This book addresses the question of how to properly handle DÅ?gen texts, a core issue that became critical during the Meiji period in which the philosophical appropriation of DÅ?gen became apparent inside and outside of the monastery.  In present day DÅ?gen studies, most scholarship is informed by a number of factions representing DÅ?gen.  The chapters herein address: the Zennist (j. zenjÅ?ka) emphasising practice, the GenzÅ?nians (j. genzÅ?ka) shifting the attention to the close reading of DÅ?gen texts, the laity movement opening up both the texts and the practice to people in modern society, and the GenzÅ? researchers (j. genzÅ? kenkyÅ«ka) searching for the authenticity and truth of DÅ?gen writings.  The book aims to clarify the rightful place of DÅ?gen: in the monastery, in denominational studies, or in modern academic philosophy?  It brings forth various viewpoints on DÅ?gen, and analyzes the relations of these viewpoints from the premodern to modern times.  The collected volume appeals to students and researchers in the field while establishing hermeneutic standards of reading and proposing new, original, and critical interpretations of DÅ?gen texts. Chapter From Uji to Being-time (and Back): Translating DÅ?gen into Philosophy is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.