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Eihei Dogen
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), also called Dogen Kigen or Dogen Zenji, was a Japanese Buddhist monk who established Soto Zen in Japan. He is also known for the collection of his writing called Shobogenzo, a masterpiece of the world's religious literature.
Dogen was born in Kyoto into an aristocratic family.
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He was said to have been a prodigy who learned to read both Japanese and classic Chinese by the time he was 4. Both of his parents died while he was still a small boy. The death of his mother, when he was 7 or 8, affected him especially deeply, making him aware of the impermanence of life.
Early Buddhist Education
The orphaned boy was taken in by an uncle who was a powerful, highly placed adviser to the emperor of Japan.
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The uncle saw to it the young Dogen received a good education, which included the study of important Buddhist texts. Dogen read the eight-volume Abhidharma-kosa, an advanced work of Buddhist philosophy when he was 9.
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