Editing Dōgen (section)

===Return to Japan===
[[File:Dogen.jpg|thumb|upright|Dōgen watching the moon. [[Hōkyō-ji]] monastery, Fukui prefecture, circa 1250.]]

Dōgen returned to Japan in 1227 or 1228, going back to stay at [[Kennin-ji]], where he had trained previously.<ref name="Bodiford_22_36"/> Among his first actions upon returning was to write down the ''Fukanzazengi''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.stanford.edu/~funn/zazen_instructions/Fukanzazengi.pdf|title=Fukan zazengi|website=www.stanford.edu|access-date=4 October 2019|archive-date=31 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131133342/https://web.stanford.edu/~funn/zazen_instructions/Fukanzazengi.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> ({{lang|ja|普観坐禅儀}}; ''Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen''), a short text emphasizing the importance of and giving instructions for ''[[zazen]]'' (sitting [[meditation]]).<ref>{{harvp|Kim|2004|p=38-40}}</ref>

However, tension soon arose as the Tendai community began taking steps to suppress both Zen and [[Jodo Shinshu|Jōdo Shinshū]], the new forms of Buddhism in Japan. In the face of this tension, Dōgen left the Tendai dominion of Kyōto in 1230, settling instead in an abandoned temple in what is today the city of [[Uji, Kyoto|Uji]], south of Kyōto.<ref>{{harvp|Tanahashi|1997|p= 39}}</ref>

In 1233, Dōgen founded the Kannon-dōri-in<ref>{{harvp|Tanahashi|1997|p=7}}</ref> in Fukakusa as a small center of practice. He later expanded this temple into [[Kōshōhōrin-ji]] ({{lang|ja|興聖法林寺}}).<ref>{{harvp|Kim|2004|p=40}}</ref>