In the following year after coming back, he wrote Fukanzazengi (the first book written by Dogen after coming back to Japan, where the importance of Zen meditation is emphasized) and promoted the tradition of the sect which focused on Shikantaza.
帰国の翌年には普勧坐禅儀を著し、只管打坐を専らとする宗風を鼓舞した。