The Dirt Clod and the Shōbōgenzō
Called so because my understanding is rough, coarse and common. Over time this may change. In the mean time, this may be useful to you.
This document and it’s links are a living document and will change over time.
(Unless otherwise specified these are the Nishijima & Cross translations)
Get to know the Shōbōgenzō
Volume 1
01. BENDOWA: A Talk about Pursuing the Truth
02. MAKA HANNYA HARAMITSU: Maha Prajna Paramita
03. GENJO KOAN: The Realized Law of the Universe
04. IKKA NO MYOJU: One Bright Pearl
05. JU-UN-DO SHIKI: Rules for the Cloud Hall
06. SOKUSHIN ZE BUTSU: Mind Here and Now is Buddha
07. SENJO: Washing
08. RAIHAI TOKUZUI: Prostration to [Whatever] Has Got the Marrow
09. KEISEI SANSHIKI: The Sound of the Valley and the Form of the Mountains
10. SHOAKU MAKUSA: Not Doing Wrong
11. U-JI: Existence-Time
12. KESA KUDOKU: The Merit of the Kasaya
13. DEN-E: The Transmission of the Robe
14. SAN SUI GYO: Mountains and Rivers as Sutras
15. BUSSO: The Buddhist Patriarchs
16. SHISHO: The Certificate of Transmission
17. HOKKE TEN HOKKE: The Lotus Universe Turns the Lotus Universe
18. SHIN FU-KATOKU: Mind Cannot Be Grasped (I)
19. SHIN FU-KATOKU: Mind Cannot Be Grasped (II)
20. KOKYO: The Eternal Mirror
21. KANKIN: Reading Sutras
Volume 2
22. BUSSHO: Buddhanature
23. GYOBUTSU IGI: The Dignified Behavior of an Acting Buddha
24. BUKKYO: Buddhist Teaching
25. JINZU: Mystical Powers
26. DAIGO: Great Realization
27. ZAZEN SHIN: A Maxim of Zazen
28. BUTSU KOJO NO JI: The Fact of Ascending Buddha
29. INMO: The Ineffable
30. GYOJI: Moral Action and Observance (I)
30. GYOJI: Moral Action and Observance (II)
31. KAI-IN ZANMAI: Sagara Mudra Samadhi, State Like the Sea
32. JUKI: Affirmation
33. KAN-NON: Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara
34. ARAKAN: Arhat
35. HAKUJUSHI: Cedar Trees
36. KOMYO: Brightness
37. SHINJIN GAKUDO: Pursuing the State of Truth through Body and Mind
38. MUCHU SETSUMU: Preaching a Dream in a Dream
39. DOTOKU: Expressing the State of Truth
40. GABYO: Painted Rice Cakes
41. ZENKI: All Functions
Volume 3
42. TSUKI: The Moon
43. KUGE: Flowers in the Sky
44. KOBUSSHIN: The Mind of Eternal Buddhas
45. BODAISATTA SHI-SHO-BO: The Four Ways of the Bodhisattva in Human Relations
46. KATTO: The Complicated
47. SANGAI YUISHIN: The Triple-World is Just Mind
48. SESSHIN SESSHO: Preaching Mind, Preaching the Nature of Things
49. BUTSUDO: Buddhism
50. SHOHO JISSO: All Things and Phenomena are Real Form
51. MITSU GO: Mystical Whispers
52. BUKKYO: Buddhist Sutras
53. MUJO SEPPO: The State without Emotion preaches Dharma
54. HOSSHO: Dharmanature
55. DHARANI: Darani
56. SENMEN: Washing the Face
57. MENJU: The Face-to-Face Transmission
58. ZAZEN GI: The Standard Method of Zazen
59. BAIKE: Plum Blossoms
60. JUPPO: The Ten Directions
61. KENBUTSU: Meeting Buddha
62. HENSAN: Completing Buddhist Study
63. GANZEI: Eyeballs
64. KAJO: Daily Life
65. RYUGIN: Whispers of Dragons
66. SHUNJU: Spring and Autumn
67. SOSHI SAIRAI NO I: The First Patriarch’s Intention in Coming from the West
68. UDONGE: The Udumbara Flower
69. HOTSU MUJOSHIN: The Establishment of the Supreme Mind
70. HOTSU BODAISHIN: The Establishment of the Bodhi Mind
71. NYORAI ZENSHIN: The Tathagata’s Whole Body.
72. ZANMAI O ZANMAI: The Samadhi which is King of Samadhis
Volume 4
73. SANJU-SHICHI-BON BODAI BUNBO: The Thirty-Seven Classes of Ways to Practice the Truth
74. TENBORIN: Turning the Dharma Wheel
75. JISHO ZANMAI: Samadhi, State of Experiencing Self
76. DAI SHUGYO: The Great Practice
77. KOKU: Space
78. HATSU-U: The Patra
79. ANGO: The Retreat
80. TASHINTSU: Knowing Others’ Minds
81. O SAKU SENDABA: The King’s Request of Saindhava
82. JI KU-IN MON: Rules for the Kitchen
83. SHUKKE: Transcending Family Life
84. SANJI NO GO: Karmic Action in the Three Times
85. SHIME: The Four Horses
86. SHUKKE KUDOKU: The Merit of Transcending Family Life
87. KUYO SHOBUTSU: Serving Offerings to Buddhas
88. KI-E SANBO: Devotion to the Three Treasures
89. SHINJIN INGA: Deep Belief in Cause and Effect
90. SHIZEN BIKU: The Bhiksu [who Mistook] the Fourth Dhyana
91. YUI-BUTSU YO-BUTSU: Only Buddhas-and-Buddhas
92. SHOJI: Life and Death
93. DOSHIN: Bodhi-Mind
94. JUKAI: Receiving the Precepts
95. HACHI DAI NINGAKU: Eight Great Human Truths
