Dogen defined practice as giving life to your original self. This is not giving life to your deluded self, which we do all the time, but to your original self, your basic goodness, … which each one of us intrinsically possesses whether we realize it or not. This is the word practice. It can be understood in a very oceanic way or in a very shallow way, but still practice is always practice, and its truth is to ignite and reveal your true self within your everyday life.
J Kwong , No beginning, No End. The intimate heart of Zen.
Mindfulbalance 
Karl, why do you think another man like Dogen who lived around 1250 has not been seen. if you take the world population explosion and so many monasteries with monks meditating all their life to have another Dogen?
yes we have Dali Llama but Dogen founded Zoto Zen Buddhism, the largest sect. Just thinking out loud.
Marty