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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 Liángjiè. 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
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
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 Avalokiteshvara, 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
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, American, Soto Zen, Gratitude, Bell, Culture,...	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
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
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
Recognizing Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00322B Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Koan, Doubt, Constancy, Discrimination, Duality, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 26 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Sun Buddha, Moon Buddha Blue Cliff Record, Mindfulness, Sixth Patriarch, Culture, American, Emotions,...	Ron Nestor	Aug 02 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
Zadankai Serial: BZ-00114 Lecture Ordinary Mind, Conversation, Buddha Nature, Silent Illumination, Religion, Soto Zen,...	Robert Aitken and Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 1997 San Francisco Zen Center
Zadankai Serial: BZ-00779 Discussion Ordinary Mind, Silent Illumination, Conversation, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature, Religion,...	Robert Aitken and Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 1997 San Francisco Zen Center
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
Life of Buddha Serial: BZ-00845 Class 6 of 6 Karma, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Evil, Soto Zen, Precepts, Instruction, Don't...	Maylie Scott	Apr 17 1997 6 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Big Mind, Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Right Speech, Practice Period,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 09 1997 Green Gulch
Fukanzazengi Serial: BZ-00784A Rohatsu Day 2 Fukanzazengi, Obstacles, Posture, Manjushri, Don't Know Mind, Rinzai, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class Five Ranks, Delusion, Lotus Sutra, Soto Zen, Observe, Forgiveness, Separation,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 07 1996 Green Gulch
Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class Five Ranks, Delusion, Absolute-and-Relative, Attachment, Emptiness, Soto Zen, Right...	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 Zen, Rinzai, Absolute-and-Relative, Five Ranks,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 10 1996 Green Gulch
Dogen’s Going Beyond Buddha Heart Sutra, Soto Zen, Silent Illumination, Buddha Ancestors, Building, Rinzai,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Aug 24 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Reflections of Innate Enlightenment Delusion, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen	Edward Brown	Jul 18 1996
Tung Shan’s Poem Serial: BZ-00803A Shusho talk #1 Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, Soto Zen, Lineage, Birth-and-Death, Offering,...	Ross Blum	May 18 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Foundations of Mindfulness Mindfulness, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Right Effort, Instruction, Silent...	Maylie Scott	Mar 24 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Unstained Mind: Embracing Innate Enlightenment Soto Zen, Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Samsara, Dragons	Edward Brown	Feb 10 1996
Blue Cliff Record: Case #57 Serial: BZ-00748 Lecture BCR-57, Attachment, Hsin Hsin Ming, Duality, Non-duality, Soto Zen, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 27 1996 Tassajara
Interview Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Transmission, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Priest,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jan 21 1996 Unknown
Causes and Conditions Serial: SF-03660 One-day sitting Emptiness, Posture, Book of Serenity, Subject-and-Object, Realization, Buddha Nature...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 14 1995 Green Gulch
Wholehearted Zen: Living Your Faith Hsin Hsin Ming, Faith, Enthusiasm, Soto Zen, Nirvana Sutra, Gratitude, Vow, Birth-and...	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, Zazen, Family Practice,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 24 1995 Green Gulch
Jodo Shinshu Practice Buddha Nature, Soto Zen, Priest, Birth-and-Death, Anger, Karma, Gratitude, Chanting,...	Hozan Hardamon	Sep 23 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Cultural Differences/Family Practice Soto Zen, Culture, First Principle, Lay Practice, Demons, Gratitude, Lay, Lineage,...	Raul Denkei Moncayo	Jul 22 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Emptying Yourself To Receive The Gift To Give It Away Again Serial: SF-03096 Sunday Lecture Interview, Humility, Emotions, Concentration, Posture, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jun 25 1995 Green Gulch

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