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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 monastic "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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Ekō Lecture 5Serial: SR-00231 The Third Morning Eko [This is the fifth in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted at the conclusion of... Eko, Chanting, Buddha Ancestors, Bodhidharma, Building, Ceremony, Demons, Doubt,... |
Jul 13 1970 Tassajara |
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Ekō Lecture 1Serial: SR-00225 The First Morning Eko [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, Chanting, Monks, Precepts, Religion,... |
Jul 08 1970 Tassajara |
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Within Light There Is Utter DarknessSerial: SR-00052 Sandokai Lecture IX [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 27 Meichu ni atatte an... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Building, Diversity, Duality, Religion, Suffering, Sutra... |
Jun 20 1970 Tassajara |
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Today We May Be Very HappySerial: SR-00057 Sandokai Lecture VI [This lecture is concerned with the following lines of the Sandokai: Shiki moto shitsuzo wo... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Happiness, Zazen, Suffering, Pain, Buddha Nature,... |
Jun 10 1970 Tassajara |
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Warm Hand to Warm HandSerial: SR-00049 Sandokai Lecture II [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 2 tozai mitsuni aifusu.... Branching Streams, Sandokai, confusion, difficulty, Discrimination, Hate, New Year,... |
May 30 1970 Tassajara |
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Sincere Practice and Way-Seeking MindSerial: SR-00043 Sesshin Lecture No. 3, Sunday, May 3, 1970 Sesshin, Buddha Nature, Building, Hate, Offering, Realization, Transmission |
May 03 1970 City Center |
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Sincere PracticeSerial: SR-00140 How To Have Sincere Practice Tatsugami, Dogen, Buddha Nature, Don't Know Mind, Intuition, Monks, Posture,... |
Apr 28 1970 City Center |
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Embracing Pain Through Zen Calmness Ceremony, Compassion, Hate, Meditation, Pain, Suffering, Transmission |
Feb 1970 |
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Practice Should Not Be Perfect, So Descendants Have Something To DoSerial: SR-00203 Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 4 Sesshin, Dogen, Anger, Breath, Building, difficulty, Monastic Practice, Transmission... |
Dec 02 1969 Tassajara |
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On Zen Center History, Personal History, and Nona RansomSerial: SF-05610 Interview of Suzuki Roshi by Peter Schneider Interview, Conversation, Suzuki Roshi, confusion, Priest, Transmission, Hate, Bell,... |
Sep 16 1969 1 of 2 |
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Pure Silk, Sharp IronSerial: 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, Forms, Freedom, Pain, Patience, Transmission, War... |
Sep 14 1969 |
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Zazen: Unlocking True Nature Birth-and-Death, Buddha Mind, Chanting, Delusion, Religion, Silence, Teacher-and-... |
Sep 07 1969 |
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Rinzai Zen and Soto ZenSerial: SR-00033 July 1969 Morning. Dogen, Buddha Nature, Culture, Ego, Evil, Freedom, Observe, Priest, Tassajara,... |
Jul 1969 Sokoji |
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Reviving Dogen's Dharma Transmission Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Realization, Ceremony, difficulty, Mandala, Soto... |
Jun 10 1969 |
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Meditation as Living Enlightenment Buddha Nature, Composure, Discrimination, Letting Go, Meditation, Pain, Suffering,... |
Feb 1969 |
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At The End Of The Year We Clean Up Our HouseSerial: SF-05970B Dec 1968 New Year Lecture Beginner’s Mind, Dogen, Japan, New Year, Beginners, Transmission, Instruction, Priest... |
Dec 29 1968 Sokoji |
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Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-13Serial: SR-00005 Fall 1968 Lotus Sutra, Breath, Dana Paramita, Karma, Lay, Monks, Silence, Sutra, Transmission,... |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 13 Tassajara |
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In the first instruction of ten instructions in Gakudō-yōjin-shūSesshin, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Sixth Patriarch, Instruction, Balance, Platform Sutra,... |
Dec 17 1966 A Sokoji |
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In the Prajnaparamita SutraSerial: SF-05113B 5pm lecture begins this side Heart Sutra, Sengai, Dogen, Emptiness, Posture, Transmission, Beginners, Bell, Family... |
Jan 21 1966 5:00PM Sokoji |
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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, Buddha Nature, Discrimination, Priest, Transmission,... |
Jul 30 1965 D Sokoji |
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Zen Living: Presence in Every Moment Sixth Patriarch, Manjushri, Transmission, Vimalakirti |
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Unknown Talk, Serial 00291, Side B Precepts, Buddha Nature, Priest, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Transmission... |
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Passage to JapanSerial: BZ-00553 Part 1 of 3 Conversation, Culture, Dragons, Heart Sutra, Intuition, Lay, Practice Position,... |
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Passage to JapanSerial: BZ-00554 Part 2 of 3 Building, Doubt, Dragons, Lineage, Priest, Transmission |
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Transmitting the LightSerial: BZ-00778 Class Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice, Lay, Lineage, Monastic Practice... |
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The Philosophy of NatureSerial: SF-03048A Importance of Space Sixth Patriarch, Silence, Interdependence, Heart Sutra, Emotions, Emptiness, Birth-... |
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Liberation Through Tibetan Monastic Life Community, Culture, Happiness, Liberation, Lineage, Meditation, Monastic Practice,... |
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Zen Pathways to Present Peace Attachment, Buddha Nature, Consciousness, Constancy, Demons, Emotions, Separation,... |
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Compassionate Path Through Zen Practice Consciousness, Suffering, Impermanence, Ego, Letting Go, confusion, Right Speech,... |
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Zen Harmony Through Everyday Absorption Attachment, Buddha Nature, Consciousness, Demons, Emotions, Fox, Letting Go,... |
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Frontiers of WisdomSerial: NC-00182 Part of "Frontiers of Wisdom" Archival Photo OSB Cam, Transmission, Darkness-and-Light, Buddhism, Balance |
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Wisdom and HistorySerial: NC-00666 Wisdom and History OSB Cam, Buddhism, Transmission, Enlightenment, Realization |
2 of 4 |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00113 Mahayana, Silence, Vinaya, Nirvana Sutra, Transmission |
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Koinonia: Unity in Monastic Tradition Building, Transmission |
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Kesa: Weaving Spiritual History Into Fabric Anger, Ceremony, Evil, Greed, Transmission, Lay, Intimacy, Pain, Bodhidharma, Demons... |
Feb 04 |
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Case #7 - Wash Your BowlSerial: BZ-02027 Saturday Lecture MM-7, Family Practice, Transmission, Bell, Daily Life, Building, Emotions, Attachment... |
May 02 2009 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Faith as the Path to UnderstandingOSB Cam, Enemies, Discrimination, Transmission, Happiness, Intimacy |
Jun 22 |
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Dharma's Journey: Zen Transmission Unveiled Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Ceremony |
Feb 18 |