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Zen Master Dogen

Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師; Japanese pronunciation: [doꜜː.ɡeɴ, -ŋeɴ], 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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2012.07.31-serial.00142

Practice, Buddha, Dogen
Jul 31 2012

2012.07.30-serial.00140

Buddha, Dogen, Emptiness
Jul 30 2012

Genjo Koan - Section 10B-Part-1

Serial: BZ-02248

Firewood and Ash, Sesshin Day 3

Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Dogen, Birth-and-Death, Three Treasures, Six Realms,...
Jun 22 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Nishiari Commentary on Genjo Koan

Serial: BZ-02233

Three Commentaries on Genjo Koan, new book,

Meaning of term Koan

Saturday Lecture

Genjokoan, Nishiari Bokusan, Kosho Uchiyama, Subject-and-Object, Birth-and-Death,...
Mar 03 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Money is Pure

Serial: BZ-02231

Money and Labor Talk by Suzuki Roshi, Sesshin Day 2

Dogen, Cooking, Dana Paramita, Fox, Culture, Evil, Building, First Principle, Buddha...
Feb 19 2012
Part 1 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

January 25th, 2012, Serial No. 03937

Dogen, Buddha, Suzuki Roshi
Jan 25 2012

Aliveness as Performative Being Time

Serial: RB-01688E

Seminar

Time, Dogen, Interdependence
2012
Kassel

August 27th, 2011, Serial No. 03876

Precepts, Dogen, Complete Perfect Enlightenment
Aug 27 2011

August 22nd, 2011, Serial No. 03871

Zazen, Dogen, Ceremony
Aug 22 2011

Embracing the Mahayana: Do You Want to be an Artist? 

Breath, Dogen, Community, Lineage, Evil
Jul 16 2011
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Serial No. 02191

Lotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Dogen
Jul 02 2011

Dharma Transmission

Serial: BZ-02188

Teacher/Disciple Relationship, Sesshin Day 4

Lineage, Transmission, Dogen, Transmission, Branching Streams, Buddha Ancestors,...
Jun 18 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

January 25th, 2011, Serial No. 03826

Zazen, Karmic Consciousness, Dogen
Jan 25 2011

Komyo - Master Hongzhi

Serial: BZ-02147

Light, Rohatsu Day 5

Koun Ejô, Sandokai, Transmission of Light, Komyozo Zammai, Discrimination, Silent...
Dec 09 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Paying Respect to the Great Teacher 

Dragons, Transmission, Dogen, Perfect Wisdom
Nov 06 2010
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

October 27th, 2010, Serial No. 03783

Offering, Ceremony, Dogen
Oct 27 2010

The Mind of Enlightenment 

Silence, Lotus Sutra, Dogen, Bodhidharma
Aug 19 2010
The Yoga Room

2010.08.12-serial.00135

Time, Dogen, Separation
Aug 12 2010

2010.08.11-serial.00132

Nirvana, Practice, Dogen
Aug 11 2010

2010.08.09-serial.00129

Time, Dogen, Work
Aug 09 2010

2010.08.08-serial.00127

Dogen, Buddha
Aug 08 2010

The Bodhisattvas' Four Embracing Dharmas

Lotus Sutra, Dogen, Suzuki Roshi
Jul 02 2010

Eight Awakenings of Great Beings, serial no. 02101

Serial: BZ-02101

Lecture

Desire, Mindfulness, Dogen
May 22 2010

Interdependent Flow: Zen's Living Reality

Serial: RB-02877

Practice-Period_Talks

Dogen, Practice, Time
Feb 25 2010
Crestone Zen Mountain Center

Zazen

Serial: BZ-02068

Seven Factors of Awakening, Rohatsu Day 1

Practice Enlightenment, Mindfulness, Effort, Dogen, Concentration, Equanimity,...
Dec 06 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

For a Sentient Being to be a Sentient Being is just not to Move 

Silence, Manjushri, Dogen, Impermanence, Karmic Consciousness
Nov 14 2009
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Zazen's Depth: Beyond Time and Space

Serial: RB-01678D

Sesshin

Zazen, Dogen, Time
Oct 2009
Johanneshof

August 18th, 2009, Serial No. 03671

Faith, Lotus Sutra, Dogen
Aug 18 2009

2009.07.05-serial.00204

Precepts, Dogen, Practice
Jul 05 2009

Causation and Non-Self 

Attachment, Evil, Dogen, Emptiness
Mar 26 2009
The Yoga Room

January 17th, 2009, Serial No. 03627

Dogen
Jan 17 2009

The Practice That Fills and Is Filled by the Entire Universe and the Bodhisattva Precept of Not Killing 

Lotus Sutra, Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen, Dogen, Buddha Mind
Nov 22 2008
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

2008.10.06-serial.00200

Breath, Practice, Dogen
Oct 06 2008

Just This - Dogen's Fukanzazengi: Have Know Kidzendo

Serial: BZ-01161C

Saturday Lecture

Fukanzazengi, Dogen, Duality, Dragons, Posture, Non-duality, Instruction, Buddha...
Sep 27 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

About the Lotus Sutra 

Lotus Sutra, Bell, Dogen
Apr 19 2008
No Abode Hermitage

February 14th, 2008, Serial No. 03535

Buddha, Practice, Dogen
Feb 14 2008

2008.01.25-serial.00113E

Buddha, Practice, Dogen
Jan 25 2008

2008.01.24-serial.00113C

Practice, Dogen, Buddha
Jan 24 2008

2008.01.23-serial.00113B

Buddha, Practice, Dogen
Jan 23 2008

2008.01.23-serial.00113A

Buddha, Practice, Dogen
Jan 23 2008

2008.01.22-serial.00112G

Duality, Dogen, Nirvana
Jan 22 2008

2008.01.21-serial.00112F

Practice, Buddha, Dogen
Jan 21 2008

2008.01.21-serial.00112E

Practice, Buddha, Dogen
Jan 21 2008

2008.01.19-serial.00112A

Practice, Buddha, Dogen
Jan 19 2008

January 17th, 2008, Serial No. 03517

Sangha, Dogen, Offering
Jan 17 2008

December 5th, 2007, Serial No. 03504

Lotus Sutra, Offering, Dogen
Dec 05 2007

Three Bodies of Buddha

Serial: BZ-01098

Saturday Lecture

Trikaya, Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Dogen, Manjushri, Continuous Practice, Dragons,...
Dec 01 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Awakening Through Sensory Immersion

Serial: RB-01662E

Sesshin

Practice, Continuous Practice, Dogen
Oct 2007
Johanneshof

“Menju” (Face to Face Transmission): From Moon in a Dew Drop, Writings of Zen Master Dogen

Serial: BZ-00998B

Saturday Lecture

Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Lineage, Buddha Ancestors, Bodhidharma, Dharma...
Sep 08 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

BCR: Case #74: "Kingyu Osho-Rice Pot" (Dear Bodhisattvas)

Serial: BZ-00988

BCR: Case #93: "Taiko's 'You For Devil'", Saturday Lecture

BCR-74, Buddha Mind, Gratitude, Fox, Monastic Practice, Dogen, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Aug 04 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

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