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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 Caodong school, which was founded during the Tang dynasty by Dongshan Liangjie. 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 Caodong 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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Fukanzazengi ClassSerial: SF-03654 Monday Class Zazen, Instruction, Soto Zen, Posture, Realization, Dragons, Lineage, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Mar 27 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Works of Dogen ClassSerial: SF-03196 Tuesday Class Birth-and-Death, Realization, Freedom, Letting Go, Suzuki Roshi, Bowing, Soto Zen,... |
Feb 29 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Fukanzazengi ClassSerial: SF-03517 Monday Class Hsin Hsin Ming, Buddha Nature, confusion, Platform Sutra, Realization, Zazen, Soto... |
Feb 28 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Realization, Buddha Ancestors, Demons, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Bell, Suzuki... |
Feb 26 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Fukanzazengi ClassSerial: SF-03661 Monday Class Ceremony, Soto Zen, Instruction, Realization, Practice Period, Posture, Priest,... |
Feb 21 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sunday Lecture Ceremony, Instruction, Letting Go, Practice Period, Delusion, Zazen, Family Practice... |
Feb 20 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Intensive Class Delusion, Intimacy, Don't Know Mind, Realization, Chanting, Soto Zen, Separation... |
Aug 09 1999 City Center |
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AIDS Bike-A-Thon, A Rolling SesshinSerial: SF-03983 Wednesday Lecture Time, Practice, Soto Zen |
Jun 23 1999 City Center |
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Timeless Zen: Dogen's Path to PresenceSerial: 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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Eight Characteristics of Suzuki Roshi's TeachingSerial: SF-03137 Sunday Lecture - first Sunday of practice period Suzuki Roshi, Impermanence, Commitment, Vow, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Freedom, Faith,... |
Feb 21 1999 Green Gulch Farm |
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Authentic Zen: Beyond Enlightenment Myths Suzuki Roshi, Transmission, Lineage, Priest, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen... |
Dec 16 1998 City Center |
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Sunday Lecture Religion, Priest, Buddha Mind, Vow, Precepts, Zazen, Chanting, Hate, Freedom, Soto... |
Nov 22 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Saturday Lecture Practice, Soto Zen, Joshu |
Nov 11 1998 City Center |
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Saying Yes! Soto Zen, Silent Illumination, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Dharma Transmission, Gratitude,... |
Jul 06 1998 |
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Modernizing Zen: Taisho Soto's TransformationSerial: SF-01817 Gil (Intro) Suzuki Roshi, Soto Zen, Time |
May 30 1998 Sati Center |
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Spring SesshinSerial: SF-02724 Monday Letting Go, Vow, Separation, Repentance, Soto Zen, Zazen, Manjushri, Practice Period... |
Mar 23 1998 Unknown |
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Scholarship Conference PaperSerial: SF-03238 Sunday Lecture Heart Sutra, Lineage, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Religion, Study Period, Emptiness,... |
Nov 16 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Blue Cliff Record ClassSerial: SF-03092 Case 10 Silence, Birth-and-Death, Interview, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Funeral, Book of Serenity,... |
Oct 21 1997 Green Gulch Farm |