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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The Circle of the Way: Reading the Gospel of Thomas as a ChristZen ... by Arnold, Kenneth / Cross Currents

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