Did Dogen Go to China?: What He Wrote and When He Wrote ItDogen (1200-1253), the founder of the Soto Zen sect in Japan, is especially known for introducing to Japanese Buddhism many of the texts and practices that he discovered in China. Heine reconstructs the context of Dogen's travels to and reflections on China by means of a critical look at traditional sources both by and about Dogen in light of recent Japanese scholarship. While many studies emphasize the unique features of Dogen's Japanese influences, this book calls attention to the way Chinese and Japanese elements were fused in Dogen's religious vision. It reveals many new materials and insights into Dogen's main writings, including the multiple editions of the Shobogenzo, and how and when this seminal text was created by Dogen and was edited and interpreted by his disciples. This book is the culmination of the author's thirty years of research on Dogen and provides the reader with a comprehensive approach to the master's life works and an understanding of the overall career trajectory of one of the most important figures in the history of Buddhism and Asian religious thought. |
Contents
PART II Theory of Periodization | 89 |
Timeline of Kamakura Religious Figures | 231 |
Chronology of Buddhism in China and Japan | 233 |
Dogen Chronology | 235 |
Five Factions of Soto Zen | 237 |
Shobogenzo Editions | 241 |
Comparison of 75 and 60Fascicle Texts | 247 |
Dogens Citations of Juching | 249 |
Notes | 253 |
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