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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
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
Tenzo Kyokun Class Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Don't Know Mind, Mindfulness, Realization, Mill...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 07 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Genjo Koan Serial: SF-00117 Workshop Nirvana, Transmission, Karma, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, Five Ranks, Lineage,...	Shohaku Okumura	Nov 04 2000 1 of 4 City Center
Sunday Lecture Realization, Practice Period, Buddha Ancestors, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony, Big Mind,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 29 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Tenzo Kyokun Class Conversation, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Instruction, Monastic Practice, Big Mind...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 24 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Unified Path: Zen's Precept Practice Precepts, Lotus Sutra, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 22 2000
Sunday Lecture Fox, Causation, Karma, Nirvana, Soto Zen, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Ceremony,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 10 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Monastic Practice, Zazen, Religion, Commitment, Big Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Aug 20 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00085B Unity in Diversity, Diversity in Unity, Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Bell, Branching Streams, Buddha Nature, Diversity,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 19 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
From the Beginning, No Surprises, No Lack Instruction, Beginners, Commitment, War, Rinzai, Heart Sutra, Posture, Bodhidharma,...	Richard Haefele	Aug 12 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Shingi, Head Gardener Serial: BZ-00060B Saturday Lecture Shingi, Lay Practice, Cultivation, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Lay, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 05 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Women Ancestors Class Serial: BZ-00852 Class 3 of 4 Silent Illumination, Lineage, Interview, Soto Zen, Attachment, Chanting, Obstacles,...	Mary Mocine, Myoan Grace Schireson	Jul 20 2000 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Evolving Buddhism for Modern Lives Emotions, Delusion, Soto Zen, Greed, Precepts	Edward Espe Brown	Jul 05 2000 Tassajara
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00159 Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Oneness, Branching...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 27 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Granny Bell, Buddha Nature, Concentration, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Priest, Rinzai, Soto Zen...	Myoan Grace Schireson	May 20 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Embracing Vulnerability Through Interdependence Soto Zen, Love, Time	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 14 2000
Women Ancestors Lineage, Transmission, Soto Zen, Realization, Priest-and-Lay, Emptiness, Ceremony,...	Various	May 13 2000 1
Women Ancestors Gratitude, Posture, Ordination, Vow, Funeral, Obstacles, Soto Zen, Lineage	Various	May 13 2000 2
Women Ancestors Conversation, Gratitude, Ego, Monastic Practice, Chanting, Ceremony, Letting Go, 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
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
Awakening Through Shared Zen Practice Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen, Samadhi	Tenshin Reb Anderson	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
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 Buddha Nature, Realization, Suzuki Roshi, confusion, Platform Sutra, Zazen,...	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 Realization, Practice Period, Instruction, Posture, Chanting, Ceremony, Priest, Soto...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 21 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Practice Period, Delusion, Instruction, Ceremony, Zazen, Letting Go, Soto Zen, Family...	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, Ego, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 16 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
October 14th, 1999, Serial No. 00859 Absolute-and-Relative, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Ego, Five Ranks, Practice Period,...		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 Weitsman	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 Realization, Intimacy, Discrimination, Delusion, Chanting, Soto Zen, Separation, Don...	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, Absolute-and-Relative, Attachment, Buddha Nature, Duality, Five Ranks,...	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

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