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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
Parinirvana Sutra and Suzuki Roshi’s Legacy Serial: BZ-00980B Lecture Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana, Impermanence, Daily Life, Tassajara...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Feb 12 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan Case 15: Seeing Truth; Ordination and Dharma Transmission—Ordinariness Serial: BZ-00981B Lecture Ordination, Soto Zen, Culture, Mill Valley, Heart Sutra, Conversation, Bodhisattva...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jan 29 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Mountain Practice, City Practice; Renunciation Serial: BZ-00959B Leaving for Tassajara, Saturday Lecture Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Renunciation, Cultivation, Soto Zen, Four Noble Truths...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 08 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paschal Mystery: Dying as the Way to the Fullness of Life Serial: NC-00025 Part of "The Paschal Mystery: Dying as a Way to the Fullness of Life" Archival Photo OSB Cam, Funeral, Soto Zen, Daily Life	John Powell	1994 1 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Refining Your Life Serial: BZ-01497A Rohatsu Day 3 Tenzo Kyokun, Bell, Sanctuary, Emotions, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 01 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Embrace Selfhood Through Zen Practices Breath, Posture, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 20 1993
Innumerable People’s Labors who Helped the Spread of Buddhism Throughout History Serial: BZ-00656A Lecture Diversity, Religion, Politics, Culture, American, Priest, Vinaya, Ordination,...	Rebecca Mayeno	Oct 02 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
You’re OK as You Are: Dogen’s Tenno Kyokun Serial: BZ-00655A Lecture Subject-and-Object, Separation, Instruction, Greed, Soto Zen, Hate, Dragons, Silence...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Aug 07 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukan Zazen-gi: Dust and Cataracts are the Flowers of Emptiness Serial: BZ-00654A Lecture Anger, Instruction, Emotions, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Concentration,...	Gil Fronsdal	Jul 24 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice and Boredom Serial: BZ-00670A Sesshin Day 5 Zazen, Stillness, Daily Life, Pure Existence, Doubt, Posture, Soto Zen, Separation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 13 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Transmission of Light Serial: BZ-00214 Class 3 of 5 Attachment, Passions, Four Noble Truths, Offering, Buddha Nature, Lineage, Don't...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 20 1993 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Transmission of Light Serial: BZ-00212 Class 1 of 5 Monastic Practice, Transmission, Buddha Nature, Teacher-and-Student, Continuous...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 06 1993 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Buddhism Serial: BZ-00269 Class 3 of 6 Precepts, Concentration, Mindfulness, Soto Zen, Impermanence, Emotions, Four...	Ron Nestor	Mar 25 1993 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen in Every Moment's Action Soto Zen, Evil, Nirvana	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 02 1993
Embrace the Present: A Zen Path Soto Zen, Evil, Nirvana	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 02 1993
Women in Japanese Soto Zen Serial: SF-00097 Author reading from her book on the subject. Soto Zen, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Ceremony, Religion, Lay, Emptiness	Paula Arai	Nov 25 1992
Unbinding Compassion Through Zazen Practice Zazen, Evil, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 21 1992
Zen Landscapes and Mindful Communication Blue Cliff Record, Soto Zen, Mindfulness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 03 1992
Savoring Simplicity: Embracing Imperfection Ordinary Mind, Soto Zen, Dragons, Don't Know Mind	Edward Brown	Jul 05 1992
Early Zen: Dogen Serial: BZ-00605 Class 6 of 6 Lotus Sutra, Silent Illumination, Doubt, Rinzai, Instruction, Six Realms, Buddha...	Maylie Scott	Apr 09 1992 6 Berkeley Zen Center
Tosu Gisei 8th Precept Ego, Lineage, Soto Zen, Dragons, Rinzai	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 03 1992 1 of 2 Tassajara
7th Precept Ego, War, Buddha Nature, Soto Zen, Silence	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 02 1992 2 of 2 Tassajara
Early Zen: Sixth Patriarch, Sudden and Gradual Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00603 Class 4 of 6 Platform Sutra, Branching Streams, Four Noble Truths, Perfect Wisdom, Sixth Patriarch...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 26 1992 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Class #8: Repression Soto Zen, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Enemies, Patience	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 21 1992 Tassajara
Class #8: Repression Soto Zen, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Enemies, Practice Period	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 21 1992 Tassajara
Early Zen: Bodhidharma to the Fifth Ancestor Serial: BZ-00602 Class 3 of 6 Bodhidharma, Lineage, Transmission, First Principle, Karma, Book of Serenity, Buddha...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 19 1992 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00109 Saturday Lecture Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Liberation, Ego, Buddha Nature, Mahayana, Duality	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 07 1992 Unknown
Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Emptiness, Sixth Patriarch, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature, Evil,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 1992 2
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00734 Sesshin Day 7 Absolute-and-Relative, confusion, Five Ranks, Sixth Patriarch, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 19 1991
Transmission of Light Eka, Bodhidharma, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen, Greed, Birth-and-...	Fran Tribe	Dec 14 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Meaning of Dokusan Serial: BZ-00707B Relationship to Teacher and Zazen, Rohatsu Day 6 Teacher-and-Student, Dokusan, Zazen, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Cultivating Compassion Through Zen Presence Bell, Intention, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 23 1991
Avatamsaka Sutra: The Ten Stages; Awareness and Acceptance Serial: BZ-00272 Class 3 of 4 Soto Zen, Concentration, Liberation, Karma, Obstacles, Four Noble Truths, Commitment...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 21 1991 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00626 Class One, Class Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Heart Sutra, Lineage, Lay, Beginners, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 13 1991 1 Tassajara Zen Center
Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00625 Lecture Gratitude, Five Ranks, Sixth Patriarch, Absolute-and-Relative, Manjushri, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 19 1991 Tassajara
Talk to Tokubetsu Sesshin Serial: BZ-00624 Sesshin Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Building, Gratitude, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 13 1991
“Engaged”: Webster’s as a Buddhist Text Serial: BZ-00972B Lecture Fox, Four Noble Truths, Priest, Right Speech, Right Effort, Funeral, Vow, Soto Zen,...	Lin Zenki	Aug 17 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan Case 10 Serial: SF-00046 Seizei lonely and destitute. Enthusiasm, Priest, Sanctuary, Sangha, Buddha Nature, Faith, Soto Zen, Balance, Zazen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 28 1991 Green Gulch Farm
Mumonkan: Case #10 Serial: BZ-00701A Sesai is "Poor" and Asks Sozan for Help, Saturday Lecture MM-10, Culture, Teacher-and-Student, Birth-and-Death, Priest, Soto Zen, Greed,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 27 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
One-Day Sitting Serial: SF-01078 #shuso-talk Precepts, Vow, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, Attachment, Mahayana, Soto Zen,...	Pat Phelan	Mar 09 1991 Unknown
Zen Beauty: Beyond Duality Happiness, Manjushri, Daily Life, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 17 1991 Tassajara
Shikantaza: Being Present Serial: BZ-00699A Lecture Concentration, Soto Zen, Instruction, Anger, Hate, Family Practice, Posture, Emotions...	Gil Fronsdal	Dec 15 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Jewel Mirror Samadhi Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Buddha Nature, Samadhi, Faith, Diversity, Soto Zen, Patience,...	Sheng Yen	Oct 24 1990
October 6th, 1990, Serial No. 01479 Silent Illumination, Soto Zen, Daily Life, Samadhi, Book of Serenity, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 06 1990 Tassajara
Three Worlds: Living Forward with Courage and Buddhanature Serial: BZ-00492A Lecture Buddha Nature, Building, Separation, Culture, Fox, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Religion,...	Bob Yanasak	Sep 15 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Positions and Preference I Conversation, Soto Zen, Mindfulness, Emotions, Lay, Enthusiasm, Commitment	Ryushin Paul Haller	May 05 1990 I Berkeley Zen Center
Tenzo Kyokun by Dogen: Monastic Life in Everyday Life Serial: BZ-00507A Lecture Monastic Practice, Family Practice, Offering, Soto Zen, Uchiyama, Daily Life,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 28 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Remembrances of Maurine Stuart Serial: BZ-00510B Lecture Lotus Sutra, Anger, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Gratitude, Intuition, Interview,...	Maylie Scott	Mar 25 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Abbot's Zuisse Ceremony in Japan Serial: BZ-00385 Saturday Lecture Zuisse, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Study Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 28 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Giving Without Burnout Happiness, Soto Zen, Silence, Buddha Ancestors	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Sep 05 1989 Minnesota Zen Center

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