Soto Zen Talks
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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Master Hongzhi's Practice InstructionsSerial: BZ-00153B Saturday Lecture Hongzhi, Practice, Birth-and-Death, Darkness and Light, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha... |
Jul 13 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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How to Draw Sound From the BellSerial: BZ-00152A Sesshin Day 5 Bell, Bell, Precepts, Soto Zen, Chanting, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Doubt, Lay,... |
Jun 23 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 16th, 2002, Serial No. 01010, Side A Soto Zen, Composure, soto, Daily Life, Tassajara, Offering, Emotions, Rinzai,... |
May 16 2002 |
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Harmonizing Breath, Body, Mind and FeelingSerial: BZ-00142A Sesshin Day 3 Posture, Zazen, Ordinary Mind, Composure, Harmonizing, Attachment, Soto Zen, Nirvana... |
Mar 17 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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2002.03.09-serial.00171 Soto Zen, Posture, Rinzai, soto |
Mar 09 2002 |
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2002.03.09-serial.00114A Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, soto, zen, Chanting, Greed, lecture, Sangha, Anger,... |
Mar 09 2002 |
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2002.02.24-serial.00088 Soto Zen, Heart Sutra, zen, soto, lecture, Culture |
Feb 24 2002 |
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2002.01.28-serial.00290 resistance, soto, Shikantaza, Bell, Soto Zen |
Jan 28 2002 |
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November 18th, 2001, Serial No. 00095, Side A Precepts, resistance, Repentance, Soto Zen, Observe, Lay Ordination, Birth-and-Death... |
Nov 18 2001 |
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October 4th, 2001, Serial No. 00477 War, Bell, Priest, Tassajara, Precepts, Posture, Branching Streams, Soto Zen,... |
Oct 04 2001 |
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Dogen's ZazengiSerial: BZ-00086A Ego and Consciousness, Saturday Lecture Zazengi, Consciousness, Ego, Four Noble Truths, Discrimination, Ego, Concentration,... |
Aug 18 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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2001.05.19-serial.00046 Posture, Daily Life, Don't Know Mind, Ego, Four Noble Truths, Silent... |
May 19 2001 |
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2001.01.03-serial.00066 soto, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Emptiness, Nirvana, Renunciation, Oneness, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Jan 03 2001 |
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2000.11.04-serial.00051 soto, zen, Soto Zen, Lineage, true dharma, Intuition, Politics, Commitment, Interview... |
Nov 04 2000 |
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Branching Streams Flow in the DarknessSerial: BZ-00085B Unity in Diversity, Diversity in Unity, Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Subject-and-Object, Diversity, Bell, Oneness, Precepts,... |
Aug 19 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dogen's Shingi, Head GardenerSerial: BZ-00060B Saturday Lecture Shingi, Lay Practice, Cultivation, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Lay, Daily Life,... |
Aug 05 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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2000.07.05-serial.00158 Emotions, Delusion, Soto Zen, Greed, Precepts |
Jul 05 2000 |
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Branching Streams Flow in the DarknessSerial: BZ-00159 Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Oneness, Branching... |
May 27 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Women Ancestors Lineage, Transmission, Soto Zen, realization, Priest-and-Lay, Emptiness, Ceremony,... |
May 13 2000 1 |
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Women Ancestors Lineage, Ordination, soto, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Funeral, Obstacles, Gratitude,... |
May 13 2000 2 |
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March 25th, 2000, Serial No. 00207, Side A Blue Cliff Record, Attachment, Four Noble Truths, soto, Soto Zen, Rinzai,... |
Mar 25 2000 |
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Branching Streams Flow in the DarknessSerial: BZ-00205B Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Precepts, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Observe,... |
Mar 11 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Branching Streams Flow in the DarknessSerial: BZ-00198B Rohatsu Day 1 Sandokai, Branching Streams, Big Mind, soto, Observe, Discrimination, Branching... |
Nov 29 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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October 14th, 1999, Serial No. 00859 Five Ranks, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Zazen Mind, Ego, Absolute-and-... |
Oct 14 1999 |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #50Serial: BZ-00195A Um-mon's “Particle after Particle Samadhi”, Saturday Lecture Ummon, Samadhi, BCR-50, Attachment, Samadhi, Emotions, Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record... |
Sep 11 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Breathing (Thich Nhat Hanh)Serial: BZ-00194A Sesshin Day 2 Breath, Thich Nhat Hanh, Four Foundations, Peace, Concentration, Happiness,... |
Sep 05 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 4/8)Serial: BZ-00753B Sesshin Day 4 Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Separation, Soto Zen, soto, Obstacles, Interview, Oneness,... |
Jun 26 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 2/8)Serial: BZ-00078B Sesshin Day 2 Genjokoan, Precious Mirror, Duality, Buddha Nature, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative... |
Jun 24 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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1999.03.03-serial.00147Serial: SF-00147 Wednesday night dharma talk Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Fundraising, Daily Life, Impermanence, Monastic... |
Mar 03 1999 Green Gulch Farm |
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Shikantaza: "To Forget The Self"Serial: BZ-00190A Saturday Lecture Shikantaza, Birth-and-Death, Continuous, Soto Zen, Offering, Renunciation,... |
Jan 16 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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1999.01.11-serial.00254 Avalokiteshvara, Soto Zen, Liberation, Letting Go, Ego |
Jan 11 1999 |
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October 29th, 1998, Serial No. 00840 Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Continuous, Hate, Six Realms, Attachment, Soto Zen,... |
Oct 29 1998 |
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August 1st, 1998, Serial No. 00354, Side B Four Noble Truths, War, Mindfulness, American, Soto Zen, Gratitude, Bell, Culture,... |
Aug 01 1998 |
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July 25th, 1998, Serial No. 00354, Side A Big Mind, Lay, Soto Zen, Peace, Greed, confusion, Vows, Doubt, Karma, soto |
Jul 25 1998 |