Summary
Summary
Denomination | SOTO-ZEN |
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Head Temples | Fukui Eihei-ji Head Temple Founder Master Dogen Yokohama Soji-ji Head Temple (Japanese Page) Founder Master Keizan |
Dedicate to | Śākyamuni (in:Pali) (Siddhārtha Gautama in Sanscrit) |
Foundation | Around 1560 |
Founder | Daishuuchouyo osho invited from Ryuusanji |
Built by | 5th Terao castellan Suwamikawanokami Umanosuke, who was serving under the house of Hojo in Odawara |
Tradition | Dharma brought by Śākyamuni Buddha was conveyed to China by Bodhidharma, and bloomed as Zen. It was brought to Japan by Dogen Zenji as Soto Zen during Kamakura period. The dharma was propagated widely throughout Japan by Keizan Zenji. |
Dharma | People naturally hold dharma within the self. Zen practice is to appreciate and read the sutras (Buddha's teaching), to simply practice zazen, to quest for truth within the self, to realize the self being unified with nature (universe), then to make the most of one's vital life. |