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Did Dogen Go to China? Problematizing Dogen's Relation to Ju-ching and

STEVEN HEINE, Professor of Religious Studies and History and Director of Asian Studies at Florida International University, is author or editor of a dozen books, including several studies of Dogen (Dogen and the Koan Tradition, The Zen Poetry of Dogen, and A Study of Dogen by Masao Abe). He is currently working on a comprehensive examination of what Dogen wrote and when he wrote it.

Thursday, May 30, 2002
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
243 Royce Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095

The key to Dogen's approach to Zen is his travels to China and
attainement of enlightenment under the tutelage of master Ju-ching.  How
much do we really know about this trip that isn't rooted in Soto sect
hagiography?  Are accounts of Dogen's trip not similar to the "Travels"
of Marco Polo, another 13th century visitor of China and observer of
Chinese religion, which has been questioned by recent historiographical
studies?

Cost: Free

Special Instructions

Parking in Lot 2 or 3 is $6.00.

For more information please contact

Mani A. Jad
Tel: 310.206.4928
mjad@isop.ucla.edu
www.isop.ucla.edu/buddhist

Sponsor(s): Center for Buddhist Studies