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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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Class 2 Komyo Divine Light Transmission, Current Events, Silent Illumination, Discrimination, Conversation,...		May 21 2009
Case #7 - Wash Your Bowl Serial: BZ-02027 Saturday Lecture BCR-7, Family Practice, Transmission, Bell, Daily Life, Building, Emotions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Causation and Non-Self causation, Transmission, Describe	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 23 2009 The Yoga Room
Zazen Fukanzazengi Instruction, Posture, Book of Serenity, Buddha Mind, Dharma Transmission, Echo,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 01 2009
This Little Light of Mine: Serial No. 01093, Side B Serial: BZ-01093B Includes Kid Zendo Lineage, Continuous, Offering, Funeral, Echo, Gratitude, Equanimity, Transmission,...	Ross Blum	Feb 21 2009 BZC
This Little Light of Mine Offering, Lineage, Continuous, Funeral, Echo, Gratitude, Transmission, Discrimination...	Ross Blum	Feb 21 2009
Tao Wu's Condolence Call: Blue Cliff Record Case 55: Serial No. 01092 Serial: BZ-01092 Sesshin Birth-and-Death, Echo, Duality, Offering, Funeral, Silence, Mahayana, Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 15 2009 BZC
Ryokan's Poems - Butterfly Dreams Discrimination, Anger, Heart Sutra, Nirvana, Enemies, resistance, Transmission,...	Shohaku Okumura	Jan 24 2009
Platform Sutra: Irritation with Sesshin, helping vs. criticizing: Serial No. 01078 Serial: BZ-01078 Rohatsu Day 2, Side B Nirvana Sutra, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Don...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra: Irritation with Sesshin, helping vs. criticizing: Serial No. 01183 Serial: BZ-01183 Rohatsu Day 2, Side A Transmission, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, Don...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng Serial: BZ-02005 Irritation during sesshin/helping versus Criticizing, Rohatsu Day 2 Hui Neng, Transmission, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana Sutra, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng: Serial No. 01453 Serial: BZ-01453 Rohatsu Day 1, side A Buddha Nature, Buddha Ancestors, Don't Know Mind, Ordination, Big Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng Serial: BZ-02004 Rohatsu Day 1 Hui Neng, Buddha Nature, Buddha Ancestors, Platform Sutra, Don't Know Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordinary Mind is the Way: Mumonkan Case 19: Serial No. 01074, Side B Ordinary Mind, MM-19, Nansen, Joshu, Ordinary Mind, Dharma Transmission, Intuition,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 22 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordinary Mind is the Way Serial: BZ-02003 Mumonkan No. 19, Saturday Lecture MM-19, Ordinary Mind, Dharma Transmission, Intuition, Gaining Mind, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 22 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Maylie Scott: Life and Death Serial: BZ-01131 Seven Year Memorial Day Reminiscence Birth-and-Death, Priest, Building, Dharma Transmission, Lay, Liberation, Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 10 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
January 26th, 2008, Serial No. 01110 Separation, Soto Zen, American, Gratitude, Mahayana, Transmission, Discrimination,...		Jan 26 2008
Blue Cliff Record: Case #61 Serial: BZ-01002 Raising a Particle of Dust, Saturday Lecture Sangha, Community, BCR-61, Dragons, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, soto, Silence,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 06 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
September 8th, 2007, Serial No. 00998, Side B Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Lineage, Buddha Ancestors, Bodhidharma, true...		Sep 08 2007
Dogen's Acupuncture Point of Zazen Serial: BZ-01423 Beating the cart or beating the horse, Saturday Lecture Zazenshin, Dogen, Lineage, Separation, Dharma Transmission, Dogen, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 03 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Eventual Transition of Abbacy Serial: BZ-01389 Practice Positions Complete Practice; Small and Large Equal, Saturday Lecture Practice Position, Transmission, Practice Position, Dharma Transmission, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 30 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
September 24th, 2006, Serial No. 01388 Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Transmission, Lotus Sutra...		Sep 24 2006
September 23rd, 2006, Serial No. 01387 Transmission, New Year, Lay, Lineage, Buddha Mind, Chanting, Discrimination, uchiyama...		Sep 23 2006
September 16th, 2006, Serial No. 01386 Bell, Family Practice, Transmission, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission...		Sep 16 2006
August 12th, 2006, Serial No. 01178 Death-and-Dying, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara, Practice Period, Anger, Ego, Patience...		Aug 12 2006
Spirit of Shuso Ceremony Serial: BZ-01170 Sesshin Day 5 Shuso Hossen, Teacher-and-Student, Intuition, training, Dharma Transmission, Emotions...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 18 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-01239 Tradition of Sewing Buddha's Robe, Saturday Lecture Lay Ordination, Sewing, Joshin-san, Precepts, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Commitment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 10 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
History of Berkeley Zen Center Pt. II Serial: BZ-01222B Kid Zendo: Figures on the Altar, Saturday Lecture Berkeley Zen Center, Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Priest, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 18 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukanzazengi Serial: BZ-01217 Part I, Sesshin Day 2 Fukanzazengi, Silent Illumination, Lineage, Discrimination, Daily Life, Sanctuary,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
February 4th, 2006, Serial No. 01214 Dharma Transmission, Discrimination, Building, Gratitude, New Year, Transmission,...		Feb 04 2006
Genzo-e Serial: SF-00115 Taking refuge; our true place; funzo; placing robe on the head; story from vinaya about silk. Discrimination, Doubt, Offering, Attachment, Peace, Patience, Transmission, Letting...	Shohaku Okumura	Feb 01 2006 AM
Crisis: A Spiritual Turning Point Spiritual life exists in crisis, which can be used as a turning point. To the extent that we recognize that where we sit right now is a turning point, we are able to understand the possibility of... Conversation, Faith, Transmission, Priest, War	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 08 2006 Part 1 Green Gulch Farm
Crisis: A Spiritual Turning Point Spiritual life exists in crisis, which can be used as a turning point. To the extent that we recognize that where we sit right now is a turning point, we are able to understand the possibility of... Transmission, Intuition, Emotions, Bell, Continuous	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 08 2006 Part 2 Green Gulch Farm
August 20th, 2005, Serial No. 01342 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Buddha Ancestors, Commitment, Priest, Addiction,...		Aug 20 2005
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01332 Sesshin Day 4 Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Priest, Bodhidharma, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 25 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
June 18th, 2005, Serial No. 01328 Lotus Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Patience, Tassajara, Cultivation, Humility,...		Jun 18 2005
Priest and Lay Practice Serial: BZ-01325 Saturday Lecture Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Lay, Ordination, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 28 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
May 7th, 2005, Serial No. 01321 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Humility, Priest, Renunciation, Ego, Practice...		May 07 2005
Dharma Transmission Serial: BZ-01550 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Humility, Ego, Renunciation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 07 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Find Out for Yourself Serial: BZ-00600 Sesshin Day 6 Monastic Practice, Teacher-and-Student, Aspects of Practice, Intuition, Non-duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 28 2005
March 26th, 2005, Serial No. 01316, Side C Transmission, Lay Practice, Priest, Politics, Lay, Hindrances, Heart Sutra,...		Mar 26 2005
March 25th, 2005, Serial No. 00593 Triple Treasure, Four Noble Truths, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, Lotus...		Mar 25 2005

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