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1. Dogen was the founder of the Soto (T'sao Dong Ch'an) Lineage of Buddhism in Japan.
2. Dogen was faced with the problem of either not propagating the Dharma or revising the ordination for monks. (Web site)
3. In 1215, Dogen, a younger contemporary of Eisai's, journeyed to China himself, where he became a disciple of the Caodong master Tiantong Rujing. (Web site)

Soto School

1. After his return, Dogen established the Soto school, the Japanese branch of Caodong.

Soto Zen

1. Keizan Jokin (1264-1325), a third generation successor of Dogen, is considered the second founder of Soto Zen after Dogen. (Web site)

Great Teachers

1. Dogen did this as did a lot of the great teachers of the past. (Web site)

China

1. Our oryoki lineage began with Dogen Zenji, who traveled from Japan to China many centuries ago.

Buddhas

1. Dogen Zenji: Buddhas and Ancestral Teachers realize the empty sky and the great earth. (Web site)

Practice

1. This unity of practice and awakening expressed fully in this hogo 11 is discussed elsewhere by Dogen. (Web site)
2. First- in its intention of reestablishing a way of practice as Zen Master Dogen has pointed it out in the 13th century.

Realization

1. As we have already seen, Dogen often cites this story in the context of his important teaching of the unity of practice and realization (shusho-itto). (Web site)
2. Dogen Zenji: In the Buddha Dharma, there is one path, one Dharma, one realization, one practice. (Web site)

Japan

1. During the 13th century, Dogen, founder of the Soto sect in Japan, compiled some 300 koans in the volumes known as the Greater Shobogenzo. (Web site)
2. Ch'an Buddhism was studied by Dogen, who traveled from Japan to China in 1224.
3. The short set of sixteen precepts we use in our tradition were formulated by Dogen Zenji, the founder of Soto Zen in Japan. (Web site)

Eisai

1. From the 12th and 13th, a further development was Zen art, following the introduction of the faith by Dogen and Eisai upon their return from China.

Zen Buddhism

1. One of the two major schools of Zen Buddhism, brought to Japan by Dogen in the 13th century.
2. Eisai's interest in tea was shared by his renowned disciple, Dogen (1200-1253), who is called the founder of the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism. (Web site)
3. The Soto school of Zen Buddhism was founded by Dogen Zenji in Japan in the 13th century.

Zazen

1. As such, it provides a mirror to the ritual enactment of zazen that Dogen proclaims as itself the essential realization or enlightenment. (Web site)
2. This approach to zazen as a ritual of enactment, which is clearly articulated throughout Dogen's writings, is not unique to Dogen. (Web site)
3. The daily time spent in zazen varies, Dogen recommends even 5 minutes daily for householders is beneficial.

Dogen

1. And this enlightenment or realization for Dogen is naturally expressed in practice. (Web site)
2. Dogen says, "Within this [true Dharma] there is practice, teaching, and verification [enlightenment]. (Web site)
3. Moreover, for Dogen the awakening of buddhas is expounded by buddhas listening to the teaching equally with those who give the teaching. (Web site)

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