Tenets and teachings
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Core elements of Soto Zen doctrine
  • Sokushin zebutsu 即心是佛 (Mind itself is Buddha)
  • Ichibutsu ryoso 一佛両祖 (One Buddha, two founders)
  • Seiden no buppo 正伝の仏法 (Authentic transmission of the Buddhadharma)
  • The practice of zazen is realized as the form of Buddha (butsu no sugata 仏の姿)
  • Igi soku buppō, sahō kore shūshi 威儀即仏法, 作法是宗旨 (Dignified deportment is the Buddhadharma, and etiquette is the principle of our school)
  • Ten main themes of Dogen's teaching
  • Buddhist essentials