Hi Bryson,
Well, he delivered those talks over many years. And, in fact, it may help to think of them like musical pieces, jazz records, more than anything else ... they can be listened to back to back, one by one or in small bites.
Here, by the way, is my usual advice when reading Dogen comes up ...
SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Dogen - A Love Supreme
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...A-Love-Supreme
Some more detailed comments and pointers on the
"How to Read Dogen" thread ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...-to-Read-Dogen
... including about the various versions out there ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...-to-Read-Dogen
Gassho, J