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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
Martin Luther King Tribute Serial: BZ-01380 Saturday Lecture Martin Luther King, Current Events, Discrimination, War, Culture, Monastic Practice,...	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, Peace, Priest, Lay	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 03 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Liberating Minds Through Zen Stories Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Practice Period	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 09 2003
Zen's Emptiness Unveiled: Interconnected Insight Practice Period, Soto Zen, Nirvana, Offering	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 08 2003
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
Zen Lineage: History, Philosophy, Perception Soto Zen, Vasubandhu, Bodhidharma	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 25 2003
Awakening Beyond Personal Narratives Soto Zen, Daily Life, Pain	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 17 2003
Transcending Stories: Zen's Radical Path Practice Period, Daily Life, Soto Zen, Lineage, Bowing	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 17 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
Rituals of Collective Enlightenment Sanctuary, Heart Sutra, Zazen, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 19 2003
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
Chanting Beyond Words: Embracing Emptiness Soto Zen, japanese, Pain	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
Seeing Beyond: Non-Thinking and Awareness Zazen, Dragons, Soto Zen, Lay	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 12 2003
Beyond Thoughts: Embracing Zen Awareness Zazen, Dragons, Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 12 2003
Grasping Emptiness Through Conventional Designation confusion, cognitive process, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 10 2003
Sitting Buddha: Unveiling Emptiness Insight confusion, Soto Zen, Separation	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 10 2003
Breathing Beyond the Breath Breath, Soto Zen, Dependent Origination, War, Mindfulness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 22 2003 Green Gulch Farm
Beyond Breath: Embracing Zen Insight Breath, Soto Zen, Dependent Origination, War, Mindfulness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 22 2003 Green Gulch Farm
The Wishful Path of Awakening Addiction, Non-thinking, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 21 2003 Green Gulch Farm
Wishes and Wisdom in Zen Awakening Addiction, Non-thinking, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 21 2003 Green Gulch Farm
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, Ego, Bodhidharma	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Trip to Japan Serial: BZ-00210B Saturday Lecture Japan, Bell, Soto Zen, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Practice Period, Ordination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 28 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
2002.08.20-Sesshin 2 Soto Zen, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Daily Life, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 20 2002
Readings from “Windbell” the Book Serial: BZ-00154B Lecture Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Dragons, Big Mind, Hate, Instruction, Soto Zen, War,...	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
May 16th, 2002, Serial No. 01010, Side A Soto Zen, Composure, Daily Life, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Offering, Emotions,...		May 16 2002
Complaining Serial: BZ-00145A Women's Sitting Death-and-Dying, Liberation, Vow, Anger, Hate, Rinzai, Enemies, 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, Harmonizing, Attachment, Soto Zen, Nirvana...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 17 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Balancing Tradition and Personal Awakening Soto Zen, Posture, Rinzai	Edward Brown	Mar 09 2002
Zazen: It’s Good For Nothing, Thief in an Empty Room Serial: BZ-00062B Lecture Uchiyama, Peace, Blue Cliff Record, Zazen Mind, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Dragons,...	Mary Mocine	Feb 09 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Unstained Presence in Zen Practice Soto Zen, Shikantaza, Bell	Edward Brown	Jan 28 2002
Forms Serial: BZ-00095A One Day Sitting Precepts, Repentance, Soto Zen, Observe, Lay Ordination, Birth-and-Death, Fasting,...	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 War, Bell, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Precepts, Posture, Branching...	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, Discrimination, Ego, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 18 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Being Life: Beyond Success and Duality Suzuki Roshi, Soto Zen, Buddha	Teah Strozer	Aug 18 2001 City Center
Solitude and Fulfillment in Zen Insight Soto Zen, Five Ranks, Emptiness, Nirvana, Renunciation, Oneness, Suzuki Roshi,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jan 03 2001
Tozan and Aspects of Self Practice Period, Giving-and-Taking, Four Noble Truths, Liberation, Soto Zen, Building...	David Weinberg	Nov 25 2000 Berkeley Zen Center

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