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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
May 6th, 1993, Serial No. 00212 true dharma, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Buddha Nature, Teacher-and-Student,...		May 06 1993
February 27th, 1993, Serial No. 00649, Side A Family Practice, Don't Know Mind, Fasting, training, Diversity, Echo, Sangha,...		Feb 27 1993
ial No. 00217 Religion, Transmission, Evil, Chanting, Beginners, American, Liberation, Vinaya,...		1993
November 14th, 1992, Serial No. 00643, Side A Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Transmission, Daily Life, Conversation,...		Nov 14 1992
November 14th, 1992, Serial No. 01484 Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Transmission, Silent Illumination, Buddha Nature, Current...		Nov 14 1992
October 14th, 1992, Serial No. 01480 Dragons, Gaining Mind, Sixth Patriarch, Dharma Transmission, Subject-and-Object,...		Oct 14 1992
October 1st, 1992, Serial No. 00612 Anger, Precepts, Patience, Ordinary Mind, Enemies, Emotions, Dependent Origination,...		Oct 01 1992
Blue Cliff Record: Case #44 Serial: BZ-00638A Hoshan's Knowing How to Beat the Drum, Saturday Lecture BCR-44, Daily Life, Attachment, Buddha Mind, Don't Know Mind, Teacher-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 19 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Kajo Fascicle in Shogobenzo Continued Serial: BZ-00637A Sesshin Day 3 Dogen, Shobogenzo, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission, Doubt, Building, Enthusiasm...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 07 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
August 1st, 1992, Serial No. 00633, Side B Buddha Mind, stubbornness, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Describe, Hate,...		Aug 01 1992
June 20th, 1992, Serial No. 00708, Side B Intuition, Culture, Transmission, Ordinary Mind, Subject-and-Object, Teacher-and-...		Jun 20 1992
May 13th, 1992, Serial No. 00213 true dharma, Transmission, Nirvana, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, Manjushri,...		May 13 1992
April 2nd, 1992, Serial No. 00604 Heart Sutra, Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Five Ranks, Transmission,...		Apr 02 1992
March 19th, 1992, Serial No. 00602 Bodhidharma, Lineage, Transmission, First Principle, Karma, Book of Serenity, Buddha...		Mar 19 1992
January 30th, 1992, Serial No. 00280 Right Speech, Four Foundations, Bell, Precepts, Mindfulness, Right Effort, Karma,...		Jan 30 1992
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00732 Sesshin Day 4 Concentration, Religion, Absolute-and-Relative, Doubt, Mindfulness, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 16 1991
Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00728 Class Two, Class Five Ranks, Ego, Platform Sutra, Separation, Sixth Patriarch, Absolute-and-Relative,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 15 1991
The Fire, Suffering, and Relationship With Japan Serial: BZ-00702B Saturday Lecture Japan, Current Events, Practice Period, Tassajara, Demons, Birth-and-Death, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 26 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00625 Lecture Gratitude, Five Ranks, Sixth Patriarch, Absolute-and-Relative, Manjushri, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 19 1991
Early Days of Suzuki-rôshi Serial: BZ-00750B Tokubetsu Sesshin: Japanese and American, Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Sesshin, Tokubetsu, Practice Period, American, Transmission, training,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 28 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
August 24th, 1991, Serial No. 00694, Side A Cultivation, Culture, Monastic Practice, Right Speech, Bodhisattva Vow, Dharma...		Aug 24 1991
June 28th, 1991, Serial No. 00967, Side A New Year, Dharma Transmission, War, Transmission, American, Building, training,...		Jun 28 1991
Mumonkan: Case #23 Serial: BZ-00692B "Neither Good Not Evil;" Intentions, Humbleness, Saturday Lecture Humility, MM-23, Sixth Patriarch, Humility, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Dharma Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 30 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00697B Rohatsu Day 5 Transmission, Birth-and-Death, Separation, Dragons, Hindrances, Religion, Peace,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Big Emptiness and Small Emptiness Serial: BZ-00516B Saturday Lecture Emptiness, Sixth Patriarch, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 25 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
April 14th, 1990, Serial No. 00509, Side B Lotus Sutra, Patience, Constancy, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma...		Apr 14 1990
March 25th, 1990, Serial No. 00510, Side B Lotus Sutra, Berkeley Zen Center, Anger, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Gratitude,...		Mar 25 1990
Taking Refuge Sangha, Triple Treasure, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Precepts, Transmission,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 10 1990
Abbot's Zuisse Ceremony in Japan Serial: BZ-00385 Saturday Lecture Zuisse, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, soto, Study Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 28 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Dzogchen Teachings Emptiness, realization, Transmission, Lineage, Mandala, training, Religion,...	His Holiness The Dalai Lama	Oct 08 1989 4 San Jose
Dzogchen Teachings Transmission, Four Noble Truths, Doubt, Peace, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life,...	His Holiness The Dalai Lama	Oct 08 1989 1 San Jose
Dzogchen Teachings Happiness, Delusion, Four Noble Truths, Transmission, Dependent Origination, Karma,...	His Holiness The Dalai Lama	Oct 08 1989 2 San Jose
December 10th, 1988, Serial No. 01493 Buddha Nature, Concentration, Ego, Attachment, Humility, Beginners, Samadhi,...		Dec 10 1988
October 13th, 1988, Serial No. 01513 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Practice Period, Lay, Lay Practice,...		Oct 13 1988
September 10th, 1988, Serial No. 00366, Side A confusion, Dragons, Big Mind, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Priest, Rinzai, Bowing,...		Sep 10 1988
Blue Cliff Record: Case #51 Serial: BZ-01498A Seppo's "What Is It?", Saturday Lecture Issan, confusion, Dragons, Big Mind, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Priest, Rinzai,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 10 1988 Berkeley Zen Center

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