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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
Women Ancestors Serial: BZ-01287 Saturday Lecture Dana Paramita, Forgiveness, Lay Practice, Practice Period, Rinzai, Soto Zen	Kosei Laurie Senauke	Oct 30 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
History of Soto Zen: First Dharma Heritage Ceremony Serial: BZ-01283C Zuisse Ceremony and Dharma Transmission, Saturday Lecture Zuisse, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 09 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Eating Brown Rice, Eating Your Life Serial: BZ-01243C (from "Not Always So"), Sesshin Day 1 Teacher-and-Student, Giving-and-Taking, Heart Sutra, Equanimity, Soto Zen, Separation...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Recollections of Suzuki-Roshi: Frog’s Practice Serial: BZ-01274B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Don't Know Mind, Monastic Practice, Patience, Soto Zen,...	Chikudo Lew Richmond	Jul 10 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Gakudo Yojunshu, Point #7 Serial: BZ-01267 Turning Dharma and Being Turned by Dharma, Sesshin Day 1 Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Dogen, Bodhidharma, Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Dragons, Lotus...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Fear and Fearlessness Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 09 2004 1 Cleveland Zen Center
Guidelines for Studying the Way: Dogen’s Gakudo Yojin-Shu Serial: BZ-01024A Class 3 of 5 Teacher-and-Student, Bodhidharma, Chanting, Soto Zen, Transmission, Karma, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 27 2004 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Cooking: Creativity Meets Responsibility Intimacy, Tenzo, Soto Zen, Priest	Edward Espe Brown	May 03 2004
Martin Luther King Tribute Serial: BZ-01380 Saturday Lecture Martin Luther King, Current Events, Diversity, Monastic Practice, Non-discrimination...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 17 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Trip to Japan: Sotoshu Formal Initiation Serial: BZ-01378 Saturday Lecture Lay Practice, New Year, Priest, Priest-and-Lay, Right Effort, Soto Zen	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 03 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Eihei Shingi: The Kanin Serial: BZ-01375 Conclusion, Rohatsu Day 6 Eihei Shingi, Big Mind, Emotions, Buddha Ancestors, Monastic Practice, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Eihei Shingi: The Kanin Serial: BZ-01373 Rohatsu Day 4 Eihei Shingi, Buddha's Birthday, Tassajara, New Year, Lay Practice, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Lineage: History, Philosophy, Perception Soto Zen, Vasubandhu, Bodhidharma	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 25 2003
Awakening Beyond Personal Narratives Soto Zen, Daily Life	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 17 2003
Cooking Zen: Embrace Reality Authentically Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Soto Zen	Edward Espe Brown	Nov 16 2003
Embrace the Essence of Being Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Soto Zen	Edward Espe Brown	Nov 16 2003
Embrace Reality with Zen Awareness Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Soto Zen	Edward Espe Brown	Nov 16 2003
Tasting the True Spirit of Zen Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Soto Zen	Edward Espe Brown	Nov 16 2003
Trip to Japan (last two weeks of Oct. 2003) Serial: BZ-01365 The Necessity of both Oneness and Diversity, Saturday Lecture Japan, Priest, Lay Practice, Soto Zen, Ordination, Diversity, Precepts, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 01 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Spilling the Water: Equanimity and Balance Serial: BZ-01363 Saturday Lecture Book of Serenity, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Manjushri, Soto Zen, Vimalakirti...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 25 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Not Sitting versus Non-Sitting: A Radical Allowing of Stillness Serial: BZ-01362 Saturday Lecture Ego, Emotions, Equanimity, Manjushri, Posture, Soto Zen, Tassajara	Mary Mocine	Oct 18 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Religion: A Necessary Evil Serial: BZ-01355 Sesshin Day 3 Doubt, Buddha Nature, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Teacher-and-Student	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 01 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
World Loved By Moonlight (Poem): Issues of the Heart Ego, Separation, Heart Sutra, Emotions, Soto Zen, Uchiyama, Avalokitesvara,...	Mary Mocine	Jun 22 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Chanting Beyond Words: Embracing Emptiness Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 2003
Book of Serenity, Case #21: Yun-Yen Sweeps the Ground, One Thing at a Time Serial: BZ-00136B Lecture Practice Period, Hate, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Separation	Kosei Laurie Senauke	May 24 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Zen: Koans Serial: BZ-00296 Class 3 of 4 Book of Serenity, Silent Illumination, Posture, Practice Period, Rinzai, Dragons,...	Ross Blum, Kosei Laurie Senauke	Apr 24 2003 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Rengetsu and Women Zen Masters Lotus Sutra, New Year, Priest, Soto Zen, War, Zoom	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jan 04 2003 Lecture Berkeley Zen Center
Sogen Shaku Scroll and Zen and War Serial: BZ-00176 Rohatsu Day 6 War, Bodhidharma, Ego, Emotions, Priest, Rinzai, Soto Zen, War	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Trip to Japan Serial: BZ-00210B Saturday Lecture Japan, Bodhidharma, Chanting, Heart Sutra, Ordination, Practice Period, Soto Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 28 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Readings from “Windbell” the Book Serial: BZ-00154B Lecture Tassajara, Dragons, Big Mind, Hate, Soto Zen, War	Dairyu Michael Wenger, Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 20 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Master Hongzhi's Practice Instructions Serial: BZ-00153B Saturday Lecture Hongzhi, Birth-and-Death, Darkness-and-Light, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 13 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Draw Sound From the Bell Serial: BZ-00152A Sesshin Day 5 Precepts, Soto Zen, Chanting, Practice Period, Doubt, Lay Practice	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
May 16th, 2002, Serial No. 01010, Side A Soto Zen, Composure, Daily Life, Tassajara, Emotions, Rinzai		May 16 2002
Complaining Serial: BZ-00145A Women's Sitting Death-and-Dying, Hate, Liberation, Rinzai, Soto Zen	Mary Mocine	Apr 20 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Harmonizing Breath, Body, Mind and Feeling Serial: BZ-00142A Sesshin Day 3 Posture, Zazen, Ordinary Mind, Composure, Soto Zen, Nirvana, Duality, Equanimity...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 17 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Balancing Tradition and Personal Awakening Soto Zen, Posture, Rinzai	Edward Espe Brown	Mar 09 2002
Zazen: It’s Good For Nothing, Thief in an Empty Room Serial: BZ-00062B Lecture Uchiyama, Blue Cliff Record, Zazen Mind, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Dragons,...	Mary Mocine	Feb 09 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Unstained Presence in Zen Practice Shikantaza, Soto Zen	Edward Espe Brown	Jan 28 2002
Forms Serial: BZ-00095A One Day Sitting Birth-and-Death, Conversation, Fasting, Lay Ordination, Practice Period, Precepts,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 18 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen and Plum Blossoms Serial: BZ-00094A Saturday Lecture Dogen, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Dragons, Priest-and-Lay, Buddha Ancestors,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 03 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Suzuki Roshi Serial: BZ-00477 Class 1 of 4 Branching Streams, Posture, Precepts, Priest, Soto Zen, Tassajara, War	Dolly Gatozzi	Oct 04 2001 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Zazengi Serial: BZ-00086A Ego and Consciousness, Saturday Lecture Zazengi, Consciousness, Ego, Four Noble Truths, Ego, Concentration, Big Mind, Samadhi...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 18 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Solitude and Fulfillment in Zen Insight Soto Zen, Five Ranks, Emptiness, Nirvana, Renunciation, Suzuki Roshi, Samsara...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jan 03 2001
Tozan and Aspects of Self Practice Period, Giving-and-Taking, Four Noble Truths, Liberation, Soto Zen, War...	David Weinberg	Nov 25 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjo Koan Serial: SF-00117 Workshop Nirvana, Transmission, Karma, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, Five Ranks, Politics...	Shohaku Okumura	Nov 04 2000 1 of 4 City Center
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00085B Unity in Diversity, Diversity in Unity, Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Branching Streams, Buddha Nature, Diversity, Duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 19 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
From the Beginning, No Surprises, No Lack War, Rinzai, Heart Sutra, Posture, Bodhidharma, Soto Zen	Richard Haefele	Aug 12 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Shingi, Head Gardener Serial: BZ-00060B Saturday Lecture Shingi, Lay Practice, Cultivation, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life, Dragons...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 05 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Women Ancestors Class Serial: BZ-00852 Class 3 of 4 Silent Illumination, Interview, Soto Zen, Chanting, Obstacles, Buddha Nature,...	Mary Mocine, Myoan Grace Schireson	Jul 20 2000 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Evolving Buddhism for Modern Lives Emotions, Delusion, Soto Zen, Precepts	Edward Espe Brown	Jul 05 2000 Tassajara

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