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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August 27th, 2017, Serial No. 04392

Buddha, Practice, Transmission
Aug 27 2017

August 27th, 2017, Serial No. 04393

Transmission, Monastic Practice, Practice
Aug 27 2017

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, Perfect Wisdom, Nirvana, Vow
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, Perfect Wisdom,...
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

The Buddha Mind Seal Is Face-to-Face Conversation

Buddha mind is an intimate conversation; Dogen's meeting a master for the first time; conscious and unconscious mind.

Buddha Mind, Transmission, Conversation, Buddha Mind, Silence, unconscious process...
Jun 03 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Building A Sanctuary For Awakening

Buddha 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

The One Vehicle Lives In Silence And Stillness

The 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, Meditation, Silence, Conversation, Transmission, Hate
May 06 2017
PM
No Abode Hermitage

May 6th, 2017, Serial No. 04370

Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness, Transmission
May 06 2017

April 23rd, 2017, Serial No. 04369

Consciousness, Sanctuary, Transmission
Apr 23 2017

A Sanctuary Is Built Right Here, Right Now

Buddha'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

Dogen's Uji: Time Being Part 2

Continuous Practice, Karma, Karmic Consciousness, Enemies, Transmission, Nirvana,...
Feb 12 2017

Zen Meditation Is World Transformation

Talking about recent surgery; Buddha's 'a good place for a sanctuary'; the Buddha's work is face-to-face meeting; conversations within a family; opening the door to our original face...

Transmission, Sanctuary, Conversation, Transmission, Building, Ego
Feb 04 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

February 4th, 2017, Serial No. 04354

Sanctuary, Transmission, Book of Serenity
Feb 04 2017

Bodhisattva Practice Includes Everything

Buddha's 'a good place for a sanctuary'; karma is a place to build a sanctuary; extending out practice outside the zendo; expressing from a place before you were born;

Confession-and-Repentance, Buddha Mind, Transmission, Sanctuary, Confession-and-...
Jan 02 2017
PM
No Abode Hermitage

December 17th, 2016, Serial No. 04350

Sanctuary, Transmission, Book of Serenity
Dec 17 2016

December 10th, 2016, Serial No. 04348

Ceremony, Transmission, Precepts
Dec 10 2016

December 8th, 2016, Serial No. 04346

Dharma Transmission, Bowing, Transmission
Dec 08 2016

December 6th, 2016, Serial No. 04344

Stillness, Transmission, Silence
Dec 06 2016

December 5th, 2016, Serial No. 04343

Zazen, Stillness, Transmission
Dec 05 2016

November 27th, 2016, Serial No. 04340

resistance, Transmission, Desire
Nov 27 2016

October 29th, 2016, Serial No. 04323

Stillness, Transmission, Greed
Oct 29 2016

August 28th, 2016, Serial No. 04306

Transmission, Stillness, Chanting
Aug 28 2016

Practice is the Details of My Life

Buddha Nature, Humility, Dharma Transmission, Soto Zen, Offering, Gratitude, Samadhi...
Aug 13 2016

White Bird in Snow

Serial: BZ-02481

Jukai

 

Precepts, Lineage, Lay Ordination, Ordination, Bodhisattva Way, Lay, Transmission,...
Jun 04 2016

Blanche Hartman: This Little Light

Serial: BZ-02000

Saturday Lecture

M, Ordinary Mind, Berkeley Zen Center, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
May 21 2016
Berkeley Zen Center

A Lotus Sutra Narrative of the Bodhisattva Path

Lotus Sutra, Vow, Gaining Mind, Faith, Dharma Transmission, Zazen, causation,...
May 07 2016
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Breaking the Mirror

Bodhisattva Precepts, Precious Mirror, Interview, Samadhi, Transmission
Apr 09 2016
PM
No Abode Hermitage

From the First Time You Meet a Teacher

Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Transmission,
Feb 06 2016
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Plum Blossoms

Concentration, Dharma Transmission, New Year, Teacher-and-Student, Bell, Priest-and-...
Jan 30 2016

December 2nd, 2015, Serial No. 04249

Buddha Mind, Consciousness, Transmission
Dec 02 2015

Seijiki

Demons, Six Realms, Offering, Fox, Culture, Renewal, Forgiveness, Samsara,...
Oct 31 2015

Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 8

Transmission, Precious Mirror, Consciousness, Stillness, Transmission, Consciousness...
Oct 10 2015
AM
No Abode Hermitage

October 10th, 2015, Serial No. 04226

Stillness, Transmission, Zazen
Oct 10 2015

Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 7

Transmission, Precious Mirror, Samadhi, Separation, Pain
Sep 19 2015
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 7

Confession-and-Repentance, Compassion, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Precious...
Sep 19 2015
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Ordination and Patience

Priest, Lay, Attachment, Transmission, American, Dharma Transmission, Ordination,...
Sep 12 2015

Zen of Four Seasons

Serial: BZ-02434

Part 1 of 2

Transmission, Silence, Culture, uchiyama, Fundraising, Precepts, Building,...
Aug 29 2015
1
Berkeley Zen Center

July 11th, 2015, Serial No. 04221

true dharma, Doubt, Transmission
Jul 11 2015

Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 2

Karmic Consciousness, Transmission, Intimacy, Karmic Consciousness, Healing
Apr 04 2015
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Hearing the Cries of the World

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Peace, Sangha, Constancy, Priest-and-Lay,...
Jan 31 2015

The Landscape Sutra and Planetary Hospice

Serial: TL-00338

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Transmission, Daily Life, Letting Go, Practice Period, Impermanence
May 26 2014
ADZG Temple

Hidden Lamp Preview

Serial: TL-00326

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Bodhidharma, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Lay, Transmission
Mar 17 2014
ADZG Temple

Speakable and Unspeakable Names of Our Zen Family Ancestors

good friendship, Responsibilities of student and responsibilities of teacher, Torei Zenji's Bodhisattva Vow, Face-to-Face Transmission, Shui-feng and Yangtan. Sep-po

 

Torei Zenji, Kalyana Mitra, Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Interview, japanese,...
Mar 01 2014
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Dogen's Uji: Being Time

Big Mind, Doubt, Discrimination, Darkness and Light, Demons, Continuous Practice,...
Feb 23 2014

Do What You Love To Be Happy

Right Effort, Oneness, Forgiveness, Dharma Transmission, confusion, Mindfulness,...
Jan 11 2014

Honoring Student-Teacher Relationship (Flower Adornment Scripture)

Kalyana Mitra, Compassion, New Year, Teacher-and-Student, true dharma, Perfect Wisdom...
Jan 04 2014
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

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