Soto Zen resisted efforts from outside to water down the tradition with other beliefs.
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13 Facts About Soto Zen
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Soto Zen was succeeded by Gien, who was first trained in the Daruma-school of Nonin.
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Soto Zen's supporters designated him as the third abbot, rejecting the legitimacy of Gikai.
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In 1877 the heads of the Soto Zen community acknowledged Keizan for a brief period as the overall founder of the Soto Zen sect.
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The presence of these Chinese monks influenced the existing Soto Zen-schools, spreading new ideas about monastic discipline and the rules for dharma transmission.
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Soto Zen school started to place a growing emphasis on textual authority.
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From its beginnings, Soto Zen-shu has laid a strong emphasis on the right lineage and dharma transmission.
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Rinzai and Soto Zen chose to adapt, with embarrassing consequences when Japanese nationalism was endorsed by the Zen institutions.
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Parties within the Soto Zen establishment sought to modernize Soto Zen in accord with Western insights, while simultaneously maintaining a Japanese identity.
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Daily services in Soto Zen monasteries include chanting of sutras and dharanis.
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Soto Zen was often given the derogatory name "farmer Zen" because of its mass appeal.
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Soto Zen is influenced in large part by the Yogacara school of philosophy as well as the Huayan school.
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Soto Zen-shu is a democratic organization with a head that is elected by a parliament.
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