Dogen

The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.

• MRMystical Receptivity

  10 / 10
• POPractical Orientation

  9 / 10
• ATAscetic Tendency

  9 / 10
• SISelf as Illusion

  9 / 10

The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.

• PatanjaliTHRESHOLD

  Yoga is the cessation of mental fluctuations. Eight limbs leading to samadhi.

• LaoziTHRESHOLD

  The way that can be spoken is not the eternal way. Wei wu wei — effortless action.

• HakuinTHRESHOLD

  What is the sound of one hand clapping? The great doubt leads to great awakening.

• D.T. SuzukiTHRESHOLD

  Zen as direct experience beyond intellect. Satori cannot be taught, only pointed to.

• Ramana MaharshiTHRESHOLD

  Who am I? Trace the I-thought to its source. The Self alone is real.

• KumarajilaTHRESHOLD

  Translator of the Lotus and Diamond sutras — Chinese Buddhism's spine.

Concepts where Dogen sits in the conversation. Each links to a primer.

• Buddhism (philosophical)
  A 2,500-year tradition built around three claims about the self, suffering, and attention.

Side-by-side with other philosophers, dimension by dimension.

• Dogen VS Hakuin

Short exercises in the same tradition as Dogen's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.

• View from above →

  Mentally zoom out — your city, your country, the planet — and look back at your day.

• Memento mori →

  A short, deliberate confrontation with mortality. Clarifying.

• The Examen →

  Five-step Ignatian end-of-day review — what was given, what was missed, what to take into tomorrow.