Gyōbutsu igi (Japanese: 行佛威儀), known in English as Dignified Behavior of the Practice Buddha, is a book of the Shōbōgenzō by the 13th century Sōtō Zen monk Eihei Dōgen.
Gudō Nishijima, a modern Zen priest, provides the following analysis for this book: "Buddhism can be called a religion of action.
Gautama Buddha's historical mission was to find the truth of action, by which he could synthesize idealistic Brahmanism and the materialistic theories of the six non-Buddhist teachers.
Taigen Dan Leighton, also a Zen priest and scholar, writing about Gyōbutsu igi, notes, "For Dōgen, buddhahood is not some one-time attainment to be cherished thereafter but an ongoing vital process, requiring continued reawakening".
[5] Gyobutsuji Zen Monastery in the U.S. state of Arkansas is named for this chapter of the Shōbōgenzō.