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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 Liángjiè. 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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Way Seeking Mind

Serial: SF-00044

The route to becoming a zen monk; growing up Jewish and hanging out with the beats; meeting Suzuki Roshi.

Monastic Practice, Japan, Way-Seeking Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Priest,...
Mar 13 2005
2
Tassajara

Two Paths to the Dharma

training, Practice Period, Liberation, Bodhidharma, Mahayana, Study Period, Lineage,...
Mar 04 2005

Buddhism, Christianity, War and Peace

Serial: SF-00939

Sunday Lecture: Two types of training: compassion and wisdom (wisdom: the entire universe is the true human body); US history; Christianity (is evil 'outside' or not); Mara...

First Principle, Hate, Evil, Faith, Soto Zen, Heart Sutra, Bodhidharma, Separation,...
May 16 2004
Green Gulch

Being Life: Beyond Success and Duality

Suzuki Roshi, Soto Zen, Buddha
Aug 18 2001
City Center

Solitude and Fulfillment in Zen Insight

Soto Zen, Five Ranks, Emptiness, Nirvana, Renunciation, Oneness, Suzuki Roshi,...
Jan 03 2001

Tenzo Kyokun Class

Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Don't Know Mind, Mindfulness, realization, Mill...
Nov 07 2000
Green Gulch

Genjo Koan

Serial: SF-00117

Workshop

Karma, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, true dharma, Transmission, Politics...
Nov 04 2000
1 of 4
City Center

Sunday Lecture

Big Mind, Six Realms, Ceremony, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Ancestors, Soto...
Oct 29 2000
Green Gulch

Tenzo Kyokun Class

true dharma, Practice Period, Instruction, Soto Zen, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind,...
Oct 24 2000
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Fox, causation, Karma, Nirvana, Soto Zen, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Ceremony,...
Sep 10 2000
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Monastic Practice, Zazen, Religion, Commitment, Big Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen...
Aug 20 2000
Green Gulch

Women Ancestors

Monastic Practice, Ego, Chanting, Lineage, Letting Go, Conversation, Ceremony, Soto...
May 13 2000
3

Women Ancestors

Lineage, Transmission, Soto Zen, realization, Priest-and-Lay, Emptiness, Ceremony,...
May 13 2000
1

Women Ancestors

Lineage, Ordination, Soto Zen, Bodhisattva Vow, Funeral, Obstacles, Gratitude,...
May 13 2000
2

Fukanzazengi Class

Serial: SF-03654

Monday Class

Zazen, Instruction, Soto Zen, Posture, realization, Dragons, Lineage, Suzuki Roshi,...
Mar 27 2000
Green Gulch

Works of Dogen Class

Serial: SF-03196

Tuesday Class

Birth-and-Death, realization, Freedom, Letting Go, Suzuki Roshi, Bowing, Soto Zen,...
Feb 29 2000
Green Gulch

Fukanzazengi Class

Serial: SF-03517

Monday Class

Hsin Hsin Ming, Buddha Nature, confusion, Platform Sutra, realization, Bodhisattva...
Feb 28 2000
Green Gulch

One-day Sitting Lecture

realization, Buddha Ancestors, Demons, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Bell, Suzuki...
Feb 26 2000
Green Gulch

Fukanzazengi Class

Serial: SF-03661

Monday Class

Ceremony, Soto Zen, true dharma, Instruction, realization, Practice Period, Posture,...
Feb 21 2000
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Ceremony, Instruction, Letting Go, Practice Period, Delusion, Zazen, Family Practice...
Feb 20 2000
Green Gulch

Intensive Class

Delusion, Intimacy, Don't Know Mind, realization, Chanting, Aspects of Practice...
Aug 09 1999
City Center

AIDS Bike-A-Thon, A Rolling Sesshin

Serial: SF-03983

Wednesday Lecture

Time, Practice, Soto Zen
Jun 23 1999
City Center

Timeless Zen: Dogen's Path to Presence

Serial: SF-00147

Wednesday night dharma talk

Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Fundraising, Daily Life, Impermanence, Monastic...
Mar 03 1999
Green Gulch Farm

Eight Characteristics of Suzuki Roshi's Teaching

Serial: SF-03137

Sunday Lecture - first Sunday of practice period

Suzuki Roshi, Impermanence, Commitment, Vow, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Freedom, Faith,...
Feb 21 1999
Green Gulch

Authentic Zen: Beyond Enlightenment Myths

Suzuki Roshi, Transmission, Lineage, Priest, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen...
Dec 16 1998
City Center

Sunday Lecture

Religion, Priest, Buddha Mind, Vow, Precepts, Zazen, Chanting, Hate, Freedom, Soto...
Nov 22 1998
Green Gulch

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Soto Zen, Joshu
Nov 11 1998
City Center

Saying Yes!

training, Soto Zen, Silent Illumination, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Dharma Transmission,...
Jul 06 1998

Modernizing Zen: Taisho Soto's Transformation

Serial: SF-01817

Gil (Intro)

Suzuki Roshi, Soto Zen, Time
May 30 1998
Sati Center

Spring Sesshin

Serial: SF-02724

Monday

Letting Go, Vow, Separation, Repentance, Soto Zen, Zazen, Manjushri, Practice Period...
Mar 23 1998
Unknown

Scholarship Conference Paper

Serial: SF-03238

Sunday Lecture

Heart Sutra, Lineage, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Religion, Study Period, Emptiness,...
Nov 16 1997
Green Gulch

Blue Cliff Record Class

Serial: SF-03092

Case 10

Silence, Birth-and-Death, Interview, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Funeral, Book of Serenity,...
Oct 21 1997
Green Gulch

Majjhima Nikaya

Mindfulness, Hindrances, Evil, Liberation, Soto Zen, Lay, Doubt, Faith, Daily Life,...
Jul 10 1997
Green Gulch

Genjo Koan workshop

Serial: SF-03185

To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion, that myriad...' Delusion itself is the agency of my enlightenment; totally enter delusion and embrace it and...

Delusion, realization, Precepts, Emotions, Subject-and-Object, Monastic Practice,...
Jun 14 1997
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Big Mind, Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Right Speech, Practice Period,...
Mar 09 1997
Green Gulch

Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class

Five Ranks, Delusion, Lotus Sutra, Soto Zen, Observe, Forgiveness, Separation,...
Oct 07 1996
Green Gulch

Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class

Five Ranks, Delusion, Absolute-and-Relative, Attachment, Emptiness, Soto Zen, Right...
Oct 03 1996
Green Gulch

The Five Skandhas

Serial: SF-03634

One-day sitting

Skandas, Interview, Balance, Heart Sutra, Attachment, Manjushri, Lotus Sutra, Soto...
Sep 21 1996
Green Gulch

Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class

confusion, Four Noble Truths, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Absolute-and-Relative, Five Ranks,...
Sep 10 1996
Green Gulch

Interview

Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Transmission, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Priest,...
Jan 21 1996
Unknown

Causes and Conditions

Serial: SF-03660

One-day sitting

Emptiness, Posture, Book of Serenity, Subject-and-Object, realization, Buddha Nature...
Oct 14 1995
Green Gulch

Wholehearted Zen: Living Your Faith

Hsin Hsin Ming, Faith, Enthusiasm, Soto Zen, Nirvana Sutra, Gratitude, Vow, Birth-and...
Oct 11 1995
Unknown

Meanings of the Word Dharma

Serial: SF-03094

Sunday Lecture

Birth-and-Death, Humility, Buddha's Birthday, Soto Zen, Zendo, Zazen, Family...
Sep 24 1995
Green Gulch

Emptying Yourself To Receive The Gift To Give It Away Again

Serial: SF-03096

Sunday Lecture

Interview, Humility, Emotions, Concentration, Posture, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student...
Jun 25 1995
Green Gulch

Embracing Enlightenment Beyond Goals

Serial: SF-01073

NB - no cassette visible in photo

Fox, Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Blue Cliff Record, Funeral, Suzuki Roshi,...
May 17 1995
Unknown

One-day Sitting

Silence, Posture, Monastic Practice, Emotions, Letting Go, Ego, Soto Zen, confusion,...
Apr 22 1995
Unknown

Tokubetsu Sesshin

Priest, New Year, Rinzai, Religion, Ceremony, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, training...
Mar 25 1995

Importance of Shikantaza

Serial: SF-03104

Description of Tokubetsu Sesshin

Ceremony, Lotus Sutra, Priest, Letting Go, Buddha's Birthday, realization, Soto...
Mar 19 1995
Green Gulch

Tokubetsu Sesshin

Soto Zen, Ceremony, Transmission, Precepts, Instruction, Subject-and-Object,...
Mar 15 1995

Sunday Lecture

Vow, Discrimination, Commitment, Patience, Chanting, Soto Zen, Delusion, confusion,...
Dec 18 1994
Green Gulch

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