The Life of Zen Master Dogen
A dramatic reconstruction of the Life of the great Japanese monk Dogen who flourished in Japan in the 13th century. Dogen introduced Soto Zen Buddhism from China. The film shows that Buddhism was in a very corrupt state in Japan in the 13th century. In order to understand what the Buddha had really taught Dogen travelled to China, where he met the master Ju-ching, whose teaching was to have a life-long effect on the young monk: the practice of Zen is to have the mind and the body fall away, this falling away is the path out of ignorance and vice.…
