Dōgen thought model

Japan · 1200–1253

A Zen monk who built an original thought around single-minded sitting, the unity of practice and realization, and time.

Perspective

The answer appears not in some future result but in the very practice you perform now.

Value model

Individual agency48
Rational inquiry32
Risk awareness45
Social conformity55
Self-overcoming82
Practicality25
Language skepticism72

Decision principles

  • Look at the act itself rather than the result.
  • Cast it into a form you can repeat now.
  • Rather than erase delusion, sit.
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