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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
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
Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00625 Lecture Absolute-and-Relative, Dharma Transmission, Five Ranks, Gratitude, Manjushri, Sixth...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 19 1991 Tassajara
Talk to Tokubetsu Sesshin Serial: BZ-00624 Sesshin Building, Chanting, confusion, Dragons, Gratitude, Practice Period, Religion, Soto...	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, Birth-and-Death, Building, Conversation, Culture, Greed, Happiness, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 27 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
One-Day Sitting Serial: SF-01078 #shuso-talk Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, confusion, Precepts, Nirvana, Vow, 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,...	Chan Master Sheng-Yen	Oct 24 1990
October 6th, 1990, Serial No. 01479 Book of Serenity, Daily Life, Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Rinzai, Samadhi, Silent...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 06 1990 Tassajara
Three Worlds: Living Forward with Courage and Buddhanature Serial: BZ-00492A Lecture Attachment, Buddha Nature, Building, Culture, Fox, Religion, Rinzai, Separation, Soto...	Bob Yanasak	Sep 15 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Positions and Preference I Commitment, Conversation, Emotions, Enthusiasm, Lay, Mindfulness, Soto Zen	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 Anger, Buddha Nature, Gratitude, Interview, Intuition, Lotus Sutra, Oneness, Soto Zen...	Maylie Scott	Mar 25 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Rohatsu Sesshin, Soto Zen, Enlightenment	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 1989 1
Abbot's Zuisse Ceremony in Japan Serial: BZ-00385 Saturday Lecture Zuisse, Commitment, Dharma Transmission, Don't Know Mind, Lay Practice, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 28 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Giving Without Burnout Buddha Ancestors, Happiness, Silence, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Sep 05 1989 Minnesota Zen Center
Embodying Zen: Living Thusness Bodhidharma, Japan, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 10 1989 Tassajara
Meeting the Buddha Without Pointing Manjushri, Blue Cliff Record, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 27 1989
Embracing Suchness Through Selfless Action Buddha Nature, Buddhism, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 22 1989
Boundless Compassion through Wisdom Practice Balance, Discrimination, Darkness-and-Light, Daily Life, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 10 1989
Rohatsu - Fukanzazengi Paramitas, Effort, Soto Zen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 1988 4
Boddhisatva Practice: Four Methods Serial: BZ-00366B Saturday Lecture Anger, Cultivation, Daily Life, Ego, Emotions, Equanimity, Non-attachment, Priest,...	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
Embodying the Essence of Zen Soto Zen, Dogen, Perfect Wisdom	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 26 1988
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
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 Farm
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
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00312 Sesshin Day 2 Birth-and-Death, Instruction, Lineage, Nirvana, Peace, Soto Zen	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 16 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Genjokoan I Serial: BZ-01501B Sesshin lecture Anger, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Heart Sutra, Koan, Observe, Sixth Patriarch, Soto...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 03 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Harmony: Meditation, Music, Mantra Mantra, Buddha Nature, Lotus Sutra, Posture, Chanting, Zazen, Soto Zen, Bell, Bowing...	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, Anger, Ego, Emotions, Equanimity, Heart Sutra, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00877A Sesshin Day 2 Five Ranks, Lay, Lay Practice, Samadhi, Soto Zen, Vow	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, Bell, 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, Mindfulness, Nirvana Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Awakening of Faith: Thusness and Intersection of Absolute and Phenomenon Serial: BZ-00867A Lecture Anger, Commitment, Culture, 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, 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 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
Manifesting Zen Beyond Thought Soto Zen, Instruction, Zazen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 30 1985
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

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