Katagiri Transcripts

This website transcribes the dharma talks of Dainin Katagiri Roshi as a reference for the study of Sōtō Zen Buddhism. These transcripts are a continuing work in progress; talks are added regularly, and corrections and improvements are made on an ongoing basis. Katagiri Roshi’s talks are used with permission of Minnesota Zen Meditation Center.

• Introduction
• Katagiri Roshi’s Zazen Instruction
• Talk List

Dōgen Studies

Basics:

• Introduction to Dōgen Studies
• Bendōwa: A Talk on Pursuing the Way
  • Notes on Bendōwa
• Fukanzazengi: Universal Recommendation for Zazen
  • Notes on Fukanzazengi
• Gakudō-yōjinshū: Principles of Practice
• Genjōkōan
  • Notes on Genjōkōan

More:

• Baika: Plum Blossoms
• Gabyō: Painting of a Rice Cake
• Kokyō: The Ancient Mirror
• Kuge: Flowers in the Sky
• Mindfulness: from Sanjūshichi-bon-bodai-bunpō, “Thirty-Seven Factors of Bodhi”
• Other Dōgen Fascicles

Other Topics

• Awakening of Faith
• Blue Cliff Record
• Diamond Sutra
• Karma
• Platform Sutra
• Receiving the Precepts
• Shōyōroku: Book of Serenity
• Tiantai Buddhism
• Zen Forms and Ceremonies
• Miscellaneous Talks

Latest Updates

• February 27, 2026: Posted first version of “Notes on Genjōkōan”.
• February 25, 2026: Posted “Blue Cliff Record Case 54: Yun Men Extends Both Hands”.
• February 20, 2026: Posted “Disporting with the Buddhas: Transformation through Play”.
• February 17, 2026: I’m reorganizing the homepage around a “Dōgen Studies” section.
• January 29, 2026: Posted the rest of the 1988 series on the Precepts.