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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 Liángjiè. 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
Way Seeking Mind Serial: SF-00044 The route to becoming a zen monk; growing up Jewish and hanging out with the beats; meeting Suzuki Roshi. Monastic Practice, Japan, Way-Seeking Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 13 2005 2 Tassajara
Two Paths to the Dharma Practice Period, Liberation, Bodhidharma, Mahayana, Study Period, Lineage, Letting Go...	Ryushin Paul Haller, Acharya Gaylon Ferguson	Mar 04 2005
Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00770 Class 8 of 12 Five Ranks, Transmission, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Light-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 02 2005 8 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Ordinary Mind and Buddha Mind Serial: BZ-00573 Sesshin Day 6 Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind, Composure, Continuous...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 25 2005
Dogen: Four Embracing Actions of a Boddhisattva; Loving Speech and Beneficial Action Serial: BZ-01309 Sesshin Day 2 Offering, Silence, Lay Ordination, Practice Period, Harmonizing, Soto Zen, Peace,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 20 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen: Four Embracing Actions of a Boddhisattva; Loving Speech and Beneficial Action Serial: BZ-01308B Sesshin Day 1 Offering, Soto Zen, Gratitude, Separation, Vow, Avalokiteshvara, Lotus Sutra...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 19 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00772 Class 6 of 12 Buddha Nature, Silent Illumination, Mahayana, Heart Sutra, Nirvana Sutra, Duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 18 2005 6 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Tozan’s Five Ranks Serial: BZ-01307 Saturday Lecture Five Ranks, Anger, Peace, Soto Zen, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Lineage...	Ross Blum	Feb 12 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Uchiyama-Roshi: His Teachings on Zazen and Life Serial: BZ-01304E Teaching Retreat 1 of 2 Funeral, Soto Zen, Samadhi, Impermanence, Vow, Posture, Instruction, American,...	Shohaku Okumura	Feb 05 2005 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Relaxing into Uprightness: Calm Mind, Zazen Instruction and Ice Skating Serial: BZ-01303 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Posture, Half-Smile, Instruction, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object...	Laurie Senauke	Jan 29 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Ryokan and the Virtues of a Simple Life Serial: BZ-01301C Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Soto Zen, Transmission, Gratitude, Practice...	Ross Blum	Jan 15 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00777 Class 1 of 12 Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Big Mind, Dharma Transmission, Ego, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 15 2005 1 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Not Holding on to the Stream: Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-01290B One Day Sitting Silence, Silent Illumination, Emotions, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Subject-and-Object...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 20 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Dogen Serial: BZ-01029A Class 3 of 4 Bodhisattva Ceremony, Lay Practice, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Transmission, Rinzai,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Nov 11 2004 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Tozan Serial: BZ-01028A Class 2 of 4 Lineage, Five Ranks, Heart Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Rinzai, Blue Cliff Record,...	Ross Blum	Nov 04 2004 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Women Ancestors Serial: BZ-01287 Saturday Lecture Dana, Soto Zen, Practice Period, Lay, Forgiveness, Rinzai, Enemies, Lineage	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, Religion,...	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, Renewal, Heart Sutra, Offering, Intuition,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Recollections of Suzuki-Roshi: Frog’s Practice Serial: BZ-01274B Saturday Lecture Vow, Bodhisattva Ceremony, American, Patience, Religion, Monastic Practice, Zoom,...	Lewis 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, Lotus Sutra, Dragons, Buddha Mind, Obstacles, Silent...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Intimacy Embodied in Soto Zen Soto Zen, Practice, Meditation	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 09 2004
June 8th, 2004, Serial No. 03203 Dogen, Ceremony, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 08 2004
Guidelines for Studying the Way: Dogen’s Gakudo Yojin-Shu Serial: BZ-01024A Class 3 of 5 Teacher-and-Student, Greed, Bodhidharma, Chanting, Soto Zen, Instruction, Religion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 27 2004 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddhism, Christianity, War and Peace Serial: SF-00939 Sunday Lecture: Two types of training: compassion and wisdom (wisdom: the entire universe is the true human body); US history; Christianity (is evil 'outside' or not); Mara... First Principle, Hate, Evil, Faith, Soto Zen, Heart Sutra, Bodhidharma, Separation,...	Fu Schroeder	May 16 2004 Green Gulch
Zen Cooking: Creativity Meets Responsibility Intimacy, Tenzo, Instruction, Soto Zen, Priest	Edward Brown	May 03 2004
Martin Luther King Tribute Serial: BZ-01380 Saturday Lecture Martin Luther King, Current Events, Discrimination, American, War, Culture, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 17 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Trip to Japan: Sotoshu Formal Initiation Serial: BZ-01378 Saturday Lecture Soto Zen, Priest-and-Lay, Right Effort, New Year, American, Peace, Priest, Lay...	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 Zen Mountain Center, New Year, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
November 25th, 2003, Serial No. 03148 Consciousness, Soto Zen, Practice	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 25 2003
Cooking Zen: Embrace Reality Authentically Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen	Edward Brown	Nov 16 2003
Embrace the Essence of Being Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen	Edward Brown	Nov 16 2003
Embrace Reality with Zen Awareness Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen	Edward Brown	Nov 16 2003
Tasting the True Spirit of Zen Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen	Edward 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 Oneness, Japan, Fox, Priest, Lay, 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 Karma, Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Vimalakirti, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 25 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Not Sitting versus Non-Sitting: A Radical Allowing of Stillness Serial: BZ-01362 Saturday Lecture Posture, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Ego, Soto Zen, Instruction, Equanimity...	Mary Mocine	Oct 18 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Religion: A Necessary Evil Serial: BZ-01355 Sesshin Day 3 Religion, Evil, Religion, Fox, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Evil, Intuition, Soto Zen, Lotus...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 01 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
World Loved By Moonlight (Poem): Issues of the Heart Ego, Separation, Heart Sutra, Emotions, Attachment, Soto Zen, Passions, Uchiyama,...	Mary Mocine	Jun 22 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
June 2003 talk, Serial No. 03122 Soto Zen, Japan, Heart Sutra	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, Vow, Culture, Mindfulness,...	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 and Laurie Senauke	Apr 24 2003 3 Berkeley Zen Center
January 22nd, 2003, Serial No. 03092 Breath, Concentration, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 22 2003
Rengetsu and Women Zen Masters New Year, Priest, War, Lineage, Zoom, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Discrimination	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jan 04 2003 Lecture Berkeley Zen Center
Sogen Shaku Scroll and Zen and War Serial: BZ-00176 Rohatsu Day 6 War, War, Emotions, Priest, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Religion, American, Ego, Bodhidharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Trip to Japan Serial: BZ-00210B Saturday Lecture Japan, Bell, Soto Zen, American, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Practice Period, Ordination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 28 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
August 20th, 2002, Serial No. 03075 Dogen, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 20 2002
Readings from “Windbell” the Book Serial: BZ-00154B Lecture Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Dragons, Big Mind, Hate, American, Instruction, Soto...	Michael Wenger and Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 20 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Master Hongzhi's Practice Instructions Serial: BZ-00153B Saturday Lecture Hongzhi, Practice, Birth-and-Death, Darkness and Light, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 13 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Draw Sound From the Bell Serial: BZ-00152A Sesshin Day 5 Bell, Bell, Precepts, Soto Zen, Chanting, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Doubt, Lay,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 2002 Berkeley Zen Center

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