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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Way Seeking Mind Pt. 4Serial: BZ-00588 Lecture, second half of part 4 Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice... |
Mar 15 2005 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center |
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Way seeking Mind, Part 4Serial: BZ-01571 Part 4, first half Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Humility, Doubt, Passions, Conversation, War,... |
Mar 15 2005 1 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center |
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March 15th, 2005, Serial No. 01572 Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Doubt, Ordination... |
Mar 15 2005 |
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Way Seeking Mind Pt. 3Serial: BZ-00589 Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, Building, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center... |
Mar 14 2005 |
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Hokyo Zammai Class Ego, Discrimination, Birth-and-Death, Five Ranks, Karma, Delusion, Continuous... |
Mar 06 2005 Tassajara |
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March 6th, 2005, Serial No. 00769 Ego, Discrimination, Birth-and-Death, Five Ranks, Karma, Eight Aspects, Gaining Mind... |
Mar 06 2005 |
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Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Platform Sutra, Letting Go, Ego,... |
Mar 02 2005 Tassajara |
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March 2nd, 2005, Serial No. 00770 Five Ranks, Transmission, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Light-and-... |
Mar 02 2005 |
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January 20th, 2005, Serial No. 00796 Precious Mirror, Oneness, Ego, confusion, Offering, Ordinary Mind, Religion,... |
Jan 20 2005 |
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Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror SamadhiSerial: BZ-00777 Class 1 of 12 Precious Mirror, Five Ranks, Big Mind, Dharma Transmission, Ego, Transmission, Daily... |
Jan 15 2005 1 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center |
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January 15th, 2005, Serial No. 00833 Big Mind, Ego, Daily Life, Dharma Transmission, Lineage, Forgiveness, Equanimity,... |
Jan 15 2005 |
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Ryokan and the Virtues of a Simple LifeSerial: BZ-01301C Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Soto Zen, Transmission, Gratitude, Practice... |
Jan 15 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 18th, 2004, Serial No. 01030, Side A Dragons, Transmission, Fox, Buddha Ancestors, Lineage, Interview, Lotus Sutra,... |
Nov 18 2004 |
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November 11th, 2004, Serial No. 01029, Side A Lay Practice, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Aspects of Practice, Transmission, Rinzai,... |
Nov 11 2004 |
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November 6th, 2004, Serial No. 01288 Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Priest, Teacher-and-... |
Nov 06 2004 |
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October 28th, 2004, Serial No. 01027, Side A Platform Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Cultivation, Birth-and-Death, Lineage, Dharma... |
Oct 28 2004 |
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October 23rd, 2004, Serial No. 01285 Aspects of Practice, Practice Period, Gaining Mind, Passions, Transmission, uchiyama... |
Oct 23 2004 |
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History of Soto Zen: First Dharma Heritage CeremonySerial: BZ-01283C Zuisse Ceremony and Dharma Transmission, Saturday Lecture Zuisse, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Religion,... |
Oct 09 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Love, Holistic Approach: Love and Intimacy as a Wide Path of PracticeSerial: BZ-01282B Lecture Transmission, Passions, Culture, Dream World, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Buddha... |
Oct 02 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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October 2nd, 2004, Serial No. 01569 Transmission, Culture, Dream World, Passions, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Lineage,... |
Oct 02 2004 |
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QuestioningSerial: SF-04082 Sunday Lecture: zen as a return to Buddha's natural questioning, rather than a religious institution with fancy temples, robes, statues, etc Ordinary Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind, Diversity, Intuition, Priest, Lay, Faith,... |
Sep 26 2004 Green Gulch |
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Not Sticking to Anything: Working with FaultsSerial: BZ-01244 (from "Not Always So"), Sesshin Day 2 Ego, Culture, training, Teacher-and-Student, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,... |
Sep 05 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Way Seeking MindSerial: BZ-01273 Approaching his 75th Birthday (July 9th), Saturday Lecture Way-Seeking Mind, Sojun Mel Weitsman, Dharma Transmission, War, Transmission,... |
Jul 03 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Gakudo Yojunshi, Point #8Serial: BZ-01268 Moving and Stillness, Sesshin Day 2 Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Stillness, Dream World, Birth-and-Death, Bowing, Dharma... |
Jun 17 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 27th, 2004, Serial No. 01024, Side A Teacher-and-Student, Greed, Bodhidharma, Chanting, Soto Zen, Instruction, Religion,... |
May 27 2004 |
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April 24th, 2004, Serial No. 01261 Greed, Continuous Practice, Culture, Bell, Daily Life, Anger, Renunciation,... |
Apr 24 2004 |
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March 24th, 2004, Serial No. 01039 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Ceremony, Tassajara Zen... |
Mar 24 2004 City Center |
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2004.03.13-serial.00184 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Intention, Culture, Priest |
Mar 13 2004 |
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March 1st, 2004, Serial No. 01019, Side A Lotus Sutra, Transmission, Lineage, Intimacy, Karma, Nirvana Sutra, Conversation, Fox... |
Mar 01 2004 |
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February 28th, 2004, Serial No. 01252 Blue Cliff Record, Dharma Transmission, Conversation, Karmic Consciousness, Culture,... |
Feb 28 2004 |
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November 20th, 2003, Serial No. 01017, Side A Dragons, Absolute-and-Relative, Transmission, Discrimination, Six Realms, Culture,... |
Nov 20 2003 |
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November 6th, 2003, Serial No. 01015, Side A Posture, Dharma Transmission, zen meditation, Lineage, Observe, Transmission, Culture... |
Nov 06 2003 |
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2010.10.03-serial.00055 Practice Period, training, Conversation, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Commitment... |
Oct 08 2003 |
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September 21st, 2003, Serial No. 01359 Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations, Renewal, Repentance, Transmission, Mindfulness,... |
Sep 21 2003 |
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September 20th, 2003, Serial No. 03984 Light-and-Darkness, Intimacy, Bowing, Commitment, Transmission, Lineage, Karma, Vow,... |
Sep 20 2003 City Center |
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Lay Ordination, Lay Recognition, PreceptsSerial: BZ-00137 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Lay Ordination, Buddha Nature, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Bodhisattva... |
May 31 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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April 17th, 2003, Serial No. 00297 Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Mundane Life, First Principle, Lineage, Sixth... |
Apr 17 2003 |
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April 10th, 2003, Serial No. 00298 Mahayana, Transmission, Silence, Buddha Mind, Culture, Heart Sutra, Lineage, Posture... |
Apr 10 2003 |
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Light in Buddhism: Silent Illumination of Zen Master HongzhiSerial: BZ-00543 Class 5 of 7 Karma, Addiction, Anger, War, Demons, Intuition, Equanimity, Attachment, Interview,... |
Mar 30 2003 5 Chapel Hill Zen Center |
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March 6th, 2003, Serial No. 00490 Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness, Cultivation, Passions, Concentration, training, Karma... |
Mar 06 2003 |
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January 11th, 2003, Serial No. 04074 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen,... |
Jan 11 2003 City Center |
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December 11th, 2002, Serial No. 04007 Separation, Sixth Patriarch, Big Mind, resistance, Equanimity, Patience, Gratitude,... |
Dec 11 2002 City Center |
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Zendo Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Hate, Greed, Freedom, Delusion, Monastic Practice... |
Dec 06 2002 Tassajara |
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Practice Walking Like an Elephant or a CowSerial: BZ-00174B Suzuki-rôshi Lecture, Rohatsu Day 4 Bodhidharma, Eka, Buddha Nature, Zazen, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Dharma... |
Dec 05 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Lay OrdinationSerial: BZ-00149B Saturday Lecture Lay Ordination, Precepts, Ordination, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Way, Buddha... |
Jun 15 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Instructions for the Cook: Tenzo KyokunSerial: BZ-00453 Class 5 of 5 Teacher-and-Student, Six Realms, Demons, Continuous Practice, Big Mind, Karmic... |
Jun 13 2002 5 Berkeley Zen Center |
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June 13th, 2002, Serial No. 01014, Side A Teacher-and-Student, Six Realms, Demons, Big Mind, Karmic Consequences, Continuous... |
Jun 13 2002 |
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Transmission of the Light ClassSerial: SF-01090 What enlightenment meant to the ancestors might be different than what it means to us, it's important to come to everyday events with a new outlook or view, Daitaka, we can... Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, true dharma, Transmission, Buddha Mind, Demons,... |
Jun 04 2002 Green Gulch |
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Transmission of the Light ClassSerial: SF-01088 What brings us to these stories(?)? What is the unrest? What is the transmission of, how does the unrest be calmed (?), impermanence is that essential problem. Stories are what... Transmission, Separation, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Dragons... |
May 21 2002 Green Gulch |
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Transmission of the Light ClassSerial: SF-00917 Be careful about taking doctrine too much on faith, Don Juan's two cats; Ananda, every one of these stories has a warning, Dogen: all things, just as they are, are perfectly... Delusion, realization, Emptiness, Transmission, Religion, Interdependence, Birth-and-... |
May 14 2002 Green Gulch |