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Also known as Dōgen Zenji, Dōgen Kigen, Eihei Dōgen, Dougen
鎌倉時代初期の禅僧、曹洞宗の開祖
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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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1200
- Died
- 1253
- Works
- 37
Top works
- 正法眼蔵を読む
- 普勧坐禅儀講話
- 典座教訓赴粥飯法
- 正法眼蔵解読
- 修証義の仏教
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Key facts
- Religious biography.name
- Dōgen
- Religious biography.image
- Soto-Zen-Master-Dogen-Zenji-Portrait.png
- Religious biography.birth_date
- 26 January 1200
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Kyoto, Japan
- Religious biography.death_place
- Kyoto, Japan
- Religious biography.religion
- Buddhism
- Religious biography.school
- Sōtō
- Religious biography.title
- Zen Master
- Religious biography.predecessor
- Rujing
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of death
- Kyoto
- Father
- Minamoto no Michichika
- Occupation
- Buddhist monk
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- Japanese
- Religion
- Sōtō
- Family
- Koga family
- Student of
- Rujing
- Image
- Dogen.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dōgen
- date of birth
- 1200-01-19
- date of death
- 1253-09-29
- topic's main category
- Category:Dōgen
- name in native language
- 道元
- student
- Koun Ejō
- writing language
- Japanese
- pseudonym
- 高祖
- name in kana
- どうげん
- ethnic group
- Japanese people
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- posthumous name
- 承陽大師
- religious name
- 希玄
- birth name
- 文殊丸
- Commons Creator page
- Dōgen
Sources (1)
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Article · 日本語
道元（どうげん、正治2年1月2日（1200年1月19日） - 建長5年8月28日（1253年9月22日））は、鎌倉時代初期の禅僧。日本における曹洞宗の開祖。晩年には、希玄という異称も用いた。宗門では高祖承陽大師と尊称される。諡号は仏性伝東国師、承陽大師。諱は希玄。道元禅師とも呼ばれる。
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