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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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Title	Speaker	Date
A Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures Buddha Mind, Transmission, Stillness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 02 2013 AM 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 Buddha Nature, Commitment, Darkness-and-Light, Five Ranks, Gratitude, Lotus Sutra,...	Ryushin Andrea Thach	Nov 24 2012
The Wholehearted Way - Self Receiving and Employing Samadhi Bowing, Don't Know Mind, Instruction, Non-duality, Posture, Practice Period,...	Gerry Oliva	Oct 20 2012
Introduction to Bendowa Dharma Transmission, Ordinary Mind, Rinzai, Samadhi, Soto Zen, Transmission, War...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 14 2012
Buddhas and Sentient Beings Anger, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Book of Serenity, Buddha Nature, Evil, Five Ranks, Non-...	Greg Denny	Oct 06 2012
My Three Weeks in Europe Serial: BZ-02265 Zen in Europe, Saturday Lecture Kobun Chino, Vanya Palmers, Culture, Bell, Building, Doubt, Interview, Passions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 15 2012 Berkeley Zen Center
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
Raihai Tokuzui Serial: BZ-02260 Study sesshin, part 1 of 4 Bodhidharma, Bowing, Culture, Dragons, Fox, Lineage, Lotus Sutra, Transmission, Vow...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 01 2012 1
Dharma Transmission Serial: BZ-02259 David Weinberg Catherine Cascade Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Gratitude, Precepts, Lay Ordination, Ordination,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Aug 25 2012
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, Avalokitesvara, Doubt, Transmission	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 11 2012 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
Poems of Miaza Never Despise Serial: BZ-02256 Part 1 of 2 Lotus Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Transmission, Uchiyama, Beginners, Separation,...	Shohaku Okumura	Aug 04 2012 1
2012.07.29-serial.00137 Lotus Sutra, Buddha, Transmission		Jul 29 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, Don't Know Mind, Gaining Mind, Heart...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 2012 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission Transmission, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Lineage, Dragons, Precepts,...	David Weinberg	Apr 28 2012
Cloud Bait and Moon Hooks Transmission, Manjushri, Stillness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 17 2011 Morning
The Boatman Does Not Use a Wooden Goose Manjushri, Silence, Transmission	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
Transforming Consciousness for Enlightenment Storehouse Consciousness, Karma, Transmission	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 01 2011 Morning
Zenki and Shoji Serial: BZ-02200 Part 1 of 4, study sesshin Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Lay, Bowing, Silence, Transmission...	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 Attachment, Daily Life, Dragons, Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness, Offering, Ordinary...	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 Branching Streams, Building, Lay, Lay Practice, Ordinary Mind, Platform Sutra,...	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 Beginners, Buddha Nature, Fundraising, Instruction, Patience, Peace, Posture, Silence...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 12 2011 1
Leaning In To Difficulty Ego, War, Peace, Instruction, Fox, Dragons, Patience, Transmission	Baika Andrea 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 Practice, Karmic Consciousness, Five...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 24 2011 2
Denkoroku Class - Ungo Doyo Daiosho Serial: BZ-02160 Study sesshin, part 4 of 4 Offering, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Evil, Demons, Intuition, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 20 2011 4
Denkoroku Class - Bashyashita Daiosho Serial: BZ-02159 Study sesshin, part 3 of 4 Karma, Transmission, Daily Life, Conversation, Duality, Funeral, Dragons, Non-duality...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 20 2011 3
Genjo Koan Anger, Enemies, Fundraising, Happiness, Lotus Sutra, Religion, Separation,...	Dairyu Michael Wenger	Feb 12 2011
Intimate Zen, Perfect Wisdom Serial: BZ-02154 Other Conversation, Dharma Transmission, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Patience, Peace,...	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 Dogen, Dragons, Perfect Wisdom, Transmission	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 06 2010 Morning No Abode Hermitage
Embodied Wisdom: Intimacy in Transmission Practice Period, Transmission	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 26 2010
Ryokan's Big Bird Serial: BZ-02120 Part 1 of 2, teaching class Discrimination, Building, Passions, Culture, Dragons, Enemies, Happiness,...	Shohaku Okumura	Aug 14 2010 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Ryokan Class Serial: BZ-02119 Teaching class 2 of 2 Doubt, Enemies, Hate, Offering, Passions, Peace, Posture, Priest, Transmission...	Shohaku Okumura	Aug 14 2010 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Hokyo Zammai Class Beginners, Discrimination, Ego, Five Ranks, Lineage, Religion, Samsara, Transmission...	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 Berkeley Zen Center

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