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Program

9:00 Doors open (First come, first served seating)

9:30 Welcoming Remarks: STEVEN HEINE (Florida International

University) and SHOTAI DE LA ROSA (Buddha Soto Zen)

9:45 WILLIAM BODIFORD (University of California, Los Angeles)

“Leaps of Faith: Journeys from China to Japan and Beyond”

10:35 Short Break

10:45 T. GRIFFITH FOULK (Sarah Lawrence College)

“Dōgen‟s Use of Kōans”

11:35 Short Break

11:45 STEVEN HEINE

“Seasons are the Reason: Dōgen‟s Chinese & Japanese Poetry

Collections”

12:35 Lunch

2:00 TAIGEN DAN LEIGHTON (Loyola University, Chicago)

“Dōgen‟s Vital Process of Going Beyond Buddha in

„Gyōbutsu-igi‟”

2:50 Short Break

3:00 SHOHAKU OKUMURA (Sanshin Zen Community)

“Arousing Bodhi-mind: What is the „Earth‟ in Dōgen‟s

Teachings?”

3:50 Short Break

4:00 Roundtable Discussion with All Speakers and Asian Studies

Graduate Students

5:00 Concluding Remarks

Please see the following files for:

Chronology of Dōgen

Dōgen‟s Lineage

Kichijōzan Eiheiji (Dōgen‟s Temple)

Religious Schools of Kamakura Buddhism

DŌGEN (1200-1253), Founder of Sōtō Zen in Japan

Steven Heine, Florida International University

Main Doctrines Main Writings

Impermanence (mujō) Shōbōgenzō (Japanese teachings)

All beings are buddha-nature (busshō) Eihei Kōroku (Chinese teachings)

Just-sitting (shikan taza) Eihei Shingi (monastic rules)

Casting off body-mind (shinjin datsuraku) Fukanzazengi (meditation manual)

The kōan in everyday life (genjōkōan) Sanshōdōei (Japanese poetry)

Chronology

1200 Born to aristocracy

1202 Father dies

1207 Mother dies

1213 Becomes monk in Tendai sect on Mt. Hiei

1214 Experiences “Great Doubt”

1217 Joins Kenninji, a Zen temple in Kyoto founded by Eisai

1223 Leaves for China with Eisai’s disciple Myōzen

1225 Becomes enlightened under Chinese mentor Rujing

1227 Returns to Japan, writes meditation manual, Fukazazengi

1231 Starts writing the Shōbōgenzō

1233 Founds first temple, Kōshōji, in Kyoto, writes “Genjōkōan”

1234 Main disciple Ejō joins him

1236 Kōshōji establishes a Dharma Hall

1238 Becomes known for “liberal” positions re role of women and laity

1239 Gains patronage support from one-eyed samurai Hatano Yoshishige

1241 Joined by wave of monks from proscribed early Zen school, Daruma

1243 Moves from Kyoto to remote Echizen province

1244 New temple, Eiheiji, built in mountains

1244 Main Shōbōgenzō complete, concentrates on Eihei Kōroku and Eihei Shingi

1247 Takes trip to Kamakura at request of Shogun; rejects offer of new temple

1248 Returns to Eiheiji and focuses on monastic rules and karmic retribution

1251 Falls ill, period of writing comes to an end

1253 Returns to and dies in Kyoto while sitting in zazen posture

Waka Verse on “Original Face” (Honrai no memmoku)

Haru wa hana Spring, cherry blossoms,

Natsu hototogisu In summer, the cuckoo's song,

Aki wa getsu The bright moon in autumn and

Fuyu yuki kiede in winter, snow,

Suzushi kari keri. cold, clear.

Translation (Heine, Zen Poetry of Dogen

In spring, the cherry blossoms,

In summer, the cuckoo’s song,

In autumn, it is the moon, shining,

In winter, the frozen snow,

How pure and clear (suzushi) are the seasons!