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Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師; 26 January 1200 – 22 September 1253), [1][2] 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 (道元希玄), Eihei Dōgen (永平道元), Kōso Jōyō Daishi (高祖承陽大師), and Busshō Dentō Kokushi (仏性伝東国師).
Dogen's collection of essays that form the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shōbō Genzō, in Japanese) is a monumental work, considered to be one of the profoundest expressions of Zen wisdom ever put on paper, and also the most outstanding literary and philosophical work of Japan.
Zen master Dōgen (1200–1253) was the founder of the Sōtō sect, one of the five major denominations of Japanese Buddhism that spread rapidly in medieval Japan and remains an important religious movement in modern society.
The Shōbōgenzō (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye) is the master work of the Japanese Sōtō Zen Master Eihei Dōgen (1200 - 1253). It consists of a series of lectures or talks given to his monks as recorded by his head monk, Ejo, who became his Dharma successor although Dōgen was involved in the editing and recording of some of the Shōbōgenzō.
Dōgen was a leading Japanese Buddhist during the Kamakura period (1192–1333), who introduced Zen to Japan in the form of the Sōtō school (Chinese: Ts’ao-tung). A creative personality, he combined meditative practice and philosophical speculation. Dōgen was born into a family of the court nobility.
Dogen Zenji (1200-1253) was a Japanese Zen master, philosopher, and poet who founded the Soto school of Zen in Japan. He is widely considered one of the greatest Zen masters in history and is revered for his profound teachings on the nature of reality and the practice of meditation.
Eihei Dogen (1200–1253) was the founder of the Soto school of Zen. He is referred to by a variety of names, including Dōgen Zenji, Dōgen Kigen, Kōso Jōyō Daishi, or Busshō Dentō Kokushi. He began the first Japanese Zen lineage that survives to this day.
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), also called Dogen Kigen or Dogen Zenji, was a Japanese Buddhist monk who established Soto Zen in Japan. He is also known for the collection of his writing called Shobogenzo, a masterpiece of the world's religious literature.
Dōgen (also Dōgen Zenji 道元禅師; Dōgen Kigen 道元希玄, or Eihei Dōgen 永平道元) (January 19, 1200 - September 22, 1253) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher, philosopher, and founder of the Soto school of Zen in Japan. Zenji is a title meaning zen master, and the name Dōgen means roughly "Source of the Way."
Dogen’s “Genjokoan” and the Five Ranks. The most famous lines of Dogen’s Shobogenzo, “Genjokoan” (“The Way of Everyday Life”), correspond directly to the Five Ranks, and examining them can give us help toward a deeper understanding of each rank. Dogen’s verse is as follows: To study the Buddha Way is to study the self.