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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Transmission of the Light ClassSerial: 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 |
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August 18th, 2001, Serial No. 03921 Soto Zen, Suzuki Roshi, Subject-and-Object, Lineage, soto, Bowing, Silence, Duality,... |
Aug 18 2001 City Center |
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2001.01.03-serial.00066 soto, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Emptiness, Nirvana, Renunciation, Oneness, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Jan 03 2001 |
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Tenzo Kyokun Class Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Don't Know Mind, Mindfulness, realization, Mill... |
Nov 07 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Big Mind, Six Realms, Ceremony, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Ancestors, Soto... |
Oct 29 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Fox, causation, Karma, Nirvana, Soto Zen, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Ceremony,... |
Sep 10 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Monastic Practice, Zazen, Religion, Commitment, Big Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen... |
Aug 20 2000 Green Gulch |
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Women Ancestors Lineage, Transmission, Soto Zen, realization, Priest-and-Lay, Emptiness, Ceremony,... |
May 13 2000 1 |
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Women Ancestors Lineage, Ordination, soto, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Funeral, Obstacles, Gratitude,... |
May 13 2000 2 |
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Fukanzazengi ClassSerial: SF-03654 Monday Class Zazen, Instruction, Soto Zen, Posture, realization, Dragons, Lineage, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Mar 27 2000 Green Gulch |
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Fukanzazengi ClassSerial: SF-03517 Monday Class Hsin Hsin Ming, Buddha Nature, confusion, Platform Sutra, realization, Bodhisattva... |
Feb 28 2000 Green Gulch |
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One-day Sitting Lecture realization, Buddha Ancestors, Demons, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Bell, Suzuki... |
Feb 26 2000 Green Gulch |
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Fukanzazengi ClassSerial: SF-03661 Monday Class Ceremony, soto, true dharma, Instruction, Soto Zen, realization, Practice Period,... |
Feb 21 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Ceremony, Instruction, Letting Go, Practice Period, Delusion, Zazen, Family Practice... |
Feb 20 2000 Green Gulch |
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October 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 01114 realization, Blue Cliff Record, Faith, Soto Zen, Religion, Peace, Sangha, resistance... |
Oct 23 1999 Unknown |
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AIDS Bike-A-Thon, A Rolling SesshinSerial: SF-03983 Wednesday Lecture training, Daily Life, Soto Zen, soto, Suzuki Roshi, Non-duality, Duality, Gratitude,... |
Jun 23 1999 City Center |
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1999.03.03-serial.00147Serial: SF-00147 Wednesday night dharma talk Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Fundraising, Daily Life, Impermanence, Monastic... |
Mar 03 1999 Green Gulch Farm |
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January 2nd, 1999, Serial No. 04060 Vows, Right Effort, Ceremony, Suzuki Roshi, Renunciation, Happiness, Emptiness, Soto... |
Jan 02 1999 Unknown |
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Rohatsu Absolute-and-Relative, Intimacy, Duality, Commitment, Separation, Soto Zen, Emptiness... |
Dec 04 1998 City Center |
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Rohatsu Manjushri, Attachment, Faith, Observe, Separation, Book of Serenity, Emotions, Doubt... |
Dec 02 1998 City Center |