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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
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00159 Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Branching Streams, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 27 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Granny Buddha Nature, Concentration, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Priest, Rinzai, Soto Zen,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	May 20 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Women Ancestors Transmission, Soto Zen, Realization, Priest-and-Lay, Emptiness, Ceremony, Demons,...	Various	May 13 2000 1
Women Ancestors Gratitude, Posture, Ordination, Funeral, Obstacles, Soto Zen	Various	May 13 2000 2
Women Ancestors Conversation, Gratitude, Ego, Monastic Practice, Chanting, Ceremony, Soto Zen...	Various	May 13 2000 3
Zen's Dynamic Dance with Reality Ceremony, Soto Zen, Practice Period	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 26 2000
Joshua’s Use of 24 Hours Serial: BZ-00207A Sesshin Day Two Blue Cliff Record, Four Noble Truths, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Concentration, Non-attachment...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 25 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Awakening Through Shared Zen Practice Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen, Samadhi	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 25 2000
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00205B Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Precepts, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Branching...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 11 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Dragon Zazen Dragons, Concentration, Posture, Don't Know Mind, Rinzai, Bowing, Soto Zen...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 04 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen’s Writings: Commentary on “Enlightenment Unfolds” Serial: BZ-00926 Class 1 of 4 Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Karma, Transmission, Teacher-and-...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Feb 03 2000 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00198B Rohatsu Day 1 Sandokai, Branching Streams, Big Mind, Soto Zen, Branching Streams, Rinzai, Heart...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 29 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Precious Mirror Samadhi, 6 of 8 Serial: BZ-00929 Fall practice period Five Ranks, Ego, Rinzai, Big Mind, Darkness-and-Light, Light-and-Darkness, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 04 1999 6 of 8 Berkeley Zen Center
October 28th, 1999, Serial No. 01546 Serial: BZ-01546 #duplicate-please-hide Absolute-and-Relative, Five Ranks, Rinzai, Platform Sutra, Ego, Darkness-and-Light,...		Nov 04 1999
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00197A The Spirit of Practice Period, Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Branching Streams, Practice Period, Tassajara, Ego, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 16 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
October 14th, 1999, Serial No. 00859 Absolute-and-Relative, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Ego, Five Ranks, Practice Period,...		Oct 14 1999
September 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 00861 Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha...		Sep 23 1999
Precious Mirror Samadhi, Class 1 of 8 Serial: BZ-01008A Fall practice period 1999 class 1 of 8 Hokyo Zanmai, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi, Absolute-and-Relative,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 23 1999 1
September 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 01541 Five Ranks, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha...		Sep 23 1999
Blue Cliff Record: Case #50 Serial: BZ-00195A Um-mon's “Particle after Particle Samadhi”, Saturday Lecture Ummon, Samadhi, BCR-50, Samadhi, Emotions, Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 11 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Breathing (Thich Nhat Hanh) Serial: BZ-00194A Sesshin Day 2 Thich Nhat Hanh, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Concentration, Happiness, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
June 26th, 1999, Serial No. 00165, Side B Buddha Nature, Separation, Obstacles, Interview, Soto Zen		Jun 26 1999
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 4/8) Serial: BZ-00753B Sesshin Day 4 Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Separation, Soto Zen, Obstacles, Interview, Emotions...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 26 1999 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 2/8) Serial: BZ-00078B Sesshin Day 2 Genjokoan, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha Nature, Duality, Five Ranks, Jewel Mirror...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Timeless Zen: Dogen's Path to Presence Serial: SF-00147 Wednesday night dharma talk Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Fundraising, Daily Life, Impermanence, Monastic...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 03 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Beginners’ Sesshin Chanting, Diversity, Sangha, Soto Zen	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 24 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Shikantaza: "To Forget The Self" Serial: BZ-00190A Saturday Lecture Shikantaza, Birth-and-Death, Continuous Practice, Soto Zen, Renunciation, Bodhidharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 16 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Embracing Zen: The Path Within Avalokitesvara, Soto Zen, Liberation, Ego	Edward Espe Brown	Jan 11 1999
Authentic Zen: Beyond Enlightenment Myths Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Interview, Soto Zen, Book of...	Chikudo Lew Richmond	Dec 16 1998 City Center
Dogen’s Guidelines for Studying the Way Serial: BZ-00840 Part 1 of 4 Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Continuous Practice, Hate, Six Realms, Soto Zen, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 29 1998 1 Berkeley Zen Center
American Zen Alms-Prayer Pilgrimage Bowing, Four Noble Truths, Gratitude, Soto Zen, War	Claude Anshin Thomas	Aug 01 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Laying Down Your Arms is the Most Intimate Big Mind, Lay Practice, Soto Zen, Doubt, Karma	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jul 25 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Saying Yes! Gratitude, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jul 06 1998
Embrace Imperfection, Live Fully Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Soto Zen, Posture	Edward Espe Brown	1998
Embracing The Pathless Zen Way Sangha, Soto Zen, Bowing	Edward Espe Brown	1998
Eights Aspects Enlightened Person/Right Samadhi Serial: BZ-00324A Saturday Lecture Eight Aspects, Enlightenment, Samadhi, Chanting, Composure, Concentration, Eight...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 02 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Recognizing Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00322B Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Koan, Buddha Nature, Dogen, Doubt, Duality, Ordinary Mind, Soto Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 26 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Sun Buddha, Moon Buddha Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Nature, Concentration, Emotions, Hui-neng, Soto Zen...	Ron Nestor	Aug 02 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Zadankai Serial: BZ-00114 Lecture Ordinary Mind, Conversation, Buddha Nature, Silent Illumination, Soto Zen, Dragons,...	Robert Aitken Roshi, Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 1997 City Center
Zadankai Serial: BZ-00779 Discussion Ordinary Mind, Silent Illumination, Conversation, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature, Dragons...	Robert Aitken Roshi, Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 1997 City Center
Life of Buddha Serial: BZ-00845 Class 6 of 6 Karma, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Soto Zen, Precepts, Don't Know Mind,...	Maylie Scott	Apr 17 1997 6 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukanzazengi Serial: BZ-00784A Rohatsu Day 2 Fukanzazengi, Obstacles, Posture, Manjushri, Don't Know Mind, Rinzai, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen’s Going Beyond Buddha Heart Sutra, Soto Zen, Silent Illumination, Buddha Ancestors, Rinzai, Chanting...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Aug 24 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Reflections of Innate Enlightenment Buddha Mind, Delusion, Soto Zen	Edward Espe Brown	Jul 18 1996
Tung Shan’s Poem Serial: BZ-00803A Shusho talk #1 Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, Soto Zen, Birth-and-Death, Rinzai, Impermanence,...	Ross Blum	May 18 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Foundations of Mindfulness Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Right Effort, Silent Illumination, Soto Zen, Posture...	Maylie Scott	Mar 24 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Unstained Mind: Embracing Innate Enlightenment Soto Zen, Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Samsara, Dragons	Edward Espe Brown	Feb 10 1996
Blue Cliff Record: Case #57 Serial: BZ-00748 Lecture BCR-57, Duality, Gratitude, Hsin Hsin Ming, Non-duality, Posture, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 27 1996 Tassajara
Body, Breath, Mind, Stick Serial: BZ-00821B Saturday Lecture Kyosaku, Posture, Concentration, Right Effort, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 08 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Jodo Shinshu Practice Buddha Nature, Soto Zen, Priest, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Gratitude, Chanting...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 23 1995 Berkeley Zen Center

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