Dōgen (dō`gĕn), 1200–1253, Zen master (see Zen Buddhism Zen Buddhism, Buddhist sect of China and Japan. The name of the sect (Chin. Ch'an, Jap. Zen) derives from the Sanskrit dhyana [meditation].
..... Click the link for more information. ) and founder of the Sōtō Zen school in Japan. After studying in China, he received the seal of enlightenment and succession to the Ts'ao-tung (Sōtō) school. In 1236 he established the first independent Zen temple in Japan. Sōtō Zen stresses zazen, sitting meditation, based on the Buddha's own practice. Whereas for Rinzai Zen koans koan [Jap.,=public question; Chin. kung-an], a subject for meditation in Ch'an or Zen Buddhism, usually one of the sayings of a great Zen master of the past.
..... Click the link for more information. are a means to enlightenment, Sōtō stresses the identity of practice and attainment. Dōgen, unlike many Zen masters, stressed practice without rejecting scripture.

Bibliography

See H.-J. Kim, Dōgen Kigen, Mystical Realist (1975); Y. Yokei, Zen Master Dōgen (1976); F. Cook, How to Raise an Ox (1978); C. Bielefeldt, Dōgen's Manuals of Zen Meditation (1988); G. Snyder, The Teachings of Zen Master Dogen (1992).

Dogen

(born Jan. 19, 1200, Kyoto, Japan—died Sept. 22, 1253, Kyoto) Japanese Buddhist who introduced Soto Zen to Japan from China. Orphaned at age 7, he became a monk at 13. He studied in China under the Zen master Rujing (1223–27), and he also studied with Eisai. He returned to Japan and taught Zen meditation, spending his last years at Eihei Temple, which he founded.

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These are mostly koans and the Shobogenzo of Dogen Zenji.

Zen Buddhism by Lynette Tyson / Food/cooking/nutrition community

Soto Zen Master Dogen (1200-1243), Rinzai Zen Master Eisai (1141-1215), Pure Land Patriarch Honen (1133-1212), True Pure Land Founder Shinran (1173-1263), and the charismatic Nichiren (1222-1282) all began their careers training at Enryakuji temple, the Tendai headquarters on Mt.

Kyoto pilgrimage past and present by Winfield, Pamela D. / Cross Currents

When Dogen, a great Zen Master of old, returned to Japan after many years of studying Zen in China, the people asked what he brought with him to help others who were suffering, he said, ?

When Change Comes (Sacred Steps to Living with Uncertainty) by Brenda Shoshanna / Self Improvement community