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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
Intensive Class Realization, Intimacy, Delusion, Chanting, Soto Zen, Separation, Don't Know Mind...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Aug 09 1999 City Center
June 26th, 1999, Serial No. 00165, Side B Buddha Nature, Separation, Obstacles, Interview, Soto Zen		Jun 26 1999
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 4/8) Serial: BZ-00753B Sesshin Day 4 Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Separation, Soto Zen, Obstacles, Interview, Emotions...	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, Buddha Nature, Duality, Five Ranks, Jewel Mirror...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
AIDS Bike-A-Thon, A Rolling Sesshin Serial: SF-03983 Wednesday Lecture 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, Buddha Nature, Soto Zen, Zazen	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Feb 21 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Beginners’ Sesshin Chanting, 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, Renunciation, Bodhidharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 16 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Embracing Zen: The Path Within Avalokitesvara, Soto Zen, Liberation, Ego	Edward Espe Brown	Jan 11 1999
Authentic Zen: Beyond Enlightenment Myths Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Interview, Soto Zen, Book of...	Chikudo Lew Richmond	Dec 16 1998 City Center
Sunday Lecture Priest, Buddha Mind, Precepts, Zazen, Chanting, Hate, Soto Zen	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 22 1998 Green Gulch Farm
Saturday Lecture 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, Soto Zen, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 29 1998 1 Berkeley Zen Center
American Zen Alms-Prayer Pilgrimage Bowing, Four Noble Truths, Gratitude, Soto Zen, War	Claude Anshin Thomas	Aug 01 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Laying Down Your Arms is the Most Intimate Big Mind, Lay Practice, Soto Zen, Doubt, Karma	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jul 25 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Saying Yes! Gratitude, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jul 06 1998
Modernizing Zen: Taisho Soto's Transformation Serial: SF-01817 Gil (Intro) Suzuki Roshi, Soto Zen	Carl Bielefeldt	May 30 1998 Sati Center
Spring Sesshin Serial: SF-02724 Monday Separation, Repentance, Soto Zen, Zazen, Manjushri, Practice Period, Posture, Subject...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 23 1998 Unknown
Embrace Imperfection, Live Fully Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Soto Zen, Posture	Edward Espe Brown	1998
Embracing The Pathless Zen Way Sangha, Soto Zen, Bowing	Edward Espe Brown	1998
Scholarship Conference Paper Serial: SF-03238 Sunday Lecture Heart Sutra, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Study Period, Emptiness, Chanting,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 16 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Eights Aspects Enlightened Person/Right Samadhi Serial: BZ-00324A Saturday Lecture Eight Aspects, Enlightenment, Samadhi, Chanting, Composure, Concentration, Eight...	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 Birth-and-Death, Interview, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Funeral, Book of Serenity, Conversation...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 21 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Zen Insight Beyond Systematic Koans Study, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 20 1997
Recognizing Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00322B Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Koan, Buddha Nature, Dogen, Doubt, Duality, Ordinary Mind, Soto Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 26 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Sun Buddha, Moon Buddha Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Nature, Concentration, Emotions, Hui-neng, Soto Zen...	Ron Nestor	Aug 02 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Majjhima Nikaya Hindrances, Liberation, Soto Zen, Lay Practice, Doubt, Daily Life, Gratitude...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jul 10 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Zadankai Serial: BZ-00114 Lecture Ordinary Mind, Conversation, Buddha Nature, Silent Illumination, Soto Zen, Dragons,...	Robert Aitken Roshi, Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 1997 City Center
Zadankai Serial: BZ-00779 Discussion Ordinary Mind, Silent Illumination, Conversation, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature, Dragons...	Robert Aitken Roshi, Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 1997 City 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 Farm
Life of Buddha Serial: BZ-00845 Class 6 of 6 Karma, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Soto Zen, Precepts, Don't Know Mind,...	Maylie Scott	Apr 17 1997 6 Berkeley Zen Center
Koans in Soto Zen Revealed Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 10 1997
Sunday Lecture Big Mind, Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Right Speech, Practice Period,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 09 1997 Green Gulch Farm
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
Beyond Clinging: Embracing Liberation Nirvana, Interdependence, Soto Zen, Happiness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 11 1996
Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class Lotus Sutra, Delusion, Soto Zen, Separation, Forgiveness, Five Ranks	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 07 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class Five Ranks, Delusion, Absolute-and-Relative, Emptiness, Soto Zen, Right Effort,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 03 1996 Green Gulch Farm
The Five Skandhas Serial: SF-03634 One-day sitting Skandhas, Interview, Heart Sutra, Manjushri, Lotus Sutra, Soto Zen, Hate	Eijun Linda Cutts	Sep 21 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class Four Noble Truths, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Absolute-and-Relative, Five Ranks, Buddha...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 10 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Dogen’s Going Beyond Buddha Heart Sutra, Soto Zen, Silent Illumination, Buddha Ancestors, Rinzai, Chanting...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Aug 24 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Reflections of Innate Enlightenment Buddha Mind, Delusion, Soto Zen	Edward Espe Brown	Jul 18 1996
Tung Shan’s Poem Serial: BZ-00803A Shusho talk #1 Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, Soto Zen, Birth-and-Death, Rinzai, Impermanence,...	Ross Blum	May 18 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Foundations of Mindfulness Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Right Effort, Silent Illumination, Soto Zen, Posture...	Maylie Scott	Mar 24 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Unstained Mind: Embracing Innate Enlightenment Soto Zen, Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Samsara, Dragons	Edward Espe Brown	Feb 10 1996
Blue Cliff Record: Case #57 Serial: BZ-00748 Lecture BCR-57, Duality, Gratitude, Hsin Hsin Ming, Non-duality, Posture, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 27 1996 Tassajara
Interview Sanctuary, Practice Period, Ceremony, Priest, Transmission, Soto Zen, Dharma...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jan 21 1996 Unknown
Embracing Emptiness: A Bodhisattva's Path Causation, Cultivation, Daily Life, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 06 1995
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 Farm

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