What is Dōgen?
{{Infobox religious biography |name = Dōgen |image= Soto-Zen-Master-Dogen-Zenji-Portrait.png |caption = |birth name = |alias = |dharma name = |birth_date = 26 January 1200 |birth_place = [[Kyoto]], [[Japan]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1253|9|22|1200|1|19}} |death_place = Kyoto, Japan |nationality = |religion = [[Buddhism]] |school = [[Sōtō]] |lineage = |title = [[Zen Master]] |location = |education = |occupation = |teacher = |reincarnation of = |predecessor = [[Rujing]] |successor = |students = |spouse = |partner = |children = |website = }} '''Dōgen Zenji''' was a priest, writer, poet, philosopher from [[Japan]]. He founded the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. Dōgen was born 26 January, 1200 and died 22 September, 1253.<ref>{{Britannica|167921}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bodiford |first1=William M. |title=Remembering Dōgen: Eiheiji and Dōgen Hagiography |journal=The Journal of Japanese Studies |date=2006 |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=1–21 |doi=10.1353/jjs.2006.0003 |jstor=25064606 |s2cid=144431743 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/25064606 |access-date=26 January 2022 |archive-date=26 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126183455/https://www.jstor.org/stable/25064606 |url-status=live }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dogen}} [[Category:1200 births]] [[Category:1253 deaths]] [[Category:Buddhist monks]] [[Category:Japanese people]] {{bio-stub}}