Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki (Japanese: 正法眼蔵隨聞記), sometimes known by its English translation The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Record of Things Heard, is a collection of informal Dharma talks given by the 13th century Sōtō Zen monk Eihei Dōgen and recorded by his primary disciple Koun Ejō from 1236 to 1239.
The work is generally considered to be the easiest to understand of Dōgen's due to its concrete examples and the infrequent use of allusion, metaphor, and word play characteristic of his other writings.
According to Shōhaku Okumura, a modern Zen priest, the fundamental message in Dōgen's talks is the importance of seeing impermanence.
[2] Uchiyama, Kosho (2018), Deepest Practice, Deepest Wisdom: Three Fascicles from Shobogenzo with Commentary, translated by Okumura, Shōhaku; Wright, Daitsu Tom, Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, ISBN 978-1614293026 Eihei Dogen, Shohaku Okumura trans.
(2022), Dōgen's Shōbōgenzo Zuimonki: The New Annotated Translation―Also Including Dogen's Waka Poetry with Commentary, Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, ISBN 978-1614295730