Taigen Daniel Leighton is a priest and teaches at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in Muir Beach, California. He also teaches at the Institute of Buddhist Studies at the Graduate Theological Union. Shohaku Okumura is Chief Priest and Head Teacher at the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center.

• List of Illustrations Foreword by Ikko Narasaki Roshi Foreword by Jusan Kainei Edward Brown Acknowledgments Introduction by Taigen Daniel Leighton Overview of Dogen's WritingsThe Role of Community in BuddhismAlignment with NatureCultural Adaptation and ExpressionIntroductions to the Individual EssaysChan Stories and the Soto Use of KoansSignificance of the Eihei Shingi in Dogen's Teaching and PracticeContemporary Understandings of Dogen's Historical ContextEarlier Monastic CodesThe Textual History of the Eihei ShingiDevelopment of Standards for the Community in the Keizan ShingiTranslation Issues: Gender and PronounsDogen's Use of LanguageGlossaries and NotesPersonal Experience of the Monastic ContainerConclusionThe Pure Standards of Eihei Dogen Zenji [Eihei Shingi] Instructions for the Tenzo (Tenzokykun) The Model for Engaging the Way (Bendoho) The Dharma for Taking Food (Fushukuhanpo) Regulations for the Study Hall (Shuryo Shingi) The Dharma when Meeting Senior Instructors of Five Summer Practice Periods (Taitaiko Gogejariho) Pure Standards for the Temple Administrators (Chiji Shingi) Director [Kan'in]Ino [Supervisor of Monks]Tenzo [Chief Cook]Work Leader [Shissui]Appendix: Afterword to the Shohon Edition Glossary of Japanese Terms Glossary and Index of Names Lineage Charts Selected Bibliography The Translators

"Dogen's Pure Standards is a very careful and readable translation of a very important work by Dogen which has just begun to receive attention. This text, a compilation of essays from different stages in his career concerning the rules and regulations of monastic life, is crucial for an understanding of Dogen's overall approach to Zen. The annotations the translators provide are very helpful for understanding the historical context of the main work. In short, this is a 'must read' for those interested in studies of Dogen, Zen, and Japanese Buddhism." — Steven Heine, Chair, East Asian Studies, The Pennsylvania State University"This book represents the best translation so far of a famous collection of essays that provide a great deal of concrete information on the practice of Zen monasticism." — Carl Bielefeldt, Stanford University