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Dôgen is considered the founder of the [[Soto|Sôtô]] school of [[Zen]] [[Buddhism]] in Japan.
Dôgen is considered the founder of the [[Soto|Sôtô]] school of [[Zen]] [[Buddhism]] in Japan.
Dôgen was the son of ''[[Naidaijin]]'' [[Fujiwara no Michichika]] and Ishi, a daughter of [[Fujiwara no Motofusa]]. Following his mother's death when he was quite young, Dôgen was raised in his father's mountain villa, or in the [[Horikawa-in|Horikawa mansion]] (in Kyoto) of his older half-brother [[Minamoto no Michitomo]], who had adopted him. Young Dôgen took the tonsure and became a monk at the age of 13.
Dôgen was adopted by his samurai half-brother [[Minamoto no Michitomo]] in [[1205]]. In [[1227]], after traveling to China, he introduced the Sôtô (C: Caodao) school of Zen to Japan. In contrast to the [[Rinzai]] Zen advocated by [[Eisai]] around the same time, which emphasized the contemplation of ''[[koan|kôans]]'', Dôgen's Sôtô Zen emphasized ''[[zazen]]'' - seated meditation.
Dôgen was adopted by his samurai half-brother [[Minamoto no Michitomo]] in [[1205]]. In [[1227]], after traveling to China, he introduced the Sôtô (C: Caodao) school of Zen to Japan. In contrast to the [[Rinzai]] Zen advocated by [[Eisai]] around the same time, which emphasized the contemplation of ''[[koan|kôans]]'', Dôgen's Sôtô Zen emphasized ''[[zazen]]'' - seated meditation.
*"[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1156470/ Zen]," Internet Movie Database (IMDB).
*"[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1156470/ Zen]," Internet Movie Database (IMDB).
*Conrad Schirokauer, et al, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 81.
*Conrad Schirokauer, et al, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 81.
*Plaques on-site at the former site of the [[Horikawa-in]] in Kyoto.
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