Zen Master Dogen (1200–1253), the founder of the Soto Zen sect in Japan and one of the most brilliant minds Japan has ever produced, was a true giant of Asian thought whose works are of an astounding richness and profundity. In this book, American Zen Master Genpo Merzel, one of the preeminent Western teachers of his generation who was himself trained in the tradition of Dogen, explores the essential features of Dogens vision of Zen training and practice as presented in three of his most important works. The Way of Zen Master Dogen, Merzel writes, is to forget oneself and to go beyond all dualistic concepts of sanity and madness, good and evil, enlightened and deluded, Buddha and ordinary person. Merzels commentaries and insights offer an excellent introduction to Dogens work as well as a deeply felt exploration of its practical significance today.