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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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The State of the Dysfunction

War, Composure, Separation, Non-attachment, Oneness, Attachment, Religion, Peace,...
Mar 12 2016

Embodied Dharma in Everyday Actions

Samadhi, Karmic Consciousness, Dogen
Jan 18 2016

Embodying Enlightenment Through Daily Actions

Buddha Mind, Posture, Dogen
Nov 19 2015

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Practice, Buddha, Dogen
Aug 23 2015

2015.08.21-serial.00158

Practice, Dogen, Delusion
Aug 21 2015

2015.08.20-serial.00155

Buddha, Dogen, Time
Aug 20 2015

2015.08.19-serial.00153

Buddha, Buddha Nature, Dogen
Aug 19 2015

2015.08.18-serial.00151

Lotus Sutra, Dogen, Buddha
Aug 18 2015

2015.08.18-serial.00152

Buddha, Lotus Sutra, Dogen
Aug 18 2015

Zen Mind: Beyond Thought and Karma

Buddha Mind, Precepts, Dogen
Jan 13 2015

Connecting Deeply through our Mothers

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ADZG Sunday Morning,
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Time, Dogen, Practice
May 11 2014
Ancient Dragon Zen Gate

Themes of Mountains and Water Sutra

Serial: TL-00328

ADZG Sunday Morning,
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Practice, Dogen, Time
Apr 06 2014
Ancient Dragon Zen Gate

Brain Washing 1,7,3,5

Serial: BZ-02339

Rohatsu

Dogen, Tenzo Kyokun, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Conversation, Daily Life, Dragons,...
Dec 03 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

What is the Basis of our Activity

Serial: BZ-02300

Why Do We Chant?, Saturday Lecture

Chanting, Suzuki Roshi, Dogen, Sixth Patriarch, Bowing, Composure, Concentration,...
Mar 30 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

A Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures

A Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures
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No Abode 2013-02-02 AM

Buddha Mind, Transmission, Samadhi, Dogen
Feb 02 2013
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Awakening the Mind Through Zazen

Faith, Enlightenment, Dogen
Jan 23 2013

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