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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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Aspects of Practice: Female Chan Ancestors

Serial: BZ-01030A

Class 4 of 4

Practice Period, Dragons, Transmission, Fox, Buddha Ancestors, Lineage, Interview,...
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,...
Nov 11 2004
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Nagarjuna

Serial: BZ-01288

Lecture

Heart Sutra, Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Priest, Teacher-and-Student, Mahayana,...
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...
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-...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
Apr 24 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Resonant Journeys in Zen Dharma

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Buddhism
Mar 24 2004
City Center

Navigating Life's Lightless Labyrinth

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Intention, Culture, Priest
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...
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,...
Feb 28 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukanzazengi

Serial: BZ-01017A

Class 4 of 4

Dharma Transmission, Dragons, Absolute-and-Relative, Transmission, Discrimination,...
Nov 20 2003
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukanzazengi

Serial: BZ-01015A

Class 2 of 4

Lay, Posture, Dharma Transmission, Lineage, Observe, Transmission, Culture,...
Nov 06 2003
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Weaving Zen Through Life's Stages

Practice Period, Conversation, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Commitment,...
Oct 08 2003

Things Change: Butch

Serial: BZ-01359

Women's Sitting

Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Renewal, Repentance, Transmission...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
Dec 05 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddha Mind Beyond Language Limits

Serial: RB-01451

Seminar_This_Mind_is_Buddha

Consciousness, Buddha, Transmission
Nov 21 2002
Johanneshof

Lay Ordination

Serial: BZ-00149B

Saturday Lecture

Lay Ordination, Precepts, Ordination, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Way, Buddha...
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...
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
May 07 2002
Green Gulch Farm

The Precepts

Serial: BZ-00445

Class 1 of 4

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Lineage, Observe, Vow, Transmission,...
Apr 11 2002
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Genzo-e

Transmission, Nirvana, Karma, Ceremony, Monastic Practice, Fox, Passions, Vinaya...
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,...
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
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
Jan 05 2001
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Tenzo Kyokun Class

Emptiness, Dragons, Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Zazen, Hindrances, Impermanence,...
Nov 21 2000
Green Gulch Farm

Genjo Koan

Serial: SF-00117

Workshop

Karma, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Politics, Nirvana,...
Nov 04 2000
1 of 4
City Center

One-day Sitting Lecture

Dragons, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Duality, Ceremony, Bowing, Emotions,...
Sep 16 2000
Green Gulch Farm

Sokoji

Instruction, Bell, American, Priest, Branching Streams, Family Practice, Building,...
Jul 30 2000

Women Ancestors Class

Serial: BZ-00851

Class 4 of 4

Transmission, Dragons, Passions, Heart Sutra, Buddha Nature, Beginners, Conversation...
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...
Jul 15 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Interview of Sojun

Don't Know Mind, Doubt, Culture, Religion, Conversation, Hate, Manjushri,...
Jun 12 2000

Women Ancestors

Serial: BZ-00164

Evening lecture

Rinzai, Lineage, Transmission, Fox, Dharma Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Doubt, Teacher-...
May 18 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

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