Editorial Reviews 
Synopsis  
Zen Master Dogen's "Bendowa" is one of the primary texts on Zen practice. Transcending any particular school of Buddhism or religious belief, Dogen's profound and poetic writings are respected as a pinnacle of world spiritual literature. "Bendowa" was written in 1231 and expresses Dogen's teaching of the essential meaning of seated meditation and its actual practice. 

The author, Taigen Dan Leighton taigen@sirius.com , February 15, 1998 
Dogen's ecology of meditation, with earthy commentary  
This is Zen Master Dogen's primary writing on the inner workings and ecology of meditation. Included in the book is an extensive, down-to-earth, and entertaining commentary by Uchiyama Roshi, an important modern Japanese Soto Zen master. 
Blanche Hartman, Abbess of San Francisco Zen Center, says: 
"This book will take Dogen Zenji's teachings on practice/ enlightenment into the 21st century. ... presented with such clarity and precision by Shohaku Okumura and Taigen Dan Leighton that we enter...