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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
Buddha's Birthday Buddha's Birthday, Birth-and-Death, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Ego, Offering,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 06 2013
The Five Aspects of Effort Beginners, Culture, Ego, Emotions, Greed, Impermanence, Interview, Silence, Soto Zen...	Ron Nestor	Mar 09 2013
Sandokai Lecture One Serial: BZ-02278 Title and Couplet 1, Rohatsu Day 1 Big Mind, Platform Sutra, Discrimination, Oneness, Lineage, Absolute-and-Relative,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 2012 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Bendowa Dharma Transmission, Ordinary Mind, Rinzai, Samadhi, Soto Zen, Transmission, War...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 14 2012
Thinking and Not Thinking Birth-and-Death, Buddha Mind, Concentration, Enemies, Evil, Impermanence, Instruction...	Ron Nestor	Oct 13 2012
Raihai Tokuzui Serial: BZ-02262 Study sesshin, part 3 of 4 Vinaya, Buddha Nature, Causation, Karma, Precepts, Culture, Soto Zen, Religion,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 02 2012 3
Raihai Tokuzui Serial: BZ-02261 Study sesshin, part 2 of 4 Fox, Lay Practice, Ordination, Lay, Priest, Lineage, Buddha Ancestors, Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 01 2012 2
Dharma Transmission Serial: BZ-02259 David Weinberg Catherine Cascade Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Gratitude, Precepts, Lay Ordination, Ordination,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Aug 25 2012
To Study the Way is to Study the Self Serial: BZ-02246 The Self and Myriad Dharmas, Sesshin Day 1 Enlightenment, Five Ranks, Nishiari Bokusan, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Intimacy,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 20 2012 Berkeley Zen Center
Baoche's Fanning Platform Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Soto Zen, Heart Sutra, Passions, Uchiyama, Buddha...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 24 2012
Fukanzazengi Serial: BZ-02235 The Backward Step, One-Day Sitting Samadhi, Non-thinking, Dragons, Dharma Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Intuition, Lineage...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 17 2012 Berkeley Zen Center
Just Enough Problems Karma, Big Mind, Bell, Offering, Interdependence, Rinzai, Enemies, Soto Zen, Silence...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Dec 07 2011
Real Women Doing the Possible Serial: BZ-02213 Women's Sitting Gratitude, Offering, Soto Zen, Daily Life, Avalokitesvara, Ordination, Impermanence,...	Catherine Cascade	Nov 06 2011 Berkeley Zen Center
Giving and Receiving Bell, Big Mind, Ego, Evil, Impermanence, Nirvana, Practice Period, Soto Zen	Kosei Laurie Senauke	Oct 01 2011
The Heart of Our Forms Bell, Family Practice, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Precepts, Soto Zen,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 25 2011
Surrender Blue Cliff Record, Commitment, Enemies, Intimacy, Oneness, Silence, Soto Zen, Teacher...	David Weinberg	Sep 17 2011
Zazenshin Class Dragons, Buddha Ancestors, Teacher-and-Student, First Principle, Non-duality, Lineage...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 19 2011 2
Denkoroku Serial: BZ-02158 Kabimora Daiosho -The Thirteenth Ancestor, Sesshin Day 1, part 2 of 4 Soto Zen, Transmission of Light, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Culture, Demons,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2011 2 Berkeley Zen Center
The Kalame Sutta Doubt, Evil, Happiness, Lineage, Monastic Practice, Priest, Soto Zen, War	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 10 2010
Taking Refuge Attachment, Buddha Mind, Sangha, Hate, Soto Zen, Anger, Fox, Demons, Impermanence...	Karen Sundheim	Mar 13 2010
Shakyamuni Buddha's Parinirvana Conversation, Funeral, Instruction, Nirvana, Practice Period, Separation, Soto Zen,...	Ron Nestor	Feb 13 2010
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side H Serial: BZ-01549H Last talk of afternoon session and discussion with panelists and audience Soto Zen, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Culture, Religion, Four...	Robert Sharf, Panel Discussion	Aug 29 2009 8 University of California at Berkeley
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side G Serial: BZ-01549G Session 4: Where Are We Now? Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Lineage, Ordination, Soto Zen, Priest, Culture,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer, Victor Hori, Chikudo Lew Richmond	Aug 28 2009 7 University of California at Berkeley
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side E Serial: BZ-01549E Session 3: Zen as American Religion Culture, Dharma Transmission, Diversity, Lineage, Mindfulness, Precepts, Religion,...	Gil Fronsdal, Myoan Grace Schireson, Jeff Wilson	Aug 28 2009 5 University of California at Berkeley
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side C Serial: BZ-01549C Very end of Session 1 and start of Session 2: The American Reception Bodhisattva Precepts, Cultivation, Culture, Platform Sutra, Politics, Precepts,...	Wendy Adamek, Edward Espe Brown, Yvonne Rand	Aug 28 2009 3 City Center
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side A Serial: BZ-01549A Session One: The Zen Mission to America Bodhisattva Precepts, Culture, Funeral, Politics, Priest, Soto Zen, War	Richard Jaffe, Hoitsu Suzuki Roshi, Duncan Ryuken Williams	Aug 28 2009 1 City Center
Bicycle Wheel Dharma, Serial No. 01089 Birth-and-Death, Ordinary Mind, Ego, Obstacles, Composure, Soto Zen, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 31 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Beginner's Sitting; Serial No. 01163 Serial: BZ-01163 Beginners' Sesshin Zazen, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Religion, Don't Know Mind, Priest, Precepts...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 05 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Twelve Links as Conditioned By Delusion and True Minds Serial: BZ-01156A Twelve Links, Continued from morning session, Teaching Retreat Dependent Origination, Dependent Origination, Karma, Mindfulness, Ego, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 31 2008 Part 2 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordinary Mind is the Way Serial: BZ-01149 Saturday lecture Ordinary Mind, Instruction, Lotus Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Passions, Daily Life,...	Ron Nestor	Jul 26 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Medicine and Disease Serial: BZ-01137 Saturday Lecture Discrimination, Five Ranks, Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Impermanence,...	Gerry Oliva	Jun 07 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Judging Habit Mind Serial: BZ-01126 Saturday lecture Karma, Right Speech, Soto Zen, Conversation, Culture, Peace, Cultivation, Silence...	Yvonne Rand	Apr 19 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #55: Dao Wu’s Condolence Call; the Great Matter, a Natural Koan Serial: BZ-01115 Sesshin day 2 Birth-and-Death, Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Mind, Impermanence, Funeral, Gratitude,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 17 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
The Story of Sejiki, Awakening and Nourishing All Beings: Honor Spirits and Beings Who Have Left This World Serial: BZ-01004 Saturday Lecture Mahayana, Offering, Soto Zen, Vow	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 20 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #61 Serial: BZ-01002 Raising a Particle of Dust, Saturday Lecture Sangha, Community, BCR-61, Continuous Practice, Dragons, Lineage, Mahayana, Silence,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 06 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Balancing the Spiritual and Material Wheels: Serial: BZ-01001 The Protests in Burma, Saturday Lecture Balance, Politics, Burma, Chanting, Continuous Practice, Conversation, Fundraising,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 29 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Zen Serial: BZ-01276 Saturday Lecture Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Nirvana, Lay Practice, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature,...	Daigaku Rumme	Jul 17 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Reading from “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind”: Control Serial: BZ-00984 Saturday Lecture Composure, Concentration, Buddha Nature, Right Effort, Impermanence, Mundane Life,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 07 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Letter and Spirit of Rules and Regulation Serial: BZ-01427 Dogen's Eihei Shingi, Saturday Lecture Brahmaviharas, Equanimity, Passions, Hate, Religion, Buddha Nature, Ego, Big Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 24 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Acupuncture Point of Zazen: Beating the cart or beating the horse Serial: BZ-01423 Saturday Lecture Zazenshin, Dogen, Lineage, Separation, Dharma Transmission, Dogen, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 03 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Commmentary on "Respect for Things" (from Not Always So) Serial: BZ-01408B Faith is Synonymous for Enlightenment, Saturday Lecture Faith, Enlightenment, Big Mind, Culture, Bodhisattva Way, Building, Soto Zen, Bowing...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Dealing with a Problematic Public Library Patron Serial: BZ-01236D Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Anger, Practice Position, Interview, Lay Practice, Soto...	Karen Sundheim	May 20 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
History of Berkeley Zen Center Pt. II Serial: BZ-01222B Kid Zendo: Figures on the Altar, Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Priest, Transmission, Daily Life, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 18 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukanzazengi Part II Serial: BZ-01218 Zazen Anecdotes, Sesshin Day 3 Fukanzazengi, Sojun Mel Weitsman, Meditation, Posture, Don't Know Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 20 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukanzazengi Serial: BZ-01217 Part I, Sesshin Day 2 Fukanzazengi, Silent Illumination, Lineage, Discrimination, Daily Life, Sanctuary,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Encouragement for Upcoming Sesshin Serial: BZ-01215 Thoughts on his early days, Saturday Lecture Sesshin, Sojun Mel Weitsman, Birth-and-Death, Constancy, Daily Life, Heart Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 11 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
“Poems are not Poems”: The Poetry of Ryokan Serial: BZ-01213 Teaching Retreat, part 1 of 2 Beginners, Discrimination, Nirvana, Practice Period, Priest, Rinzai, Silence, Soto...	Shohaku Okumura	Feb 04 2006 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Faith and Doubt Types Serial: BZ-01203B Rohatsu Day 3 Faith, Doubt, Doubt, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Karma, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 30 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
From "Not Always So": Wherever You Are, Enlightenment is There Serial: BZ-01201B "Enlightenment Is Right Where You Are", Rohatsu Day 1 Practice, Enlightenment, Faith, Buddha Nature, Composure, Non-duality, Suzuki Roshi, Paramitas,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 28 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Trip to Japan: Jizos for Peace Serial: BZ-01343 Saturday Lecture Peace, War, Vow, Six Realms, Avalokitesvara, Bell, Soto Zen, Chanting, Conversation,...	Jisan Tova Green	Aug 27 2005 Berkeley Zen Center

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