Zen Master Dogen
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Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師; 26 January 1200 – 22 September 1253), 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).
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.
He eventually broke relations completely with the powerful Tendai School, and, after several years of likely friction between himself and the establishment, left Kyoto for the mountainous countryside where he founded the monastery Eihei-ji, which remains the head temple of the Sōtō school today.
Dōgen is known for his extensive writings like the Shōbōgenzō (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye, considered his magnum opus), the Eihei Kōroku (Extensive Record, a collection of his talks), the Eihei Shingi (the first Japanese Zen monastic code), along with his Japanese poetry, and commentaries. Dōgen's writings are one of the most important sources studied in the contemporary Sōtō Zen tradition.
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Dharmakaya Practice and Spiritual BypassSerial: TL-00778 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dogen, Koun Ejô, Samadhi, Soto Zen |
Jan 07 2024 Hybrid |
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Excerpts from Dogen’s Extensive RecordSerial: TL-00814 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dogen, Extensive Record, Practice, Time, Dogen |
Oct 22 2023 Hybrid |
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Online Seminar: Dogen’s Extensive Record, Eihei KorokuSerial: TL-00813 ADZG Saturday Seminar, Dogen, Extensive Record, Dharmakaya, Buddha Nature, Dogen, Buddha, Lotus Sutra... |
Oct 21 2023 Zoom |
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Dogen’s Extensive Record - Radiance, Intimacy, and respecting CausalitySerial: TL-00812 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dogen, Extensive Record, Buddha, Time, Practice |
Oct 01 2023 Hybrid |
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Objectless Meditation and Serene IlluminationSerial: TL-00809 ADZG Monday Night, Dogen, Zazen, Samadhi, Meditation, Practice, Zazen |
Sep 04 2023 Hybrid |
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Core Soto ZenSerial: TL-00807 ADZG Monday Night, Dogen, Bendowa, Zazen, Buddha, Practice, Zazen |
Aug 14 2023 Hybrid |
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Buddha Work and the Ancestors: Teachings of HongzhiSerial: TL-00805 ADZG Monday Night, Hongzhi, Dogen, Bendowa, Buddha, Work, Practice |
Jul 31 2023 Hybrid |
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Bodhisattvas’ Four Integrative DharmasSerial: TL-00797 ADZG Sesshin Day 3, Vimalakirti Sutra, Sesshin, Shobogenzo, Dogen, Generosity, Practice, Time, Buddha... |
May 21 2023 Hybrid |
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The Buddha Way is a Conversation.Dogenzenji's vow and the practice confession and repentance. Confession and repentenance includes both social and solitary aspects of practice. "The Snowman" poem by... Dogen, Confession-and-Repentance, Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon, Evil, Repentance,... |
Sep 03 2022 Zoom |
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Zen Awakening: Wisdom and Compassion Lovingkindness, Mahayana, Dogen |
Jan 2022 |
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Wholehearted Zen: Ethics in Practice Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Dogen |
Jan 2022 |
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Embodied Awareness: Beyond DualitySerial: RB-03180 Door-Step-Zen_City-Groups Practice, Dogen, Culture |
Aug 2019 Johanneshof |
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Denko Roku 1: ShakyamuniSerial: BZ-02662 Study Sesshin Day 1
true dharma, Transmission, Liberation, Nirvana, Dogen, Soto Zen, Chanting, Buddha... |
Feb 16 2019 |
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January 2019 talk, Serial No. 04461 Intimacy, Zendo, Dogen |
Jan 2019 |
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Creating Time Through PresenceSerial: RB-03449 Seminar Time, Practice, Dogen |
Oct 2018 Hannover |
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Steady Intimacy With Present BeingSerial: RB-02236 Practice-Period_Talks Practice, Dogen, Time |
Sep 2018 Johanneshof |
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Suzuki Roshi Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced BuddhaSerial: BZ-02621 Sesshin Day 5
Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Emotions, Intimacy, Attachment, Dogen, Bell,... |
Jun 17 2018 |
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Save the World Save YourselfSerial: BZ-02586 Day 5
Impermanence, Berkeley Zen Center, Harmonizing, Composure, Rinzai, Priest, Mandala,... |
Dec 07 2017 |
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Buddhism as Science: Empirical EnlightenmentSerial: RB-03658 Seminar_Breath_Body_Phenomena Practice, Buddhism, Dogen |
Sep 2017 Hannover |
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Being Time in Turbulent timesSerial: TL-00428 ADZG Sunday Morning, Time, Dogen, Zazen |
Jul 17 2016 ADZG Temple |
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Interplay of Form and EmptinessSerial: RB-02923 Seminar_To_Realize_Our_Innermost_Request Dogen, Time, Consciousness |
May 2016 Rastenberg |
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The State of the Dysfunction War, Composure, Separation, Non-attachment, Oneness, Attachment, Religion, Peace,... |
Mar 12 2016 |
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2015.08.23-serial.00161 Practice, Buddha, Dogen |
Aug 23 2015 |
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2015.08.21-serial.00158 Practice, Dogen, Delusion |
Aug 21 2015 |
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2015.08.20-serial.00155 Buddha, Dogen, Time |
Aug 20 2015 |
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2015.08.19-serial.00153 Buddha, Buddha Nature, Dogen |
Aug 19 2015 |
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2015.08.18-serial.00151 Lotus Sutra, Dogen, Buddha |
Aug 18 2015 |
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2015.08.18-serial.00152 Buddha, Lotus Sutra, Dogen |
Aug 18 2015 |
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Cultivating Awareness: Zen's PathwaysSerial: RB-03892 Seminar_Attentional_Awareness Dogen, Practice, Time |
Mar 2015 Johanneshof |
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Embodied Awareness Through Zen PracticesSerial: RB-02279 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Time, Dogen, Practice |
Sep 2014 Kassel |
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Zen's Non-Dual Path to HealingSerial: RB-02277 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Time, Buddhism, Dogen |
Sep 2014 Kassel |
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Zen Meets Psyche: Bridging TraditionsSerial: RB-02915 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Japan, Dogen, Buddhism |
Jun 2014 Rastenberg |
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Gestational Mind Beyond Unconscious ThoughtSerial: RB-02918 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Consciousness, Dogen, Stillness |
Jun 2014 Rastenberg |
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Observing Reality Beyond DualismSerial: RB-02906 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Time, Dogen, Culture |
Jun 2014 Rastenberg |
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Embodied Mindfulness: Time and BeingSerial: RB-02910 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Time, Consciousness, Dogen |
Jun 2014 Rastenberg |
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Zen Paths: Embodied Time and UnitySerial: RB-02589 Seminar_Buddha-Fields Time, Practice, Dogen |
Jun 2014 Rastenberg |
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Connecting Deeply through our MothersSerial: TL-00334 ADZG Sunday Morning, Time, Dogen, Practice |
May 11 2014 ADZG Temple |
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Themes of Mountains and Water SutraSerial: TL-00328 ADZG Sunday Morning, Practice, Dogen, Time |
Apr 06 2014 ADZG Temple |
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Mindfulness in Dynamic ParticipationSerial: RB-03784 Practice-Period_Talks Time, Posture, Dogen |
2014 Johanneshof |
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Brain Washing 1,7,3,5Serial: BZ-02339 Rohatsu Dogen, Tenzo Kyokun, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Emotions, Daily Life, Hate, Dragons,... |
Dec 03 2013 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Transcending Time through Zen InsightSerial: RB-02200 Seminar_The_Practice_of_Interiority Time, Buddhism, Dogen |
Aug 2013 Hannover |
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What is the Basis of our ActivitySerial: BZ-02300 Why Do We Chant?, Saturday Lecture Chanting, Suzuki Roshi, Dogen, Sixth Patriarch, training, Lay Practice, Priest,... |
Mar 30 2013 Berkeley Zen Center |
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A Special Transmission Outside the ScripturesA Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures Buddha Mind, Transmission, Samadhi, Bodhisattva Vow, Dogen |
Feb 02 2013 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Breathing Time, Living PresenceSerial: RB-03767 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Time, Breath, Dogen |
2013 Rastenberg |
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Timeless Presence in Zen PathsSerial: RB-03768 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Time, Practice, Dogen |
2013 Rastenberg |
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2012.08.03-serial.00148 Buddha, Practice, Dogen |
Aug 03 2012 |
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2012.08.02-serial.00146 Dogen, Buddha, Delusion |
Aug 02 2012 |
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2012.08.01-serial.00145 Time, Buddha, Dogen |
Aug 01 2012 |
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2012.07.31-serial.00143 Dogen, Emptiness, Buddha |
Jul 31 2012 |
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2012.07.31-serial.00142 Practice, Buddha, Dogen |
Jul 31 2012 |