The Glasgow Zen Group practice within the Soto tradition. While originally Chinese, Soto tradition was brought to Japan by Eihei Dōgen (永平道元) in the 13th century CE, where it has flourished in many of the subsequent centuries. Many of us in the GZG find studying Dogen's writings helpful in our practice.

The other pages in this section tell you more about Dogen's life, his masterwork the Shobogenzo, and his other writings. If you'd like to know more about Dogen, we also offer some places to start.

The box on the right gives a sample of some of the themes that were particularly important to Dogen, and which he addressed in his writing.