Eihei-ji monastery flourishes under Dogen's heirs
1275
The Soto Zen monastery of Eihei-ji in the mountains of Echizen, founded by Dogen in 1244, continued to teach the careful choreography of monastic life he had imported from China, down to the manner of washing the face and sweeping the floor. Dogen's teaching that zazen was not a means to enlightenment but enlightenment itself became the cornerstone of Soto practice and Japanese spiritual culture.
In context
Also in 1275 (5 other events on record)
- Marco Polo reaches Kublai Khan's court · East Asia · Exploration
- Mechanical clocks begin appearing in European churches · Europe · Technology
- Edward I's first Statute of Westminster · Europe · Politics
- Kanem empire expands under Mai Dunama · Africa · Politics
- Shajar al-Durr's tomb completed in Cairo · Middle East · Culture
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Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.