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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 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.

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A Lotus Flower Blossoms on Each Thought A Lotus Flower Blooms on Every Thought Tenshin Reb Anderson No Abode August 11, 2012 Late afternoon Duality, Avalokiteshvara, Doubt, Transmission	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 11 2012 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
Poems of Miaza Never Despise Lotus Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Transmission, uchiyama, Beginners, Separation,...	Shohaku Okumura	Aug 04 2012
Zazen and Willingness Ego, Posture, Blue Cliff Record, Silence, Instruction, Offering, Dharma Transmission...	Mary Mocine	Jul 14 2012
Genjo Koan - Section 9 Serial: BZ-02247 No Gaining Idea, Sesshin Day 2, All dharmas are without self Subject-and-Object, Duality, Non-duality, Precious Mirror, Impermanence, Heart Sutra...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 2012 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission Transmission, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Lineage, Dragons, Precepts,...	David Weinberg	Apr 28 2012
The Boatman Does Not Use a Wooden Goose Transmission, Echo, Manjushri, Silence	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 17 2011 Morning No Abode Hermitage
Non-Attachment to Buddha Nature Is Buddha Nature Priest-and-Lay, Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Priest, Lay, Transmission, Non-...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Nov 05 2011
Entry into the nature of the knowable Transmission, Perfect Wisdom, Mahayana	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 01 2011 Morning No Abode Hermitage
Zenki and Shoji Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Lay, Bowing, Silence, Observe,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 03 2011 1
Transforming the Mind of Delusion Balance, cognitive process, Transmission, Sangha	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 28 2011 The Yoga Room
Transforming the Mind of Delusion Karmic Consciousness, Samsara, Transmission, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Samadhi...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 21 2011 The Yoga Room
Pulling Out The Thorn Ordinary Mind, Four Noble Truths, Attachment, Daily Life, Tassajara, training,...	Gil Fronsdal	Jul 16 2011
Eighty-second Birthday Talk Serial: BZ-02192 My Intention as a Priest, Saturday Lecture Four Methods of Guidance, Generosity, Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Culture, Gratitude,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 09 2011 Berkeley Zen Center
It's All Right Here Practice Period, Ordinary Mind, resistance, Branching Streams, Lay Practice, Platform...	Ross Blum	Jun 25 2011
Dharma Transmission Serial: BZ-02188 Teacher/Disciple Relationship, Sesshin Day 4 Lineage, Transmission, Dogen, Transmission, Branching Streams, Buddha Ancestors,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 18 2011 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazenshin Class Transmission, Discrimination, Culture, Book of Serenity, Fundraising, Instruction,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 02 2011 4
Zazenshin Class Dragons, Buddha Ancestors, Teacher-and-Student, First Principle, Non-duality, Lineage...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 19 2011 2
Zazenshin Class Transmission, Peace, Silence, Beginners, Instruction, Fundraising, Posture, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 12 2011 1
Leaning In To Difficulty Ego, War, Peace, Instruction, Fox, Dragons, Patience, Transmission	Baika Pratt	Apr 09 2011
Teshan and Lung Tan Transmission, Don't Know Mind, Anger, Ordinary Mind, Teacher-and-Student,...	Greg Denny	Mar 12 2011
Denkoroku Class - Kumorata The Nineteenth Ancestor Birth-and-Death, Karma, Transmission, Continuous, Karmic Consciousness, Five Ranks,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 24 2011 2
Denkoroku Class - Ungo Doyo Daiosho Offering, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Evil, Demons, Intuition, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 20 2011
Denkoroku Class - Bashyashita Daiosho Karma, Transmission, Daily Life, Conversation, Duality, Funeral, Dragons, Non-duality...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 20 2011
Genjo Koan Lotus Sutra, Transmission, Fundraising, Anger, Enemies, Happiness, Separation,...	Dairyu Michael Wenger	Feb 12 2011
Intimate Zen, Perfect Wisdom Serial: BZ-02154 Other Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Four Noble Truths, true dharma,...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Jan 29 2011 Berkeley Zen Center
Lineage Precept Vein - Not One, Not Two Transmission, Precepts, Intuition, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission, Lineage,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Jan 15 2011
Paying Respect to the Great Teacher Dragons, Transmission, true dharma, Dogen, Perfect Wisdom	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 06 2010 Morning No Abode Hermitage
Ryokan Class Offering, Posture, Passions, Transmission, training, Priest, Hate, Doubt, Peace,...	Shohaku Okumura	Aug 14 2010 2
Ryokan's Big Bird Discrimination, Building, Passions, Culture, Dragons, Enemies, Happiness,...	Shohaku Okumura	Aug 14 2010
Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Ego, Transmission, Discrimination, Religion, Samsara, Echo, Beginners,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 01 2010 5
Stillness and Activity Enemies, Silence, Don't Know Mind, Intimacy, Chanting, Passions, Transmission,...	Daijaku Kinst	Apr 10 2010
Hokyo Zammai Class Absolute-and-Relative, Discrimination, Transmission, Five Ranks, Subject-and-Object,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 25 2010 2
Continuous Compassion for Karmic Consciousness Karmic Consciousness, Confession and Repentance, Repentance, Transmission	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 06 2010 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
Women's Practice Intimacy, Attachment, Lineage, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,...	Myoan Grace Shireson	Jan 09 2010
Everything is Presenting Itself Serial: BZ-02070 Consciousness, Rohatsu Day 3 Intimacy, Culture, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Precepts, Gratitude,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Wind Of The House Practice Period, Aspects of Practice, Buddha Nature, Commitment, confusion,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 10 2009
Hokyo Zammai IV Serial: BZ-02057 Hobo = Dharma Bum, Sesshin Day 2 Hakuin, Sekito Kisen, Tozan, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Nirvana Sutra, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 07 2009 Part 2 of Berkeley Zen Center
Hokyo Zammai I Serial: BZ-02054 Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi, Sesshin Day 1 Five Ranks, Tozan, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Precious Mirror, Five Ranks, Passions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 06 2009 Part 1 of Berkeley Zen Center
August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side B American, War, Culture, Building, Lay Practice, Transmission, Peace, training,...		Aug 28 2009
August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side D Cultivation, Conversation, Don't Know Mind, Transmission, Fundraising,...		Aug 28 2009
August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side F Culture, American, Transmission, Religion, Lineage, Conversation, Priest, Zazen Mind...		Aug 28 2009
August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side G Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Lineage, Ordination, Soto Zen, Priest, Culture,...		Aug 28 2009
August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side H American, Monastic Practice, training, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Culture,...		Aug 28 2009
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness Mindfulness, Posture, Hindrances, Anger, Priest, Concentration, Subject-and-Object,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Aug 08 2009
Growing Up Composure, Discrimination, Non-discrimination, Priest, Silence, Passions,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 25 2009
The Swastika as Mandala Serial: BZ-02046 Sesshin Day 5 Politics, Evil, Happiness, Mandala, Interview, resistance, Transmission, Hate,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Class 5 Absorption In The Treasury Of Light Subject-and-Object, Cultivation, Transmission, Manjushri, Lotus Sutra, Religion,...		Jun 11 2009
More Light Ordinary Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Darkness and Light, Bodhisattva Vow, Transmission...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 23 2009

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