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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
Women Ancestors Lineage, Ordination, Soto Zen, Funeral, Obstacles, Gratitude, Posture, Vow	Various	May 13 2000 2
Women Ancestors Monastic Practice, Ego, Chanting, Lineage, Letting Go, Conversation, Ceremony, Soto...	Various	May 13 2000 3
Fukanzazengi Class Serial: SF-03654 Monday Class Zazen, Instruction, Soto Zen, Posture, Realization, Dragons, Lineage, Suzuki Roshi,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 27 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Zen's Dynamic Dance with Reality Ceremony, Soto Zen, Practice Period	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 26 2000
Awakening Through Shared Zen Practice Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen, Samadhi	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 25 2000
Joshua’s Use of 24 Hours Serial: BZ-00207A Sesshin Day Two Blue Cliff Record, Attachment, Four Noble Truths, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Concentration,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 25 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00205B Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Precepts, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Observe,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 11 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Dragon Zazen Dragons, Concentration, Posture, Don't Know Mind, Bell, Instruction, Rinzai,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 04 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Works of Dogen Class Serial: SF-03196 Tuesday Class Birth-and-Death, Realization, Freedom, Letting Go, Suzuki Roshi, Bowing, Soto Zen,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Feb 29 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Fukanzazengi Class Serial: SF-03517 Monday Class Hsin Hsin Ming, Buddha Nature, confusion, Platform Sutra, Realization, Zazen, Soto...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 28 2000 Green Gulch Farm
One-day Sitting Lecture Realization, Buddha Ancestors, Demons, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Bell, Suzuki...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 26 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Fukanzazengi Class Serial: SF-03661 Monday Class Ceremony, Soto Zen, Instruction, Realization, Practice Period, Posture, Priest,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 21 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Ceremony, Instruction, Letting Go, Practice Period, Delusion, Zazen, Family Practice...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 20 2000 Green Gulch Farm
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, Observe, Discrimination, Branching...	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, Discrimination, Big Mind, Darkness-and-Light, Light-and-...	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, Discrimination,...		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 Zen Mountain Center,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 16 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
October 14th, 1999, Serial No. 00859 Five Ranks, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Zazen Mind, Ego, Absolute-and-...		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 Weisman	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, Attachment, 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 Breath, Thich Nhat Hanh, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Peace, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Intensive Class Delusion, Intimacy, Don't Know Mind, Realization, Chanting, Soto Zen, Separation...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Aug 09 1999 City Center
June 26th, 1999, Serial No. 00165, Side B Buddha Nature, Separation, Obstacles, Interview, Oneness, Soto Zen		Jun 26 1999
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 4/8) Serial: BZ-00753B Sesshin Day 4 Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Separation, Soto Zen, Obstacles, Interview, Oneness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 26 1999 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 2/8) Serial: BZ-00078B Sesshin Day 2 Genjokoan, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Duality, Buddha Nature, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
AIDS Bike-A-Thon, A Rolling Sesshin Serial: SF-03983 Wednesday Lecture Time, Practice, Soto Zen	Teah Strozer	Jun 23 1999 City 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
Eight Characteristics of Suzuki Roshi's Teaching Serial: SF-03137 Sunday Lecture - first Sunday of practice period Suzuki Roshi, Impermanence, Commitment, Vow, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Freedom, Faith,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Feb 21 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Beginners’ Sesshin Silence, Offering, Beginners, Instruction, Attachment, 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, Offering, Renunciation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 16 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Embracing Zen: The Path Within Avalokitesvara, Soto Zen, Liberation, Letting Go, Ego	Edward Brown	Jan 11 1999
Authentic Zen: Beyond Enlightenment Myths Suzuki Roshi, Transmission, Lineage, Priest, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen...	Lew Richmond	Dec 16 1998 City Center
Sunday Lecture Religion, Priest, Buddha Mind, Vow, Precepts, Zazen, Chanting, Hate, Freedom, Soto...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 22 1998 Green Gulch Farm
Saturday Lecture Practice, Soto Zen, Joshu	Teah Strozer	Nov 11 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, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 29 1998 1 Berkeley Zen Center
American Zen Alms-Prayer Pilgrimage Four Noble Truths, War, Mindfulness, Soto Zen, Gratitude, Bell, Culture, Humility,...	Claude Anshin Thomas	Aug 01 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Laying Down Your Arms is the Most Intimate Big Mind, Lay, Soto Zen, Peace, Greed, confusion, Vow, Doubt, Karma	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jul 25 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Saying Yes! Soto Zen, Silent Illumination, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Dharma Transmission, Gratitude,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jul 06 1998
Modernizing Zen: Taisho Soto's Transformation Serial: SF-01817 Gil (Intro) Suzuki Roshi, Soto Zen, Time	Carl Bielefeldt	May 30 1998 Sati Center
Spring Sesshin Serial: SF-02724 Monday Letting Go, Vow, Separation, Repentance, Soto Zen, Zazen, Manjushri, Practice Period...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 23 1998 Unknown
Embrace Imperfection, Live Fully Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Sutra, Soto Zen, Posture	Edward Brown	1998
Embracing The Pathless Zen Way Sangha, Soto Zen, Bell, Bowing	Edward Brown	1998
Scholarship Conference Paper Serial: SF-03238 Sunday Lecture Heart Sutra, Lineage, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Religion, Study Period, Emptiness,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 16 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Eights Aspects Enlightened Person/Right Samadhi Serial: BZ-00324A Saturday Lecture Eight Aspects, Enlightenment, Samadhi, Samadhi, Concentration, Eight Aspects,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 02 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Awakening to Your Buddha Nature Soto Zen, Book of Serenity, Buddha Nature, Dogen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 29 1997
Blue Cliff Record Class Serial: SF-03092 Case 10 Silence, Birth-and-Death, Interview, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Funeral, Book of Serenity,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 21 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Zen Insight Beyond Systematic Koans Practice, Study, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 20 1997

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