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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 Liánjiè. 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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Dogen's Vow

Vow, true dharma, Lineage, Bodhisattva Vow, Precepts, Soto Zen, Repentance, Karma,...
Aug 31 2013
2

Buddha's Birthday

Buddha's Birthday, Birth-and-Death, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Ego, Offering,...
Apr 06 2013

The Five Aspects of Effort

Culture, Beginners, Aspects of Practice, Greed, Emotions, Ego, Interview,...
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,...
Dec 02 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Introduction to Bendowa

Aspects of Practice, true dharma, Transmission, Ordinary Mind, Dharma Transmission,...
Oct 14 2012

Thinking and Not Thinking

Instruction, Buddha Mind, Birth-and-Death, Evil, Concentration, Sanctuary,...
Oct 13 2012

Raihai Tokuzui

Vinaya, Buddha Nature, causation, Karma, Precepts, Culture, Soto Zen, Religion,...
Sep 02 2012
3

Raihai Tokuzui

Fox, Lay Practice, Ordination, Lay, Priest, Lineage, Buddha Ancestors, Transmission,...
Sep 01 2012
2

Dharma Transmission

Serial: BZ-02259

David Weinberg Catherine Cascade

 

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Gratitude, Precepts, Lay Ordination, Ordination,...
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, Subject-and...
Jun 20 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Baoche's Fanning

Platform Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Soto Zen, Heart Sutra, Passions, uchiyama, Buddha...
Mar 24 2012

Fukanzazengi

Serial: BZ-02235

The Backward Step, One-Day Sitting

Samadhi, Non-thinking, Dragons, Dharma Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Intuition, Lineage...
Mar 17 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Just Enough Problems

Karma, Big Mind, Bell, Offering, Interdependence, Rinzai, Enemies, Soto Zen, Silence...
Dec 07 2011

Real Women Doing the Possible

Gratitude, Offering, Soto Zen, training, Daily Life, Avalokiteshvara, Ordination,...
Nov 06 2011

Giving and Receiving

Impermanence, Soto Zen, Big Mind, Evil, Practice Period, Ego, Bell, Nirvana
Oct 01 2011

The Heart of Our Forms

Precepts, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Aspects of Practice, Family Practice,...
Sep 25 2011

Surrender

Blue Cliff Record, Oneness, resistance, Commitment, Teacher-and-Student, Silence,...
Sep 17 2011

Zazenshin Class

Dragons, Buddha Ancestors, Teacher-and-Student, First Principle, Non-duality, Lineage...
May 19 2011
2

Denkoroku

Serial: BZ-02158

Kabimora Daiosho -The Thirteenth Ancestor, Sesshin Day 1

Soto Zen, Transmission of Light, Discrimination, Demons, Six Realms, Buddha Nature,...
Feb 19 2011
Part 2 of 4
Berkeley Zen Center

The Kalame Sutta

Evil, Soto Zen, Doubt, Lineage, Monastic Practice, Happiness, Priest, Aspects of...
Oct 10 2010

Taking Refuge

Attachment, Buddha Mind, Sangha, Hate, Soto Zen, Anger, Fox, Demons, Impermanence...
Mar 13 2010

Shakyamuni Buddha's Parinirvana

true dharma, Funeral, Practice Period, Instruction, Soto Zen, Nirvana, Separation,...
Feb 13 2010

August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side C

Precepts, Culture, American, Bodhisattva Precepts, Politics, Repentance, Platform...
Aug 28 2009

August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side A

American, Culture, War, Soto Zen, Funeral, Priest, Bodhisattva Precepts, Politics,...
Aug 28 2009

August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side E

Culture, Precepts, American, Religion, Soto Zen, Diversity, Mindfulness, Dharma...
Aug 28 2009

August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side G

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Lineage, Ordination, Soto Zen, Priest, Culture,...
Aug 28 2009

August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side H

American, Monastic Practice, training, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Culture,...
Aug 28 2009

Bicycle Wheel Dharma, Serial No. 01089

Birth-and-Death, Ordinary Mind, Ego, Obstacles, Composure, Soto Zen, Daily Life,...
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...
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,...
Aug 31 2008
Part 2 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

July 26th, 2008, Serial No. 01149

Ordinary Mind, Instruction, Lotus Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Passions, Daily Life,...
Jul 26 2008

June 7th, 2008, Serial No. 01137

Discrimination, Five Ranks, Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Impermanence,...
Jun 07 2008

April 19th, 2008, Serial No. 01126

Karma, Right Speech, Soto Zen, Conversation, Culture, Peace, Cultivation, Silence...
Apr 19 2008

February 17th, 2008, Serial No. 01115

Birth-and-Death, Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Mind, Impermanence, Funeral, Gratitude,...
Feb 17 2008

3 Topics: Takuhatsu, Identity Action, Ryokan Plays with Children

Serial: BZ-01110

Part 1 of 2

teaching retreat

Separation, Soto Zen, American, Gratitude, Mahayana, Transmission, Discrimination,...
Jan 26 2008
1
Berkeley Zen Center

October 20th, 2007, Serial No. 01004

Offering, Soto Zen, American, Mahayana, Vow
Oct 20 2007

Blue Cliff Record: Case #61

Serial: BZ-01002

Raising a Particle of Dust, Saturday Lecture

Sangha, Community, BCR-61, Dragons, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Silence, Lineage,...
Oct 06 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Balancing the Spiritual and Material Wheels:

Serial: BZ-01001

The Protests in Burma, Saturday Lecture

Balance, Politics, Burma, War, American, Soto Zen, Fundraising, Lay, Chanting,...
Sep 29 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

July 17th, 2007, Serial No. 01276

Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Nirvana, Lay Practice, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature,...
Jul 17 2007

July 7th, 2007, Serial No. 00984

Concentration, Buddha Nature, Right Effort, Impermanence, Mundane Life, Heart Sutra,...
Jul 07 2007

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,...
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,...
Mar 03 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Practice in the New Year: This is It!

Serial: BZ-01411

Saturday Lecture

Practice, New Year, confusion, Birth-and-Death, Instruction, Ordinary Mind, Hate,...
Jan 13 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...
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...
May 20 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

History of Berkeley Zen Center Pt. II

Serial: BZ-01222B

Kid Zendo: Figures on the Altar, Saturday Lecture

Berkeley Zen Center, Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Priest, Transmission,...
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,...
Feb 20 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukanzazengi

Serial: BZ-01217

Part I, Sesshin Day 2

Fukanzazengi, Silent Illumination, Lineage, Discrimination, Daily Life, Sanctuary,...
Feb 19 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Encouragement for Upcoming Sesshin

Serial: BZ-01215

Thoughts on his early days, Saturday Lecture

Sesshin, Sojun Mel Weitsman, Pure Existence, Karma, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen,...
Feb 11 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

“Poems are not Poems”: The Poetry of Ryokan

Serial: BZ-01213

Teaching Retreat, part 1 of 2

Priest, Silence, Discrimination, Aspects of Practice, Practice Period, Beginners,...
Feb 04 2006
1
Berkeley Zen Center

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