Dōgen (1200–1253)
Japanese Buddhist monk, pupil of Eisai; founder of the Sōtō school of Zen. He did not reject study, but stressed the importance of zazen, seated meditation, for its own sake.
| Dōgen trained as a monk with the Tendai school of Buddhism, then studied in China 1223–27. In 1246 he established the Eihei temple as headquarters for the Sōtō school. |
| His teachings are outlined in Shōbōgenzō/The Eye Treasury of the Right Dharma 1231–53. |
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