The Soto Zen Text Project The Soto Zen Text Project is an initiative of the International Division of the Administrative Headquarters of Soto Zen Buddhism (Sotoshu Shumucho) that seeks to provide materials for the international study and practice of Soto Zen. The project was formally launched in 1996, with the establishment of an Editorial Board made of up of scholars and Sotoshu representatives from Japan and America. Under the direction of the Board, a team of translators has begun work on English translations of the major texts of Soto liturgy, ritual, and doctrine. As this work is completed, the translations will be made available to the public in both printed and electronic forms. Members of the Editorial Board: Nara Yasuaki (Chair), Professor and President Emeritus, Komazawa University Itô Shungen, Chief, International Division, Soto School Headquarters Kawamura Kôdô, Professor, Komazawa University Matsuda Bunyû, Professor, Komazawa University Okumura Shôhaku, Sôtô Zen Education Center, San Francisco Tenshin (Reb) Anderson, Former Abbot, San Francisco Zen Center Editors and translators of the SZTP translation team Translation Team: Carl Bielefeldt (Editor), Professor, Stanford University Griffith Foulk (Editor), Professor, Sarah Lawrence College William Bodiford (Translator), Professor, UCLA Stanley Weinstein (Translator), Professor Emeritus, Yale University Urs App (Computuer Consultant), University Media Research Institute Hakuin Endo (Assistant), Soto School Headquarters Sarah Fremerman (Assistant), Stanford University For an account of the project by Professor Nara, see the special issue of the Soto Zen journal Dharma Eye (Hogen) 9 (Autumn 2001). This issue also includes reflections on translating Dogen by Okumura, Bielefeldt, Tanahashi Kazuaki, and Taigen Leighton.