Dōgen

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Dōgen topic overview

The analysis highlights Biography, Teachings and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Dōgen.

Related topics: 105
Source areas: 5
Connected nodes: 110
Extracted relationships: 308
Concept neighborhoods: 22
Bridge connections: 110

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Biography · 37 topics

Teachings · 27 topics

Overview · 23 topics

Lineage · 10 topics

Writings · 8 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Born: 26 January 1200 Kyoto, Japan
Died: 22 September 1253(1253-09-22) (aged 53) Kyoto, Japan
Predecessor: Rujing
Religion: Buddhism
School: Sōtō
Title: Zen Master

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Writings

Lineage

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Dōgen connects Entity context

The extracted context around Dōgen shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Dōgen → Additionally, Ancient Teacher, Around, At, Chan, China, Ching-te-ssu, Cáodòng, Dharma, East China Sea, Eisai, In, In China, Japanese, Jing-de-si, Mongol Empire, Mount Tiāntóng's, Myōzen, Nyojō, Níngbō Another extracted example is Dōgen → Advice, Bendōhō, Bendōwa, Chief Cook, China, Chinese, Dōgen's, Eihei, Ejō, Endeavor, Fukanzazengi, General Advice, Hōkojōki, Hōkyō Period, Instructions, Japanese, Memoirs, On, Other, Practice. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Top relations

related to Travel to China · 32

Dōgen → Additionally, Ancient Teacher, Around, At, Chan, China, Ching-te-ssu, Cáodòng, Dharma, East China Sea, Eisai, In, In China, Japanese, Jing-de-si, Mongol Empire, Mount Tiāntóng's, Myōzen, Nyojō, Níngbō

related to Other writings · 30

Dōgen → Advice, Bendōhō, Bendōwa, Chief Cook, China, Chinese, Dōgen's, Eihei, Ejō, Endeavor, Fukanzazengi, General Advice, Hōkojōki, Hōkyō Period, Instructions, Japanese, Memoirs, On, Other, Practice

related to Lineage · 21

Dōgen → Abbot, Buddha, Daruma-school, Darumashū, Eihei-ji, Ejō, EjōGikai, EjōKeizanGien, EjōSenne, Following Ejō's, Gien, Gikai, He, His, In, Koun Ejō, Nōnin, Opposition, Shakyamuni, Shōbōgenzō

related to Collections of dharma discourses · 19

Dōgen → Another, Dōgen Oshō Kōroku, Dōgen's, Eihei Kōroku, Eihei-ji, Ejō, Gien, Gleanings, Koun Ejō, Lectures, Master Dōgen's Sayings, Rinnō-ji, Senne, Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki, Teacher Dōgen's Sayings, The, The Extensive Record, There, These

related to Eihei-ji · 19

Dōgen → Chán, Dahui Zonggao, Daibutsu Temple, Daibutsu-ji, During, Dōgen's, Echizen, Hatano Yoshishige, He, In, It, Kippō-ji, Kyōto, Rinzai Zen, Rinzai-school His, Song, Tendai, While, Yoshimine-dera Temple

related to Other Buddhist practices · 18

Dōgen → As, Bendōwa, Buddhist, Chinese Chan, Commitment, Dōgen's, Eihei Shingi, Foulk, He, It, One, Pure Standards, Rather, Vinaya, While Dōgen, You, Zen, Zen Community

related to Shinji Shōbōgenzō · 16

Dōgen → Although, China, Chinese, Dharma, Dogen, Eye, Mana Shōbōgenzō, Nishijima, Often, Shinji Shōbōgenzō, Shōbōgenzō, Shōbōgenzō Sanbyakusoku, The, The Three Hundred Verse, Treasury, True Dharma

related to Return to Japan · 14

Dōgen → Among, Buddhism, Fukanzazengi, However, In, Japan, Jōdo Shinshū, Kennin-ji, Kyōto, Tendai, Uji, Universally Recommended Instructions, Zazen, Zen

related to Time-Being · 14

Dōgen → According, Being-Time, Dasein, Dōgen's, Joan Stambaugh, Martin Heidegger's, Moreover, Rein Raud, Shōbōgenzō, Steven Heine, The, This, Time-Being, Uji

related to Zazen · 14

Dōgen → According, Buddhism, Cleary, Fukan Zazengi, Fukanzazengi, He, In, It, Principles, Studying Zen, This, Zazen, Zazen-gi, Zen

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

zen zazen practice dōgen's one eihei-ji shōbōgenzō also enlightenment china dharma japan sōtō school japanese buddhist writings things buddha-nature buddhism

Dōgen relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 308 structured relationships around Dōgen. Examples in this analysis include Dōgen → Born → 26 January 1200 Kyoto, Japan and Dōgen → Died → 22 September 1253(1253-09-22) (aged 53) Kyoto, Japan. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Dōgen	Born	26 January 1200 Kyoto, Japan	1.00	infobox
Dōgen	Died	22 September 1253(1253-09-22) (aged 53) Kyoto, Japan	1.00	infobox
Dōgen	Predecessor	Rujing	1.00	infobox
Dōgen	Religion	Buddhism	1.00	infobox
Dōgen	School	Sōtō	1.00	infobox
Dōgen	Title	Zen Master	1.00	infobox
Dōgen	is a	Hōkojōki	0.90	text
Fukanzazengi	instance of	through literary works	0.80	text
Bendōwa	instance of	through literary works	0.80	text
Steven Heine	instance of	This view has been developed by scholars	0.80	text
Joan Stambaugh	instance of	This view has been developed by scholars	0.80	text
others	instance of	This view has been developed by scholars	0.80	text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Dōgen bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Zazen, Also and Zen. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

Dōgen
- Zazen
- Also
- Zen
- Practice
- One
- Dōgen's
- Buddhist
- Japanese
- Eihei-ji
- Buddha-nature
- Dharma
- Shōbōgenzō
dōgen
- Zazen
- Also
- Zen
- Practice
- One
- Dōgen's
- Buddhist
- Japanese
- Eihei-ji
- Buddha-nature
- Dharma
- Shōbōgenzō
buddhism
- School
- Tendai
- China
- Zen
- Great
- Japan
- Sōtō
- Zazen
- First
- Two
- Importance
- Life
zen
- Buddhism
- Sōtō
- Japan
- Writings
- Buddhist
- Shōbōgenzō
- Dōgen
- First
- Two
- Life
- Great
- School
japan
- Sōtō
- School
- China
- Zen
- Buddhism
- Dharma
- Zazen
- Two
- Life
- Buddha-nature
- Great
- Tendai
china
- Buddhism
- Japan
- School
- Needed
- Great
- Written
- Writings
- Dharma
- Eihei-ji
- Dōgen
- Zazen
- Dōgen's
east china sea
- Buddhism
- Japan
- School
- Needed
- Great
- Written
- Writings
- Dharma
- Eihei-ji
- Dōgen
- Zazen
- Dōgen's
buddhist philosophy
- Japan
- Zen
- Great
- School
- Sōtō
- Writes
- According
- China
- Japanese
- Temple
- Zazen
- Dharma

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Dōgen, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Dōgen with Biography. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

Dōgen — Biography · splits 73 ⟂ 38

Dōgen — Teachings · splits 83 ⟂ 28

Dōgen — Overview · splits 87 ⟂ 24

Dōgen — Lineage · splits 100 ⟂ 11

Dōgen — Writings · splits 102 ⟂ 9

Map overview Semantic statistics

Dōgen

Nodes111

Edges110

Triples308

Avg. degree1.98

Density0.018018

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Dōgen to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Biography, Teachings & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Dōgen · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout