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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 (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
Aspects of Practice: Female Chan Ancestors Serial: BZ-01030A Class 4 of 4 Practice Period, Dragons, Transmission, Fox, Buddha Ancestors, Lineage, Interview,...	Baika Pratt	Nov 18 2004 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Dogen Serial: BZ-01029A Class 3 of 4 Bodhisattva Ceremony, Lay Practice, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Transmission, Rinzai,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Nov 11 2004 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Nagarjuna Serial: BZ-01288 Lecture Heart Sutra, Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Priest, Teacher-and-Student, Mahayana,...	Peter Overton	Nov 06 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of practice: Huineng, 6th Ancestor Serial: BZ-01027A Class 1 of 4 Platform Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Cultivation, Birth-and-Death, Lineage, Dharma...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 28 2004 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Listening to our Zen Ancestors with no Gaining Mind Serial: BZ-01285 Saturday lecture Practice Period, Gaining Mind, Passions, Transmission, Uchiyama, Daily Life, Non-...	Ron Nestor	Oct 23 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
History of Soto Zen: First Dharma Heritage Ceremony Serial: BZ-01283C Zuisse Ceremony and Dharma Transmission, Saturday Lecture Zuisse, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Religion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 09 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Love, Holistic Approach: Love and Intimacy as a Wide Path of Practice Serial: BZ-01282B Lecture Transmission, Passions, Culture, Dream World, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Buddha...	David Weinberg	Oct 02 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
October 2nd, 2004, Serial No. 01569 Transmission, Culture, Dream World, Passions, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Lineage,...		Oct 02 2004
Not Sticking to Anything: Working with Faults Serial: BZ-01244 (from "Not Always So"), Sesshin Day 2 Ego, Culture, Teacher-and-Student, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Way Seeking Mind Serial: BZ-01273 Approaching his 75th Birthday (July 9th), Saturday Lecture Way-Seeking Mind, Sojun Mel Weitsman, Dharma Transmission, War, Transmission, Priest...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 03 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Gakudo Yojunshi, Point #8 Serial: BZ-01268 Moving and Stillness, Sesshin Day 2 Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Stillness, Dream World, Birth-and-Death, Bowing, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 17 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Guidelines for Studying the Way: Dogen’s Gakudo Yojin-Shu Serial: BZ-01024A Class 3 of 5 Teacher-and-Student, Greed, Bodhidharma, Chanting, Soto Zen, Instruction, Religion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 27 2004 3 Berkeley Zen Center
The Awesome Presence of Active Buddhas: A Dogen Fascicle Serial: BZ-01261 Saturday Lecture Greed, Continuous Practice, Culture, Bell, Daily Life, Anger, Renunciation,...	Taigen Leighton	Apr 24 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Resonant Journeys in Zen Dharma Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Buddhism	Kosho McCall	Mar 24 2004 City Center
Navigating Life's Lightless Labyrinth Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Intention, Culture, Priest	Edward Brown	Mar 13 2004
As Large as Life: Zen Koans for Everyday Practice; Mumonkan Case #6 Buddha Twirls a Flower Serial: BZ-01019A Class 2 of 4 Lotus Sutra, Transmission, Lineage, Intimacy, Karma, Nirvana Sutra, Conversation, Fox...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 01 2004 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #15: Giving and Receiving Serial: BZ-01252 Saturday Lecture Blue Cliff Record, Dharma Transmission, Conversation, Karmic Consciousness, Culture,...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Feb 28 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukanzazengi Serial: BZ-01017A Class 4 of 4 Dharma Transmission, Dragons, Absolute-and-Relative, Transmission, Discrimination,...	Doug Greiner	Nov 20 2003 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukanzazengi Serial: BZ-01015A Class 2 of 4 Lay, Posture, Dharma Transmission, Lineage, Observe, Transmission, Culture,...	Ross Blum	Nov 06 2003 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Weaving Zen Through Life's Stages Practice Period, Conversation, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Commitment,...	Christina Lehnherr	Oct 08 2003
Things Change: Butch Serial: BZ-01359 Women's Sitting Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Renewal, Repentance, Transmission...	Mary Mocine	Sep 21 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination, Lay Recognition, Precepts Serial: BZ-00137 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Lay Ordination, Buddha Nature, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Bodhisattva...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 31 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Zen: 6th Ancestor and Five Schools of Zen Serial: BZ-00297 Class 2 of 4 Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Mundane Life, First Principle, Lineage, Sixth...	Ross Blum and Laurie Senauke	Apr 17 2003 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Zen Serial: BZ-00298 Class 1 of 4 Mahayana, Transmission, Silence, Buddha Mind, Culture, Heart Sutra, Lineage, Posture...	Ross Blum and Laurie Senauke	Apr 10 2003 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Light in Buddhism: Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi Serial: BZ-00543 Class 5 of 7 Karma, Addiction, Anger, War, Demons, Intuition, Equanimity, Attachment, Interview,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 30 2003 5 Chapel Hill Zen Center
Basic Buddhism: Four Noble Truths Serial: BZ-00490 Class 3 of 4 Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness, Cultivation, Passions, Concentration, Karma,...	David Weinberg	Mar 06 2003 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice Walking Like an Elephant or a Cow Serial: BZ-00174B Suzuki-rôshi Lecture, Rohatsu Day 4 Bodhidharma, Eka, Buddha Nature, Zazen, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 05 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha Mind Beyond Language Limits Serial: RB-01451 Seminar_This_Mind_is_Buddha Consciousness, Buddha, Transmission	Richard Baker	Nov 21 2002 Johanneshof
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-00149B Saturday Lecture Lay Ordination, Precepts, Ordination, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Way, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 15 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Instructions for the Cook: Tenzo Kyokun Serial: BZ-00453 Class 5 of 5 Teacher-and-Student, Six Realms, Demons, Continuous Practice, Big Mind, Karmic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 13 2002 5 Berkeley Zen Center
June 13th, 2002, Serial No. 01014, Side A Teacher-and-Student, Six Realms, Demons, Big Mind, Karmic Consequences, Continuous...		Jun 13 2002
Transmission of the Light Class Serial: SF-01086 Tuesday: Breaking through the conceptual veil, Kasyapa, nothing to be transmitted, investigate the conventional world to the limit, Kukkutapada Buddha, Transmission, Time	Daigan Lueck	May 07 2002 Green Gulch Farm
The Precepts Serial: BZ-00445 Class 1 of 4 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Lineage, Observe, Vow, Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 11 2002 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Genzo-e Transmission, Nirvana, Karma, Ceremony, Monastic Practice, Fox, Passions, Vinaya...	Shohaku Okumura	Mar 09 2002 1
Dogen’s Kokyo: The Eternal Mirror Serial: BZ-00473 Class 1 of 4 Separation, Culture, Religion, Diversity, Politics, Oneness, Observe, Passions,...	Robert Rosenbaum	Jan 24 2002 1 Berkeley Zen Center
January 16th, 2002, Serial No. 00078 Joshu, Beginners, Transmission		Jan 16 2002
The Sacrament of the Present Moment Serial: NC-00002 Archival Photo OSB Cam, Transmission, Anger, Gratitude, Emotions, Ceremony	Robert Hale	2002 2 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Aspects of Practice: Lineage Serial: BZ-00475 Class 3 of 4 Lineage, Transmission, Culture, Eight Awarenesses, Birth-and-Death, Branching Streams...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Oct 18 2001 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice Serial: BZ-00476 Class 2 of 4 Teacher-and-Student, Lineage, Transmission, Buddha Ancestors, Bodhisattva Ceremony,...	David Weinberg	Oct 11 2001 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Study as Practice Serial: BZ-00088A Lecture Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Book of Serenity, Transmission,...	Lee DeBarros	Aug 25 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Interview with Sojun Mel Weitsman Serial: BZ-00068 Interview 2 of 3 Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Priest, Precepts, Priest-and-Lay, Ordination, Lay...	Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 05 2001 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Interview with Sojun Mel Weitsman Serial: BZ-00128 Interview 1 of 3 Dharma Transmission, Priest, Transmission, Religion, Ordination, Building, Intuition...	Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 05 2001 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Tenzo Kyokun Class Emptiness, Dragons, Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Zazen, Hindrances, Impermanence,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 21 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Genjo Koan Serial: SF-00117 Workshop Karma, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Politics, Nirvana,...	Shohaku Okumura	Nov 04 2000 1 of 4 City Center
One-day Sitting Lecture Dragons, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Duality, Ceremony, Bowing, Emotions,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Sep 16 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Sokoji Instruction, Bell, American, Priest, Branching Streams, Family Practice, Building,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 30 2000
Women Ancestors Class Serial: BZ-00851 Class 4 of 4 Transmission, Dragons, Passions, Heart Sutra, Buddha Nature, Beginners, Conversation...	Mary Mocine and Grace Schireson	Jul 27 2000 4 Berkeley Zen Center
The Sixth Precept "No Fault Finding" Serial: BZ-00059 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Big Mind, Anger, Hate, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Evil, Daily Life, Non-duality...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 15 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Interview of Sojun Don't Know Mind, Doubt, Culture, Religion, Conversation, Hate, Manjushri,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman, Michael Killigrew	Jun 12 2000
Women Ancestors Serial: BZ-00164 Evening lecture Rinzai, Lineage, Transmission, Fox, Dharma Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Doubt, Teacher-...	Miriam Levering	May 18 2000 Berkeley Zen Center

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