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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
May 30th, 1998, Serial No. 01800 Serial: SF-01800 Gil (Intro) Suzuki Roshi, soto, Priest, Study Period, Tassajara, Soto Zen, Ordination, Funeral,...	Richard Jaffe	May 30 1998 Sati Center
May 30th, 1998, Serial No. 01817 Serial: SF-01817 Gil (Intro) Soto Zen, soto, Suzuki Roshi, Religion, Lay, training, Five Ranks, Priest, Bell,...	Carl Bielefeldt	May 30 1998 Sati Center
Spring Sesshin Serial: SF-02724 Monday Letting Go, Vows, Separation, Repentance, Soto Zen, Zazen, Manjushri, Practice Period...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 23 1998 Unknown
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
Rohatsu Sesshin Absolute-and-Relative, Intimacy, Separation, Soto Zen, Commitment, Emotions, Doubt,...	Teah Strozer	Dec 04 1997 Unknown
Blue Cliff Record Class Serial: SF-03092 Case 10 Silence, Birth-and-Death, Interview, Rinzai, soto, Funeral, Book of Serenity, Soto...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 21 1997 Green Gulch
Recognizing Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00322B Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Koan, Doubt, Obstacles, Constancy, Discrimination, Duality, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 26 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Majjhima Nikaya Mindfulness, Hindrances, Evil, Liberation, Soto Zen, Lay, Doubt, Faith, Daily Life,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jul 10 1997 Green Gulch
June 16th, 1997, Serial No. 00779 Ordinary Mind, Silent Illumination, Conversation, soto, Buddha Nature, Religion,...		Jun 16 1997
Genjo Koan workshop Serial: SF-03185 To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion, that myriad...' Delusion itself is the agency of my enlightenment; totally enter delusion and embrace it and... Delusion, realization, Precepts, Emotions, Subject-and-Object, Monastic Practice,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jun 14 1997 Green Gulch
April 17th, 1997, Serial No. 00845 Karma, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Evil, Soto Zen, Precepts, Instruction, Don't...		Apr 17 1997
Sunday Lecture Big Mind, Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Right Speech, Practice Period,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 09 1997 Green Gulch
Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class Five Ranks, Delusion, Lotus Sutra, Soto Zen, Observe, Forgiveness, Echo, soto,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 07 1996 Green Gulch
Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class Five Ranks, Delusion, Absolute-and-Relative, Attachment, Emptiness, Soto Zen, soto,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 03 1996 Green Gulch
The Five Skandhas Serial: SF-03634 One-day sitting Skandas, Interview, Balance, Heart Sutra, Attachment, Manjushri, Lotus Sutra, Soto...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Sep 21 1996 Green Gulch
Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class confusion, Four Noble Truths, soto, Rinzai, Absolute-and-Relative, Soto Zen, Five...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 10 1996 Green Gulch
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
Interview Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Transmission, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Priest,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jan 21 1996 Unknown
October 11th, 1995, Serial No. 02703 Hsin Hsin Ming, Faith, Enthusiasm, Soto Zen, Nirvana Sutra, Gratitude, Vows, soto,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Oct 11 1995 Unknown
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
Meanings of the Word Dharma Serial: SF-03094 Sunday Lecture Birth-and-Death, Humility, Buddha's Birthday, Soto Zen, Zendo, Zazen, Family...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 24 1995 Green Gulch
September 23rd, 1995, Serial No. 00822, Side B Buddha Nature, Soto Zen, Priest, Birth-and-Death, Anger, Karma, Gratitude, soto,...		Sep 23 1995
Emptying Yourself To Receive The Gift To Give It Away Again Serial: SF-03096 Sunday Lecture Interview, Humility, Emotions, Concentration, Posture, Soto Zen, Describe, Teacher-...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jun 25 1995 Green Gulch
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
May 17th, 1995, Serial No. 01073 Serial: SF-01073 NB - no cassette visible in photo Fox, Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Blue Cliff Record, Funeral, Suzuki Roshi,...	Pat Phelan	May 17 1995 Unknown
One-day Sitting Silence, Posture, Monastic Practice, Emotions, Letting Go, Ego, Soto Zen, confusion,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 22 1995 Unknown
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
Importance of Shikantaza Serial: SF-03104 Description of Tokubetsu Sesshin Ceremony, Lotus Sutra, Priest, Letting Go, Buddha's Birthday, realization, Soto...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 19 1995 Green Gulch
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
Sunday Lecture Vows, Discrimination, Commitment, Patience, Chanting, Soto Zen, Delusion, confusion,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Dec 18 1994 Green Gulch
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
The Paschal Mystery: Dying as the Way to the Fullness of Life Serial: NC-00025 Part of "The Paschal Mystery: Dying as a Way to the Fullness of Life" Archival Photo OSB Cam, Funeral, Soto Zen, zen, Daily Life	John Powell	1994 1 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
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
Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Way, Bowing, Avalokiteshvara, Lotus Sutra, Soto Zen, Duality...	Hekizan Tom Girardot	May 08 1993 City Center
March 25th, 1993, Serial No. 00269 Precepts, Concentration, Mindfulness, Soto Zen, Impermanence, zen meditation,...		Mar 25 1993

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