You are currently logged-out. You can log-in or create an account to save favorites and more. more info

Dogen Talks

Zen Master Dogen

Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師; Japanese pronunciation: [doꜜː.ɡeɴ, -ŋeɴ], 26 January 1200 – 22 September 1253) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk, writer, poet, philosopher, and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. He is also known as Dōgen Kigen (道元希玄), Eihei Dōgen (永平道元), Kōso Jōyō Daishi (高祖承陽大師), and Busshō Dentō Kokushi (仏性伝東国師).

Originally ordained as a monk in the Tendai School in Kyoto, he was ultimately dissatisfied with its teaching and traveled to China to seek out what he believed to be a more authentic Buddhism. He remained there for four years, finally training under Tiāntóng Rújìng, an eminent teacher of the Cáodòng lineage of Chinese Chan.

Upon his return to Japan, Dōgen began promoting the practice of zazen (sitting meditation) through literary works such as Fukanzazengi and Bendōwa. He broke relations with the Tendai School and later left Kyoto amid ongoing tensions with the school. He eventually founded Eihei-ji, one of the two head temples of the Sōtō school, in present-day Fukui Prefecture.

Dōgen is known for his extensive writings like the Shōbōgenzō (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye, considered his magnum opus), the Eihei Kōroku (Extensive Record, a collection of his talks), the Eihei Shingi (the first Japanese Zen monastic code), along with his Japanese poetry, and commentaries. Dōgen's writings are one of the most important sources studied in the contemporary Sōtō Zen tradition.

From Dōgen on Wikipedia

Showing 343 talks

- Reset Search

Title	Speaker	Date
Father's Day and the Three Minds Serial: SF-10144 6/21/2009, Seido Lee deBarros dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Dogen	Seido Lee Debarros	Jun 21 2009 Green Gulch Farm
In the Shadow of the Moon Serial: SF-10177 3/8/2009, Furyu Schroeder dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Dogen	Fu Schroeder	Mar 08 2009 Green Gulch Farm
Where Buddha Meets Buddha Serial: SF-09684 10/12/2008, Rev. Myo Lahey dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Dogen	Myo Lahey	Oct 12 2008 Green Gulch Farm
Prajna Paramita Serial: SF-09672 10/1/2008, Daigan Lueck dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Dogen, Enlightenment	Daigan Lueck	Oct 01 2008 Green Gulch Farm
Generous Mountains Serial: SF-09627 3/15/2008, Myogen Steve Stucky dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Generosity, Dogen	Myogen Steve Stücky	Mar 15 2008 Green Gulch Farm
Time Serial: SF-09590 1/9/2008, Anshin Rosalie Curtis dharma talk at City Center. Dogen	Anshin Rosalie Curtis	Jan 09 2008 City Center
The Three Minds of the Tenzo Serial: SF-10014 8/11/2007, Jeffrey Schneider dharma talk at City Center. Dogen	Kaiji Jeffrey Schneider	Aug 11 2007 City Center
The Worldview of Zen and the Lotus Sutra Serial: SF-10024 5/19/2007, Taigen Dan Leighton dharma talk at City Center. Dogen, Lotus Sutra	Taigen Dan Leighton	May 19 2007 City Center
Entering Liberation: Zen's Unlimited Gate Serial: SF-10035 Talk by Steve Weintraub at Green Gulch Farm on 2007-04-29 Liberation, Dogen	Steve Weintraub	Apr 29 2007 Green Gulch Farm
Wholehearted Path to Enlightenment Serial: SF-10029 Talk by Ryumon Baldoquin at City Center on 2007-02-28 Dogen, Intimacy	Ryumon Gutierrez Baldoquin	Feb 28 2007 City Center
Living Zen: Work as Practice Serial: SF-09940 Talk by Robert Thomas at City Center on 2007-01-27 Bodhisattva, Dogen	Do-on Robert Thomas	Jan 27 2007 City Center
Cultivating Mindful Hearts in Life Serial: SF-09905 Talk by Steve Stucky at Green Gulch Farm on 2006-09-03 Dogen	Myogen Steve Stücky	Sep 03 2006 Green Gulch Farm
It's Just Food! Suzuki Roshi, Dogen, Tassajara, Ordinary Mind, Money, Way-Seeking Mind, Lay Practice...	Edward Espe Brown	Jul 16 2006 Green Gulch Farm
Present Moment, Timeless Self Serial: SF-09924 Talk by Paul Haller at City Center on 2006-05-25 Dogen	Ryushin Paul Haller	May 25 2006 City Center
Genjo Koan as a Verb Dogen, Delusion, Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period	Taigen Dan Leighton	Apr 29 2006 City Center
Practice Period Serial: SF-00034 Origins of PP, meaning of 'ango'; Dogen's essay; resistance; hermit Jim; Rumi poems. Practice Period, Dongshan, Dogen, Rumi, Buddha Ancestors, Ceremony, Zazen, Duality,...	Kokyo Henkel	Feb 19 2006 Green Gulch Farm
The Robe of Liberation Serial: SF-00115 Taking refuge; our true place; funzo; placing robe on the head; story from vinaya about silk. Okesa, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Genzo-e, Doubt, Patience, Transmission, Separation...	Shohaku Okumura	Feb 01 2006 AM
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-01042 Zendo Lecture Day 1 Dogen	Kosho McCall	Nov 10 2005 Tassajara
Natural Liberation Serial: SF-00035 Sunday talk. Buddha teaches liberation; methods of liberation; birth and death is itself nirvana. Birth-and-Death, Dogen, Liberation, Renunciation, Nirvana, Samsara, Ceremony,...	Kokyo Henkel	Jun 25 2005
Zendo Lecture Dogen, Dharma Transmission	Leslie James	Dec 06 2002 Tassajara
Embracing Oneness Through Zenki Practice Zazen, Dogen	Teah Strozer	Aug 10 2002 City Center
Genjo Koan workshop Serial: SF-03175 Presentation and discussion of the first four lines of Genjo Koan Dogen, Genjokoan, Delusion, Birth-and-Death, Realization, Hate, Emotions, Four Noble...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jun 14 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Dogen's Life Dogen	Cathleen Williams	Jan 25 1997 Unknown
Zen's Radiant Path of Enlightenment Dogen, Original Nature, Japan		Feb 24 1994
Gyoji: Practice in Action Japan, Dogen	Katagiri Roshi	Nov 02 1971
Wherever You Are, We Have Zen Way Of Practice Dogen, Shobogenzo, Genjokoan, Suffering, Don't Know Mind, Happiness, Tassajara,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 21 1971 City Center
Universal Practice for Laymen and Monks Serial: SR-00175 Whatever you do is practice; be careful not to practice for the sake of the self. Zazen as a way to find realization and get used to realization. Whether priest or layperson,... Zazen, Bodhisattva, Dogen, Hui-neng, Buddha Mind, Community, Fasting, Hate	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 25 1971 Tassajara
Virtue of Mountain and River Dogen, Shobogenzo, First Principle, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Dragons, Hate, War	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 24 1971 Tassajara
Sewing Sesshin Serial: SR-00122 Sunday, June 20, 1971 Sesshin Lecture No. ____ San Francisco Sesshin, Okesa, Dogen, New Year, Bodhidharma, Lay Practice, Concentration, Zazen...	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 20 1971 City Center
Be Kind with Yourself Serial: SR-00112 Warm-hearted practice. Breathing and posture in zazen. We all have different circumstances, but in the monastery, we have one practice. Rules give freedom to practice. ... Dogen, Zazen, Tatsugami, Posture, Priest	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 23 1971 Tassajara
Humor Is More Real Than Reallity Serial: SR-00274 Sesshin Lecture No. 5 Tuesday, February 9, 1971 San Francisco Sesshin, Eiheiji, Dogen, Dragons, Emotions	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 09 1971 City Center
No Practice Will Destroy People Dogen, Dogen	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 27 1970 City Center
Zazen Practice and Listen to the Right Teacher Serial: SF-05631 ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #24, by Shundo David Haye ===== In the last years of Suzuki Roshi's life, very few talks were lost from the collections... Sesshin, Dogen, Bodhidharma, Precepts, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Diversity,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 03 1970 City Center
Mudra Practice and How to Accept Instructions from Various Teachers Tatsugami, Yoshida, Keizan, Dogen, Posture	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 26 1970 City Center
Japanese Way, American Way, Buddhist Way Dogen, Genjokoan, Japan, Demons, Doubt, Interview	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 19 1970 City Center
Ekō Lecture 1 Serial: SR-00225 The First Morning Eko Wednesday, July 8, 1970 Tassajara [This is the first in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted at the conclusion of... Eko, Dogen, Manjushri, Transmission, Chanting, Chanting, Precepts, Transmission,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 08 1970 Tassajara
Do Not Pass Your Days and Nights in Vain Serial: SR-00221 Sandokai Lecture XIII: “Don't Spend Your Time in Vain” Monday, July 6, 1970 Tassajara [This lecture is concerned with the following lines of the Sandokai:... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Hui-neng, Dogen, Death, Tassajara	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 06 1970 Tassajara
Helping Others Serial: SR-00138 Sesshin Lecture, No. 2, Saturday, May 2, 1970 San Francisco Sesshin, Dogen, Zuimonki, Doubt	Suzuki Roshi	May 02 1970 City Center
Sincere Practice Serial: SR-00140 How To Have Sincere Practice Tuesday, April 28, 1970 San Francisco Tatsugami, Dogen, Buddha Nature, Don't Know Mind, Posture, Precepts,...	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 28 1970 City Center
Rules Dogen, Posture, Doubt	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 18 1970 City Center
Fundamental Buddhist Point: To Adjust Ourselves To Our Surroundings Serial: SR-00192 Adjusting to life at City Center. Cleaning and zazen. Do we need furniture to practice? Dogen, Eiheiji, Zazen,	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 21 1969 City Center
Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 5 Serial: SR-00202 Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 5 Wednesday, December 3, 1969 Tassajara Sesshin, Bodhisattva, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Ceremony, Precepts, Wisdom	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 03 1969 Tassajara
Practice Should Not Be Perfect, So Descendants Have Something To Do Serial: SR-00203 Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 4 Tuesday, December 2, 1969 Sesshin, Dogen, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Zazen	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 02 1969 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-1 Serial: SR-00212 [Third Lotus Sutra Series]1 Monday Evening, October 20, 1969 Zen Mountain Center Introduction to third series of talks on the Lotus Sutra. Zen as practical... Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Dogen, Ego, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, New Year, Precepts, Priest...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 20 1969 Series 3, Talk 1 Tassajara
Why I Came to America Serial: SR-00157 "Why I became a priest" Memories of his father as a temple priest. Wanting to be an unusual priest himself, to teach people. Training at a temple with Oka... Priest, Meiji, Japan, Dogen, Ceremony, Forms, New Year, Priest	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 16 1969 Sokoji
Pure Silk, Sharp Iron Serial: SR-00246 Sitting cross-legged - and then what? Having the right state of mind. Chinese and Japanese culture. His absent-mindedness, impatience. Virtue of endurance. Zazen, Dogen, Ego, Forms, Patience, Transmission, War	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 14 1969
Stand Up By The Ground Serial: SF-05209 Protection Master "Suzuki Roshi summer sesshin 1969 2nd night lecture Sesshin, Second Night Lecture September, 1969 Tassajara Sesshin, Dogen, Continuous Practice, Doubt	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 1969 Tassajara
Wherever You Are, Enlightenment Is There Serial: SF-05184 Sesshin: First Night Lecture, “I Don't Know Zazen” September 1969 Tassajara Knowing that we have buddha nature even while we are in the... Dogen, Buddha Nature, Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Zazen	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 1969 Tassajara
Not Always So Serial: SR-00124 August Sesshin Lecture Thursday, August 7, 1969 San Francisco Sesshin, Dogen, Interdependence, Gratitude, Composure, Posture, Emptiness	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 07 1969 Sokoji
The Most Important Precept Precepts, Dogen, Eiheiji, Sanctuary, Hate, Suffering	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 01 1969 Tassajara

Dogen Talks

Pages