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)...

(Japanese: 黄檗宗, romanized: Ōbaku-shū) is one of three main schools of Japanese Zen Buddhism, in addition to the Sōtō and Rinzai schools. The school was...

Dogen [...] This became and continues to this day to be the official Sōtō Zen view. Sōtō-Zen has two ranking systems, hōkai (four dharma ranks) and sōkai...

Chan Buddhism Temples". Tiantong Temple is the cradle of the Sōtō school (曹洞宗, Sōtō-shū) of Japanese Buddhism. Tiantong Temple was first established by...

Elementary School. Chōkoku-ji (長谷寺), also known as Azabu Ō-Kannon (麻布大観音), is a Sōtō-shū temple and a tourist attraction and is also located in Nishi-Azabu. Minato...

(1988), Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki, Tokyo, Japan: Sōtō-shū Shumucho, pp. 5–15 Masunaga, Reiho (1975). A Primer of Sōtō Zen: A Translation of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō...

curriculum; this amounts to a total of fewer than 100 people at any given time. In Sōtō Zen and Sanbo Kyodan it is used more loosely. This is especially the case...

produced by the Sōtō church until the Meiji Era, and was commonly sold nationwide as an herbal medicine, and became a source of income for the Sōtō church. Another...

transmission Muho Noelke, Part 10: What does it take to become a full-fledged Sōtō-shu priest and is it really worth the whole deal? Buddhadharma Dictionary:...

Japan in the 12th century, both Rinzai and Sōtō, took over the use of kōan study and commenting. In Sōtō-Zen, kōan commentary was not linked to seated...