Fukanzazengi is Dogen's own short primary treatise instructing practitioners in the practice of zazen, seated meditation, written by the founder of Japanese Soto Zen directly to guide practice rather than to argue doctrine at length. As a primary text in the founder's own words, it is the strongest possible source for what Dogen himself instructed regarding zazen practice specifically. Its limit is that it is a short practical instruction text, not a full exposition of Dogen's broader philosophical system, which he developed at much greater length in other works such as the Shobogenzo, so questions about Dogen's wider philosophy need those other primary texts or a dedicated scholarly study, not this text alone.
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Dogen's Fukanzazengi, the thirteenth century primary text that gives the classical Soto Zen instruction for seated meditation, or shikantaza. NotesDogen's foundational instruction for seated meditation, the classical statement of just-sitting (shikantaza) in the Soto Zen tradition.
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Publication Year1227
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Dogen, Figures This source names Dogen directly: "Fukanzazengi is Dogen's own short primary treatise instructing practitioners in the practice of zazen, seated meditation, written by the founder of Japanese Soto Zen directly to guide practice..."
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- Practices, 22 claims: 19 well-attested, 3 general references.
- Articles, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Beliefs & Restrictions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Denominations, 6 claims: 3 holds, 3 general references.
- Doctrines, 6 claims: 3 holds, 3 general references.
- Figures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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