Texts

This section contains Shobogenzo chapters, articles, booklets, handbooks and other documents in English that Nishijima Roshi produced during the years he taught his foreign students. In the early days, when his English was not so good, he would write what he wanted to say, and we would then rewrite the text, meeting him in his office in Tokyo to confirm the meaning. Some of the early texts are based on transcripts of his talks, edited by Jeff Bailey or myself. Some of the articles have already been available on the Internet, and others are being published here for the first time.