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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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Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00777 Class 1 of 12 Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Big Mind, Dharma Transmission, Ego, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 15 2005 1 Tassajara
January 15th, 2005, Serial No. 00833 Big Mind, Ego, Daily Life, Dharma Transmission, Lineage, Forgiveness, Equanimity,...		Jan 15 2005
Ryokan and the Virtues of a Simple Life Serial: BZ-01301C Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Soto Zen, Transmission, Gratitude, Practice...	Ross Blum	Jan 15 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of practice: Huineng, 6th Ancestor Serial: BZ-01027A Class 1 of 4 Birth-and-Death, Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Cultivation, Dharma Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 28 2004 1 Berkeley Zen Center
History of Soto Zen: First Dharma Heritage Ceremony Serial: BZ-01283C Zuisse Ceremony and Dharma Transmission, Saturday Lecture Zuisse, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Religion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 09 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Not Sticking to Anything: Working with Faults Serial: BZ-01244 (from "Not Always So"), Sesshin Day 2 Culture, Dharma Transmission, Ego, Monastic Practice, Teacher-and-Student,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Journey: From Kitchen to Dharma Dharma Transmission, Daily Life, Balance, Practice Period, Liberation	Edward Espe Brown	Aug 2004
Way Seeking Mind Serial: BZ-01273 Approaching his 75th Birthday (July 9th), Saturday Lecture Way-Seeking Mind, Sojun Mel Weitsman, Building, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 03 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Gakudo Yojunshi, Point #8 Serial: BZ-01268 Moving and Stillness, Sesshin Day 2 Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Stillness, Birth-and-Death, Bowing, Branching Streams, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 17 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Resonant Journeys in Zen Dharma Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Buddhism	Kosho McCall	Mar 24 2004 City Center
Navigating Life's Lightless Labyrinth Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Intention, Culture, Priest	Edward Espe Brown	Mar 13 2004
Blue Cliff Record Case #15: Giving and Receiving Serial: BZ-01252 Saturday Lecture Blue Cliff Record, Dharma Transmission, Conversation, Karmic Consciousness, Culture,...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Feb 28 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukanzazengi Serial: BZ-01017A Class 4 of 4 Dharma Transmission, Dragons, Absolute-and-Relative, Transmission, Discrimination,...	Doug Greiner	Nov 20 2003 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukanzazengi Serial: BZ-01016B Class 3 of 4 Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Practice Period, Rinzai, Dragons, Dharma Transmission,...	Baika Andrea Pratt, Denkei Raul Moncayo	Nov 13 2003 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukanzazengi Serial: BZ-01015A Class 2 of 4 Lay, Attachment, Culture, Dharma Transmission, Instruction, Lineage, Observe, Posture...	Ross Blum	Nov 06 2003 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Spilling the Water: Equanimity and Balance Serial: BZ-01363 Saturday Lecture Book of Serenity, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Manjushri, Observe, Soto Zen,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 25 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Weaving Zen Through Life's Stages Conversation, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Commitment, Ceremony, Ordination,...	Kiku Christina Lehnherr	Oct 08 2003
Eternal Buddha, Communal Zen Path Chanting, Dharma Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Offering	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 20 2003
Embodied Zen: Collective Practice Awakens Dharma Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Offering	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 20 2003
Zen and Vipassana: A Harmonious Path Posture, Bowing, Ceremony, Chanting, Dharma Transmission	Edward Espe Brown	Aug 19 2003
Zen vs. Vipassana: Bridging Practices Posture, Bowing, Ceremony, Chanting, Dharma Transmission	Edward Espe Brown	Aug 19 2003
Lay Ordination, Lay Recognition, Precepts Serial: BZ-00137 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Lay Ordination, Buddha Nature, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Bodhisattva...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 31 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
2003.02.15-serial.00169 Practice, Dharma Transmission, Dogen		Feb 15 2003
Zen Journeys and Authentic Paths Time, Dharma Transmission, Practice	Chikudo Lew Richmond	Jan 11 2003 City Center
Zendo Lecture Buddhism, Dogen, Dharma Transmission	Leslie James	Dec 06 2002 Tassajara
Practice Walking Like an Elephant or a Cow Serial: BZ-00174B Suzuki-rôshi Lecture, Rohatsu Day 4 Bodhidharma, Eka, Buddha Nature, Zazen, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 05 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Embrace the Suchness in Life Soto Zen, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Daily Life, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 20 2002
Faith in Buddhanature Serial: BZ-00156A Saturday Lecture Faith, Buddha Nature, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Separation, Culture, Composure, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 17 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Study as Practice Serial: BZ-00088A Lecture Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Book of Serenity, Building, Dharma Transmission, Four...	Lee DeBarros	Aug 25 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Interview with Sojun Mel Weitsman Serial: BZ-00067 Interview 3 of 3 Priest, Four Noble Truths, Fundraising, Renunciation, Dharma Transmission, Lay,...	Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 08 2001 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Interview with Sojun Mel Weitsman Serial: BZ-00128 Interview 1 of 3 Building, Dharma Transmission, Interview, Intuition, Lineage, Ordination, Priest,...	Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 05 2001 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Interview with Sojun Mel Weitsman Serial: BZ-00068 Interview 2 of 3 confusion, Dharma Transmission, Lay, Ordination, Precepts, Priest, Priest-and-Lay,...	Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 05 2001 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Tenzo Kyokun Class Practice Period, Attachment, Offering, Letting Go, Bodhisattva Way, Emptiness,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 28 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Tenzo Kyokun Class Emptiness, Dragons, Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Zazen, Hindrances, Impermanence,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 21 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Genjo Koan Serial: SF-00117 Workshop Nirvana, Transmission, Karma, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, Five Ranks, Lineage,...	Shohaku Okumura	Nov 04 2000 1 of 4 City Center
One-day Sitting Lecture Dragons, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Duality, Ceremony, Bowing, Emotions,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Sep 16 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Women Ancestors Class Serial: BZ-00853 Class 2 of 4 Silent Illumination, Lineage, Doubt, Dharma Transmission, Buddha's Birthday,...	Mary Mocine, Myoan Grace Schireson	Jul 13 2000 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Women Ancestors Serial: BZ-00164 Evening lecture Rinzai, Lineage, Transmission, Fox, Dharma Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Doubt, Teacher-...	Miriam Levering	May 18 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Wednesday Lecture Ceremony, Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Observe, Demons,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 29 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Works of Dogen Class Serial: SF-03196 Tuesday Class Birth-and-Death, Realization, Freedom, Letting Go, Suzuki Roshi, Bowing, Soto Zen,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Feb 29 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00200A Zendo Behavior, Rohatsu Day 4 Sandokai, Big Mind, Branching Streams, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen is Feeling Life Absolute-and-Relative, Bell, Dharma Transmission, Greed, Lineage, Ordination, Priest...	Steve Weintraub	Oct 23 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen’s Bendowa “Zen Mind, Urban Mind”: Everything is the Way Monastic Practice, Half-Smile, Passions, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Dharma...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Oct 09 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary Serial: BZ-00158A Saturday Lecture Part 6 of 8 Genjokoan, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Discrimination, Don't...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 10 1999 6 Berkeley Zen Center
July 10th, 1999, Serial No. 00752, Side B Serial: BZ-00752B #duplicate-please-hide Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Discrimination, Don't Know Mind,...		Jul 10 1999
Sunday Lecture Precepts, Birth-and-Death, Dharma Transmission, Impermanence, Posture, Ceremony,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	May 16 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Thoughts on Modern Western Buddhist Practice Commitment, Dharma Transmission, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Practice Position,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 15 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Seccho and Her Spirit are Separated Anger, Chanting, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Peace, Practice Period, Sangha,...	Maylie Scott	Apr 11 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Zazengi (Pt. 1) Serial: BZ-00070A Saturday Lecture Zazengi, Birth-and-Death, Posture, Buddha Ancestors, Sixth Patriarch, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 27 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
2nd Precept: Take Not What is Not Given Conversation, Dependent Origination, Dharma Transmission, Instruction, Liberation,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 21 1998 Berkeley Zen Center

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