Founder of Soto Zen in Japan
Eihei Dogen
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A Japanese monk who brought Soto Zen from China and taught that seated meditation is itself awakening, not a road to it.
Key work: Shobogenzo (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye)
“To study the self is to forget the self.”
Key ideas, in brief (in our words)
Sitting itself is practice, not a means to something else.
Each moment of being is a moment of time.
Everyday work can be the whole of the way.
Read more: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Japanese Zen Buddhist Philosophy
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