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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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Transmission of the Light Class Serial: 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-...	Daigan Lueck	May 14 2002 Green Gulch
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 Transmission, realization, Sixth Patriarch, Book of Serenity, Ceremony, Monastic...	Daigan Lueck	May 07 2002 Green Gulch
Transmission of the Light Class Serial: SF-01085 Tuesday: Keizan Jokin, legitimate lineage, mind seal, hagiography, Keizan brought zen to the people, Shakyamuni's story Lineage, Transmission, Buddha Nature, Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record, Faith, Monastic...	Daigan Lueck	Apr 30 2002 Green Gulch
April 11th, 2002, Serial No. 00445 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Lineage, Observe, Vows, Transmission,...		Apr 11 2002
Sunday Lecture Blue Cliff Record, realization, Delusion, Nirvana, Right Speech, true dharma,...	Daigan Lueck	Mar 10 2002 Green Gulch
Genzo-e true dharma, Transmission, Nirvana, Karma, Ceremony, Monastic Practice, Fox, Describe...	Shohaku Okumura	Mar 09 2002 1
Zen and Poetry Class Serial: SF-01142 Life and Poetry - Ryokan, Didactic Poems - Writing without adjectives/adverbs Right Speech, Transmission, Buddha Ancestors, Emptiness, Letting Go, stubbornness,...	Daigan Lueck	Mar 05 2002 Green Gulch
January 24th, 2002, Serial No. 00473 Separation, Culture, Religion, Diversity, Politics, Echo, Oneness, Observe, Passions...		Jan 24 2002
January 16th, 2002, Serial No. 00078 Joshu, Beginners, lecture, 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
October 25th, 2001, Serial No. 00475 Lineage, Transmission, Culture, Aspects of Practice, Eight Awarenesses, Birth-and-...		Oct 25 2001
October 11th, 2001, Serial No. 00476 Teacher-and-Student, Lineage, Transmission, true dharma, Buddha Ancestors,...		Oct 11 2001
August 25th, 2001, Serial No. 00088, Side A Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations, Book of Serenity, Transmission, Dharma...		Aug 25 2001
January 5th, 2001, Serial No. 00068 Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Priest, Precepts, training, Priest-and-Lay,...		Jan 05 2001
January 5th, 2001, Serial No. 00128 Dharma Transmission, Priest, Transmission, training, Religion, Ordination, Building,...		Jan 05 2001
Tenzo Kyokun Class Emptiness, Dragons, Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Zazen, Hindrances, Impermanence,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 21 2000 Green Gulch
Genjo Koan Serial: SF-00117 Workshop Karma, Five Ranks, soto, Dharma Transmission, true dharma, Transmission, Politics,...	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
July 30th, 2000, Serial No. 00532 Instruction, Bell, American, Priest, Branching Streams, Family Practice, Building,...		Jul 30 2000
July 27th, 2000, Serial No. 00851 Transmission, Dragons, Passions, Heart Sutra, Buddha Nature, Beginners, Conversation...		Jul 27 2000
The Sixth Precept "No Fault Finding" Serial: BZ-00059 Saturday Lecture Sixth Precept, Precepts, Big Mind, Anger, Hate, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Evil, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 15 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
June 12th, 2000, Serial No. 00520 Don't Know Mind, Doubt, Culture, Religion, Conversation, Hate, Manjushri,...		Jun 12 2000
May 18th, 2000, Serial No. 00164 Rinzai, Lineage, Transmission, Fox, Dharma Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Doubt, Teacher-...		May 18 2000
Women Ancestors Lineage, Transmission, Soto Zen, realization, Priest-and-Lay, Emptiness, Ceremony,...	Various	May 13 2000 1
Wednesday Lecture Ceremony, Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Observe, Demons,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 29 2000 Green Gulch
Works of Dogen Class Serial: SF-03199 Tuesday Class Buddha Ancestors, Lotus Sutra, Balance, Emptiness, Liberation, Transmission,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 14 2000 Green Gulch
February 3rd, 2000, Serial No. 00926 Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Karma, Transmission, Teacher-and-...		Feb 03 2000
December 3rd, 1999, Serial No. 00200, Side B Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Patience, Buddha Mind, Ego, Transmission, Bell, Practice...		Dec 03 1999
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00200A Zendo Behavior, Rohatsu Day 4 Sandokai, Zendo, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Big Mind, Oneness, Branching Streams,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
October 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 00197, Side B American, Dharma Transmission, Lineage, Absolute-and-Relative, Transmission, Priest,...		Oct 23 1999
August 7th, 1999, Serial No. 00191, Side B Buddha Nature, Subject-and-Object, Daily Life, Separation, Transmission, Duality,...		Aug 07 1999
Genjokoan (Pt. 8/8) Serial: BZ-00674B “The place is lost; from here the Way unfolds”, Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Bodhidharma, Separation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 07 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan (Pt. 6/8) Serial: BZ-00158A Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Non-discrimination, Dharma Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 10 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
July 10th, 1999, Serial No. 00752, Side B Big Mind, Non-discrimination, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Mundane Life,...		Jul 10 1999
Sunday Lecture Precepts, Birth-and-Death, Dharma Transmission, Impermanence, Posture, Ceremony,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	May 16 1999 Green Gulch
May 15th, 1999, Serial No. 00076, Side A Priest, Ordination, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Position, Bodhisattva...		May 15 1999
April 11th, 1999, Serial No. 00072, Side A Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Chanting, Sangha, Aspects of Practice, Transmission...		Apr 11 1999
Sunday Lecture Emptiness, Nirvana Sutra, Zazen Mind, Posture, Sangha, Mindfulness, Teacher-and-...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 07 1999 Green Gulch
1998.12.16-serial.00058 Suzuki Roshi, Transmission, Lineage, Priest, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara, soto,...	Lew Richmond	Dec 16 1998 City Center
Dogen's Guidelines For Studying The Way (Pt.2) Serial: BZ-00188A Saturday Lecture Dogen, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, New Year, Beginners, resistance, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 12 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
December 2nd, 1998, Serial No. 00184, Side A Vows, Birth-and-Death, Doubt, Obstacles, Karma, Transmission, Bell, Repentance,...		Dec 02 1998
October 10th, 1998, Serial No. 00438, Side A Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Lay Ordination, Priest,...		Oct 10 1998
October 3rd, 1998, Serial No. 00439, Side B Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Berkeley Zen Center, Precepts, Religion, Priest,...		Oct 03 1998
October 3rd, 1998, Serial No. 01068 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Precepts, Tassajara, Bowing, Religion, Priest,...		Oct 03 1998
September 19th, 1998, Serial No. 00437, Side B Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, Lineage, Tassajara, Priest,...		Sep 19 1998
September 12th, 1998, Serial No. 00437, Side A Vows, Obstacles, Offering, Anger, New Year, Transmission, Bodhisattva Vow, Dharma...		Sep 12 1998
Sesshin Lecture Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Precepts, Transmission, Lineage	Eijun Linda Cutts	Aug 20 1998 Green Gulch
Father's Day Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Ceremony, Hate, Bodhisattva Precepts, Freedom,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jun 21 1998 Green Gulch
May 31st, 1998, Serial No. 01815 Suzuki Roshi, Dharma Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Continuous, Bell, Lineage, Tassajara...	Les Kaye, Katherine Thanas	May 31 1998 Sati Center
Origins of Zen Faith, Diversity, Lotus Sutra, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life, Religion, Enthusiasm...	Carl Bielefeldt	May 16 1998 Unknown

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