, 2018

Of late, I’ve been steeped in a study of Time-Being, Uji, and the physics of time. Along with this book, just finished "The Order of Time” by Carlo Rovelli. Just finished "A Tale for the Time Being” by Ruth Ozeki, a fictional tapestry of modern Japan and Dōgen”s Uji. Reading these three books togeth......more

Goodreads review by Wayne on July 29, 2018

Zen teachings from one of the great Zen text of all times. Although this is not an easy read, you may have to really take your time reading these teachings to truly grasp what's being said. I find myself going back and rereading more than once to further my understanding. If you are looking to deepe......more

Goodreads review by David on December 20, 2021

If you're interested in Zen in general, and Eihei Dōgen in particular, this mind-blowing masterpiece is a must. It's often hard-going and esoteric, but as Norman Fischer writes in the foreword: "If this text causes you to challenge your most cherished concepts about your life, it will have done its......more

Goodreads review by Blythe on January 06, 2022

"Dogen's teaching in 'Uji' is that we must hold more than one view" (169).......more

Goodreads review by Jim on January 17, 2021

An in-depth explanation of one of Master Dogen's densest fascicles. Very helpful.......more

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