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In Chan and Zen Buddhism, dharma transmission is a custom in which a person is established as a "successor in an unbroken lineage of teachers and disciples, a spiritual 'bloodline' (kechimyaku) theoretically traced back to the Buddha himself." The dharma lineage reflects the importance of family-structures in ancient China, and forms a symbolic and ritual recreation of this system for the monastic "family".

In Rinzai-Zen, inka shōmei (印可証明) is ideally "the formal recognition of Zen's deepest realisation", but practically it is being used for the transmission of the "true lineage" of the masters (shike) of the training halls. There 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 to become an oshō.

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Title	Speaker	Date
Bodhisattva Identity-Action Serial: TL-00210 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Bodhisattva Way, Dharma Transmission, Letting Go	Taigen Dan Leighton	May 24 2010 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate
Women's Practice Intimacy, Attachment, Lineage, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jan 09 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
The Sixth Ancestor's Original Face Serial: TL-00202 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Dharma Transmission, Faith, Transmission, Evil, Discrimination	Taigen Dan Leighton	Jan 04 2010 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate
Everything is Presenting Itself Serial: BZ-02070 Consciousness, Rohatsu Day 3 Intimacy, Culture, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Precepts, Gratitude,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen on the Cutting Board Serial: EB-002281 Release of a new cookbook; being in a movie; intimacy with ingredients; sharing food can be sharing love. Culture, Dharma Transmission, Thich Nhat Hanh, Intimacy	Edward Brown	Oct 09 2009
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side E Serial: BZ-01549E Session 3: Zen as American Religion Culture, Precepts, Religion, Soto Zen, Diversity, Mindfulness, Dharma Transmission,...	Gil Fronsdal, Myoan Grace Schireson, Jeff Wilson	Aug 29 2009 5 University of California at Berkeley
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side G Serial: BZ-01549G Session 4: Where Are We Now? Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Lineage, Ordination, Soto Zen, Priest, Culture,...	Norman Fischer, Victor Hori, Lew Richmond	Aug 29 2009 7 University of California at Berkeley
Lotus Sutra Stupa on Mid-air Serial: TL-00193 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Bodhisattva Way, Offering, Mahayana, Rinzai, Dharma Transmission	Taigen Dan Leighton	Aug 10 2009 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate
Finding Purpose Through Spiritual Practice Serial: EB-00225 Visiting aunt in Virginia; being at Tassajara in 1996; men and women practicing together; story of a sculptor friend having a lung transplant. Passions, Greed, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Desire	Edward Brown	Aug 03 2009
Other Power and Self Power Serial: TL-00191 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Chanting, Buddha Mind, Uchiyama, Lay Ordination, Dharma Transmission	Taigen Dan Leighton	Jun 21 2009 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate
Zazen Fukanzazengi Instruction, Posture, Book of Serenity, Buddha Mind, Dharma Transmission, Composure,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 01 2009
Platform Sutra: Irritation with Sesshin, helping vs. criticizing: Serial No. 01078 Serial: BZ-01078 Rohatsu Day 2, Side B Nirvana Sutra, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Don...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng: Irritation with Sesshin, helping vs. criticizing Serial: BZ-01183 Rohatsu Day 2 Transmission, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, Don...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng Serial: BZ-02005 Irritation during sesshin/helping versus Criticizing, Rohatsu Day 2 Hui Neng, Transmission, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana Sutra, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordinary Mind is the Way: Mumonkan Case 19 Ordinary Mind, MM-19, Nansen, Joshu, Ordinary Mind, Dharma Transmission, Intuition,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 22 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordinary Mind is the Way Serial: BZ-02003 Mumonkan No. 19, Saturday Lecture MM-19, Ordinary Mind, Dharma Transmission, Intuition, Gaining Mind, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 22 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Maylie Scott: Life and Death Serial: BZ-01131 Seven Year Memorial Day Reminiscence Birth-and-Death, Priest, Building, Dharma Transmission, Lay, Liberation, Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 10 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen, Sanshimopo, and Doshin: Foundations of Practice Serial: BZ-01112 Shikantaza, Guidance, and Way-Seeking Mind, Saturday Lecture Shikantaza, Zazen, Way-Seeking Mind, Ego, Continuous Practice, Teacher-and-Student,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 02 2008 Berkeley 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
Dogen's Acupuncture Point of Zazen: Beating the cart or beating the horse Serial: BZ-01423 Saturday Lecture Zazenshin, Dogen, Lineage, Separation, Dharma Transmission, Dogen, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 03 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Big Mind Serial: BZ-01405B Dharmakaya/Sambhogakaya/Nirmanakaya, Rohatsu Day 5 Trikaya, Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya, Monkey Mind, Big Mind, Buddha Nature...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 01 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Eventual Transition of Abbacy Serial: BZ-01389 Practice Positions Complete Practice; Small and Large Equal, Saturday Lecture Practice Position, Transmission, Practice Position, Dharma Transmission, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 30 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Women’s Practice: Falling into the *** Hole Serial: BZ-01388 Women's Sitting Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Transmission, Lotus Sutra...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Sep 24 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
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
Spirit of Shuso Ceremony Serial: BZ-01170 Sesshin Day 5 Shuso Ceremony, Teacher-and-Student, Intuition, Dharma Transmission, Emotions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 18 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Waves of Unity in Consciousness Ego, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Mind, Bowing, Buddha Nature	Edward Brown	May 27 2006
Heart Sutra in Everyday Life, from Shuso, Gentle Rain, Dharma Blossom Serial: BZ-01234 Monday morning Talk Practice Period, Ordinary Mind, Anger, Heart Sutra, Practice Position, Commitment,...	Karen Sundheim	May 08 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
History of Berkeley Zen Center Pt. II Serial: BZ-01222B Kid Zendo: Figures on the Altar, Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Priest, Transmission, Daily Life, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 18 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
The Poetry of Ryokan Serial: BZ-01214 Teaching Retreat, part 2 of 2 Dharma Transmission, Discrimination, Building, Gratitude, New Year, Transmission,...	Shohaku Okumura	Feb 04 2006 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Enlightenment Beyond Words Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Dharma Transmission	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 11 2006
Whispers of Enlightenment Unspoken Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Impermanence, Lineage	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 11 2006
Beyond Words: Unspoken Dharma Transmission Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Impermanence, Lineage	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 11 2006
Our Women Ancestors Serial: BZ-01190 Women's Sitting Lineage, Chanting, Rinzai, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student,...	Mary Mocine	Sep 25 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
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
Reflections on My Life Serial: BZ-01335 76th Birthday, Saturday Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman, Priest, Lay Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Tassajara, Causation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Eight Practices of Bodhisattva, Tibetan Tradition, Bodhisattva Song and Kid Zendo Day Serial: BZ-01328 Saturday Lecture Lotus Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Patience, Tassajara, Cultivation, Humility,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jun 18 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Priest and Lay Practice Serial: BZ-01325 Saturday Lecture Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Lay, Ordination, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 28 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission Serial: BZ-01321 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Humility, Priest, Renunciation, Ego, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 07 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission Serial: BZ-01550 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Humility, Ego, Renunciation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 07 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
On Dharma Transmission Serial: SF-03486 Zendo Lecture - duplicate Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 2005 Tassajara
On Dharma Transmission Serial: SF-03519 Zendo Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 2005 Tassajara
On Dharma Transmission Serial: SF-03544 Zendo Lecture - duplicate Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 2005 Tassajara
Love in the Context of Practice: Turning Toward, Not Away Serial: BZ-01317 Saturday Lecture Blue Cliff Record, Culture, Buddha's Birthday, Practice Period, Book of Serenity...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 02 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Way Seeking Mind Pt. 4 Serial: BZ-00588 Lecture, second half of part 4 Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 15 2005 Tassajara
Way-Seeking Mind Dharma Transmission, Practice, Transmission	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 15 2005 Tassajara
Way seeking Mind, Part 4 Serial: BZ-01571 Part 4, first half Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Humility, Doubt, Passions, Conversation, War...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 15 2005 1 Tassajara

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