Shinjin gakudō (Japanese:身心學道), translated into English asLearning the Truth with Body and Mind, is a book of theShōbōgenzō by the 13th centurySōtōZen monkEihei Dōgen. It was written in the fall of 1242 at Dōgen's first monasteryKōshōhōrin-ji inKyoto.Shinjin gakudō appears in both the 75 and 60 fascicle versions of theShōbōgenzō as the fourth book, and it is ordered 37th in the later chronological 95 fascicleHonzan editions. The book explains how truth can be obtained not with the mind alone, but rather with the body and mind together working through action. He further explains that action necessarily requires both the body and mind and that there is thus a oneness in action.[1]
