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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 monastic "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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Works of Dogen ClassSerial: SF-03199 Tuesday Class Buddha Ancestors, Lotus Sutra, Balance, Emptiness, Liberation, Transmission,... |
Mar 14 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Dogen’s Writings: Commentary on “Enlightenment Unfolds”Serial: BZ-00926 Class 1 of 4 Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Karma, Transmission, Teacher-and-... |
Feb 03 2000 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Shuso’s Encouragement TalkSerial: BZ-00200B Rohatsu Day 5 Bell, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Ego, Patience, Practice... |
Dec 03 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Branching Streams Flow in the DarknessSerial: BZ-00200A Zendo Behavior, Rohatsu Day 4 Sandokai, Big Mind, Branching Streams, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Duality,... |
Dec 02 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen is Feeling Life Absolute-and-Relative, Bell, Dharma Transmission, Greed, Lineage, Ordination, Priest... |
Oct 23 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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August 7th, 1999, Serial No. 00191, Side B Buddha Nature, Subject-and-Object, Daily Life, Separation, Transmission, Duality,... |
Aug 07 1999 |
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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,... |
Aug 07 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Genjokoan CommentarySerial: BZ-00158A Saturday Lecture Part 6 of 8 Genjokoan, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Discrimination, Don't... |
Jul 10 1999 6 Berkeley Zen Center |
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July 10th, 1999, Serial No. 00752, Side BSerial: BZ-00752B #duplicate-please-hide Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Discrimination, Don't Know Mind,... |
Jul 10 1999 |
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Sunday Lecture Precepts, Birth-and-Death, Dharma Transmission, Impermanence, Posture, Ceremony,... |
May 16 1999 Green Gulch Farm |
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Thoughts on Modern Western Buddhist Practice Commitment, Dharma Transmission, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Practice Position,... |
May 15 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Seccho and Her Spirit are Separated Anger, Chanting, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Peace, Practice Period, Sangha,... |
Apr 11 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen's Path: From Bodhidharma to Daoshin Mindfulness, Transmission, Instruction |
Apr 06 1999 |
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Sunday Lecture Emptiness, Nirvana Sutra, Zazen Mind, Posture, Sangha, Mindfulness, Teacher-and-... |
Mar 07 1999 Green Gulch Farm |
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Authentic Zen: Beyond Enlightenment Myths Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Interview, Soto Zen, Lineage,... |
Dec 16 1998 City Center |
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Dogen's Guidelines For Studying The Way (Pt.2)Serial: BZ-00188A Saturday Lecture Dogen, Beginners, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice, Hindrances, Lineage, Lotus... |
Dec 12 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Impermanence, Vow and Sojun Vow, Birth-and-Death, Doubt, Obstacles, Karma, Transmission, Bell, Repentance,... |
Dec 02 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen Beyond Thinking's BoundariesSerial: RB-01101 Seminar_Dogen Dogen, Practice, Transmission |
Nov 21 1998 Crestone Zen Mountain Center |
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One Continuous Life Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Lay Ordination, Priest,... |
Oct 10 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Way Seeking Mind/Dharma EntrustmentSerial: BZ-01068 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Precepts, Tassajara, Bowing, Religion, Priest,... |
Oct 03 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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October 3rd, 1998, Serial No. 00439, Side BSerial: BZ-00439B #duplicate-please-hide Bell, Building, Dharma Transmission, Offering, Precepts, Priest, Religion, Tassajara... |
Oct 03 1998 |
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Dharma Transmission Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, Lineage, Tassajara, Priest,... |
Sep 19 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Keeping Precepts: Vows Anger, Dharma Transmission, New Year, Obstacles, Offering, Rinzai, Teacher-and-... |
Sep 12 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sesshin Lecture Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Precepts, Transmission, Lineage |
Aug 20 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Father's Day Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Ceremony, Hate, Bodhisattva Precepts, Freedom,... |
Jun 21 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Scholarship Conference PaperSerial: SF-03238 Sunday Lecture Heart Sutra, Lineage, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Religion, Study Period, Emptiness,... |
Nov 16 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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How Can We Live The Next 10,000 Years? Transmission, Fasting, Peace, Oneness, Politics, Gratitude, Commitment, Passions,... |
Sep 10 1997 |
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Practice Period CommitmentSerial: BZ-00362B Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Precepts, Dharma Transmission,... |
Apr 26 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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On The Dharma Transmission CeremonySerial: SF-03638 Sunday Lecture Transmission, Ceremony, Vow, Intimacy, Tassajara, Teacher-and-Student, Buddha Nature... |
Dec 15 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Awakening Through Interconnected Truths Samsara, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Transmission |
Nov 23 1996 |
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Sandokai ClassSerial: SF-03177 Like forward and backwards steps - phenomenon exist like box and cover joining, principle accords like arrows points meeting Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Discrimination, Transmission, Religion, Absolute-and-... |
Nov 19 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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OrdinationSerial: BZ-00787A Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Precepts, Practice Period, Family Practice,... |
Nov 16 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Effort - While You're Already Perfect Emptiness, Realization, Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Precepts, Transmission, Zazen,... |
Nov 13 1996 Unknown |
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Blue Cliff Record Case #18 Blue Cliff Record, Dharma Transmission, Duality, First Principle, Lineage, Non-... |
Jun 29 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mumonkan: Case # 29Serial: BZ-00802A Hui Neng "Mind That Moves"; Intentionality, Saturday Lecture Hui Neng, Intention, MM-29, Bell, Diversity, Silence, Sixth Patriarch, Subject-and-... |
Jun 01 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mumonkan: Case #25Serial: BZ-00803B Hui Neng Bed & Bowl, Saturday Lecture Hui Neng, MM-25, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Evil, Instruction, Lay, Platform... |
May 25 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Platform SutraSerial: BZ-00250 Class 2 of 9 Attachment, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Don't Know Mind, Sixth Patriarch... |
May 24 1996 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Monastic Obedience: Tradition and TransformationSerial: NC-00129 Rule of Benedict Novice Class # 1 - 1990s OSB Cam, Commitment, Concentration, Vow, Fox, Transmission |
May 22 1996 |
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Taking Care of Oneself, Others and Objects of the WorldSerial: SF-02752 One-day sitting - Buddhist practice is just taking care of people, objects, spaces, body and mind. Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Delusion, Priest, Transmission, Nirvana Sutra,... |
May 18 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Breathing Intimacy: Zen's Path to Self Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Intimacy, Zazen, Birth-and-Death, Zazen Mind, Dharma... |
Apr 24 1996 Unknown |
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Fearlessness - What Is It? Intimacy, Birth-and-Death, Transmission, Absolute-and-Relative, Realization, Ceremony... |
Mar 02 1996 Tassajara |
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Interview Sanctuary, Practice Period, Ceremony, Priest, Transmission, Soto Zen, Dharma... |
Jan 21 1996 Unknown |
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Blissful Union Through Insightful Tranquility Passions, Breath, Samadhi, Three Treasures, Transmission |
Jan 13 1996 |
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Decoding Zen: Beyond Conventional Truths Passions, War, Bodhidharma, Transmission |
Dec 01 1995 |
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Receiving the Jewels of CompassionSerial: RA-00764 3 day sesshin Bell, Mahayana, Transmission, Manjushri, Continuous Practice |
Nov 21 1995 Tassajara |
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Karma and Family PlaceSerial: SF-02689A From the BZC archive Time, Transmission, Karma |
Nov 12 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Fukanzazengi confusion, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature, Religion, Happiness, Duality, Non-... |
Oct 14 1995 |
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Bodhisattva Practice Chanting, Dharma Transmission, Lay Ordination, Offering, Ordination, Right Speech,... |
May 21 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Embracing Enlightenment Beyond GoalsSerial: SF-01073 NB - no cassette visible in photo Fox, Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Blue Cliff Record, Funeral, Suzuki Roshi,... |
May 17 1995 Unknown |
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Tassajara Practice PeriodSerial: BZ-00909B Saturday Lecture Tassajara, Buddha's Birthday, Dharma Transmission, Family Practice, Lineage,... |
Apr 15 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |