Dogen ( 1200-1253) studied Zen in China and brought back to Japan the tradition later to be identified with the Chinese Ts'ao-tung (Japanese: Soto) form of Zen. Under Dogen, a form of Zen was taught in which the individual does nothing but sit (zazen) in the faith that he is already a Buddha, and that the zazen is an organic unfolding of Buddha nature. Since one is a Buddha, zazen is not practiced in order to become a Buddha. When all selfish graspings after such things as enlightenment are abandoned, and he can sit in zazen with no desire, his true nature will begin to reveal itself" (ed. Charles S. Perbish, Buddhism: A Modern Perspective, p. 226).
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