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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
Saying Yes! Soto Zen, Silent Illumination, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Dharma Transmission, Gratitude,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jul 06 1998
Father's Day Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Ceremony, Hate, Bodhisattva Precepts, Freedom,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jun 21 1998 Green Gulch Farm
Beginner's Mind, Boundless Transformation Serial: SF-01784 Statements by Students (Part 2 of 2) and Blanche Hartman Suzuki Roshi, Lineage, Lay Ordination, Zazen, Dharma Transmission, Daily Life,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	May 31 1998 Sati Center
Practice Period Commitment Serial: BZ-00362B Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Precepts, Dharma Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 26 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Backdrop of Our Life; Emptiness Happiness, Posture, Mindfulness, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Lay Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 15 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
On The Dharma Transmission Ceremony Serial: SF-03638 Sunday Lecture Transmission, Ceremony, Vow, Intimacy, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Teacher-and-...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Dec 15 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Ordination Serial: BZ-00787A Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Precepts, Practice Period, Family Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 16 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Wisdom in Everyday Practice Practice Period, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, Building	Edward Brown	Sep 1996
Encouraging Words from Hongzhi Serial: BZ-00794B Sesshin Day 1 Hongzhi, Silent Illumination, Happiness, Pure Existence, Karma, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 31 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #18 Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, First Principle, Dharma Transmission,...	Steve Proskauer	Jun 29 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #25 Serial: BZ-00803B Hui Neng Bed & Bowl, Saturday Lecture Hui Neng, MM-25, Evil, Lay, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Dharma Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 25 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-00250 Class 2 of 9 Attachment, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Don't Know Mind, Sixth Patriarch...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 24 1996 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Breathing Intimacy: Zen's Path to Self Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Intimacy, Zazen, Birth-and-Death, Zazen Mind, Dharma...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Apr 24 1996 Unknown
Vimalakirti Sutra Serial: BZ-00245 Class 2 of 5 Liberation, Vow, Silence, Dharma Transmission, Mahayana, Heart Sutra, Evil, New Year...	Maylie Scott	Mar 07 1996 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Interview Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Transmission, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Priest,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jan 21 1996 Unknown
Body, Breath, Mind, Stick Serial: BZ-00821B Saturday Lecture Kyosaku, Posture, Concentration, Right Effort, Harmonizing, Bodhisattva Ceremony,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 08 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Practice Vow, Dharma Transmission, Lay Ordination, Ordination, Offering, Chanting, Right...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 21 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Embracing Enlightenment Beyond Goals Serial: SF-01073 NB - no cassette visible in photo Fox, Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Blue Cliff Record, Funeral, Suzuki Roshi,...	Pat Phelan	May 17 1995 Unknown
Tassajara Practice Period Serial: BZ-00909B Saturday Lecture Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Dharma Transmission, Practice Period, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 15 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Takubetsu Sesshin Serial: BZ-00743 Sesshin Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Priest, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 05 1995 Green Gulch Farm
Tokubetsu Sesshin Dragons, Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Transmission, Sangha, Letting Go, Offering,...	Tenshin Fletcher	Apr 04 1995
Tokubetsu Sesshin Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, Bowing, Five Ranks...	John Daido Loori	Apr 03 1995
Mountain Practice/Broom Practice Vow, Peace, Dharma Transmission, Posture, Liberation, Lineage, Happiness	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 01 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Oneness Embodied: Dharma Transmission Rituals Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Oneness, Precepts, Posture, Buddha...	Narazaki Roshi	Mar 30 1995
Tokubetsu Sesshin Lecture Buddha, Dharma Transmission, Transmission	Ikko Narasaki	Mar 29 1995 Unknown
Sesshin Day 4 Dharma Talk Vasubandhu, Causation, Dharma Transmission, Discrimination, Bodhidharma	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 02 1994 Tassajara
Book of Serenity Serial: BZ-00236 Class 3 of 5 Bodhidharma, Dharma Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Transmission, Intuition,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 19 1994 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Book of Serenity Serial: BZ-00234 Class 1 of 5 Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Big Mind, First Principle, Observe, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 05 1994 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Essence of Zen Serial: BZ-00225 Class 1of 3 Religion, Four Noble Truths, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, War...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Feb 16 1994 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan Case 15: Seeing Truth; Ordination and Dharma Transmission—Ordinariness Serial: BZ-00981B Lecture Ordination, Soto Zen, Culture, Mill Valley, Heart Sutra, Conversation, Bodhisattva...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jan 29 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-00559 Class 2 of 10 Platform Sutra, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Evil, Lotus Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 19 1994 2 Tassajara
What We Bring to Practice: Dharma Transmission, Being on the Path; Waking Up; How’s it Feel Serial: BZ-00658A Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Mindfulness, Ordination, Lay Ordination, War,...	Steve Weintraub	Oct 16 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Transmission of Light Serial: BZ-00219 Class 4 of 5 Buddha Nature, Offering, Evil, Eight Awarenesses, Lineage, Buddha Ancestors, Duality...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 27 1993 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #1: Bodhidharma’s Coming from the West Serial: BZ-00665A Lecture Bodhidharma, Family Practice, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Dharma Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 08 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Ten Precepts: Tenth Precept Serial: BZ-00621 Class 6 of 6 Precepts, Vow, Practice Period, Dharma Transmission, Renunciation, Repentance, Evil,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 18 1993 6 Berkeley Zen Center
Day Off Class Serial: BZ-01480 Class 2 of 6 Dragons, Gaining Mind, Sixth Patriarch, Dharma Transmission, Subject-and-Object,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 14 1992 2
Dogen's Kajo Fascicle in Shogobenzo Continued Serial: BZ-00637A Sesshin Day 3 Dogen, Shobogenzo, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission, Doubt, Building, Enthusiasm...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 07 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Transmission of Light Serial: BZ-00213 Class 2 of 5 Transmission, Nirvana, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, Manjushri, Buddha Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 13 1992 2 Berkeley Zen Center
39th Pioneer & 4th Precept Serial: RA-00539 Sesshin day 1 39th Ancestor - Yunju Daoying Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Lineage	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 29 1992 Tassajara
Early Zen: Bodhidharma to the Fifth Ancestor Serial: BZ-00602 Class 3 of 6 Bodhidharma, Lineage, Transmission, First Principle, Karma, Book of Serenity, Buddha...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 19 1992 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00732 Sesshin Day 4 Concentration, Religion, Absolute-and-Relative, Doubt, Mindfulness, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 16 1991
The Fire, Suffering, and Relationship With Japan Serial: BZ-00702B Saturday Lecture Japan, Current Events, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Demons, Birth-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 26 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00625 Lecture Gratitude, Five Ranks, Sixth Patriarch, Absolute-and-Relative, Manjushri, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 19 1991 Tassajara
The Importance of Precepts Serial: RA-00662 Dogen Zenji: In this present lifetime there are 10 million things I do not understand about the B-Dh. I have the joy of not giving rise to evil views. Evil, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Offering	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 02 1991 Tassajara
Practices in Everyday Life Serial: BZ-00694A Lecture Cultivation, Culture, Monastic Practice, Right Speech, Dharma Transmission,...	Yvonne Rand	Aug 24 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00967A Sesshin Day 3 lecture New Year, Dharma Transmission, War, Transmission, Building, Priest	Hoitsu Suzuki Roshi	Jun 28 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #23 Serial: BZ-00692B "Neither Good Not Evil;" Intentions, Humbleness, Saturday Lecture Humility, MM-23, Sixth Patriarch, Humility, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Dharma Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 30 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
October 6th, 1990, Serial No. 01479 Silent Illumination, Soto Zen, Daily Life, Samadhi, Book of Serenity, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 06 1990 Tassajara
Big Emptiness and Small Emptiness Serial: BZ-00516B Saturday Lecture Emptiness, Sixth Patriarch, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 25 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Eulogy for Katagiri Roshi Serial: BZ-00509B Lecture Lotus Sutra, Patience, Constancy, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma...	Michael Wenger	Apr 14 1990 Berkeley Zen Center

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