Dogen

Someone elsewhere speculated that Dogen is not allowed to kill a candidate (whatever they are), which might explain the poison pill.

Angola calling : Bev Vincent 2010

One can, if one chooses, see in Dogen's poem the beauty of the four seasons no more than a conventional, ordinary, mediocre stringing together, in a most awkward form of representative images from the four seasons.

Yasunari Kawabata - Nobel Lecture 1968

In this poem, as in Dogen's, the commonest of figures and the commonest of words are strung together without hesitation – – – no, to particular effect, rather – – – and so they transmit the very essence of Japan.

Yasunari Kawabata - Nobel Lecture 1968

Now this satori is often associated with what psychologists call a "conversion experience," but clearly, from what Pai Chang and others such as Dogen write this is not solely the case.

Pai Chaing and Sudden Illumination (Continued)... Mumon 2005

Hurley wasn't about to sit around and do nothing, so he found Cranky Japanese Guy (whose name is apparently "Dogen") and was observant enough to realize that this fool actually understood English.

DarkUFO - LOST Homepage 2010

Hurley wasn't about to sit around and do nothing, so he found Cranky Japanese Guy (whose name is apparently "Dogen") and was observant enough to realize that this fool actually understood English.

DarkUFO - LOST Homepage 2010

At the point where Dogen told Jack that he was going to have to convince Sayid to take the pill (cut to commercial), I found myself thinking: what a dilemma.

Ready for my close-up : Bev Vincent 2010

Dogen probably figured he was sending Sayid to his death with the special dagger.

Angola calling : Bev Vincent 2010

One person can be Neil Frogurt, complete with fake flaming arrow attached to his or her chest; another can sport the crunchy, burlap-sack look popularized by Allison Janney's Mother; still another can throw on the mutton chops and temple garb worn by Dogen.

Friday List: 10 excellent celebrity and pop culture Halloween costumes Jen Chaney 2010

You also totally didn't see Dogen coming either, I'll bet.

Our favorite 'Lost' stars: where are they a year later? Jen Chaney 2011