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)...

Zen for an overview of Zen, Chan Buddhism for the Chinese origins, and Sōtō, Rinzai and Ōbaku for the three main schools of Zen in Japan Japanese Zen...

established the Sōtō school, the Japanese branch of Caodong. The three traditional schools of Zen in contemporary Japan are the Sōtō (曹洞), Rinzai (臨済)...

elements of Sōtō Zen that was standardized by the early Tokugawa period. Since the popularization of Sōtō Zen in medieval Japan, Sōtō Zen funeral practices...

taught in some Rinzai lineages today. Few Sōtō Zen practitioners concentrate on kōans during meditation, but the Sōtō sect has a strong historical connection...

are only about fifty to eighty of such inka shōmei-bearers in Japan. In Sōtō-Zen, dharma transmission is referred to as shiho, and further training is required...

Transmission remain important in Japanese Sōtō Zen. (Jiyu-Kennett 2002: 97) Apart from extending the appeal of Sōtō Zen to the rural population, Keizan made...

the Sōtō school, many Zen communities use both methods depending on the teacher and students. Zazen is considered the heart of Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist...

Samantabhadra are also said to have already attained Buddhahood. As part of the Sōtō Zen school of Mahāyanā, Dōgen Zenji described Four Exemplary Acts of a Bodhisattva:...

towering figure of Japanese Zen, Dogen [...] This became and continues to this day to be the official Sōtō Zen view. Sōtō-Zen has two ranking systems, hōkai...