Abstract: The chapter explores the fact that although Dgen’s most well known version of the Shbgenz has 95 fascicles, he composed several more versions that revealed additional information about the Master. As abbot of Eiheiji, Dgen focused his attention on delivering the jd sermons in the Eihei kroku, a crucial text which, until very recently, has been so overshadowed by the 75-Shbgenz that it was virtually neglected in Western scholarship. Two other collections that are crucial for understanding the unfolding of Dgen’s career in relation to Chinese Ch’an are the Shbgenz zuimonki and the Eihei shingi. The chapter concludes with a discussion of Dgen’s life through the Decline and Renewal theories.

Keywords: critical Buddhism, Eihei kroku, Eihei shingi, 75-Shbgenz, Shbgenz zuimonki,