Dōgen
Sign in to savewas a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk, writer, poet, philosopher, and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. He is also known as Dōgen Kigen (), Eihei Dōgen (), Kōso Jōyō Daishi (), and Busshō Dentō Kokushi ().
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Dōgen was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and philosopher who founded the Sōtō school of Zen, one of the major branches of Zen Buddhism in Japan. He is considered an important figure in Buddhist history for his teachings and writings that shaped how Zen Buddhism developed and was practiced in Japan.
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- 1200
- Died
- 1253
- Works
- 37
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30 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Early life
- Early training
- Travel to China
- Return to Japan
- Eihei-ji
- Death
- Teachings
- Zazen
- Other Buddhist practices
- Oneness of practice-verification
- Buddha-nature
- Great realization / satori
- Time-Being
- Perfect expression
- Critique of Rinzai
- Virtues
- Writings
- Shōbōgenzō
- Shushō-gi
- Shinji Shōbōgenzō
- Collections of dharma discourses
- Other writings
- Lineage
- Miraculous events and auspicious signs
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was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk, writer, poet, philosopher, and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. He is also known as Dōgen Kigen (), Eihei Dōgen (), Kōso Jōyō Daishi (), and Busshō Dentō Kokushi ().
Originally ordained as a monk in the Tendai School in Kyoto, he was ultimately dissatisfied with its teaching and traveled to China to seek out what he believed to be a more authentic Buddhism. He remained there for four years, finally training under Tiāntóng Rújìng, an eminent teacher of the Cáodòng lineage of Chinese Chan. Upon his return to Japan, he began promoting the practice of zazen (sitting meditation) through literary works such as Fukanzazengi and Bendōwa.