禅 Zen (2009) - Reaction & Review
[01:35:04]  February 29th, 2024

In this Special Episode of Buddhist Books Podcast, we'll be watching Banmei Takahashi's 2009 film, "Zen."

"Zen" is a historical bio-pic about Zen Master Dogen, who first brought Chan Buddhism from China to Japan, becoming the founder of the first Japanese Zen sect in the early 13th century.

As mentioned in the video, "Shobogenzo" is the collection of Dogen's lectures. You can download and begin reading the English translations here:

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