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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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Title	Speaker	Date
Dogen's Vow Vow, true dharma, Lineage, Bodhisattva Vow, Precepts, Soto Zen, Repentance, Karma,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Aug 31 2013 2
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 Culture, Beginners, Aspects of Practice, Greed, Emotions, Ego, Interview,...	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 Aspects of Practice, true dharma, Transmission, Ordinary Mind, Dharma Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 14 2012
Thinking and Not Thinking Instruction, Buddha Mind, Birth-and-Death, Evil, Concentration, Sanctuary,...	Ron Nestor	Oct 13 2012
Raihai Tokuzui Vinaya, Buddha Nature, causation, Karma, Precepts, Culture, Soto Zen, Religion,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 02 2012 3
Raihai Tokuzui 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, Subject-and...	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 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	Laurie Senauke	Oct 01 2011
The Heart of Our Forms Precepts, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Aspects of Practice, Family Practice,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 25 2011
Surrender Blue Cliff Record, Oneness, resistance, Commitment, Teacher-and-Student, Silence,...	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 Soto Zen, Transmission of Light, Discrimination, Demons, Six Realms, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2011 Part 2 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center
The Kalame Sutta Evil, Soto Zen, Doubt, Lineage, Monastic Practice, Happiness, Priest, Aspects of...	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 true dharma, Funeral, Practice Period, Instruction, Soto Zen, Nirvana, Separation,...	Ron Nestor	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,...	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
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,...	Shohaku Okumura	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,...	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, War, American, Soto Zen, Fundraising, Lay, Chanting,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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,...	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
Practice in the New Year: This is It! Serial: BZ-01411 Saturday Lecture Practice, New Year, confusion, Birth-and-Death, Instruction, Ordinary Mind, Hate,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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...	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 Berkeley Zen Center, Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Priest, Transmission,...	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, Pure Existence, Karma, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen,...	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 Priest, Silence, Discrimination, Aspects of Practice, Practice Period, Beginners,...	Shohaku Okumura	Feb 04 2006 1 Berkeley Zen Center

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