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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 Caodong school, which was founded during the Tang dynasty by Dongshan Liangjie. 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 Caodong 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
Just Enough Problems Karma, Big Mind, Bell, Offering, Interdependence, Rinzai, Enemies, Soto Zen, Silence...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Dec 07 2011
Real Women Doing the Possible Serial: BZ-02213 Women's Sitting Gratitude, Offering, Soto Zen, Daily Life, Avalokitesvara, Ordination, Impermanence,...	Catherine Cascade	Nov 06 2011 Berkeley Zen Center
Giving and Receiving Bell, Big Mind, Ego, Evil, Impermanence, Nirvana, Practice Period, Soto Zen	Kosei Laurie Senauke	Oct 01 2011
The Heart of Our Forms Bell, Family Practice, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Precepts, Soto Zen,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 25 2011
Surrender Blue Cliff Record, Commitment, Enemies, Intimacy, Oneness, Silence, Soto Zen, Teacher...	David Weinberg	Sep 17 2011
Polishing the Path to Enlightenment Meditation, Soto Zen, Zazen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 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, part 2 of 4 Soto Zen, Transmission of Light, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Culture, Demons,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2011 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Integrating Intention Through Ritual Practice Ceremony, Soto Zen, Bowing	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 30 2010
The Kalame Sutta Doubt, Evil, Happiness, Lineage, Monastic Practice, Priest, Soto Zen, War	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	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 06 2010 No Abode Hermitage
Shakyamuni Buddha's Parinirvana Conversation, Funeral, Instruction, Nirvana, Practice Period, Separation, Soto Zen,...	Ron Nestor	Feb 13 2010
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side H Serial: BZ-01549H Last talk of afternoon session and discussion with panelists and audience Soto Zen, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Culture, Religion, Four...	Robert Sharf, Panel Discussion	Aug 29 2009 8 University of California at Berkeley
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side A Serial: BZ-01549A Session One: The Zen Mission to America Bodhisattva Precepts, Culture, Funeral, Politics, Priest, Soto Zen, War	Richard Jaffe, Hoitsu Suzuki Roshi, Duncan Ryuken Williams	Aug 28 2009 1 City Center
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side C Serial: BZ-01549C Very end of Session 1 and start of Session 2: The American Reception Bodhisattva Precepts, Cultivation, Culture, Platform Sutra, Politics, Precepts,...	Wendy Adamek, Edward Espe Brown, Yvonne Rand	Aug 28 2009 3 City Center
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side E Serial: BZ-01549E Session 3: Zen as American Religion Culture, Dharma Transmission, Diversity, Lineage, Mindfulness, Precepts, Religion,...	Gil Fronsdal, Myoan Grace Schireson, Jeff Wilson	Aug 28 2009 5 University of California at Berkeley
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side G Serial: BZ-01549G Session 4: Where Are We Now? Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Lineage, Ordination, Soto Zen, Priest, Culture,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer, Victor Hori, Chikudo Lew Richmond	Aug 28 2009 7 University of California at Berkeley
Embracing Impermanence in Zen Practice 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 Espe Brown	Aug 12 2009
Zen Living: Mindfulness in Action Baso, Practice Period, Soto Zen	Edward Espe 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
Embracing Life's Ordinary Wonder Intention, Precepts, Right Speech, Lay, Soto Zen	Edward Espe 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, Precepts...	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, Japan, Bodhisattva Precepts, Perfect Wisdom	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 29 2008 The Yoga Room
Soto Zen's Modern Harmonies Soto Zen, Love, Compassion	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 29 2008
Ordinary Mind is the Way Serial: BZ-01149 Saturday lecture Ordinary Mind, Instruction, Lotus Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Passions, Daily Life,...	Ron Nestor	Jul 26 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
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
Medicine and Disease Serial: BZ-01137 Saturday Lecture Discrimination, Five Ranks, Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Impermanence,...	Gerry Oliva	Jun 07 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
2008.05.01-MZMC-pm Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Commitment, Confession-and-Repentance, Desire...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 01 2008 Minnesota Zen Center
Judging Habit Mind Serial: BZ-01126 Saturday lecture Karma, Right Speech, Soto Zen, Conversation, Culture, Peace, Cultivation, Silence...	Yvonne Rand	Apr 19 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #55: Dao Wu’s Condolence Call; the Great Matter, a Natural Koan Serial: BZ-01115 Sesshin day 2 Birth-and-Death, Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Mind, Impermanence, Funeral, Gratitude,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 17 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
3 Topics: Takuhatsu, Identity Action, Ryokan Plays with Children Serial: BZ-01110 Part 1 of 2 teaching retreat Building, Discrimination, Fasting, Gratitude, Mahayana, Priest, Separation, Soto Zen...	Shohaku Okumura	Jan 26 2008 1 Berkeley Zen Center
The Story of Sejiki, Awakening and Nourishing All Beings: Honor Spirits and Beings Who Have Left This World Serial: BZ-01004 Saturday Lecture Mahayana, Offering, Soto Zen, Vow	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 20 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #61 Serial: BZ-01002 Raising a Particle of Dust, Saturday Lecture Sangha, Community, BCR-61, Continuous Practice, Dragons, Lineage, Mahayana, 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, Chanting, Continuous Practice, Conversation, Fundraising,...	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... Balance, Confession-and-Repentance, Emotions, Karmic Consequences, Lotus Sutra, Soto...	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... Confession-and-Repentance, Faith, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Obstacles, Passions, Soto Zen...	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... Bowing, Desire, Discrimination, Giving-and-Taking, Non-discrimination, Repentance,...	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, Desire, Religion	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 28 2007 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
Buddhas in Everyday Interactions Lotus Sutra, Soto Zen, Happiness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 28 2007 Morning
Introduction to Zen Serial: BZ-01276 Saturday Lecture Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Nirvana, Lay Practice, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature,...	Daigaku Rumme	Jul 17 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Reading from “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind”: Control Serial: BZ-00984 Saturday Lecture Composure, Concentration, Buddha Nature, Right Effort, Impermanence, Mundane Life,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 07 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Check The Messenger Within Serial: SF-00994 Strategies, gaining ideas; "paying it forward"; close investigation of the self; Orpheus and Eurydice; Rilke; hidden anger - staying with the emotion Dongshan, Sesshin, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Vow, Manjushri, Soto...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 05 2007 Green Gulch Farm
Letter and Spirit of Rules and Regulation Serial: BZ-01427 Dogen's Eihei Shingi, Saturday Lecture Brahmaviharas, Equanimity, Passions, Hate, Religion, Buddha Nature, Ego, Big Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 24 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Acupuncture Point of Zazen: Beating the cart or beating the horse Serial: BZ-01423 Saturday Lecture Zazenshin, Dogen, Lineage, Separation, Dharma Transmission, Dogen, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 03 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice in the New Year: This is It! Serial: BZ-01411 Saturday Lecture Practice, New Year, Birth-and-Death, Bowing, confusion, Hate, Instruction, Ordinary...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 13 2007 Berkeley Zen Center

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