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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Title	Speaker	Date
Ekō Lecture 1 Serial: SR-00225 The First Morning Eko Wednesday, July 8, 1970 Tassajara [This is the first in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted at the conclusion of... Eko, Dogen, Manjushri, Transmission, Chanting, Monks, Wisdom, Precepts, American,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 08 1970 Tassajara
Within Light There Is Utter Darkness Serial: SR-00052 Sandokai Lecture IX Saturday, June 20, 1970 Tassajara [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 27 Meichu ni atatte an... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Suffering, Truth, Diversity, sitting, Duality,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 20 1970 Tassajara
Today We May Be Very Happy Serial: SR-00057 Sandokai Lecture VI Wednesday, June 10, 1970 Tassajara [This lecture is concerned with the following lines of the Sandokai: Shiki moto shitsuzo wo... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Happiness, Zazen, Suffering, Pain, Buddha Nature,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 10 1970 Tassajara
Warm Hand to Warm Hand Serial: SR-00049 Sandokai Lecture II Sunday, May 30, 1970 Tassajara [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 2 tozai mitsuni aifusu.... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Truth, Transmission, reality, New Year, difficulty,...	Suzuki Roshi	May 30 1970 Tassajara
Sincere Practice and Way-Seeking Mind Serial: SR-00043 Sesshin Lecture No. 3, Sunday, May 3, 1970 San Francisco Sesshin, American, Transmission, stubbornness, Buddha Nature, Hate, realization,...	Suzuki Roshi	May 03 1970 City Center
Sincere Practice Serial: SR-00140 How To Have Sincere Practice Tuesday, April 28, 1970 San Francisco Tatsugami, Dogen, Precepts, Monks, Intuition, Don't Know Mind, Posture, Buddha...	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 28 1970 City Center
February 1970 talk, Serial No. 00207 Pain, Suffering, Compassion, Hate, Transmission, Ceremony, Meditation	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 1970
Practice Should Not Be Perfect, So Descendants Have Something To Do Serial: SR-00203 Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 4 Tuesday, December 2, 1969 Sesshin, Dogen, Building, difficulty, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Zazen, Breath...	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 02 1969 Tassajara
OLD - Fragment of Q & A Serial: SR-00210 File name: 69-10-14-X: fragment of Q & A (titled by pf) A fragment of about 2 minutes found after chanting on tape for 69-10-14. This is contiguous with the talk on... Dogen, Transmission, Suffering, Monks, sitting, Silence, Priest, zen, War	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 14 1969 X
On Zen Center History, Personal History, and Nona Ransom Serial: SF-05610 Interview of Suzuki Roshi by Peter Schneider Interview, Transmission, Priest, Hate, Suzuki Roshi, training, Enemies, Passions,...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 16 1969 1 of 2
Pure Silk, Sharp Iron Serial: SR-00246 Sitting cross-legged - and then what? Having the right state of mind. Chinese and Japanese culture. His absent-mindedness, impatience. Virtue of endurance. Zazen, Dogen, Culture, Ego, Transmission, training, Patience, Forms, Pain, War,...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 14 1969
September 7th, 1969, Serial No. 00036 Transmission, Chanting, Birth-and-Death, Teacher-and-Student, Religion, Buddha Mind,...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 07 1969
Our Way To Attain Liberation Serial: SF-05087-B Monday Evening, August 18, 1969 Tassajara Story of the Sixth Patriarch. Practice with everyone else at the monastery, without self-centered ideas. Answering... Sixth Patriarch, Monastic Practice, Japan, Aspects of Practice, Discrimination, Faith...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 18 1969 Tassajara
Rinzai Zen and Soto Zen Serial: SR-00033 July 1969 San Francisco Morning. Dogen, Buddha Nature, Evil, Freedom, Priest, Ego, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 1969 Sokoji
June 10th, 1969, Serial No. 00081 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, realization, Ceremony, difficulty, Mandala, Soto...	Katagiri Roshi	Jun 10 1969
February 1969 talk, Serial No. 00002 Meditation, Transmission, Letting Go, Buddha Nature, Discrimination, Composure,...	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 1969
At The End Of The Year We Clean Up Our House Serial: SF-05970-B Dec 1968 New Year Lecture Beginner’s Mind, Dogen, Japan, New Year, Beginners, Transmission, Instruction, Priest...	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 29 1968 Sokoji
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-13 Serial: SR-00005 Fall 1968 Zen Mountain Center Lotus Sutra, Wisdom, Monks, Sutra, Dana, Silence, Lay, Transmission, Karma, Breath,...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 13 Tassajara
In the first instruction of ten instructions in Gakudō-yōjin-shū Sesshin, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, training, Instruction,...	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 17 1966 A Sokoji
OLD - In the first instruction of ten instructions in Gakudō-yōjin-shū Serial: SR-00089 Reel was wrongly dated - transcript matches 66-12-17-A ___ Discussion of fascicle Shobogeno Gakudo Yojinshu. Way-seeking mind and responding to encountering the... Sesshin, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Sixth Patriarch, training, Birth-and-Death, Instruction,...	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 17 1966 A Sokoji
On Sokei-An, Harada-Roshi, Yasutani-Roshi Serial: SF-01139 Tape 5 copy 1 Priest, Soto Zen, Lay, Rinzai, training, Sanctuary, Transmission, Zendo, Continuous...	Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Gary Snyder	Mar 1966 Kyoto
On Nanshin-Ken, Sokatsu-Shaku Serial: SF-01137A Tape 2 copy 1 Priest, Lay, Zendo, Ceremony, Bowing, Transmission, Emotions, Doubt, Peace	Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Gary Snyder	Feb 22 1966 Kyoto
In the Prajnaparamita Sutra Serial: SF-05113-B 5pm lecture begins this side Heart Sutra, Sengai, Dogen, Emptiness, Family Practice, Beginners, Transmission,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 21 1966 5:00PM Sokoji
OLD - Confucius Said the Most Visible is Something Invisible Serial: SF-05747 SR-65-08-28-A - duplicate of other versions Hate, Observe, Transmission, Peace	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 28 1965 Sokoji
OLD - Confucius Said the Most Visible is Something Invisible Serial: SF-05898 SR 002 Tape 1 copy Sesshin 1pm lecture - - duplicate of other versions Faith, Transmission, Hate	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 28 1965 Sokoji
OLD - Confucius Said The Most Visible Is Something Invisible Serial: 65-08-28-A One-Day Sesshin Lecture: 1 PM Saturday, August 28, 1965 San Francisco Sesshin, Culture, Hate, Composure, Transmission, Building, Pain, Observe, difficulty...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 28 1965 A Sokoji
Do You Have Some Questions? Serial: SF-05107A Tape 7 Summer 1965 Sesshin: Side 1 Friday evening lecture (transcribed) [Case replaced 12/95. Original notes were transcribed verbatim - WKR] Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Transmission, training, Emotions, Buddha Nature,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 30 1965 D Sokoji
OLD - Do You Have Some Questions? Serial: 65-07-30-D Sesshin Lecture Thursday, July 30, 1965, 6 PM, Lecture D Sokoji, San Francisco Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Transmission, Emotions, training, Happiness, Truth,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 30 1965 D Sokoji
On Sokei-An, Harada-Roshi, Yasutani-Roshi Serial: SF-01123 Tape 5 copy 2 - duplicate Priest, Soto Zen, Lay, Rinzai, Sanctuary, training, Interview, Transmission, Zendo...	Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Gary Snyder	[field_wisdom_date] Kyoto
Unknown Date, Serial 00369 Transmission, Meditation, Happiness, Culture, Lineage, Monastic Practice, Liberation...	Katagiri Roshi	[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown Date, Serial 00370 Buddha Nature, Transmission, Consciousness, Emotions, Attachment, Constancy, Demons,...	Katagiri Roshi	[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown Date, Serial 00376 Consciousness, Suffering, Impermanence, Ego, Letting Go, confusion, Right Speech,...	Katagiri Roshi	[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown Date, Serial 00388 Buddha Nature, Transmission, Consciousness, Letting Go, Attachment, Emotions,...	Katagiri Roshi	[field_wisdom_date]
Wisdom and History Serial: NC-00666 Wisdom and History OSB Cam, Buddhism, Transmission, Enlightenment, realization	Bruno Barnhart	[field_wisdom_date] 2 of 4
Frontiers of Wisdom Serial: NC-00182 Part of "Frontiers of Wisdom" Archival Photo OSB Cam, Transmission, Darkness and Light, Buddhism, Balance	Bruno Barnhart	[field_wisdom_date] 1 of 4
Unknown Date, Serial 00113 Mahayana, Silence, Vinaya, Nirvana Sutra, Transmission		[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown Date, Serial 00291, Side B Precepts, Buddha Nature, Priest, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	[field_wisdom_date]
Passage to Japan Serial: BZ-00553 Part 1 of 3 Practice Position, Culture, Lay, Heart Sutra, Transmission, Dragons, Intuition,...	Jakusho Bill Kwong	[field_wisdom_date] 1
Passage to Japan Serial: BZ-00554 Part 2 of 3 Transmission, Building, Dragons, American, Priest, Lineage, Doubt	Jakusho Bill Kwong	[field_wisdom_date] 2
Transmitting the Light Serial: BZ-00778 Class true dharma, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Continuous...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	[field_wisdom_date]
YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00068 Sixth Patriarch, Manjushri, Transmission, Vimalakirti	Edward Brown	[field_wisdom_date]
The Fifth Precept Serial: SF-04085 Note: the Sixth Precept is not included in series - (did not reproduce well) confusion, Don't Know Mind, Conversation, Faith, Greed, Transmission,...	Lew Richmond	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Lecture on Tibet Serial: SF-05340 Not Suzuki Roshi - lecture on Tibet-in-exile and HH Dalai Lama (both sides) Interview, Faith, New Year, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Instruction, Lay, training,...	Unknown	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Unknown Date, Serial 02736 Serial: SF-02736 There are no markings on this tape beyond manufacturers Heart Sutra, Death-and-Dying, Chanting, Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness...	Unknown	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Ngondro Serial: SF-01858 Class 4 - Teacher/Student Teacher-and-Student, Discrimination, Obstacles, Commitment, confusion, Buddha Nature...	Unknown	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
The Philosophy of Nature Serial: SF-03048A Importance of Space Sixth Patriarch, Silence, Interdependence, Heart Sutra, Emotions, Emptiness, Birth-...	Alan Watts	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Philosophy of Nature Part 1 Serial: SF-03035B #19 Passions, resistance, Transmission, Ego, Balance, Evil, Lay, confusion, Ceremony...	Alan Watts	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Unknown Date, Serial 00253 Building, Transmission	Columba Stewart	[field_wisdom_date] Mt. Saviour Monastery
Unknown year, February talk, Serial 00383 Anger, Ceremony, Evil, Greed, Transmission, Lay, Intimacy, Pain, Bodhidharma, Demons...	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 04
Unknown year, June talk, Serial 00978 OSB Cam, Enemies, Discrimination, Transmission, Happiness, Intimacy	Robert Hale	Jun 22

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