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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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Title	Speaker	Date
Origins of Zen Silent Illumination, Transmission, Lineage, training, Ordination, Mahayana, Offering...	Carl Bielefeldt	May 16 1998 Unknown
April 25th, 1998, Serial No. 01894 Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Faith, Interview, Bell, Describe, Freedom, Doubt, Nirvana...	McRae	Apr 25 1998 Unknown
Buddhism at Millennium's Edge - Seminar 3 Serial: SF-03513 Copyright 1998 by Peter Matthiessen - Unedited Preview Cassette Mahayana, Priest, Lay, Commitment, Religion, Mill Valley, Transmission, Monastic...	Peter Matthiessen	1998 Unknown
Scholarship Conference Paper Serial: SF-03238 Sunday Lecture Heart Sutra, Lineage, Platform Sutra, soto, Religion, Study Period, Emptiness,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 16 1997 Green Gulch
How Can We Live The Next 10,000 Years? Transmission, Fasting, Peace, Oneness, Politics, Gratitude, Commitment, Passions,...	Kazuaki Tanahashi	Sep 10 1997
Transmissions of the Mindfulness Trainings Serial: SF-04814 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living training, Mindfulness, Happiness, Gratitude, Sangha, Daily Life, Anger, Peace,...	Thich Nhat Hanh	Sep 01 1997 Unknown
Practice Period Commitment Serial: BZ-00362B Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Precepts, Dharma Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 26 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
On The Dharma Transmission Ceremony Serial: SF-03638 Sunday Lecture Transmission, Ceremony, Vows, Intimacy, Tassajara, Teacher-and-Student, Buddha Nature...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Dec 15 1996 Green Gulch
Sandokai Class Serial: SF-03177 Like forward and backwards steps - phenomenon exist like box and cover joining, principle accords like arrows points meeting Oneness, Suzuki Roshi, Absolute-and-Relative, Practice Period, Tassajara, Attachment...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 19 1996 Green Gulch
Ordination Serial: BZ-00787A Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Precepts, Practice Period, Family Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 16 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Effort - While You're Already Perfect Heart Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, realization, Precepts, Passions, Right Effort,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Nov 13 1996 Unknown
June 29th, 1996, Serial No. 00799, Side A Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, First Principle, true dharma, Dharma...		Jun 29 1996
Mumonkan: Case # 29 Serial: BZ-00802A Hui Neng "Mind That Moves"; Intentionality, Saturday Lecture Hui Neng, Intention, MM-29, Bell, Diversity, Silence, Sixth Patriarch, Subject-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 01 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #25 Serial: BZ-00803B Hui Neng Bed & Bowl, Saturday Lecture Hui Neng, MM-25, Evil, Lay, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Dharma Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 25 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
May 24th, 1996, Serial No. 00250 Attachment, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Don't Know Mind, Sixth Patriarch...		May 24 1996
May 22nd, 1996, Serial No. 00129 Serial: NC-00129 Rule of Benedict Novice Class # 1 - 1990s OSB Cam, Commitment, Concentration, Vows, Fox, Transmission	Bruno Barnhart	May 22 1996
Taking Care of Oneself, Others and Objects of the World Serial: SF-02752 One-day sitting - Buddhist practice is just taking care of people, objects, spaces, body and mind. Priest, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana Sutra, Bowing, Transmission, Buddha Mind,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	May 18 1996 Green Gulch
April 24th, 1996, Serial No. 02705 Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Intimacy, Zazen, Birth-and-Death, Zazen Mind, Dharma...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Apr 24 1996 Unknown
Fearlessness - What Is It? Intimacy, Birth-and-Death, Transmission, Absolute-and-Relative, realization, Ceremony...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 02 1996 Tassajara
Interview Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Transmission, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Priest,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jan 21 1996 Unknown
Karma and Family Place Serial: SF-02689A From the BZC archive Transmission, Karma, Offering, Lineage, Hindrances, Religion, Gratitude, Zazen,...	Maylie Scott	Nov 12 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddhism and Science Serial: SF-02689B From the BZC archive Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Zazen, Tassajara, training, Transmission, Silence, Posture...	Lou Hartman	Nov 11 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
October 14th, 1995, Serial No. 00820, Side A confusion, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature, Religion, Happiness, Describe, Duality,...		Oct 14 1995
September 23rd, 1995, Serial No. 02744 Practice Period, Hsin Hsin Ming, Diversity, Dharma Transmission, Zendo, Hate, Suzuki...	Dairyu Michael Wenger	Sep 23 1995 Unknown
May 21st, 1995, Serial No. 00975, Side B Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Dharma Transmission, Aspects of Practice, Lay Ordination,...		May 21 1995
May 17th, 1995, Serial No. 01073 Serial: SF-01073 NB - no cassette visible in photo Fox, Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Blue Cliff Record, Funeral, Suzuki Roshi,...	Pat Phelan	May 17 1995 Unknown
Tassajara Practice Period Serial: BZ-00909B Saturday Lecture Tassajara, Dharma Transmission, American, Practice Period, Transmission, Family...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 15 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Takubetsu Sesshin Serial: BZ-00743 Sesshin Dharma Transmission, Transmission, American, Tassajara, Priest, Monastic Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 05 1995
Tokubetsu Sesshin Dragons, Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Transmission, Zendo, Sangha, Letting Go,...	Tenshin Fletcher	Apr 04 1995
Tokubetsu Sesshin Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, resistance, Bowing...	John Daido Loori	Apr 03 1995
March 31st, 1995, Serial No. 00765 Culture, American, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Practice Period, Humility, Non-...		Mar 31 1995
1995.03.30-serial.00018 Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Oneness, Precepts, Posture, Buddha...	Narazaki Roshi	Mar 30 1995
Tokubetsu Sesshin Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Ceremony, Big Mind, Precepts, Bodhidharma,...	Ikko Narasaki	Mar 29 1995 Unknown
Tokubetsu Sesshin Faith, Ceremony, Big Mind, true dharma, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Emotions,...	Genpo Merzel	Mar 28 1995
Practicing With The Precepts Serial: SF-00143 Tokubetsu Sesshin Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, true dharma, Triple Treasure, Transmission, Vows,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 28 1995
Tokubetsu Sesshin Transmission, Posture, Delusion, Right Effort, Zazen, Daily Life, Observe, Silence,...	Tenryu	Mar 27 1995
Tokubetsu Sesshin Priest, New Year, Rinzai, Religion, Ceremony, Tassajara, training, soto, Transmission...	Akiyama	Mar 25 1995
Tokubetsu Sesshin soto, Ceremony, Transmission, Precepts, Instruction, Subject-and-Object, Bodhidharma...	Maezumi Roshi	Mar 15 1995
March 4th, 1995, Serial No. 00912, Side A Buddha Nature, Transmission, Buddha Mind, Echo, Patience, resistance, Tassajara,...		Mar 04 1995
January 24th, 1995, Serial No. 00758 Fox, true dharma, Priest, Instruction, Lay, Transmission, Demons, Chanting, Sixth...		Jan 24 1995
1995.01.04-serial.00065 Tassajara, Teacher-and-Student, Priest, Practice Period, Ceremony, Zazen,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jan 04 1995 City Center
July 30th, 1994, Serial No. 00939, Side B Discrimination, Enemies, resistance, Transmission, Duality, Emotions, Attachment...		Jul 30 1994
May 19th, 1994, Serial No. 00236 Bodhidharma, Dharma Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Transmission, training,...		May 19 1994
February 23rd, 1994, Serial No. 00225 Religion, Four Noble Truths, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, War...		Feb 23 1994
February 2nd, 1994, Serial No. 00224 Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Birth-and-Death, Lineage, Nirvana, Composure, Six Realms,...		Feb 02 1994
January 20th, 1994, Serial No. 00222 Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Instruction, Doubt,...		Jan 20 1994
January 19th, 1994, Serial No. 00559 Platform Sutra, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, true dharma, Transmission, Evil,...		Jan 19 1994
October 16th, 1993, Serial No. 00658, Side A Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Mindfulness, Ordination, Lay Ordination, War,...		Oct 16 1993
July 31st, 1993, Serial No. 00654, Side B Pure Existence, Obstacles, Posture, Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Instruction,...		Jul 31 1993
Transmission of Light: The 38th Ancestor Seigen Gyoshi Serial: BZ-00666B Not Getting Caught in Stages, Saturday Lecture Seigen Gyoshi, Liberation, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Current Events, Don...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 22 1993 Berkeley Zen Center

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