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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 monastical "family".

In Rinzai-Zen, inka shōmei 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
Way Seeking Mind Pt. 4 Serial: BZ-00588 Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 15 2005
Way-Seeking Mind Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice, Suzuki Roshi, Doubt, Humility,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 15 2005 Tassajara
March 15th, 2005, Serial No. 01571 Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Humility, Doubt, Passions, Conversation, War,...		Mar 15 2005
March 15th, 2005, Serial No. 01572 Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Doubt, Ordination...		Mar 15 2005
Way Seeking Mind Pt. 3 Serial: BZ-00589 Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, Building, Priest, Tassajara, Monastic Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 14 2005
March 6th, 2005, Serial No. 00769 Ego, Discrimination, Birth-and-Death, Five Ranks, Karma, Eight Aspects, Gaining Mind...		Mar 06 2005
Hokyo Zammai Class Ego, Discrimination, Birth-and-Death, Five Ranks, Karma, Delusion, Continuous, Non-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 06 2005 Tassajara
March 2nd, 2005, Serial No. 00770 Five Ranks, Transmission, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, soto, Attachment, Light-and-...		Mar 02 2005
Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Platform Sutra, Letting Go, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 02 2005 Tassajara
January 20th, 2005, Serial No. 00796 Precious Mirror, Oneness, Ego, confusion, Offering, Ordinary Mind, Religion,...		Jan 20 2005
January 15th, 2005, Serial No. 00777 Precious Mirror, Five Ranks, Big Mind, Dharma Transmission, Ego, Transmission, Daily...		Jan 15 2005
January 15th, 2005, Serial No. 00833 Big Mind, Ego, Daily Life, Dharma Transmission, Lineage, Forgiveness, Equanimity,...		Jan 15 2005
January 15th, 2005, Serial No. 01301, Side C Dharma Transmission, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, soto, Transmission, Soto Zen, Gratitude,...		Jan 15 2005
November 18th, 2004, Serial No. 01030, Side A Dragons, Transmission, Fox, Buddha Ancestors, Lineage, Interview, Lotus Sutra,...		Nov 18 2004
November 11th, 2004, Serial No. 01029, Side A Lay Practice, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Aspects of Practice, Transmission, Rinzai,...		Nov 11 2004
November 6th, 2004, Serial No. 01288 Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Priest, Teacher-and-...		Nov 06 2004
October 28th, 2004, Serial No. 01027, Side A Platform Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Cultivation, Birth-and-Death, Lineage, Dharma...		Oct 28 2004
October 23rd, 2004, Serial No. 01285 Aspects of Practice, Practice Period, Gaining Mind, Passions, Transmission, uchiyama...		Oct 23 2004
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
October 2nd, 2004, Serial No. 01282, Side B Transmission, Passions, Culture, Dream World, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Buddha...		Oct 02 2004
October 2nd, 2004, Serial No. 01569 Transmission, Culture, Dream World, Passions, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Lineage,...		Oct 02 2004
Questioning Serial: SF-04082 Sunday Lecture: zen as a return to Buddha's natural questioning, rather than a religious institution with fancy temples, robes, statues, etc Ordinary Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind, Diversity, Intuition, Priest, Lay, Faith,...	Lew Richmond	Sep 26 2004 Green Gulch
Not Sticking to Anything: Working with Faults Serial: BZ-01244 (from "Not Always So"), Sesshin Day 2 Ego, Culture, training, Teacher-and-Student, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Way Seeking Mind Serial: BZ-01273 Approaching his 75th Birthday (July 9th), Saturday Lecture Way-Seeking Mind, Sojun Mel Weitsman, Dharma Transmission, War, Transmission,...	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, Dream World, Birth-and-Death, Observe, Bowing, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 17 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
May 27th, 2004, Serial No. 01024, Side A Teacher-and-Student, Greed, Bodhidharma, Chanting, Soto Zen, Instruction, Religion,...		May 27 2004
April 24th, 2004, Serial No. 01261 Greed, Continuous, Culture, Bell, Daily Life, Anger, Renunciation, Liberation,...		Apr 24 2004
March 24th, 2004, Serial No. 01039 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Ceremony, Tassajara, Intimacy...	Kosho McCall	Mar 24 2004 City Center
2004.03.13-serial.00184 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Intention, Culture, Priest	Edward Brown	Mar 13 2004
March 1st, 2004, Serial No. 01019, Side A Lotus Sutra, Transmission, Lineage, Intimacy, Karma, Nirvana Sutra, Conversation, Fox...		Mar 01 2004
February 28th, 2004, Serial No. 01252 Blue Cliff Record, Dharma Transmission, Conversation, Karmic Consciousness, Culture,...		Feb 28 2004
November 20th, 2003, Serial No. 01017, Side A Dragons, Absolute-and-Relative, Transmission, Discrimination, Six Realms, Culture,...		Nov 20 2003
November 6th, 2003, Serial No. 01015, Side A Posture, Dharma Transmission, zen meditation, Lineage, Observe, Transmission, Culture...		Nov 06 2003
2010.10.03-serial.00055 Practice Period, training, Conversation, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Commitment...	Christina Lehnherr	Oct 08 2003
September 21st, 2003, Serial No. 01359 Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations, Renewal, Repentance, Transmission, Mindfulness,...		Sep 21 2003
September 20th, 2003, Serial No. 03984 Light-and-Darkness, Intimacy, Bowing, Commitment, Transmission, Lineage, Karma, Vows...	Teah Strozer	Sep 20 2003 City Center
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
April 17th, 2003, Serial No. 00297 Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Mundane Life, First Principle, Lineage, Sixth...		Apr 17 2003
April 10th, 2003, Serial No. 00298 Mahayana, Transmission, Silence, Buddha Mind, Culture, Heart Sutra, Lineage, Posture...		Apr 10 2003
March 30th, 2003, Serial No. 00543 Karma, Addiction, Anger, War, Demons, Intuition, Equanimity, Attachment, Interview,...		Mar 30 2003
March 6th, 2003, Serial No. 00490 Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness, Cultivation, Passions, Concentration, training, Karma...		Mar 06 2003
January 11th, 2003, Serial No. 04074 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen,...	Lew Richmond	Jan 11 2003 City Center
December 11th, 2002, Serial No. 04007 Separation, Sixth Patriarch, Big Mind, resistance, Equanimity, Patience, Gratitude,...	Teah Strozer	Dec 11 2002 City Center
Zendo Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Hate, Greed, Freedom, Delusion, Monastic Practice...	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
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-00149B Saturday Lecture Lay Ordination, Precepts, Ordination, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Way, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 15 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
June 13th, 2002, Serial No. 00453 Teacher-and-Student, Six Realms, Demons, Continuous, Big Mind, Karmic Consequences,...		Jun 13 2002
June 13th, 2002, Serial No. 01014, Side A Teacher-and-Student, Six Realms, Demons, Big Mind, Karmic Consequences, Continuous,...		Jun 13 2002
Transmission of the Light Class Serial: SF-01090 What enlightenment meant to the ancestors might be different than what it means to us, it's important to come to everyday events with a new outlook or view, Daitaka, we can... Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, true dharma, Transmission, Buddha Mind, Demons,...	Daigan Lueck	Jun 04 2002 Green Gulch
Transmission of the Light Class Serial: SF-01088 What brings us to these stories(?)? What is the unrest? What is the transmission of, how does the unrest be calmed (?), impermanence is that essential problem. Stories are what... Transmission, Separation, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Dragons...	Daigan Lueck	May 21 2002 Green Gulch

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