Sōtō Zen

E406529
Buddhist denomination school of Zen Buddhism

Sōtō Zen is a major school of Japanese Zen Buddhism known for its emphasis on seated meditation (zazen) and the practice of "just sitting" (shikantaza) as the direct expression of enlightenment.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Sōtō Zen canonical 10
Japanese Sōtō Zen 2
Sōtō 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist denomination ⓘ
school of Zen Buddhism ⓘ
associatedConcept Buddha-nature ⓘ
original enlightenment ⓘ
suchness ⓘ
contrastedWith Rinzai ⓘ
surface form: Rinzai Zen
coreTeaching just sitting as direct expression of enlightenment ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
emphasis everyday activity as practice ⓘ
non-duality of practice and enlightenment ⓘ
seated meditation ⓘ
ethicalBasis Bodhisattva precepts ⓘ
founderInJapan Dōgen ⓘ
globalPresence Europe ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
South America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
headTemple Eiheiji ⓘ
Sōjiji ⓘ
importantFigure Dōgen ⓘ
Keizan Jōkin ⓘ
introducedToJapanBy Dōgen ⓘ
introductionToJapanCentury 13th century ⓘ
koanUse limited and indirect ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy Japanese ⓘ
languageOfScriptureStudy Classical Chinese ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
lineage Dharma transmission from teacher to disciple ⓘ
meditationPosture cross-legged sitting ⓘ
nativeName 曹洞宗 ⓘ
organizationalBody Sōtōshū Shūmuchō ⓘ
originatedFrom Caodong school ⓘ
originCountry China ⓘ
parentTradition Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism

Zen ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism
practiceForm lay practice ⓘ
monastic practice ⓘ
practiceSetting zendo ⓘ
primaryPractice shikantaza ⓘ
zazen ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
ritualElements ceremonies ⓘ
chanting ⓘ
precepts observance ⓘ
romanization Sōtō Zen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sōtō-shū
scripturalFocus Eihei Kōroku ⓘ
Shōbōgenzō ⓘ
viewOnEnlightenment practice-enlightenment unity ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tendai Buddhism → influenced → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
Japanese Buddhism → hasComponent → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sōtō school
Sengaku-ji Temple → BuddhistSect → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
subject surface form: Sengaku-ji
Shitou Xiqian → veneratedIn → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
Dongshan Liangjie → influenced → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism
Dongshan Liangjie → veneratedIn → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese Sōtō Zen
Hongzhi Zhengjue → influenced → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
Hongzhi Zhengjue → veneratedIn → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
East Asian Buddhism → hasMajorSchool → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
Gateless Gate → usedIn → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
Book of Serenity → isWidelyStudiedIn → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
Caodong school → influenced → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sōtō school
Caodong school → influenced → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese Sōtō Zen
Caodong school → laterDevelopedInto → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
Linji lineage → contrastsWith → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
Rinzai → otherMajorZenSchoolInJapan → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sōtō
Gotokuji Temple → sect → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soto Zen
Zen koans → associatedWith → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soto school of Zen
Dōgen → schoolOfZen → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sōtō
Dōgen → founded → Sōtō Zen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism in Japan
Sōtō Zen → romanization → Sōtō Zen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sōtō-shū