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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 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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Title	Speaker	Date
Saying Yes! training, Soto Zen, Silent Illumination, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Dharma Transmission,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jul 06 1998
1998.MM.DD-serial.00136 Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Sutra, Soto Zen, Posture	Edward Brown	1998
1998.MM.DD-serial.00138 Sangha, Soto Zen, soto, Bell, Bowing	Edward Brown	1998
Recognizing Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00322B Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Koan, Doubt, Obstacles, Constancy, Discrimination, Duality, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 26 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
June 16th, 1997, Serial No. 00779 Ordinary Mind, Silent Illumination, Conversation, soto, Buddha Nature, Religion,...		Jun 16 1997
April 17th, 1997, Serial No. 00845 Karma, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Evil, Soto Zen, Precepts, Instruction, Don't...		Apr 17 1997
August 24th, 1996, Serial No. 00794, Side A Heart Sutra, soto, Silent Illumination, Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen, Building, Rinzai...		Aug 24 1996
1996.07.18-serial.00120 Delusion, Buddha Mind, resistance, Soto Zen, training	Edward Brown	Jul 18 1996
March 24th, 1996, Serial No. 00809, Side A Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Right Effort, Instruction, Silent Illumination, Soto...		Mar 24 1996
1996.02.10-serial.00278B Soto Zen, Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Samsara, Dragons	Edward Brown	Feb 10 1996
Blue Cliff Record: Case #57 Serial: BZ-00748 Lecture BCR-57, Attachment, resistance, Hsin Hsin Ming, Duality, Non-duality, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 27 1996 Tassajara
Body, Breath, Mind, Stick Serial: BZ-00821B Saturday Lecture Kyosaku, Posture, Concentration, Right Effort, Harmonizing, Bodhisattva Ceremony,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 08 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
September 23rd, 1995, Serial No. 00822, Side B Buddha Nature, Soto Zen, Priest, Birth-and-Death, Anger, Karma, Gratitude, soto,...		Sep 23 1995
Early Days: Maezumi-rôshi & Suzuki-rôshi Serial: BZ-00977A Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Maezumi Roshi, Teacher-and-Student, Zoom, Priest, soto, New Year, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 27 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Tassajara Practice Period Serial: BZ-00909B Saturday Lecture Tassajara, Dharma Transmission, American, Practice Period, Transmission, Family...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 15 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Takubetsu Sesshin Serial: BZ-00743 Sesshin Dharma Transmission, Transmission, American, Tassajara, Priest, Monastic Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 05 1995
March 9th, 1995, Serial No. 00762 Discrimination, Absolute-and-Relative, Soto Zen, Practice Period, Buddha Nature,...		Mar 09 1995
January 24th, 1995, Serial No. 00758 Fox, true dharma, Priest, Instruction, Lay, Transmission, Demons, Chanting, Sixth...		Jan 24 1995
January 16th, 1995, Serial No. 00756 Priest, soto, Soto Zen, Bell, Monastic Practice, Sixth Patriarch, Precepts, Aspects...		Jan 16 1995
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00951A Rohatsu Day 5 Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Big Mind, Duality, Soto Zen, Building, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #69 Cont. Serial: BZ-00935A And Nyogen Senzaki's Commentary, Sesshin Day 3 BCR-69, Building, Lineage, Bell, Soto Zen, Bowing, confusion, Doubt, Rinzai,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
March 22nd, 1994, Serial No. 00551 Lotus Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Happiness, Soto Zen, Karmic Consciousness, Karma,...		Mar 22 1994
March 4th, 1994, Serial No. 00557 Evil, Big Mind, Discrimination, Buddha Nature, Hindrances, Five Ranks, Nirvana, Soto...		Mar 04 1994
January 29th, 1994, Serial No. 00981, Side B Ordination, Berkeley Zen Center, Soto Zen, Culture, Mill Valley, Heart Sutra,...		Jan 29 1994
Mountain Practice, City Practice; Renunciation Serial: BZ-00959B Leaving for Tassajara, Saturday Lecture Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Renunciation, Cultivation, Soto Zen, Aspects of...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 08 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
August 7th, 1993, Serial No. 00655, Side A Subject-and-Object, Separation, Instruction, Greed, Soto Zen, Hate, Dragons, soto,...		Aug 07 1993
July 24th, 1993, Serial No. 00654, Side A Anger, Instruction, Emotions, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Concentration,...		Jul 24 1993
March 25th, 1993, Serial No. 00269 Precepts, Concentration, Mindfulness, Soto Zen, Impermanence, zen meditation,...		Mar 25 1993
Women in Japanese Soto Zen Serial: SF-00097 Author reading from her book on the subject. Soto Zen, training, Monastic Practice, Ordination, soto, Ceremony, Religion, Lay,...	Paula Arai	Nov 25 1992

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