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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
Abbot's Zuisse Ceremony in Japan Serial: BZ-00385 Saturday Lecture Zuisse, Dharma Transmission, Don't Know Mind, Lay Practice, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 28 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Boddhisatva Practice: Four Methods Serial: BZ-00366B Saturday Lecture Cultivation, Daily Life, Ego, Emotions, Equanimity, Non-attachment, Priest, Soto Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 17 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Teacher and Student Serial: BZ-00893A Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 27 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
On Bowing and Chanting Serial: BZ-01491 Morning talk. Diversity, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Mahayana, Hate	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 27 1988 Tassajara
June 12th, 1988, Serial No. 00299 Serial: BZ-00299 Sunday Lecture Ordinary Mind, Doubt, Koan, Daily Life, Soto Zen, Karma	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 12 1988
February 26th, 1988, Serial No. 01535 Serial: BZ-01535 Sixth day of sesshin at Green Gulch Farm. Dharma Transmission, Soto Zen, Chanting, Platform Sutra, Rinzai, Priest, Hui-neng,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 26 1988 6 of 7 Green Gulch Farm
Transmission Serial: BZ-00899A Lecture Transmission, Soto Zen, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Precepts, Rinzai, Bowing, Study...	Ananda Dalenberg	Feb 13 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00312 Sesshin Day 2 Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Soto Zen	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 16 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Genjokoan I Serial: BZ-01501B Sesshin lecture Birth-and-Death, Heart Sutra, Koan, Hui-neng, Soto Zen	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 03 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Harmony: Meditation, Music, Mantra Mantra, Buddha Nature, Lotus Sutra, Posture, Chanting, Zazen, Soto Zen, Bowing...	Ananda Dalenberg	May 03 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Koun Ejo; Komyozo Zammai Pt. I Serial: BZ-00888A Sesshin Day 1 Koun Ejô, Nirvana, Soto Zen, Demons, Don't Know Mind, Sangha, Samadhi, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 28 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Ignorance Itself is the Immutable Knowledge of the Buddhas Serial: BZ-00894A Lecture Bodhisattva Way, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Liberation, Birth-and-Death,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 15 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
The Buddhist Meaning of Renunciation Serial: BZ-00883A Saturday Lecture Renunciation, Ego, Emotions, Equanimity, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Renunciation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00877A Sesshin Day 2 Five Ranks, Lay Practice, Samadhi, Soto Zen	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 05 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
The Subtle Touch of Non-Self-Centered Activity: Forms of Zen Serial: BZ-00875A Saturday Lecture No-Self, Bowing, Chanting, Ego, Heart Sutra, Renunciation, Right Effort, Silent...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 19 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
One Month Practice Period at Tassajara Serial: BZ-00868A Rohatsu Day 2 Tassajara, Practice Period, Practice Period, Tassajara, Nirvana Sutra, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Awakening of Faith: Thusness and Intersection of Absolute and Phenomenon Serial: BZ-00867A Lecture Mahayana, Priest-and-Lay, Sangha, Soto Zen, Tassajara	Leslie James	Nov 16 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Background of Oryoki Practice Serial: BZ-00864B Beginners' Sitting Oryoki, Cultivation, Soto Zen, Lay Practice, Gratitude, Rinzai, Bodhidharma, Bowing...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 12 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Free Sitting vs. Forty Minute Periods: Dogen's Way Serial: BZ-00411A Lecture Zazen, Dogen, Daily Life, Lay Practice, Practice Period, Rinzai, Interview, Soto Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 01 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Practice With Children and Families Serial: BZ-00424B Saturday Lecture Family Practice, Birth-and-Death, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Priest, Family...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 14 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Way-Seeking Mind Serial: BZ-00412A Saturday Lecture Way-Seeking Mind, Priest, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Samsara, Nirvana, Dogen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 22 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Mindful Path to Infinite Truths Concentration, Compassion, Lay Practice, Soto Zen, Don't Know Mind, Conversation...	Katagiri Roshi	Jan 14 1985
Breathing in Zazen Serial: BZ-00405B Rohatsu Zazen, Zazen Mind, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Bodhidharma, Soto Zen	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission: Objects of Authority Serial: BZ-00392A Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Soto Zen, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 03 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan, Case 19: Ordinary Mind is the Way Serial: BZ-00435 Lecture Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Impermanence, Ordinary Mind, Posture, Hui-neng, Soto Zen...	Gesshin Cheney	May 22 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Development of American Buddhism: Kapleau-rôshi's Visit to SFZC Serial: BZ-00422A Saturday Lecture Philip Kapleau, Daily Life, Tassajara, Diversity, Politics, Rinzai, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 04 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Enlightenment in Soto Zen Serial: BZ-00402A Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Hui-neng, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 10 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Meeting with Berkeley Zen Center Serial: BZ-00032 Meeting Buddha Mind, Fundraising, Interview, Lay Practice, Sangha, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-...	Deborah Hopkinson	Jul 08 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Joyful Embrace of Zen Wisdom Liberation, Lotus Sutra, Consciousness, Soto Zen, Community, Compassion, Realization...	Katagiri Roshi	May 24 1982
Vigor During Sesshin: Soto and Rinzai Practice Compared Serial: BZ-00007A Sesshin Day 3 Sesshin, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Soto Zen	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 21 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Soto and Rinzai Practice: Koans Serial: BZ-00014A Sesshin Day 2 Teacher-and-Student, Rinzai, Daily Life, Interview, Soto Zen, Concentration, Emotions...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 27 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Rinzai Zen Serial: BZ-00015 Sesshin day 1 Hui-neng, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra, Platform Sutra, Doubt, Buddha Mind,...	Gesshin Cheney	Feb 26 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Right Effort and Right Thought Serial: BZ-00026A Saturday Lecture Right Effort, Right Thought, Noble Eightfold Path, Study, Daily Life, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 15 1980 Berkeley Zen Center
November 15, 1980, Serial No. 01061 Daily Life, Hindrances, Monastic Practice, Right Effort, Separation, Hui-neng, Soto...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 15 1980 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission in Zen Evolution Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Hate, Precepts, Realization, Rinzai, Soto Zen,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 19 1977
Ascending the Zen Pole of Effort Big Mind, Ego, Separation, Soto Zen	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 03 1976
Reviving Zen: Manzan's Reforms Unveiled Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Soto Zen, Realization	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 17 1975
Zen Manuscripts: Evolutionary Pathways Soto Zen, Rinzai, Ceremony	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 12 1975
Keizan Zenji: Catalyst of Soto Zen Soto Zen, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Realization, Lay Practice	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 11 1975
Zen Leadership: Tradition and Transformation Bodhidharma, Dharma Transmission, Interview, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Transmission	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 10 1975
Zen Power Struggles at Ehe-ji Bodhidharma, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Transmission	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 10 1975
Silent Illumination and Zen's Path Buddha Nature, Realization, Separation, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Transmission...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 08 1975
Zen Lineage: From Bodhidharma to Dogen Bodhidharma, Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, New Year, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Transmission...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 1975
Zen Ranks Through Gassan's Lens Rinzai, Soto Zen, Transmission	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 1975
Timeless Essence of Zen Practice Conversation, Soto Zen, Funeral, Chanting	Katagiri Roshi	Apr 1972
Sitting Beyond Thought: Embodying Truth Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Chanting, Emotions, Mahayana, Realization, Soto Zen,...	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 25 1972
Funeral Service for Suzuki Roshi Serial: SR-00171 This is a full recording of Suzuki Roshi's funeral, held nine days after his death. Ceremony, Funeral, Ceremony, Soto Zen, Suzuki Roshi	Various	Dec 12 1971 City Center
Breaking the Chains of Illusion Four Noble Truths, Nirvana, Soto Zen, Suffering, Tassajara	Katagiri Roshi	Oct 02 1971
Embracing Suffering Through Zen Awareness Delusion, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana, Posture, Soto Zen, Suffering	Katagiri Roshi	Oct 02 1971
Embracing Flow: Zen's Middle Way Buddha Nature, Ceremony, Chanting, Composure, Delusion, Diversity, Soto Zen	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 28 1971

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