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