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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
October 6th, 1990, Serial No. 01479 Silent Illumination, Soto Zen, Daily Life, Samadhi, Book of Serenity, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 06 1990 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
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, Berkeley Zen Center, Anger, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Gratitude,...	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
Boddhisatva Practice: Four Methods Serial: BZ-00366B Saturday Lecture Anger, Pure Existence, Priest, Equanimity, Daily Life, Non-attachment, Emotions, Ego...	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. Offering, Diversity, Heart Sutra, Passions, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 27 1988 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
June 12th, 1988, Serial No. 00299 Serial: BZ-00299 Sunday Lecture Ordinary Mind, Doubt, Attachment, Koan, Daily Life, Intuition, Soto Zen, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 12 1988
Sunday Lecture Interview, Demons, Doubt, Manjushri, Soto Zen, Gratitude, Practice Period, Enemies,...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 03 1988 Green Gulch
February 26th, 1988, Serial No. 01535 Serial: BZ-01535 Sixth day of sesshin at Green Gulch Farm. Lineage, Dharma Transmission, Soto Zen, Chanting, Platform Sutra, Rinzai, Priest,...	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
August 16th, 1987, Serial No. 00312 Serial: BZ-00312 Sesshin Day 2 Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Soto Zen, Lineage, Instruction, Peace	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 16 1987
Genjokoan I Serial: BZ-01501B Sesshin lecture Birth-and-Death, Sixth Patriarch, Koan, Attachment, Heart Sutra, Soto Zen, Observe,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 03 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Harmony: Meditation, Music, Mantra Mantra, Buddha Nature, Lotus Sutra, Soto Zen, Zazen, Bowing, Chanting, Posture, Bell...	Ananda Dalenberg	May 03 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Koun Ejo; Komyozo Zammai Pt. I Serial: BZ-00888A Sesshin Day 1 Koun Ejô, Discrimination, Nirvana, Soto Zen, Demons, Don't Know Mind, Sangha,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 28 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Ignorance Itself is the Immutable Knowledge of the Buddhas Serial: BZ-00894A Lecture Attachment, Bodhisattva Way, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Liberation, Lineage,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 15 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
The Buddhist Meaning of Renunciation Serial: BZ-00883A Saturday Lecture Renunciation, Renunciation, Emotions, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Anger, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00877A Sesshin Day 2 Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Lay Practice, Lay, Samadhi, Vow	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 05 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
The Subtle Touch of Non-Self-Centered Activity Serial: BZ-00875A Forms of Zen, Saturday Lecture No-Self, Silent Illumination, Right Effort, Bowing, Heart Sutra, Ego, Chanting, Bell...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 19 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
One Month Practice Period at Tassajara Serial: BZ-00868A Rohatsu Day 2 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Awakening of Faith: Thusness and Intersection of Absolute and Phenomenon Serial: BZ-00867A Lecture Commitment, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Sangha, Priest-and-Lay, Culture, Anger,...	Leslie James	Nov 16 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Background of Oryoki Practice Serial: BZ-00864B Beginners' Sitting Oryoki, Offering, Cultivation, Soto Zen, Lay, 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 Saturday Lecture Zazen, Dogen, Daily Life, Lay Practice, Bell, Practice Period, Beginners, Rinzai,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 01 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Practice With Children and Families Serial: BZ-00424B Saturday Lecture Family Practice, Religion, Birth-and-Death, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 14 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Way-Seeking Mind Serial: BZ-00412A Saturday Lecture Way-Seeking Mind, Priest, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Vow, Samsara, Nirvana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 22 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Mindful Path to Infinite Truths Concentration, Compassion, Lay, Soto Zen, Mindfulness, Don't Know Mind,...	Katagiri Roshi	Jan 14 1985
Breathing in Zazen Serial: BZ-00405B Rohatsu Zazen, Breath, Zazen Mind, confusion, Discrimination, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death,...	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, Lineage, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 03 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan, Case 19: Ordinary Mind is the Way Serial: BZ-00435 Lecture Ordinary Mind, Bodhidharma, Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Impermanence, Culture, Buddha...	Gesshin Myoko Prabhasa Dharma	May 22 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Development of American Buddhism Serial: BZ-00422A Kapleau-rôshi's Visit to SFZC, Saturday Lecture Buddhism, American, Philip Kapleau, Culture, American, Building, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 04 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Enlightenment in Soto Zen Serial: BZ-00402A Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 10 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Meeting with Berkeley Zen Center Lay, Sangha, Lay Practice, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Fundraising,...	Deborah Hopkinson	Jul 08 1982
Joyful Embrace of Zen Wisdom Liberation, Lotus Sutra, Consciousness, Soto Zen, Community, Compassion, Realization...	Katagiri Roshi	May 24 1982
Vigor During Sesshin Serial: BZ-00007A Soto and Rinzai Practice Compared, Sesshin Day 3 Sesshin, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Practice, Time, 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, Building...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 27 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Rinzai Zen Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra, Platform Sutra, Doubt, Buddha...	Gesshin Myoko Prabhasa Dharma	Feb 26 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Palateia: Personal Spiritual Revolution Serial: NC-00691 Monastic Spirituality Set 4 of 12 Oneness, Letting Go, Enlightenment, Soto Zen, Don't Know Mind	Bruno Barnhart	Jul 01 1981
Right Effort and Right Thought Serial: BZ-00026A Saturday Lecture Right Effort, Right Thought, Noble Eightfold Path, Study, Focus, Right Effort,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 15 1980 Berkeley Zen Center
November 15, 1980, Serial No. 01061 Right Effort, Monastic Practice, Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Daily Life, American,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 15 1980 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission in Zen Evolution Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, Realization, Rinzai, Soto Zen,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 19 1977
Ascending the Zen Pole of Effort Big Mind, Ego, Soto Zen, Building, Separation, Intention, Evil	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 03 1976
Reviving Zen: Manzan's Reforms Unveiled Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Addiction, Soto Zen, Lineage,...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 17 1975
Zen Manuscripts: Evolutionary Pathways Soto Zen, Rinzai, Vow, Ceremony	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 12 1975
Keizan Zenji: Catalyst of Soto Zen Soto Zen, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Realization, Lay, difficulty	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 11 1975
Zen Leadership: Tradition and Transformation Transmission, Building, Dharma Transmission, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Bell, Bodhidharma,...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 10 1975
Zen Power Struggles at Ehe-ji Transmission, Bell, Building, Soto Zen, Rinzai, difficulty, Bodhidharma	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 10 1975
Silent Illumination and Zen's Path Transmission, Soto Zen, Discrimination, Buddha Nature, Realization, Separation,...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 08 1975
Zen Lineage: From Bodhidharma to Dogen Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Bodhidharma, New Year, Ceremony, Soto Zen,...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 1975

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