Dōgen
Founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan
Dōgen's mother, named Ishi, is said to have died when he was age 7.[1] In 1212, at age thirteen, Dōgen fled to his uncle Ryōkan Hōgen at Mount Hiei to become a monk.[2] He became possessed by a question about the Tendai concept of original enlightenment, which states all humans are enlightened by nature.[2][3] In 1225, Dōgen visited master Rújìng, the thirteenth patriarch of the Cáodòng lineage, at Mount Tiāntóng.[3]
He wrote the Fukanzazengi, a short text emphasizing zazen, soon after returning.[4] In 1243, Dōgen accepted an offer to relocate his community to Echizen province.[3] In 1246, he renamed the temple there Eihei-ji, which remains a head temple of Sōtō Zen.[5] Dōgen often wrote in Japanese, using wordplay, neologism, and lyricism to express the inexpressible.[3]
After receiving Dharma transmission and inka from Rujing in 1227, Dōgen returned to Japan in either 1227 or 1228.[6][4]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 26 January 1200
- Birthplace
- Kyoto, Japan
- Died
- 22 September 1253
- Religion
- Buddhism
- School
- Sōtō
- Predecessor
- Rujing
Facts from the source article.
What the cited sources add
The Shushō-gi was compiled in 1890 by Takiya Takushū, Azegami Baisen, and layman Ouchi Seiran as an abstract of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō.[7] On December 1, 1890, this work was distributed with the name Soto Kyokai Shushogi.[7] The Open Library record for "Five Mountains" lists its publisher as Harvard University Asia Center and its publication date as May 1996.[8] The Open Library record for "Dogen's Formative Years" lists its publisher as Taylor & Francis Group and its publication year as 2013.[9]
The Open Library record for "Dōgen" lists its publisher as Oxford University Press and its publication year as 2012.[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "Dōgen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kodera, "Dogen's Formative Years: An Historical and Annotated Translation of the Hokyo-ki", Routledge, 2013-10-16, p. 21–24; ; Kodera, "Dogen's Formative Years: An Historical and Annotated Translation of the Hokyo-ki", Routledge, 2013-10-16, p. 21–24; Kodera, "Dogen's Formative Years: An Historical and Annotated Translation of the Hokyo-ki", Routledge, 2013-10-16, p. 21–24; (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dōgen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kodera, "Dogen's Formative Years: An Historical and Annotated Translation of the Hokyo-ki", Routledge, 2013-10-16, p. 21–24; Kodera, "Dogen's Formative Years: An Historical and Annotated Translation of the Hokyo-ki", Routledge, 2013-10-16, p. 21–24 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dōgen" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dōgen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; "Fukan zazengi", www.stanford.edu; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dōgen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; "Touring Venerable Temples of Soto Zen Buddhism in Japan Plan", SotoZen-Net (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dōgen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Shushō-gi", terebess.hu. facts only, no text reused. terebess.hu
- Open Library record, ISBN 9780674304987 ("Five Mountains"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9781134543151 ("Dogen's Formative Years"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9780199754465 ("Dōgen"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
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