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Sōtō Zen or the Sōtō school (曹洞宗, Sōtō-shū) is the largest of the three traditional sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (the others being Rinzai and Ōbaku). It is the Japanese line of the Chinese Cáodòng school, which was founded during the Tang dynasty by Dòngshān Liánjiè. It emphasizes Shikantaza, meditation with no objects, anchors, or content. The meditator strives to be aware of the stream of thoughts, allowing them to arise and pass away without interference.

The Japanese brand of the sect was imported in the 13th century by Dōgen Zenji, who studied Cáodòng Buddhism (Chinese: 曹洞宗; pinyin: Cáodòng Zōng) abroad in China. Dōgen is remembered today as the ancestor of Sōtō Zen in Japan along with Keizan Jōkin.

With about 14,000 temples, Sōtō is one of the largest Japanese Buddhist organizations. Sōtō Zen is now also popular in the West, and in 1996 priests of the Sōtō Zen tradition formed the Soto Zen Buddhist Association based in North America.

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Title	Speaker	Date
Facing Change and Realizing Peace Commitment, Soto Zen, difficulty, Obstacles, Buddha Nature	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 09 2012 The Yoga Room
2012.08.02-serial.00147 Precepts, Ordination, Soto Zen, Vows, Fundraising, Zendo, soto, Lay, Oneness, zen...		Aug 02 2012
To Study the Way is to Study the Self Serial: BZ-02246 The Self and Myriad Dharmas, Sesshin Day 1 Enlightenment, Five Ranks, Nishiari Bokusan, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Subject-and...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 20 2012 Berkeley Zen Center
The Seeds and Fruits of True Awakening The Seeds and Fruits of True Awakening  April 5, 2012 at The Yoga Room Part four of a seven part series based on the Six Paramitas Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Lotus Sutra, true dharma, zen meditation, Soto Zen...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 05 2012 #4 The Yoga Room
Baoche's Fanning Platform Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Soto Zen, soto, Heart Sutra, Passions, uchiyama,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 24 2012
Householder Bodhisattvas, What is Your Aspiration for this New Year? Rinzai, Precepts, Lay, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 02 2012 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
Real Women Doing the Possible Gratitude, Offering, Soto Zen, training, Daily Life, Avalokiteshvara, Ordination,...		Nov 06 2011
Giving and Receiving Impermanence, Soto Zen, Big Mind, Evil, Practice Period, Ego, soto, Observe, Bell,...	Laurie Senauke	Oct 01 2011
The Heart of Our Forms Precepts, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Aspects of Practice, Family Practice,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 25 2011
Zazenshin Class Dragons, Buddha Ancestors, Teacher-and-Student, First Principle, Non-duality, Lineage...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 19 2011 2
Denkoroku Serial: BZ-02158 Kabimora Daiosho -The Thirteenth Ancestor, Sesshin Day 1 Soto Zen, Transmission of Light, Discrimination, Demons, Echo, Six Realms, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2011 Part 2 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center
The Kalame Sutta Evil, Soto Zen, Doubt, Lineage, Monastic Practice, soto, Happiness, Priest, Aspects...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 10 2010
Taking Refuge Attachment, Buddha Mind, Sangha, Hate, Soto Zen, Anger, Fox, Demons, Impermanence,...	Karen Sundheim	Mar 13 2010
Is the Bodhisattva Path Exclusive? Intimacy, Priest, Soto Zen, soto	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 06 2010 No Abode Hermitage
August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side A American, Culture, War, Soto Zen, Funeral, Priest, Bodhisattva Precepts, soto,...		Aug 28 2009
August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side C Precepts, Culture, American, Bodhisattva Precepts, Politics, Repentance, Platform...		Aug 28 2009
August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side E Culture, Precepts, American, Religion, Soto Zen, soto, Diversity, Mindfulness, Dharma...		Aug 28 2009
August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side G Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Lineage, Ordination, Soto Zen, Priest, Culture,...		Aug 28 2009
2009.08.12-serial.00235 Serial: EB-00235 Dogen's Genjo Koan; dealing with delusion, enlightenment and suffering; mastery is not getting rid of negative emotions and thoughts; story of Montana smoke-jumper. ... realization, Delusion, Death, Soto Zen	Edward Brown	Aug 12 2009
2009.05.12-serial.00228D Practice Period, Zendo, Soto Zen, Baso, soto	Edward Brown	May 12 2009
Bicycle Wheel Dharma, Serial No. 01089 Birth-and-Death, Ordinary Mind, Ego, Obstacles, Composure, Soto Zen, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 31 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
The Practice That Fills and Is Filled by the Entire Universe and the Bodhisattva Precept of Not Killing Lotus Sutra, Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen, Dogen, Buddha Mind	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 22 2008 Morning No Abode Hermitage
2008.10.26-serial.00191 Intention, Precepts, Right Speech, Lay, Soto Zen	Edward Brown	Oct 26 2008
Beginner's Sitting; Serial No. 01163 Serial: BZ-01163 Beginners' Sesshin Zazen, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Religion, Don't Know Mind, Priest, soto,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 05 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Twelve Links as Conditioned By Delusion and True Minds Serial: BZ-01156A Twelve Links, Continued from morning session, Teaching Retreat Dependent Origination, Dependent Origination, Karma, Mindfulness, Ego, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 31 2008 Part 2 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Entering and Embodying Truth Soto Zen, soto, Japan, Bodhisattva Precepts, Perfect Wisdom	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 29 2008 The Yoga Room
Bodhisattva Action is to Remain Unmoved Lotus Sutra, Manjushri, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Bodhisattva Way, Soto Zen...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 14 2008 No Abode Hermitage
June 7th, 2008, Serial No. 01137 Discrimination, Five Ranks, Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Impermanence,...		Jun 07 2008
2008.05.01-MZMC-pm true dharma, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Bodhisattva Precepts, Desire, Commitment,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 01 2008 Minnesota Zen Center
April 19th, 2008, Serial No. 01126 Karma, Right Speech, Soto Zen, Echo, Conversation, Culture, Peace, Cultivation, soto...		Apr 19 2008
January 26th, 2008, Serial No. 01110 Separation, Soto Zen, American, Gratitude, Mahayana, Transmission, Discrimination,...		Jan 26 2008
2008.01.21-serial.00112E Buddha Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Compassion, Soto Zen, Samadhi, Dependent Origination,...		Jan 21 2008
2008.01.21-serial.00112F Practice Period, Hindrances, Interdependence, Soto Zen, Liberation, soto, Heart Sutra...		Jan 21 2008
October 20th, 2007, Serial No. 01004 Offering, Soto Zen, American, soto, Mahayana, Vows		Oct 20 2007
Blue Cliff Record: Case #61 Serial: BZ-01002 Raising a Particle of Dust, Saturday Lecture Sangha, Community, BCR-61, Dragons, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, soto, Silence,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 06 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Balancing the Spiritual and Material Wheels: Serial: BZ-01001 The Protests in Burma, Saturday Lecture Balance, Politics, Burma, War, American, Soto Zen, Fundraising, Lay, soto, Chanting,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 29 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Meditation as Bodhisattva Vow During this course, we will study the bodhisattva vow, to see how the compassionate intentions of enlightening beings generate, work, and play with the mind of enlightenment to promote peace and... Bodhisattva Vow, zen meditation, Balance, Karmic Consequences, resistance, Confession...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 21 2007 The Yoga Room
Zen Meditation as Bodhisattva Vow During this course, we will study the bodhisattva vow, to see how the compassionate intentions of enlightening beings generate, work, and play with the mind of enlightenment to promote peace and... zen meditation, Obstacles, Lotus Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Confession-and-...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 07 2007 The Yoga Room
Zen Meditation as Bodhisattva Vow During this course, we will study the bodhisattva vow, to see how the compassionate intentions of enlightening beings generate, work, and play with the mind of enlightenment to promote peace and... resistance, Discrimination, Giving-and-Taking, Soto Zen, Samadhi, Non-discrimination...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 31 2007 The Yoga Room
Only a Buddha and a Buddha The Lotus Sutra says that the desire to help beings open to Buddha's wisdom is the condition for Buddha's appearing in this world. Lotus Sutra, Soto Zen, soto, Desire, Religion	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 28 2007 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
July 17th, 2007, Serial No. 01276 Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Nirvana, Lay Practice, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature,...		Jul 17 2007
2007.01.19-serial.00117D Practice Period, Silence, training, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, soto, Dependent...		Jan 19 2007
2007.01.18-serial.00117B Bodhidharma, Soto Zen, Lineage, true dharma, training, Buddha Ancestors, confusion,...		Jan 18 2007
Commmentary on "Respect for Things" (from Not Always So) Serial: BZ-01408B Faith is Synonymous for Enlightenment, Saturday Lecture Faith, Enlightenment, Big Mind, Culture, Bodhisattva Way, Building, Soto Zen, Bowing...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
2006.10.22-serial.00188A Mill Valley, Soto Zen, soto, Money, Instruction	Edward Brown	Oct 22 2006
May 20th, 2006, Serial No. 01236, Side D Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Anger, Practice Position, Interview, Lay Practice, Soto...		May 20 2006
Fukanzazengi Part II Serial: BZ-01218 Zazen Anecdotes, Sesshin Day 3 Fukanzazengi, Sojun Mel Weitsman, Meditation, Posture, Don't Know Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 20 2006 Berkeley Zen Center

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