Soto Zen Talks

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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Sesshin Lecture

Serial: SF-00994

Strategies, gaining ideas; "paying it forward"; close investigation of the self; Orpheus and Eurydice; Rilke; hidden anger - staying with the emotion

Monkey Mind, Vows, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Manjushri, Bodhisattva Vow...
Apr 05 2007
Green Gulch

The Gift of Nothing

Serial: SF-00929

Sunday Lecture Children's Lecture: one who is not busy, one reality; the gift of nothing; sesshin, from Suzuki Roshi; our mind is the same as Buddha's; all things are...

Suzuki Roshi, Nirvana Sutra, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Heart Sutra, Freedom,...
Dec 03 2006
Green Gulch

Breathing In, Breathing Out

Serial: SF-01146

Sunday Lecture: simplicity; story of Prajnatara in Malawi; the sun comes up, the sun goes down; connections; the four foundations of mindfulness; Navajo rain dance

Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Book of Serenity, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana, Buddha...
Oct 08 2006
Green Gulch

Fall to the Ground, Get Up by the Ground

Continuous, Discrimination, Birth-and-Death, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Big Mind,...
Jul 18 2005
Tassajara

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

Status

Serial: SF-01096

Sunday Lecture: status games in conversation, hard-wired, power, humor, reversal of status, Marx Bros, Don Rickles, court fools, Dr Zhivago, improv. changing of roles, status...

Ego, Practice Period, Bell, Blue Cliff Record, Half-Smile, Mill Valley, Monastic...
Dec 26 2004
Green Gulch

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

June 7th, 2003, Serial No. 01107

Faith, Vows, Bodhisattva Vow, Suzuki Roshi, Patience, Forgiveness, Practice Period,...
Jun 07 2003
Unknown

January 11th, 2003, Serial No. 04074

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen,...
Jan 11 2003
City Center

Vasubandhu

Serial: SF-04017

Summer intensive

Demons, Subject-and-Object, Letting Go, Separation, Emptiness, Soto Zen, Happiness,...
Jul 31 2002
City Center

Vasubandhu

Serial: SF-03954

Summer intensive

Separation, Emotions, Six Realms, Hate, Soto Zen, Instruction, Karma, Duality, Daily...
Jul 21 2002
City Center

Transmission of the Light Class

Serial: SF-01088

What brings us to these stories(?)? What is the unrest? What is the transmission of, how does the unrest be calmed (?), impermanence is that essential problem. Stories are what...

Transmission, Separation, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Dragons...
May 21 2002
Green Gulch

August 18th, 2001, Serial No. 03921

Soto Zen, Suzuki Roshi, Subject-and-Object, Lineage, soto, Bowing, Silence, Duality,...
Aug 18 2001
City Center

2001.01.03-serial.00066

soto, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, 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

Sunday Lecture

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

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

Women Ancestors

Lineage, Ordination, soto, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, 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

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

Sunday Lecture

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

October 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 01114

realization, Blue Cliff Record, Faith, Soto Zen, Religion, Peace, Sangha, resistance...
Oct 23 1999
Unknown

AIDS Bike-A-Thon, A Rolling Sesshin

Serial: SF-03983

Wednesday Lecture

training, Daily Life, Soto Zen, soto, Suzuki Roshi, Non-duality, Duality, Gratitude,...
Jun 23 1999
City Center

1999.03.03-serial.00147

Serial: SF-00147

Wednesday night dharma talk

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

January 2nd, 1999, Serial No. 04060

Vows, Right Effort, Ceremony, Suzuki Roshi, Renunciation, Happiness, Emptiness, Soto...
Jan 02 1999
Unknown

Rohatsu

Absolute-and-Relative, Intimacy, Duality, Commitment, Separation, Soto Zen, Emptiness...
Dec 04 1998
City Center

Rohatsu

Manjushri, Attachment, Faith, Observe, Separation, Book of Serenity, Emotions, Doubt...
Dec 02 1998
City Center

Saying Yes!

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

May 30th, 1998, Serial No. 01800

Serial: SF-01800

Gil (Intro)

Suzuki Roshi, soto, Priest, Study Period, Tassajara, Soto Zen, Ordination, Funeral,...
May 30 1998
Sati Center

May 30th, 1998, Serial No. 01817

Serial: SF-01817

Gil (Intro)

Soto Zen, soto, Suzuki Roshi, Religion, Lay, training, Five Ranks, Priest, Bell,...
May 30 1998
Sati Center

Spring Sesshin

Serial: SF-02724

Monday

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

Rohatsu Sesshin

Absolute-and-Relative, Intimacy, Separation, Soto Zen, Commitment, Emotions, Doubt,...
Dec 04 1997
Unknown

Blue Cliff Record Class

Serial: SF-03092

Case 10

Silence, Birth-and-Death, Interview, Rinzai, soto, Funeral, Book of Serenity, Soto...
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, Echo, soto,...
Oct 07 1996
Green Gulch

Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class

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

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