Editing Dōgen (section)

===Eihei-ji===
[[File:Eihei-ji Temple, Fukui Prefecture; September 2019 (01).jpg|thumb|Eihei-ji Temple]]
In 1243, [[Hatano clan|Hatano Yoshishige]] ({{lang|ja|波多野義重}}) offered to relocate Dōgen's community to [[Echizen Province|Echizen province]], far to the north of Kyōto. Dōgen accepted this offer to relocate, because of the ongoing tension with the Tendai community, and the growing competition the [[Rinzai school|Rinzai]]-school<ref name="Dumoulin_2005b_62">{{harvp|Dumoulin|2005|p=62}}</ref>

His followers built a comprehensive center of practice there, calling it Daibutsu Temple (Daibutsu-ji, {{lang|ja|大仏寺}}). While the construction work was going on, Dōgen would live and teach at Yoshimine-dera Temple (Kippō-ji, {{lang|ja|吉峯寺}}), which is located close to Daibutsu-ji. During his stay at Kippō-ji, Dōgen "fell into a depression".<ref name="Dumoulin_2005b_62"/> It marked a turning point in his life, giving way to "rigorous critique of Rinzai Zen".<ref name="Dumoulin_2005b_62"/> He criticized [[Dahui Zonggao]], the most influential figure of [[Song dynasty]] Chán.<ref>{{harvp|McRae|2003|p=123}}</ref>

In 1246, Dōgen renamed Daibutsu-ji, calling it [[Eihei-ji]].<ref>{{harvp|Kim|2004|p=47}}</ref> This temple remains one of the two head temples of Sōtō Zen in Japan today, the other being [[Sōji-ji]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Touring Venerable Temples of Soto Zen Buddhism in Japan Plan|url=http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/temples/jp/sojiji.html|publisher=SotoZen-Net|access-date=July 29, 2021|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922183207/https://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/temples/jp/sojiji.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Dōgen spent the remainder of his life teaching and writing at Eihei-ji. In 1247, the newly installed [[Shikken|shōgun's regent]], [[Hōjō Tokiyori]], invited Dōgen to come to [[Kamakura, Kanagawa|Kamakura]] to teach him. Dōgen made the rather long journey east to provide the shōgun with lay ordination, and then returned to Eihei-ji in 1248. In the autumn of 1252, Dōgen fell ill, and soon showed no signs of recovering. He presented his robes to his main apprentice, Koun Ejō ({{lang|ja|孤雲懐弉}}), making him the abbot of Eihei-ji.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}