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 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.
Title | Speaker | |
---|---|---|
May 6th, 1993, Serial No. 00212 true dharma, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Buddha Nature, Teacher-and-Student,... |
May 06 1993 |
|
February 27th, 1993, Serial No. 00649, Side A Family Practice, Don't Know Mind, Fasting, training, Diversity, Echo, Sangha,... |
Feb 27 1993 |
|
ial No. 00217 Religion, Transmission, Evil, Chanting, Beginners, American, Liberation, Vinaya,... |
1993 |
|
November 14th, 1992, Serial No. 00643, Side A Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Transmission, Daily Life, Conversation,... |
Nov 14 1992 |
|
November 14th, 1992, Serial No. 01484 Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Transmission, Silent Illumination, Buddha Nature, Current... |
Nov 14 1992 |
|
October 14th, 1992, Serial No. 01480 Dragons, Gaining Mind, Sixth Patriarch, Dharma Transmission, Subject-and-Object,... |
Oct 14 1992 |
|
October 1st, 1992, Serial No. 00612 Anger, Precepts, Patience, Ordinary Mind, Enemies, Emotions, Dependent Origination,... |
Oct 01 1992 |
|
Blue Cliff Record: Case #44Serial: BZ-00638A Hoshan's Knowing How to Beat the Drum, Saturday Lecture BCR-44, Daily Life, Attachment, Buddha Mind, Don't Know Mind, Teacher-and-... |
Sep 19 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
|
Dogen's Kajo Fascicle in Shogobenzo ContinuedSerial: BZ-00637A Sesshin Day 3 Dogen, Shobogenzo, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission, Doubt, Building, Enthusiasm... |
Sep 07 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
|
August 1st, 1992, Serial No. 00633, Side B Buddha Mind, stubbornness, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Describe, Hate,... |
Aug 01 1992 |
|
June 20th, 1992, Serial No. 00708, Side B Intuition, Culture, Transmission, Ordinary Mind, Subject-and-Object, Teacher-and-... |
Jun 20 1992 |
|
May 13th, 1992, Serial No. 00213 true dharma, Transmission, Nirvana, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, Manjushri,... |
May 13 1992 |
|
April 2nd, 1992, Serial No. 00604 Heart Sutra, Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Five Ranks, Transmission,... |
Apr 02 1992 |
|
March 19th, 1992, Serial No. 00602 Bodhidharma, Lineage, Transmission, First Principle, Karma, Book of Serenity, Buddha... |
Mar 19 1992 |
|
January 30th, 1992, Serial No. 00280 Right Speech, Four Foundations, Bell, Precepts, Mindfulness, Right Effort, Karma,... |
Jan 30 1992 |
|
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00732 Sesshin Day 4 Concentration, Religion, Absolute-and-Relative, Doubt, Mindfulness, Transmission,... |
Dec 16 1991 |
|
Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00728 Class Two, Class Five Ranks, Ego, Platform Sutra, Separation, Sixth Patriarch, Absolute-and-Relative,... |
Nov 15 1991 |
|
The Fire, Suffering, and Relationship With JapanSerial: BZ-00702B Saturday Lecture Japan, Current Events, Practice Period, Tassajara, Demons, Birth-and-Death, Dharma... |
Oct 26 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
|
Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00625 Lecture Gratitude, Five Ranks, Sixth Patriarch, Absolute-and-Relative, Manjushri, Dharma... |
Oct 19 1991 |
|
Early Days of Suzuki-rôshiSerial: BZ-00750B Tokubetsu Sesshin: Japanese and American, Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Sesshin, Tokubetsu, Practice Period, American, Transmission, training,... |
Sep 28 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
|
August 24th, 1991, Serial No. 00694, Side A Cultivation, Culture, Monastic Practice, Right Speech, Bodhisattva Vow, Dharma... |
Aug 24 1991 |
|
June 28th, 1991, Serial No. 00967, Side A New Year, Dharma Transmission, War, Transmission, American, Building, training,... |
Jun 28 1991 |
|
Mumonkan: Case #23Serial: BZ-00692B "Neither Good Not Evil;" Intentions, Humbleness, Saturday Lecture Humility, MM-23, Sixth Patriarch, Humility, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Dharma Transmission... |
Mar 30 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
|
GenjokoanSerial: BZ-00697B Rohatsu Day 5 Transmission, Birth-and-Death, Separation, Dragons, Hindrances, Religion, Peace,... |
Dec 06 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
|
Big Emptiness and Small EmptinessSerial: BZ-00516B Saturday Lecture Emptiness, Sixth Patriarch, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Lineage,... |
Aug 25 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
|
April 14th, 1990, Serial No. 00509, Side B Lotus Sutra, Patience, Constancy, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma... |
Apr 14 1990 |
|
March 25th, 1990, Serial No. 00510, Side B Lotus Sutra, Berkeley Zen Center, Anger, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Gratitude,... |
Mar 25 1990 |
|
Taking Refuge Sangha, Triple Treasure, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Precepts, Transmission,... |
Jan 10 1990 |
|
Abbot's Zuisse Ceremony in JapanSerial: BZ-00385 Saturday Lecture Zuisse, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, soto, Study Period,... |
Oct 28 1989 Berkeley Zen Center |
|
Dzogchen Teachings Emptiness, realization, Transmission, Lineage, Mandala, training, Religion,... |
Oct 08 1989 4 San Jose |
|
Dzogchen Teachings Transmission, Four Noble Truths, Doubt, Peace, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life,... |
Oct 08 1989 1 San Jose |
|
Dzogchen Teachings Happiness, Delusion, Four Noble Truths, Transmission, Dependent Origination, Karma,... |
Oct 08 1989 2 San Jose |
|
December 10th, 1988, Serial No. 01493 Buddha Nature, Concentration, Ego, Attachment, Humility, Beginners, Samadhi,... |
Dec 10 1988 |
|
October 13th, 1988, Serial No. 01513 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Practice Period, Lay, Lay Practice,... |
Oct 13 1988 |
|
September 10th, 1988, Serial No. 00366, Side A confusion, Dragons, Big Mind, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Priest, Rinzai, Bowing,... |
Sep 10 1988 |
|
Blue Cliff Record: Case #51Serial: BZ-01498A Seppo's "What Is It?", Saturday Lecture Issan, confusion, Dragons, Big Mind, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Priest, Rinzai,... |
Sep 10 1988 Berkeley Zen Center |