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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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Faith and Doubt Types

Serial: BZ-01203B

Rohatsu Day 3

Faith, Doubt, Doubt, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Karma, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra,...
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, perfection,...
Nov 28 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

August 27th, 2005, Serial No. 01343

Peace, War, Vow, Six Realms, Avalokiteshvara, Bell, Soto Zen, Chanting, Conversation...
Aug 27 2005

July 23rd, 2005, Serial No. 01338

Continuous Practice, Intuition, Big Mind, Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Way, Soto Zen,...
Jul 23 2005

Stand Up from the Ground

Serial: BZ-01567

Saturday Lecture

Form-and-Emptiness, Continuous Practice, Intuition, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Way, Soto...
Jul 23 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Fall to the Ground, Get Up By the Ground

Serial: BZ-00577

Lecture

Continuous Practice, Discrimination, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Four Noble Truths,...
Jul 18 2005
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

Find Out for Yourself

Serial: BZ-00576

Lecture

Precepts, Duality, Instruction, Subject-and-Object, Discrimination, Oneness,...
Jul 17 2005
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-01035A

Class 5 of 5

Daily Life, Offering, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Birth-and-Death, Tassajara Zen...
Jun 16 2005
5
Berkeley Zen Center

April 23rd, 2005, Serial No. 01319, Side B

Silence, Bodhidharma, Lay, Practice Period, Bowing, Oneness, Priest, Lay Practice,...
Apr 23 2005

On Race

Serial: BZ-00601

Sesshin Day 7

Diversity, Culture, Lay, Discrimination, Hate, Soto Zen, Silence, confusion, Bell,...
Mar 29 2005
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

March 25th, 2005, Serial No. 00593

Three Treasures, Four Noble Truths, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, Lotus...
Mar 25 2005

March 19th, 2005, Serial No. 01314, Side B

zen meditation, Soto Zen, Nirvana Sutra, true dharma, Buddha Nature, Concentration,...
Mar 19 2005

March 14th, 2005, Serial No. 01570

Monastic Practice, Priest, Building, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Soto Zen,...
Mar 14 2005

March 2nd, 2005, Serial No. 00770

Five Ranks, Transmission, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Light-and-...
Mar 02 2005

Ordinary Mind and Buddha Mind

Serial: BZ-00573

Sesshin Day 6

Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind, Composure, Continuous...
Feb 25 2005

Dogen: Four Embracing Actions of a Boddhisattva; Loving Speech and Beneficial Action

Offering, Silence, Lay Ordination, Practice Period, Harmonizing, Soto Zen, Peace,...
Feb 20 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

February 19th, 2005, Serial No. 01308, Side B

Offering, Soto Zen, Bodhisattva Vow, Gratitude, Separation, Vow, Avalokiteshvara,...
Feb 19 2005

February 18th, 2005, Serial No. 00772

Buddha Nature, Silent Illumination, Mahayana, Heart Sutra, Nirvana Sutra, Duality,...
Feb 18 2005

February 12th, 2005, Serial No. 01307

Five Ranks, Anger, Peace, Soto Zen, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Aspects...
Feb 12 2005

Uchiyama-Roshi: His Teachings on Zazen and Life

Serial: BZ-01304E

Teaching Retreat 1 of 2

Funeral, Soto Zen, Samadhi, Impermanence, Vow, Posture, Instruction, American,...
Feb 05 2005
1
Berkeley Zen Center

January 29th, 2005, Serial No. 01303

Precepts, Posture, Half-Smile, Instruction, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object...
Jan 29 2005

Ryokan and the Virtues of a Simple Life

Serial: BZ-01301C

Saturday Lecture

Dharma Transmission, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Soto Zen, Transmission, Gratitude, Practice...
Jan 15 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi

Serial: BZ-00777

Class 1 of 12

Precious Mirror, Five Ranks, Big Mind, Dharma Transmission, Ego, Transmission, Daily...
Jan 15 2005
1
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

November 20th, 2004, Serial No. 01290, Side B

Silence, Silent Illumination, Emotions, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Subject-and-Object...
Nov 20 2004

November 11th, 2004, Serial No. 01029, Side A

Lay Practice, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Aspects of Practice, Transmission, Rinzai,...
Nov 11 2004

November 4th, 2004, Serial No. 01028, Side A

Five Ranks, Heart Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Rinzai, Aspects of Practice, Blue Cliff...
Nov 04 2004

October 30th, 2004, Serial No. 01287

Dana, Soto Zen, Aspects of Practice, Practice Period, Lay, Forgiveness, Rinzai,...
Oct 30 2004

History of Soto Zen: First Dharma Heritage Ceremony

Serial: BZ-01283C

Zuisse Ceremony and Dharma Transmission, Saturday Lecture

Zuisse, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Religion,...
Oct 09 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Eating Brown Rice, Eating Your Life

Serial: BZ-01243C

(from "Not Always So"), Sesshin Day 1

Teacher-and-Student, Giving-and-Taking, Renewal, Heart Sutra, Offering, Intuition,...
Sep 04 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

July 10th, 2004, Serial No. 01274, Side B

Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Bodhisattva Ceremony, American, Patience, Religion, Monastic...
Jul 10 2004

Gakudo Yojunshu, Point #7

Serial: BZ-01267

Turning Dharma and Being Turned by Dharma, Sesshin Day 1

Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Dogen, Lotus Sutra, Dragons, Buddha Mind, Obstacles, Silent...
Jun 16 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

May 27th, 2004, Serial No. 01024, Side A

Teacher-and-Student, Greed, Bodhidharma, Chanting, Soto Zen, Instruction, Religion,...
May 27 2004

Martin Luther King Tribute

Serial: BZ-01380

Saturday Lecture

Martin Luther King, Current Events, Discrimination, American, War, Culture, Monastic...
Jan 17 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

January 3rd, 2004, Serial No. 01378

training, Soto Zen, Priest-and-Lay, Right Effort, New Year, American, Peace, Priest,...
Jan 03 2004

Eihei Shingi: The Kanin

Serial: BZ-01375

Conclusion, Rohatsu Day 6

Eihei Shingi, Big Mind, Emotions, Buddha Ancestors, Monastic Practice, Daily Life,...
Dec 06 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Eihei Shingi: The Kanin

Serial: BZ-01373

Rohatsu Day 4

Eihei Shingi, Buddha's Birthday, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, New Year, Lay...
Dec 04 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Trip to Japan (last two weeks of Oct. 2003)

Serial: BZ-01365

The Necessity of both Oneness and Diversity, Saturday Lecture

Oneness, Japan, Fox, Priest, Lay, Soto Zen, Ordination, Diversity, Precepts, Lay...
Nov 01 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

October 25th, 2003, Serial No. 01363

Aspects of Practice, Karma, Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Vimalakirti, Soto Zen,...
Oct 25 2003

October 18th, 2003, Serial No. 01362

Posture, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Ego, Soto Zen, Instruction, Equanimity...
Oct 18 2003

Religion: A Necessary Evil

Serial: BZ-01355

Sesshin Day 3

Religion, Evil, Religion, Fox, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Evil, Intuition, Soto Zen, Lotus...
Sep 01 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

June 22nd, 2003, Serial No. 01347

Ego, Separation, Heart Sutra, Emotions, Attachment, Soto Zen, Passions, uchiyama,...
Jun 22 2003

May 24th, 2003, Serial No. 00136, Side B

Practice Period, Hate, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Vow, Culture, Mindfulness,...
May 24 2003

April 24th, 2003, Serial No. 00296

Book of Serenity, Silent Illumination, Posture, Practice Period, Rinzai, Dragons,...
Apr 24 2003

January 4th, 2003, Serial No. 00177, Side B

New Year, Priest, War, Lineage, Zoom, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Aspects of Practice,...
Jan 04 2003

Sogen Shaku Scroll and Zen and War

Serial: BZ-00176

Rohatsu Day 6

War, War, Emotions, Priest, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Religion, American, Ego, Bodhidharma...
Dec 07 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Trip to Japan

Serial: BZ-00210B

Saturday Lecture

Japan, Bell, resistance, Soto Zen, American, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Practice Period,...
Sep 28 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

July 20th, 2002, Serial No. 00154, Side B

Dragons, Big Mind, Hate, American, Instruction, Soto Zen, War, Enemies, Tassajara Zen...
Jul 20 2002

Master Hongzhi's Practice Instructions

Serial: BZ-00153B

Saturday Lecture

Hongzhi, Practice, Birth-and-Death, Darkness and Light, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha...
Jul 13 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

How to Draw Sound From the Bell

Serial: BZ-00152A

Sesshin Day 5

Bell, Bell, Precepts, Soto Zen, Chanting, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Doubt, Lay,...
Jun 23 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

May 16th, 2002, Serial No. 01010, Side A

Soto Zen, Composure, Daily Life, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Offering, Emotions,...
May 16 2002

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