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A lineage in Buddhism is a line of transmission of the Buddhist teaching that is "theoretically traced back to the Buddha himself." The acknowledgement of the transmission can be oral, or certified in documents. Several branches of Buddhism, including Chan (including Zen and Seon) and Tibetan Buddhism maintain records of their historical teachers. These records serve as a validation for the living exponents of the tradition.

The historical authenticity of various Buddhist lineages has been subject to debate. Stephen Batchelor has claimed, speaking about specifically Japanese Zen lineage, "the historicity of this “lineage” simply does not withstand critical scrutiny." Erik Storlie has noted that transmission "is simply false on historical grounds." Edward Conze said "much of the traditions about the early history of Chan are the inventions of a later age."

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Title	Speaker	Date
The Growth of Oneness Serial: TL-00187 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Oneness, Buddha Ancestors, Lotus Sutra, Separation	Taigen Dan Leighton	Apr 12 2009 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate
Beginners and Beginning: Self sufficiency: Serial No. 01084 Beginners, Composure, Light-and-Darkness, New Year, Buddha Ancestors, Instruction,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 03 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra: Serial No. 01077 Serial: BZ-01077 Rohatsu Day 1, side B Buddha Nature, Platform Sutra, Don't Know Mind, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Evil,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng Serial: BZ-01453 Rohatsu Day 1 Buddha Nature, Buddha Ancestors, Don't Know Mind, Ordination, Big Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng Serial: BZ-02004 Rohatsu Day 1 Hui Neng, Buddha Nature, Buddha Ancestors, Platform Sutra, Don't Know Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
The Practice That Fills and Is Filled by the Entire Universe and the Bodhisattva Precept of Not Killing Lotus Sutra, Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen, Dogen, Buddha Mind	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 22 2008 Morning No Abode Hermitage
Engaging the Mystery Serial: TL-00179 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Intention, Thich Nhat Hanh, Global Warming, Lay Ordination, Buddha Ancestors...	Taigen Dan Leighton	Nov 17 2008 Cenacle Chicago
2008.05.02-MZMC-am Forgiveness, Desire, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Ancestors, Addiction, Enthusiasm, Birth-and-...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 02 2008 Minnesota Zen Center
2008.05.01-MZMC-pm Soto Zen, Bodhisattva Precepts, Desire, Commitment, Buddha Ancestors, Confession-and-...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 01 2008 Minnesota Zen Center
“Menju” (Face to Face Transmission): From Moon in a Dew Drop, Writings of Zen Master Dogen Serial: BZ-00998B Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Lineage, Buddha Ancestors, Bodhidharma, Dharma...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Sep 08 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
"Cooking Your Life" (Uchiyama and Dogen): Meeting the Source Serial: BZ-00992 Teaching Retreat, part 1 of 2 Tenzo Kyokun, Practice Position, Practice Position, Intuition, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 01 2007 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Faith in Buddhism: What is Buddhist Faith Serial: BZ-01057A Class 5 of 5 Karma, Constancy, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice, Birth-and-Death...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 14 2007 5 Berkeley Zen Center
The Worldview of Dogen and the Lotus Sutra Serial: TL-00169 SFZG Talk, Dharma Talk Mahayana, Evil, Buddha Ancestors, Nirvana	Taigen Dan Leighton	May 19 2007 City Center
Faith in Mind Serial: BZ-01433 Saturday Lecture Buddha Mind, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Ancestors,...	Karen Sundheim	Apr 28 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Intelligence of the Natural World Serial: SF-00941 Sesshin Lecture: frog chorus; silence and activity; pain and fear of pain; Bodhidharma Bodhidharma, Sesshin, Prajna Paramita, Silence, Buddha Ancestors, Composure, Buddha...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 07 2007 Green Gulch Farm
Aspects of Practice: Giving/Non-Stinginess, 8th Precept Serial: BZ-01048 Class 2 of 4 Precepts, Offering, Mindfulness, Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Anger,...	Ron Nestor	Nov 02 2006 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Realizing the Precepts in Practice Serial: BZ-01395 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Vow, Practice Period, Observe, Repentance, Buddha Ancestors,...	Greg Denny	Oct 28 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Precepts— Historical Background Serial: BZ-01047A Class 1 of 4 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Three Treasures, Vinaya, Ordination, Mahayana, Buddha...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 26 2006 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Breathing In, Breathing Out Serial: SF-01146 Sunday Lecture: simplicity; story of Prajnatara in Malawi; the sun comes up, the sun goes down; connections; the four foundations of mindfulness; Navajo rain dance Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Simplicity, Mindfulness, Book of Serenity, Four...	Fu Schroeder	Oct 08 2006 Green Gulch Farm
Shining Practice: Growing up in a Zendo (Kid Zendo) Serial: BZ-01386 Saturday Lecture Bell, Family Practice, Transmission, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Sep 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-01239 Tradition of Sewing Buddha's Robe, Saturday Lecture Lay Ordination, Sewing, Joshin-san, Precepts, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Commitment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 10 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
(I, along with) All Beings, Am the World Honored One Serial: BZ-01227B Saturday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Buddha Nature, Buddha's Birthday, Buddha Ancestors,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 08 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
What Are We Doing Here? Serial: BZ-01220 History of Berkeley Zen Center Pt. I, Saturday Lecture Dogen, Lay Practice, Priest, Lay, Heart Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Mill Valley, Four...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 04 2006 1 Berkeley Zen Center
March 4th, 2006, Serial No. 01454 Lay Practice, Priest, Lay, Heart Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Mill Valley, Four Noble...		Mar 04 2006
Practice Period Serial: SF-00034 Origins of PP, meaning of 'ango'; Dogen's essay; resistance; hermit Jim; Rumi poems. Practice Period, Dongshan, Dogen, Rumi, Buddha Ancestors, Zazen, Tassajara Zen...	Kokyo Henkel	Feb 19 2006 Green Gulch Farm
Buddhanature Is Light Serial: BZ-01206 Komyozo Zammai; Dogen and Keizan, Rohatsu Day 6 Buddha Nature, Dogen, Keizan, Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #86: "Everyone Has Their Light" Serial: BZ-01205 Temple Storehouse, Temple Gate, Rohatsu Day 5 Ummon, BCR-86, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Darkness-and-Light, Buddha Ancestors, Hindrances...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Settling Into Monastic Practice Together Practice Period, Shingi, Monastic Practice, Sangha, Global Warming, Buddha Ancestors...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Oct 02 2005 Tassajara
The Path to Transmission and Beyond (Kid Zendo): The Same Rituals But Different Intentions Serial: BZ-01342 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Buddha Ancestors, Commitment, Priest, Addiction,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Aug 20 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Wholehearted Zen: The Teacher's Path Commitment, Buddha Ancestors, Bowing, Repentance	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 16 2005
Wholehearted Sitting: Teacher-Student Harmony Commitment, Buddha Ancestors, Bowing, Repentance	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 16 2005
Wholehearted Sitting: A Zen Journey Commitment, Buddha Ancestors, Bowing, Repentance	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 16 2005
March 19th, 2005, Serial No. 00126 Monkey Mind, Attachment, Buddha Ancestors, Rinzai		Mar 19 2005
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00592 Sesshin Day 3 Book of Serenity, Instruction, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Manjushri, Silence,...	Greg Fain	Feb 22 2005 Tassajara
One Mind, One Universe Continuous Practice, Separation, Desire, Equanimity, Buddha Ancestors	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 20 2005 Green Gulch Farm
Aspects of Practice: Female Chan Ancestors Serial: BZ-01030A Class 4 of 4 Practice Period, Dragons, Transmission, Fox, Buddha Ancestors, Lineage, Interview,...	Baika Pratt	Nov 18 2004 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Dogen Serial: BZ-01029A Class 3 of 4 Bodhisattva Ceremony, Lay Practice, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Transmission, Rinzai,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Nov 11 2004 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of practice: Huineng, 6th Ancestor Serial: BZ-01027A Class 1 of 4 Platform Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Cultivation, Birth-and-Death, Lineage, Dharma...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 28 2004 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Flowing with the Buddha Stream Serial: RB-02214 Sesshin Buddha, Buddha Ancestors, Dogen	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Oct 2004 Johanneshof
Self-Fulfilling Samadhi Serial: RA-00426 8/19/04 Tenshin Roshi Sesshin #4 Self-Fulfilling Samadhi Sitting Upright as a celebration of great compassion Is everything we do with body, speech and... Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen, Samadhi, Silence	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 19 2004 Day 4 Green Gulch Farm
Dining Room Lecture Equanimity, Big Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Suzuki Roshi, Diversity, Nirvana, Enemies,...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Aug 18 2004 Tassajara
July 2004 talk, Serial No. 00105 Patience, Doubt, Buddha Ancestors, Obstacles, Bowing		Jul 2004
July 2004 talk, Serial No. 00163 Monkey Mind, Posture, Buddha Ancestors, Doubt, Chanting		Jul 2004
Which Is The Real Seijo? Serial: SF-00967 One-day sitting lecture: when our "soul is split", what is true? Just sitting in the midst of samsara. Letting Go, Four Noble Truths, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind, Subject-and-Object, Buddha...	Fu Schroeder	Jun 19 2004 Green Gulch Farm
Guidelines for Studying the Way: Dogen’s Gakudo Yojin-Shu Serial: BZ-01023B Class 2 of 5 Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Duality, Heart Sutra, Gaining Mind, Buddha Nature, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 20 2004 2 Berkeley Zen Center
George W. Bush and a Dogen Fascicle Serial: BZ-01263B Saturday Lecture Dogen, Current Events, Politics, Anger, Birth-and-Death, War, Greed, Buddha Ancestors...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 15 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen’s Eihei Shingi: Pure Standards for the Zen Community Serial: BZ-00580 Class 3 of 5 Buddha Ancestors, Dragons, Building, Evil, Offering, Commitment, Non-duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 29 2004 3 Chapel Hill Zen Center
Dogen’s Eihei Shingi: Pure Standards for the Zen Community Serial: BZ-00582 Class 5 of 5 Funeral, Birth-and-Death, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Karma, Offering, Sixth Patriarch,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 29 2004 5 Chapel Hill Zen Center
Eihei Shingi: The Kanin Serial: BZ-01375 Conclusion, Rohatsu Day 6 Eihei Shingi, Big Mind, Emotions, Buddha Ancestors, Monastic Practice, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Eihei Shingi: The Kanin Serial: BZ-01374 The Kanin, Rohatsu Day 5 Eihei Shingi, Buddha Ancestors, Evil, Monastic Practice, confusion, Dragons, Birth-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 05 2003 Berkeley Zen Center

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