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Transmission Talks
Dharma transmission, in Zen and Chan Buddhism, 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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Embodied Compassion Through Just Sitting Compassion, Transmission |
Nov 30 2022 Green Gulch Farm |
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Women Ancestors Class Blue Cliff Record, Gratitude, Soto Zen, Transmission |
Nov 30 2020 3 of 3 Zoom |
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Women Ancestors Class Lay Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma... |
Nov 23 2020 2 of 3 Zoom |
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Women Ancestors Class Lay Practice, Priest, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-... |
Nov 23 2020 2 of 3 Zoom |
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Problems, Prospects Impermanence, Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Nirvana, Conversation, Ordination,... |
Oct 10 2020 |
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Buddha Dharma Wants To Be Criticized Transmission |
Sep 05 2020 No Abode Hermitage Online |
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Illuminating Truths Beyond Words Transmission, Manjushri |
Sep 05 2020 |
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Dongshan Class 1 Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Transmission |
Aug 25 2020 |
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Virtual Skit Night Conversation, Hate, Lay Practice, Posture, Priest, Transmission, Zoom |
Jul 13 2020 |
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Living With The Epidemic Bowing, Concentration, Conversation, Separation, Transmission |
Mar 07 2020 |
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Questions Priest, Transmission, Big Mind, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Hindrances, Lay Practice... |
Dec 08 2019 |
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The Non-Duality of Silence and Language Transmission, Perfect Wisdom, Non-duality, Duality, Heart Sutra, Mahayana |
Nov 23 2019 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Chapter Three, Shoveling Dung Demons, Transmission |
Sep 14 2019 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Going Beyond Heart Sutra, Intimacy, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Ordination,... |
Aug 24 2019 |
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Sojun Roshi's 90th Birthday Party Dharma Transmission, Fundraising, Lay Practice, Priest, Tassajara, Teacher-and-... |
Jul 20 2019 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Denko Roku 1: ShakyamuniSerial: BZ-02662 Study Sesshin Day 1
Buddha Nature, Chanting, Dogen, Liberation, Nirvana, Ordination, Soto Zen,... |
Feb 16 2019 |
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Zen's Intimate Transmission Unveiled Intimacy, Buddha Mind, Transmission |
Jan 2019 |
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Being Shuso and Learning to Say Yes Bowing, Buddha Nature, Don't Know Mind, Lay Practice, Patience, Practice Period... |
Dec 15 2018 |
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The Hands And Eyes Of AvalokiteshvaraCompassion is the teaching of the Buddha. Stories of the different statues and scrolls at No Abode. Yunmen and Daowu, the thousand arms of Avalokiteshvara. Compassion, Avalokitesvara, Transmission, Avalokitesvara, Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra... |
Nov 10 2018 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Being Time Buddha Nature, Hui-neng, Doubt, Equanimity, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Non-... |
Nov 10 2018 |
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Maylie Scott Bears the Unbearable Sesshin: Close Aspects of Practice Conversation, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Transmission... |
Nov 03 2018 |
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No Recipe Dharma Transmission, Happiness, Transmission, Tassajara |
Jul 21 2018 |
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The Womb of the Tathagata #3: Our Buddha Nature PreceptsOrigins of the Bodhisattva precepts; development and commentaries; the reasons for Buddhas appearing in this world. Precepts, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Heart Sutra, Precepts, Bodhisattva,... |
Jun 09 2018 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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The Heart of Priest and Lay Practice Priest, Gaining Mind, Lay Practice, Ego, Practice Period, Priest-and-Lay, Teacher-and... |
Apr 21 2018 |
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Spring Rain Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Don't Know Mind, Lotus Sutra,... |
Apr 14 2018 |
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Guidance or ControlControl is antithetical to enlightenment; NASA control center and GPS guidance systems; granddaughter's pacifier Birth-and-Death, Patience, Transmission |
Feb 03 2018 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Blue Cliff Record Case 9: Joshu's Four GatesBCR-9, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life, Buddha Nature,... |
Feb 03 2018 |
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FukanzazenkiFukanzazengi, Daily Life, Dragons, Interview, Posture, Rinzai, Transmission |
Jan 28 2018 |
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Breath, Mind, and Zen Unity Bodhidharma, Transmission, Zazen |
Jan 25 2018 |
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Solitude and Connection in Zen Transmission |
Jan 18 2018 |
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Dark Forests and Enlightened Minds Buddha Mind, Karma, Transmission |
Jan 13 2018 |
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Defying Gravity 2 Birth-and-Death, Dharma Transmission, Composure, Rinzai, Transmission, Lay Practice... |
Dec 16 2017 |
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Buddha’s Zazen is Face-to-Face TransmissionThe personal practice of paying attention to the posture of samadhi; mindfulness of breathing; remembering stillness as transmitted by the ancestors; Transmission, Zazen, Sangha, Posture |
Nov 11 2017 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Continuity Amid Conflict in Our Zen Practice Buddha Ancestors, Causation, Composure, Conversation, Ego, Transmission |
Sep 30 2017 |
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Jewel Mirror Samadhi Part 1Serial: BZ-02569 Part 1 of 2 Transmission, Duality, Soto Zen, Five Ranks, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student... |
Sep 02 2017 1 |
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Jewel Mirror Samadhi Part 2Serial: BZ-02570 Part 2 of 2 Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice, Dharma Transmission, Five... |
Sep 02 2017 2 |
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Infinite Embrace in Finite Life Transmission, Zazen |
Aug 27 2017 |
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Zen's Path: Seeing Beyond Duality Transmission, Compassion, Monastic Practice |
Aug 27 2017 |
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Presence Monkey Mind, Current Events, Dragons, Transmission |
Aug 19 2017 |
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Prajna Paramita, the Lovely, the HolyNot abiding in anything, including wisdom; helping without the idea of helping; practicing the paramitas without holding on to them; Buddha twirling a flower, Manjushri smiling is transmission in... Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Concentration, Perfect Wisdom, Nirvana |
Jul 08 2017 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Prajna Paramita, the Lovely, the HolyUngraspable nature of all phenomena; perfect wisdom understands dependent co-arising; non-abiding in any state. Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Compassion, Dependent Origination, Perfect Wisdom,... |
Jul 08 2017 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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The Shuso Question: Full Spontaneous Encounter Conversation, Gratitude, Hindrances, Patience, Posture, Practice Period, Soto Zen,... |
Jul 01 2017 |
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Heart SutraSerial: BZ-02553 Sesshin Day 2
Ego, Heart Sutra, Emotions, Duality, Causation, Karma, Transmission |
Jun 08 2017 |
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The Buddha Mind Seal Is Face-to-Face ConversationBuddha mind is an intimate conversation; Dogen's meeting a master for the first time; conscious and unconscious mind. Buddha Mind, Transmission, Buddha Mind, Conversation |
Jun 03 2017 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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The Buddha Mind Seal is Face-to-Face Conversation Buddha Mind, Consciousness, Transmission |
Jun 03 2017 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Building A Sanctuary For AwakeningBuddha pointing to the earth, a good place for a sanctuary; masks and personas; freedom from self-consciousness. Karmic Consciousness, Buddha Mind, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Karmic... |
May 06 2017 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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The One Vehicle Lives In Silence And StillnessThe desire for awakening for the welfare of all beings; social engagement and silence, both practices pervade all beings; practicing with the limitations of the body. Mahayana, Compassion, Conversation, Transmission, Hate |
May 06 2017 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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The One Vehicle Lives In Silence And Stillness Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness, Transmission |
May 06 2017 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Infinite Light, Intimate Liberation Sanctuary, Transmission, Daily Life |
Apr 23 2017 |
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A Sanctuary Is Built Right Here, Right NowBuddha's 'a good place to build a sanctuary'; buddha mind is intimately transmitted - Sandokai; undergoing surgery; baby developing a self; Transmission, Buddha Nature, Sanctuary, Conversation, Intimate Communication,... |
Apr 01 2017 AM No Abode Hermitage |