Did Dogen Go to China?: What He Wrote and When He Wrote It

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Overview

Dogen (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.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780195305708
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publication date: 5/25/2006
  • Pages: 316
  • Product dimensions: 9.30 (w) x 6.30 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Steven Heine

Steven Heine is Professor and Director of the Institute for Asian Studies at Florida International University. He specializes in the history of thought of Zen Buddhism and its transition from China to Japan, especially the life and works of Zen Master Dogen. He has published twenty books and numerous articles on East Asian religion and society. Dr. Heine was recently awarded the Kauffman Professorship in Entrepreneurship Studies at the Florida International University Business School.
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Table of Contents

Pt. I Historical and methodological issues
1 "A Dharma-transmitter who traveled to Sung China" 5
2 Gone Fishin' : sources and re-sources 51
Pt. II Theory of periodization
3 The early period : Dogen went to China 91
4 The middle period, part I : the Kyoto cycle 133
5 The middle period, part II : the Echizen cycle 155
6 The late period : outpost administrator of brilliant innovator? 189
App. I Timeline of Kamakura religious figures 231
App. II Chronology of Buddhism of China and Japan 233
App. III Dogen chronology 235
App. IV Five factions of Soto Zen 237
App. V Shobogenzo editions 241
App. VI Comparison of 75- and 60-fascicle texts 247
App. VII Dogen's citations of Ju-ching 249
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