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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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...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	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...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	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	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 06 2017 PM No Abode Hermitage
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,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 01 2017 AM No Abode Hermitage
Dogen's Uji: Time Being Part 2 Continuous Practice, Karma, Karmic Consciousness, Enemies, Transmission, Nirvana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 04 2017 AM No Abode Hermitage
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-...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 02 2017 PM No Abode Hermitage
Practice is the Details of My Life Buddha Nature, Humility, Dharma Transmission, Soto Zen, Offering, Gratitude, Samadhi...	Baika Andrea Pratt	Aug 13 2016
White Bird in Snow Serial: BZ-02481 Jukai Precepts, Lineage, Lay Ordination, Ordination, Bodhisattva Way, Lay, Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	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...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 21 2016 Berkeley Zen Center
A Lotus Sutra Narrative of the Bodhisattva Path Lotus Sutra, Vow, Gaining Mind, Faith, Dharma Transmission, Zazen, causation,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 07 2016 AM No Abode Hermitage
Breaking the Mirror Bodhisattva Precepts, Precious Mirror, Interview, Samadhi, Transmission	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 09 2016 PM No Abode Hermitage
From the First Time You Meet a Teacher Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Transmission,	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 06 2016 AM No Abode Hermitage
Plum Blossoms Concentration, Dharma Transmission, New Year, Teacher-and-Student, Bell, Priest-and-...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Jan 30 2016
Seijiki Demons, Six Realms, Offering, Fox, Culture, Renewal, Forgiveness, Samsara,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 31 2015
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 8 Transmission, Precious Mirror, Consciousness,	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 10 2015 AM No Abode Hermitage
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 7 Transmission, Precious Mirror,	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Sep 19 2015 PM No Abode Hermitage
Ordination and Patience Priest, Lay, Attachment, Transmission, American, Dharma Transmission, Ordination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 12 2015
Zen of Four Seasons Serial: BZ-02434 Part 1 of 2 Transmission, Silence, Culture, uchiyama, Fundraising, Precepts, Building,...	Shohaku Okumura	Aug 29 2015 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 2 Karmic Consciousness, Transmission,	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 04 2015 AM No Abode Hermitage
Hearing the Cries of the World Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Peace, Sangha, Constancy, Priest-and-Lay,...	Shosan Victoria Austin	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	Taigen Dan Leighton	May 26 2014 ADZG Temple
Hidden Lamp Preview Serial: TL-00326 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Bodhidharma, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Lay, Transmission	Taigen Dan Leighton	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,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 01 2014 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
Dogen's Uji: Being Time Big Mind, Doubt, Discrimination, Darkness and Light, Demons, Continuous Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 23 2014
Do What You Love To Be Happy Right Effort, Oneness, Forgiveness, Dharma Transmission, confusion, Mindfulness,...	Baika Pratt	Jan 11 2014
Honoring Student-Teacher Relationship (Flower Adornment Scripture) Kalyana Mitra, Compassion, New Year, Teacher-and-Student, true dharma, Perfect Wisdom...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 04 2014 Morning No Abode Hermitage
Honoring Student-Teacher Relationship (Flower Adornment Scripture) Compassion, Consciousness, Transmission, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Faith,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 04 2014 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
Forgiveness Serial: BZ-02340 Rohatsu Forgiveness, Anger, Forgiveness, Emotions, Anger, American, Attachment, Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 2013 Berkeley Zen Center
Eight Awarenesses and the Easeful Life of Ryokan Eight Awarenesses, Karma, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Vow, Building, Transmission, Offering...	Ross Blum	Nov 30 2013
Dharma and Aging Birth-and-Death, Priest, Transmission, War, Gratitude, Enemies, Lineage, American...	Chikudo Lew Richmond	Nov 16 2013
Dogens Vow Serial: BZ-02327 Part 4 of 4 Repentance, Dharma Transmission, Discrimination, Transmission, Mindfulness, true...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 01 2013 4
Blue Cliff Record Case 14 BCR-14, Teacher-and-Student, Blue Cliff Record, Intimacy, Practice Position, training...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 13 2013
Flexibility Serial: BZ-02315 Working with Pain, Sesshin Discrimination, Pain, Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Conversation, Bodhidharma, Enemies...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 2013 Berkeley Zen Center
Drumming and Singing Within the Real Serial: TL-00296 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Lotus Sutra, Five Ranks, Chanting, Observe, Transmission	Taigen Dan Leighton	May 13 2013 ADZG Temple
Worthy Following and Serving, and Zen's Confucian Buddhist Roots Serial: TL-00293 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Bodhidharma, Bodhisattva Way	Taigen Dan Leighton	Apr 28 2013 ADZG Temple
I Have Long Heard of Dragon Pond I Have Long Heard of Dragon Pond Tenshin Reb Anderson No Abode April 13, 2013 AM Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Transmission, Chanting, Heart Sutra	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 13 2013 Morning No Abode Hermitage
The Perfection of Wisdom Perfect Wisdom, zen meditation, Transmission, Faith, Heart Sutra	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 07 2013 The Yoga Room
The Buddha Mind Seal and the Teachings of Perfect Wisdom The Buddha Mind Seal and the Teachings of Perfect Wisdom Tenshin Reb Anderson March 2, 2013 PM No Abode Perfect Wisdom, Bodhisattva Vow, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Jukai	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 02 2013 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
Bumblebees Can't Fly training, Practice Position, Duality, Separation, Attachment, Heart Sutra,...	David Weinberg	Feb 09 2013
A Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures A Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures Tenshin Reb Anderson No Abode 2013-02-02 AM Buddha Mind, Transmission, Samadhi, Bodhisattva Vow, Dogen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 02 2013 Morning No Abode Hermitage
Sandokai Lecture One Serial: BZ-02278 Title and Couplet 1, Rohatsu Day 1 Big Mind, Platform Sutra, Discrimination, Oneness, Lineage, Absolute-and-Relative,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 2012 Berkeley Zen Center
A Candle in the Dark Practice Position, Darkness and Light, Five Ranks, Lotus Sutra, Gratitude, Commitment...	Ryushin Andrea Thach	Nov 24 2012
The Wholehearted Way - Self Receiving and Employing Samadhi Practice Period, Instruction, Non-duality, resistance, Priest, Transmission, Posture...	Gerri Oliva	Oct 20 2012
Introduction to Bendowa Aspects of Practice, true dharma, Transmission, Ordinary Mind, Dharma Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 14 2012
Buddhas and Sentient Beings Silence, Evil, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity, Five Ranks, Bodhisattva Ceremony,...	Greg Denny	Oct 06 2012
My Three Weeks in Europe Serial: BZ-02265 Zen in Europe, Saturday Lecture Kobun Chino, Vanya Palmers, Culture, Building, Religion, Priest, Tassajara Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 15 2012 Berkeley Zen Center
Raihai Tokuzui Serial: BZ-02260 Study sesshin, part 1 of 4 Fox, Bodhidharma, Lotus Sutra, Bowing, Lineage, Culture, Dragons, Transmission, Vow,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 01 2012 1
Raihai Tokuzui Serial: BZ-02261 Study sesshin, part 2 of 4 Fox, Lay Practice, Ordination, Lay, Priest, Lineage, Buddha Ancestors, Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 01 2012 2
Dharma Transmission Serial: BZ-02259 David Weinberg Catherine Cascade Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Gratitude, Precepts, Lay Ordination, Ordination,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Aug 25 2012

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