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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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June 3rd, 1987, Serial No. 01501, Side B

Birth-and-Death, true dharma, Sixth Patriarch, Koan, Attachment, Heart Sutra, Soto...
Jun 03 1987

Koun Ejo; Komyozo Zammai Pt. I

Serial: BZ-00888A

Sesshin Day 1

Koun Ejô, Discrimination, Nirvana, Soto Zen, Demons, Don't Know Mind, Sangha,...
Mar 28 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

November 15th, 1986, Serial No. 00894, Side A

Attachment, Bodhisattva Way, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Liberation, Lineage,...
Nov 15 1986

The Buddhist Meaning of Renunciation

Serial: BZ-00883A

Saturday Lecture

Renunciation, Renunciation, Emotions, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Anger, Ego,...
Nov 01 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

Tozan's Five Ranks

Serial: BZ-00877A

Sesshin Day 2

Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Lay Practice, Lay, Samadhi, resistance, Vow
Jun 05 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

The Subtle Touch of Non-Self-Centered Activity

Serial: BZ-00875A

Forms of Zen, Saturday Lecture

No-Self, Silent Illumination, Right Effort, Bowing, Heart Sutra, training, Ego,...
Apr 19 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

One Month Practice Period at Tassajara

Serial: BZ-00868A

Rohatsu Day 2

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen...
Dec 02 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

November 16th, 1985, Serial No. 00867, Side A

Commitment, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Sangha, Priest-and-Lay, Culture, Anger,...
Nov 16 1985

Background of Oryoki Practice

Serial: BZ-00864B

Beginners' Sitting

Oryoki, Offering, Cultivation, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Lay, Gratitude, Rinzai,...
Oct 12 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Free Sitting vs. Forty Minute Periods: Dogen's Way

Serial: BZ-00411A

Saturday Lecture

Zazen, Dogen, Daily Life, Lay Practice, training, Bell, Practice Period, Beginners,...
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,...
Jul 14 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Way-Seeking Mind

Serial: BZ-00412A

Saturday Lecture

Way-Seeking Mind, Priest, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Vow, Samsara, Nirvana,...
Jun 22 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Breathing in Zazen

Serial: BZ-00405B

Rohatsu

Zazen, Breath, Zazen Mind, confusion, Discrimination, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death,...
Dec 04 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Dharma Transmission: Objects of Authority

Serial: BZ-00392A

Saturday Lecture

Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, training, Lineage,...
Nov 03 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

May 22nd, 1984, Serial No. 00435

Ordinary Mind, Bodhidharma, Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Impermanence, Culture, Buddha...
May 22 1984

Development of American Buddhism

Serial: BZ-00422A

Kapleau-rôshi's Visit to SFZC, Saturday Lecture

Buddhism, American, Philip Kapleau, Culture, American, Building, Daily Life,...
Feb 04 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Enlightenment in Soto Zen

Serial: BZ-00402A

Saturday Lecture

Enlightenment, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen,...
Sep 10 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Ordination and the Bodhisattva Way

Serial: BZ-00045B

Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva Vow, Ordination, Bodhisattva Precepts, Priest, Precepts, Lay, Bodhisattva...
Nov 13 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Meeting with Berkeley Zen Center

Lay, Sangha, Lay Practice, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Fundraising,...
Jul 08 1982

Mumonkan: Case #19

Serial: BZ-00036A

"Nansen's Everyday Mind in the Way", Saturday Lecture

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Nansen, Absolute-and-Relative, Koan, Ordinary Mind, Non-violence, confusion,...
Jun 26 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Vigor During Sesshin

Serial: BZ-00007A

Soto and Rinzai Practice Compared, Sesshin Day 3

Sesshin, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Composure, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...
May 21 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Study Period Practice/The Six Paramitas

Serial: BZ-00014A

Lay Practice, Saturday Lecture

Lay Practice, Teacher-and-Student, Rinzai, Daily Life, Interview, Soto Zen,...
Mar 27 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Rinzai Zen

Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra, Platform Sutra, Doubt, Buddha...
Feb 26 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Right Effort and Right Thought

Serial: BZ-00026A

Saturday Lecture

Right Effort, Right Thought, Noble Eightfold Path, Study, Focus, Right Effort,...
Nov 15 1980
Berkeley Zen Center

November 15, 1980, Serial No. 01061

Right Effort, Monastic Practice, Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Daily Life, American,...
Nov 15 1980
Berkeley Zen Center

Unknown Date, Serial 00421, Side B

Buddha Nature, Platform Sutra, Lineage, Anger, Soto Zen, Buddha Mind, Rinzai,...
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Unknown Date, Serial 00518

Priest, Politics, Dragons, Interview, Soto Zen, Instruction, Religion, Doubt,...
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Unknown Date, Serial 00778

true dharma, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Continuous...
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