Author: Dōgen Zenji
Alternate names: 道元禅師, Dōgen Kigen, 道元希玄, Eihei Dōgen, 永平道元, Koso Joyo Daishi; Dōgen; Dogen; Dogen Zenshi Sankokai; D*ogen; D-ogen
Born: 19 January 1200
Died: 22 September 1253
Bio: Dōgen Zenji was a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher born in Kyōto, and the founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan after travelling to China and training under the Chinese Caodong lineage there. Dōgen is known for his extensive writing including the Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma or Shōbōgenzō, a collection of ninety-five fascicles concerning Buddhist practice and enlightenment. ([Source][1].)


  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Dgen