Transmission Talks

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 monastical "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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May 21st, 2022, Serial No. 00744

realization, Karmic Consciousness, Buddha Ancestors, Zoom, Transmission
May 21 2022

The Dharma of Suchness and the Jewel Mirror

Serial: TL-00724

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Zoom, Dharma Transmission, Practice Period, Transmission
Jan 09 2022
Zoom

Teachers, Disciples

Silence, Blue Cliff Record, Ordinary Mind, Transmission, Rinzai
Feb 06 2021

Inconceivable Life

Conversation, Birth-and-Death, Intuition, Bowing, Enemies, Lineage, Passions,...
Dec 26 2020

Women Ancestors Class

Blue Cliff Record, Gratitude, Soto Zen, Lineage, Vow, Transmission, Culture,...
Nov 30 2020
3 of 3
Zoom

Women Ancestors Class

Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,...
Nov 23 2020
2 of 3
Zoom

Women Ancestors Class

Lay, Priest, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-...
Nov 23 2020
2 of 3
Zoom

Problems, Prospects

Impermanence, Greed, Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Nirvana, Conversation,...
Oct 10 2020

What Do You Call The World

Book of Serenity, Mindfulness, Six Realms, New Year, Teacher-and-Student, Bodhidharma...
Sep 19 2020

Appropriate Action

Avalokiteshvara, Right Speech, Lotus Sutra, Book of Serenity, Diversity, Hindrances,...
Sep 12 2020

Dongshan Class 1

First Principle, Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Oneness, Heart Sutra, Continuous...
Aug 25 2020

Virtual Skit Night

Offering, Zoom, Hate, Posture, American, Lay, Transmission, Discrimination,...
Jul 13 2020

Teaching Truth

War, Enemies, American, Ego, Evil, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Hate, Offering...
Jul 11 2020

Living With The Epidemic

Transmission, training, Harmonizing, Bowing, Silence, Concentration, Bell, Separation...
Mar 07 2020

Enlightenment Day and Ongoing Care for the Dharma of Suchness

Serial: TL-00633

ADZG Rohatsu Sesshin,
Sesshin Talk

Book of Serenity, Dharma Transmission, Intention, Transmission
Dec 08 2019
ADZG Temple

Questions

Priest, Transmission, Big Mind, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Hindrances, Lineage, Lay...
Dec 08 2019

The Accord of the Jewel Mirror's Affirming Mind

Serial: TL-00631

ADZG Rohatsu Sesshin,
Sesshin Talk

Precious Mirror, Transmission, Aspects of Practice, Lotus Sutra
Dec 07 2019
ADZG Temple

the Jewel Mirror Samadhi Song as a Koan text

Serial: TL-00625

ADZG Rohatsu Sesshin,
Sesshin Talk

Precious Mirror, Gratitude, Dharma Transmission, Chanting, Transmission
Dec 04 2019
ADZG Temple

Introduction to the Jewel Mirror Samadhi

Serial: TL-00623

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Precious Mirror, Bodhisattva Vow, Transmission, realization
Dec 02 2019
ADZG Temple

The Non-Duality of Silence and Language

Silence, Transmission, Perfect Wisdom, Non-duality, Balance, Duality, Observe, Heart...
Nov 23 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Chapter Three, Shoveling Dung

Desire, Demons, Transmission
Sep 14 2019
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Going Beyond

Heart Sutra, Intimacy, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Renewal,...
Aug 24 2019

Celebration of Dharma Transmission

Serial: TL-00600

Taigen Dan Leighton, Nyozan, Eishin, Shosan Victoria Austin

ADZG Sunday Morning,

Dharma Talk

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Ordination, Shosan, Lay Ordination
Aug 04 2019
ADZG Temple

Sojun Roshi's 90th Birthday Party

Building, Dharma Transmission, Lay, Teacher-and-Student, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Jul 20 2019

Teachings for the Welfare of the World

In this summer series, teachings will be offered for those who aspire to embrace and sustain the great earth and all living beings in order to realize peace and freedom in our troubled world.
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YRB-2019-Summer, Silence, Transmission, true dharma, Religion, Passions, Suzuki Roshi...
Jul 02 2019
2/7
The Yoga Room

Denko Roku 1: Shakyamuni

Serial: BZ-02662

Study Sesshin Day 1

 

true dharma, Transmission, Liberation, Nirvana, Dogen, Soto Zen, Chanting, Buddha...
Feb 16 2019

Book of Serenity case 13: Linji's Blind Ass and Confucian Buddhism

Serial: TL-00576

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Dharma Transmission, true dharma, Transmission, Rinzai, Book of Serenity
Jan 06 2019
ADZG Temple

Being Shuso and Learning to Say Yes

Practice Period, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Nature, training, Lay, Patience, Bowing...
Dec 15 2018

Being Time

Buddha Nature, Sixth Patriarch, Doubt, Equanimity, Transmission, Dharma Transmission...
Nov 10 2018

The Hands And Eyes Of Avalokiteshvara

Compassion 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, Avalokiteshvara, Transmission, Silence, Avalokiteshvara, Perfect Wisdom,...
Nov 10 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Maylie Scott Bears the Unbearable Sesshin: Close Aspects of Practice

Berkeley Zen Center, Peace, Conversation, Transmission, Offering, Dharma Transmission...
Nov 03 2018

No Recipe

Passions, Mindfulness, Dharma Transmission, Anger, Happiness, Transmission,...
Jul 21 2018

The Womb of the Tathagata #3: Our Buddha Nature Precepts

Origins of the Bodhisattva precepts; development and commentaries; the reasons for Buddhas appearing in this world.

Precepts, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Heart Sutra,
Jun 09 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Heart of Priest and Lay Practice

Priest, Gaining Mind, Lay, Lay Practice, Ego, Practice Period, Priest-and-Lay,...
Apr 21 2018

Spring Rain

Big Mind, Platform Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Buddha Nature, Lotus Sutra...
Apr 14 2018

Blue Cliff Record Case 9: Joshu's Four Gates

BCR-9, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life, Buddha...
Feb 03 2018

Guidance or Control

Control is antithetical to enlightenment; NASA control center and GPS guidance systems; granddaughter's pacifier

Birth-and-Death, difficulty, Transmission, Zendo, American, Patience
Feb 03 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Fukanzazenki

Fukanzazengi, Dragons, Berkeley Zen Center, Instruction, zen meditation, Posture,...
Jan 28 2018

What is American Zen?

Serial: TL-00503

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Rinzai, Mahayana, Lay, Transmission, Practice Period
Jan 08 2018
ADZG Temple

Defying Gravity 2

Birth-and-Death, Dharma Transmission, Composure, Rinzai, Transmission, Culture, Lay,...
Dec 16 2017

Buddha’s Zazen is Face-to-Face Transmission

The personal practice of paying attention to the posture of samadhi; mindfulness of breathing; remembering stillness as transmitted by the ancestors;

Transmission,
Nov 11 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Continuity Amid Conflict in Our Zen Practice

Buddha Ancestors, Berkeley Zen Center, Aspects of Practice, Transmission, Commitment...
Sep 30 2017

Jewel Mirror Samadhi Part 1

Serial: BZ-02569

Part 1 of 2

Transmission, Duality, Soto Zen, Five Ranks, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student...
Sep 02 2017
1

Jewel Mirror Samadhi Part 2

Serial: BZ-02570

Part 2 of 2

Five Ranks, Buddha Nature, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, Oneness, Mindfulness,...
Sep 02 2017
2

Presence

Mindfulness, Monkey Mind, Current Events, Dragons, Enemies, Culture, Enthusiasm,...
Aug 19 2017

Prajna Paramita, the Lovely, the Holy

Not 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,
Jul 08 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Prajna Paramita, the Lovely, the Holy

Ungraspable nature of all phenomena; perfect wisdom understands dependent co-arising; non-abiding in any state.

Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Compassion, Dependent Origination,
Jul 08 2017
PM
No Abode Hermitage

The Shuso Question: Full Spontaneous Encounter

Practice Period, Hindrances, Patience, Aspects of Practice, Conversation, Gratitude,...
Jul 01 2017

Positive Visions from Yunmen and Dogen in Response to our Global Crisis

Serial: TL-00471

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, Harmonizing, Politics
Jun 12 2017
ADZG Temple

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-02553

Sesshin Day 2

 

Ego, Heart Sutra, Emotions, Duality, Offering, Peace, causation, Karma, Addiction,...
Jun 08 2017

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