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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
January 2nd, 1999, Serial No. 04060 Vow, Right Effort, Ceremony, Suzuki Roshi, Renunciation, Happiness, Emptiness, Soto...	Teah Strozer	Jan 02 1999 Unknown
1998.12.16-serial.00058 Suzuki Roshi, Transmission, Lineage, Priest, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen...	Lew Richmond	Dec 16 1998 City Center
Rohatsu Absolute-and-Relative, Intimacy, Duality, Commitment, Separation, Soto Zen, Emptiness...	Teah Strozer	Dec 04 1998 City Center
Rohatsu Manjushri, Attachment, Faith, Observe, Separation, Book of Serenity, Emotions, Doubt...	Teah Strozer	Dec 02 1998 City Center
Sunday Lecture Religion, Priest, Buddha Mind, Vow, Precepts, Zazen, Chanting, Hate, Freedom, Soto...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 22 1998 Green Gulch
Saying Yes! training, Soto Zen, Silent Illumination, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Dharma Transmission,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jul 06 1998
May 30th, 1998, Serial No. 01800 Serial: SF-01800 Gil (Intro) Suzuki Roshi, Soto Zen, Priest, Study Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Richard Jaffe	May 30 1998 Sati Center
May 30th, 1998, Serial No. 01817 Serial: SF-01817 Gil (Intro) Soto Zen, Suzuki Roshi, Religion, Lay, training, Five Ranks, Priest, Bell, Faith...	Carl Bielefeldt	May 30 1998 Sati Center
May 30th, 1998, Serial No. 01818 Serial: SF-01818 End of afternoon session [Dinner] Gil: Intro - 3 Films Mel Weitsman introducing Phil Wilson, Grahame Petchey, Ed Brown Suzuki Roshi, Zendo, Ego, Interview, Bell, Anger, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Tassajara Zen...	Gil Fronsdal	May 30 1998 Sati Center
Spring Sesshin Serial: SF-02724 Monday Letting Go, Vow, Separation, Repentance, Soto Zen, Zazen, Manjushri, Practice Period...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 23 1998 Unknown
Rohatsu Sesshin Absolute-and-Relative, Intimacy, Separation, Soto Zen, Commitment, Emotions, Doubt,...	Teah Strozer	Dec 04 1997 Unknown
Scholarship Conference Paper Serial: SF-03238 Sunday Lecture Heart Sutra, Lineage, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Religion, Study Period, Emptiness,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	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,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 21 1997 Green Gulch
Majjhima Nikaya Mindfulness, Hindrances, Evil, Liberation, Soto Zen, Lay, Doubt, Faith, Daily Life,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	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,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jun 14 1997 Green Gulch
Sunday Lecture Big Mind, Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Right Speech, Practice Period,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 09 1997 Green Gulch
Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class Five Ranks, Delusion, Lotus Sutra, Soto Zen, Observe, Forgiveness, Separation,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 07 1996 Green Gulch
Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class Five Ranks, Delusion, Absolute-and-Relative, Attachment, Emptiness, Soto Zen, Right...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 03 1996 Green Gulch
The Five Skandhas Serial: SF-03634 One-day sitting Skandas, Interview, Balance, Heart Sutra, Attachment, Manjushri, Lotus Sutra, Soto...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Sep 21 1996 Green Gulch
Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class confusion, Four Noble Truths, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Absolute-and-Relative, Five Ranks,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 10 1996 Green Gulch
Interview Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Transmission, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Priest,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jan 21 1996 Unknown
Causes and Conditions Serial: SF-03660 One-day sitting Emptiness, Posture, Book of Serenity, Subject-and-Object, realization, Buddha Nature...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 14 1995 Green Gulch
October 11th, 1995, Serial No. 02703 Hsin Hsin Ming, Faith, Enthusiasm, Soto Zen, Nirvana Sutra, Gratitude, Vow, Birth-and...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	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...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	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...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jun 25 1995 Green Gulch
May 17th, 1995, Serial No. 01073 Serial: SF-01073 NB - no cassette visible in photo Fox, Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Blue Cliff Record, Funeral, Suzuki Roshi,...	Pat Phelan	May 17 1995 Unknown
One-day Sitting Silence, Posture, Monastic Practice, Emotions, Letting Go, Ego, Soto Zen, confusion,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 22 1995 Unknown
Tokubetsu Sesshin Priest, New Year, Rinzai, Religion, Ceremony, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, training...	Akiyama	Mar 25 1995
Importance of Shikantaza Serial: SF-03104 Description of Tokubetsu Sesshin Ceremony, Lotus Sutra, Priest, Letting Go, Buddha's Birthday, realization, Soto...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 19 1995 Green Gulch
Tokubetsu Sesshin Soto Zen, Ceremony, Transmission, Precepts, Instruction, Subject-and-Object,...	Maezumi Roshi	Mar 15 1995
Sunday Lecture Vow, Discrimination, Commitment, Patience, Chanting, Soto Zen, Delusion, confusion,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Dec 18 1994 Green Gulch
Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Way, Bowing, Avalokiteshvara, Lotus Sutra, Soto Zen, Duality...	Hekizan Tom Girardot	May 08 1993 City Center
Women in Japanese Soto Zen Serial: SF-00097 Author reading from her book on the subject. Soto Zen, training, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Ceremony, Religion, Lay, Emptiness...	Paula Arai	Nov 25 1992
Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Emptiness, Sixth Patriarch, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature, Evil,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 1992 2
World Peace and Health Serial: SF-04063 Copyright California Diamond Sangha: "2 tape set $12.00" Peace, realization, Ego, Intimacy, zen meditation, Sangha, Zazen, Soto Zen, Precepts...	Robert Aitken Roshi	Aug 21 1991 Unknown
Mumonkan Case 10 Serial: SF-00046 Seizei lonely and destitute. Enthusiasm, Priest, Sanctuary, Sangha, Buddha Nature, Faith, Soto Zen, Balance, Zazen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 28 1991 Green Gulch Farm
Form and Inanimate Objects Teaching the Dharma Serial: SF-00947 Sesshin Day 2 #shuso-talk Ceremony, Bowing, Ordination, Bell, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Soto Zen, Concentration,...	Pat Phelan	Apr 11 1991 Unknown
One-Day Sitting Serial: SF-01078 #shuso-talk Precepts, Vow, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Vow, Suzuki Roshi, Attachment,...	Pat Phelan	Mar 09 1991 Unknown
Jewel Mirror Samadhi Precious Mirror, Buddha Nature, Samadhi, Faith, Diversity, Soto Zen, Patience, Ego,...	Sheng Yen	Oct 24 1990
Sunday Lecture Interview, Demons, Doubt, Manjushri, Soto Zen, Gratitude, Practice Period, Enemies,...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 03 1988 Green Gulch
Sunday Lecture Half-Smile, Soto Zen, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go, Instruction, Cultivation,...	Yvonne Rand	Jul 25 1987 Green Gulch
1987.05.03-serial.00031 Mantra, Buddha Nature, Lotus Sutra, Soto Zen, Zazen, Bowing, Chanting, Posture, Bell...	Ananda Dalenberg	May 03 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Funeral Service for Suzuki Roshi Serial: SR-00171 This is a full recording of Suzuki Roshi's funeral, held nine days after his death. Ceremony, Funeral, Suzuki Roshi, Soto Zen, zen, Ceremony, Vow, Discrimination...	Various	Dec 12 1971 City Center
The True Dragon Dogen, Baso, Dragons, Freedom, Soto Zen, Emptiness, Bodhidharma, Instruction, Zazen...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 12 1968 B Sokoji
The Ten Powers Of A Bodhisattva Serial: SF-05106 Sunday Morning, August 25, 1968 [This date is probably incorrect. Earlier (July 21, 1968), Suzuki mentioned that he had already explained the ten powers of a bodhisattva.... Bodhisattva, Dogen, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Emptiness, Five Ranks, Attachment, Posture,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 25 1968 Sokoji
What is Soto and what is Rinzai? Serial: SF-05144A SR024 Tass July 26/68 Roshi Sectarianism copied; July 21 Chino Sensei; July 24 Chino Sensei - also many handwritten notes on the content NB: the date for the SR talk in... Soto Zen, Rinzai, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Evil, Bowing, Mahayana, Gratitude, Ego...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 26 1968 Tassajara
Esalen Institute: First of two lectures Serial: SF-05870 This is the first of two talks given at Esalen. Dogen, Time, Four Noble Truths, Lotus Sutra, New Year, Continuous Practice, Emptiness...	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 28 1968 Esalen

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