"This is an important book. Dogen Zenji's writing can be puzzling, as he seems to shift rapidly from speaking about the relative (aspects of daily life) to the absolute (the transcendent). However, Shinshu Roberts's lucid writing and understanding of Dharma open up the treasure house of Dogen's teaching, making it accessible to all students of Zen. The addition of commentaries by two of Dogen Zenji's students, Senne and Kyogo, is a rare glimpse into how students who lived with the master understood his teaching. Meeting the Myriad Things should be in the library of every teacher of Zen." -- Jan Chozen Bays , co-abbot of Great Vow Zen Monastery and author of Mindfulness on the Go "Though it is inspiring, Meeting the Myriad Things is not an inspirational book; though it is enormously informative, its purpose is not to inform. With the blend of scholarship, painstaking attention to detail, and compassionate care for the actual condition of contemporary practitioners that characterizes her previous work, here Shinshu Roberts gives us a full and precise commentary to Dogen's most famous essay, "Genjokoan," his most lofty work. This is an important book for anyone who wants to engage in serious Dogen study.

" -- Norman Fischer , Soto Zen priest and poet, author of When You Greet Me I Bow and Selected Poems 1980-2013 "Shinshu Roberts leads us into Dogen's world as she models persistent care in listening to his heart pulsing through the words. Respecting him as a profound Dharma teacher, she fearlessly faces what appears to be impenetrable terrain in the landscape of his words, determined to mine their compassionate wisdom. Her success is our boon, enabling us to commune with Dogen and the Dharma in our midst." --Paula Arai , author of Women Living Zen , Bringing Zen Home , and Painting Enlightenment "Shinshu Roberts brings Dogen's 'Genjokoan' into the contemporary spiritual culture. A wonderful book of American Zen for American practitioners." -- Shohaku Okumura , author of Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo "A unique treatment of one of the most celebrated works of Soto Zen, combining the author's close study of the text with a translation of the earliest Japanese commentary. A major contribution to the English-language literature on Dogen." -- Carl Bielefeldt , author of Dogen's Manuals of Meditation.