Brad Warner 
It Came from Beyond Zen! 
More Practical Advice from Dogen, Japan’s Greatest Zen Master

Vol. 2 of Brad Warner’s Radical but Reverent Paraphrasing of Dogen’s Treasury of the True Dharma Eye



In Japan in 1253, one of the great thinkers of his time died — and the world barely noticed. That man was the Zen monk Eihei Dogen. For centuries his main work,
Shobogenzo, languished in obscurity, locked away in remote monasteries until scholars rediscovered it in the twentieth century. What took so long? In Brad Warner’s view, Dogen was too ahead of his time to find an appreciative audience. To bring Dogen’s work to a bigger readership, Warner began paraphrasing
Shobogenzo, recasting it in simple, everyday language. The first part of this project resulted in
Don’t Be a Jerk, and now Warner presents this second volume,
It Came from Beyond Zen! Once again, Warner uses wry humor and incisive commentary to bridge the gap between past and present, making Dogen’s words clearer and more relevant than ever before.

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Introduction

1. It Came from Beyond Zen! — (Inmo) It!

2. Don’t Be Half Assed — (Tenzō Kōkun) Instructions for the Cook

3. A Thousand Eyes and Hands of Compassion — (Kanon) Compassion

4. Compassion and Zen Buddhist Ethics

5. Four Good Ways to Treat People Right — (Shishōbō) Four All-Embracing Virtues

6. Eating Cornflakes and Doing the Dishes — (Kajo) Everyday Life

7. Garbage In, Garbage Out — (Jinshin Inga) Deep Belief in Cause and Effect

8. Wait! What Was the Deal with Cause and Effect Again? (Dai Shugyo) Great practice

9. Buddhist Super Powers — (Jinzū) Mystical Power

10. He Not Busy Being Born Is Busy Dying — (Shoji) Living and Dying

11. Does Life Exist?

12. A Willingness to See the Truth — (Doshin) The Will to the Truth

13.1 Needle in the Butt of Zazen Commentary Part 1

13.2 Needle in the Butt of Zazen Commentary Part 2

14. Talking to the Trees About Reality — (Mujō Seppō) The Insentient Preach the Dhrama

15. It’s All in the Mind, Or Is It? (San Gai Yui Shin) The Three Worlds Are Only the Mind

16. All You Have to Do is Dream — (Mu-chu Setsu-mu) Explaining a Dream Within a Dream

17. Giggling in Delight — Conclusion

Resources

About the Author

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A Soto Zen priest, Brad Warner is a punk bassist, filmmaker, Japanese­monster­movie marketer, and popular blogger. He is the author of Hardcore Zen, Don’t Be a Jerk, Sit Down & Shut Up, Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate, There Is No God and He Is Always with You, and Sex, Sin, and Zen. His writing appears on Suicidegirls.com and in Shambhala Sun, Tricycle, Buddhadharma, and Alternative Press.