{"product_id":"flowers-blooming-on-a-withered-steven-heine-9780190941345","title":"Flowers Blooming on a Withered Tree: Giun's Verse Comments on Dogen's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye","description":"This book provides a translation and critical bilingual edition on the \u003cem\u003eVerse Comments on the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye\u003c\/em\u003e. The \u003cem\u003eVerse Comments\u003c\/em\u003e by Giun (1253-1333), the fifth abbot of Eiheiji temple, is an important early medieval Japanese commentary on the 60-chapter edition of the \u003cem\u003eTreasury of the True Dharma Eye\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eShobogenzo\u003c\/em\u003e), one of the main versions of the masterwork written by Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), the founder of the Soto Zen sect in Japan who established Eiheiji in the mid-1240s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGiun's Verse Comments was one of only two commentaries of the Treasury written during the Kamakura era, with the other being a prose analysis of the 75-chapter edition, called \u003cem\u003eProse Comments on the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye\u003c\/em\u003e, often abbreviated to \u003cem\u003eDistinguished Comments\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eGosho\u003c\/em\u003e). While \u003cem\u003eDistinguished Comments\u003c\/em\u003e fell into disuse rather quickly and was only revived nearly three hundred years later, the \u003cem\u003eVerse Comments \u003c\/em\u003ewas circulated widely from the time of its composition and read by many Soto monks over the next couple of centuries. Offering poems and cryptic expressions that seek to capture the spiritual flavor and essential meaning of Dogen's thought as suggested in each chapter, the \u003cem\u003eVerse Comments\u003c\/em\u003e is crucial for understanding how Dogen's \u003cem\u003eTreasury\u003c\/em\u003e was received and appropriated in the religious and literary context of medieval Japan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Steven Heine's careful interpretations, historical investigations, and theoretical reflections demonstrate the significance of Giun's writings in light of the history of pre-modern and modern commentaries on Dogen's masterwork, the \u003cem\u003eTreasury of the True Dharma Eye\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Heine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190941340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190941345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Steven Heine","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43942684688639,"sku":"9780190941345","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_32fe2f34-0d49-4549-9adb-5b192b9c1ceb.jpg?v=1681493761","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/flowers-blooming-on-a-withered-steven-heine-9780190941345","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}