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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
Women Ancestors Lineage, Ordination, Soto Zen, Bodhisattva Vow, Funeral, Obstacles, Gratitude,...	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
March 25th, 2000, Serial No. 00207, Side A Blue Cliff Record, Attachment, Four Noble Truths, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Concentration,...		Mar 25 2000
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
March 4th, 2000, Serial No. 00205, Side A Dragons, Concentration, Posture, Don't Know Mind, Bell, Instruction, Rinzai,...		Mar 04 2000
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
Fukanzazengi Class Serial: SF-03517 Monday Class Hsin Hsin Ming, Buddha Nature, confusion, Platform Sutra, realization, Bodhisattva...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 28 2000 Green Gulch
One-day Sitting Lecture realization, Buddha Ancestors, Demons, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Bell, Suzuki...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 26 2000 Green Gulch
Fukanzazengi Class Serial: SF-03661 Monday Class Ceremony, Soto Zen, true dharma, Instruction, realization, Practice Period, Posture,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 21 2000 Green Gulch
Sunday Lecture Ceremony, Instruction, Letting Go, Practice Period, Delusion, Zazen, Family Practice...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 20 2000 Green Gulch
February 3rd, 2000, Serial No. 00926 Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Karma, Transmission, Teacher-and-...		Feb 03 2000
December 7th, 1999, Serial No. 03951 Letting Go, Emptiness, Zazen, Mindfulness, Karma, Faith, Soto Zen, Chanting, Lineage...	Teah Strozer	Dec 07 1999 City 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 BZC
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
October 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 01114 realization, Blue Cliff Record, Faith, Soto Zen, Religion, Peace, Sangha, resistance...	Jeffrey Schneider	Oct 23 1999 Unknown
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
Wednesday Lecture Bowing, Emptiness, Koan, Suzuki Roshi, Soto Zen, Chanting, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Teah Strozer	Oct 06 1999 City Center
September 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 00861 Precious Mirror, Five Ranks, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha Nature...		Sep 23 1999
Precious Mirror Samadhi, Class 1 of 8 Serial: BZ-01008A Fall practice period 1999 Hokyo Zanmai, Precious Mirror, Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weisman	Sep 23 1999 Class 1 of 8,
September 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 01541 Five Ranks, Precious Mirror, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha Nature...		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, Peace, Concentration, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Intensive Class Delusion, Intimacy, Don't Know Mind, realization, Chanting, Aspects of Practice...	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 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 2/8) Serial: BZ-00078B Sesshin Day 2 Genjokoan, Precious Mirror, Duality, Buddha Nature, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
AIDS Bike-A-Thon, A Rolling Sesshin Serial: SF-03983 Wednesday Lecture training, Daily Life, Soto Zen, Suzuki Roshi, Non-duality, Duality, Gratitude,...	Teah Strozer	Jun 23 1999 City Center
1999.03.03-serial.00147 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
January 24th, 1999, Serial No. 00183, Side A Silence, Offering, Beginners, Instruction, training, Attachment, Diversity, Sangha,...		Jan 24 1999
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
1999.01.11-serial.00254 Avalokiteshvara, Soto Zen, Liberation, Letting Go, Ego	Edward Brown	Jan 11 1999
January 2nd, 1999, Serial No. 04060 Vow, Right Effort, Ceremony, Suzuki Roshi, Renunciation, Happiness, Emptiness, Soto...	Teah Strozer	Jan 02 1999 Unknown
1998.12.16-serial.00058 Suzuki Roshi, Transmission, Lineage, Priest, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen...	Lew Richmond	Dec 16 1998 City Center
Rohatsu Absolute-and-Relative, Intimacy, Duality, Commitment, Separation, Soto Zen, Emptiness...	Teah Strozer	Dec 04 1998 City Center
Rohatsu Manjushri, Attachment, Faith, Observe, Separation, Book of Serenity, Emotions, Doubt...	Teah Strozer	Dec 02 1998 City Center
Sunday Lecture Religion, Priest, Buddha Mind, Vow, Precepts, Zazen, Chanting, Hate, Freedom, Soto...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 22 1998 Green Gulch
October 29th, 1998, Serial No. 00840 Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Continuous Practice, Hate, Six Realms, Attachment,...		Oct 29 1998
August 1st, 1998, Serial No. 00354, Side B Four Noble Truths, War, Mindfulness, American, Soto Zen, Gratitude, Bell, Culture,...		Aug 01 1998
July 25th, 1998, Serial No. 00354, Side A Big Mind, Lay, Soto Zen, Peace, Greed, confusion, Vow, Doubt, Karma		Jul 25 1998
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 Zen, Priest, Study Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Richard Jaffe	May 30 1998 Sati Center
May 30th, 1998, Serial No. 01817 Serial: SF-01817 Gil (Intro) Soto Zen, Suzuki Roshi, Religion, Lay, training, Five Ranks, Priest, Bell, Faith...	Carl Bielefeldt	May 30 1998 Sati Center
May 30th, 1998, Serial No. 01818 Serial: SF-01818 End of afternoon session [Dinner] Gil: Intro - 3 Films Mel Weitsman introducing Phil Wilson, Grahame Petchey, Ed Brown Suzuki Roshi, Zendo, Ego, Interview, Bell, Anger, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Tassajara Zen...	Gil Fronsdal	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
1998.MM.DD-serial.00136 Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Sutra, Soto Zen, Posture	Edward Brown	1998
1998.MM.DD-serial.00138 Sangha, Soto Zen, Bell, Bowing	Edward Brown	1998

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