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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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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 Oneness, Suzuki Roshi, Absolute-and-Relative, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
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 Heart Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Realization, Precepts, Passions, Right Effort,... |
Nov 13 1996 Unknown |
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Blue Cliff Record Case #18 Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, First Principle, Dharma Transmission,... |
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, Evil, Lay, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Dharma Transmission,... |
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. Priest, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana Sutra, Bowing, Transmission, Buddha Mind,... |
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 Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Transmission, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Priest,... |
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 Vow, Dharma Transmission, Lay Ordination, Ordination, Offering, Chanting, Right... |
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 Zen Mountain Center, Dharma Transmission, Practice Period, Transmission,... |
Apr 15 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Takubetsu SesshinSerial: BZ-00743 Sesshin Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Priest, Monastic... |
Apr 05 1995 Green Gulch Farm |
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Tokubetsu Sesshin Dragons, Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Transmission, Sangha, Letting Go, Offering,... |
Apr 04 1995 |
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Tokubetsu Sesshin Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, Bowing, Five Ranks... |
Apr 03 1995 |
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Chiji Shinji and Metta Sutta: Shosan RepliesSerial: BZ-00765 Class 10 of 10 Culture, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Practice Period, Humility, Non-duality,... |
Mar 31 1995 10 Tassajara |
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Oneness Embodied: Dharma Transmission Rituals Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Oneness, Precepts, Posture, Buddha... |
Mar 30 1995 |
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Tokubetsu Sesshin Lecture Buddha, Dharma Transmission, Transmission |
Mar 29 1995 Unknown |
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Tokubetsu Sesshin Faith, Ceremony, Big Mind, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Emotions, Gratitude, Lay... |
Mar 28 1995 |
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Practicing With The PreceptsSerial: SF-00143 Tokubetsu Sesshin
Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Three Treasures, Transmission, Vow, Silence, Bell,... |
Mar 28 1995 |
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Tokubetsu Sesshin Transmission, Posture, Delusion, Right Effort, Zazen, Daily Life, Observe, Silence,... |
Mar 27 1995 |
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Tokubetsu Sesshin Priest, New Year, Rinzai, Religion, Ceremony, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Soto Zen... |
Mar 25 1995 |
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Tokubetsu Sesshin Soto Zen, Ceremony, Transmission, Precepts, Instruction, Subject-and-Object,... |
Mar 15 1995 |
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Memories of Suzuki Roshi Buddha Nature, Transmission, Buddha Mind, Patience, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Mar 04 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Chiji ShingiSerial: BZ-00758 Class 3 of 10 Fox, Priest, Instruction, Lay, Transmission, Demons, Chanting, Sixth Patriarch, Soto... |
Jan 24 1995 3 Tassajara |
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Embracing Zen: Self and Community Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Teacher-and-Student, Priest, Practice Period, Ceremony... |
Jan 04 1995 City Center |
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The Lankavatara Sutra and PsychoanalysisSerial: BZ-00939B Lecture Discrimination, Enemies, Transmission, Duality, Emotions, Attachment |
Jul 30 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Book of SerenitySerial: BZ-00236 Class 3 of 5 Bodhidharma, Dharma Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Transmission, Intuition,... |
May 19 1994 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Essence of ZenSerial: BZ-00225 Class 1of 3 Religion, Four Noble Truths, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, War... |
Feb 16 1994 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Lotus SutraSerial: BZ-00224 Class 4 of 4 Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Birth-and-Death, Lineage, Nirvana, Composure, Six Realms,... |
Feb 02 1994 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Lotus SutraSerial: BZ-00222 Clas 2 of 4 Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Instruction, Doubt,... |
Jan 20 1994 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Platform SutraSerial: BZ-00559 Class 2 of 10 Platform Sutra, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Evil, Lotus Sutra,... |
Jan 19 1994 2 Tassajara |
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Maha Mangala SuttaSerial: BZ-00217 From the October 1993 newsletter: This year's study program moves from basic Buddhist images, to early Sutras, Mahayana, and Zen. The second class in this series... Religion, Transmission, Evil, Chanting, Beginners, Liberation, Vinaya, Doubt, Lay... |
Oct 28 1993 1 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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What We Bring to Practice: Dharma Transmission, Being on the Path; Waking Up; How’s it FeelSerial: BZ-00658A Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Mindfulness, Ordination, Lay Ordination, War,... |
Oct 16 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Book of Serenity Case #24: Commentary on Student’s Response to a TeacherSerial: BZ-00654B Lecture Pure Existence, Obstacles, Posture, Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Instruction,... |
Jul 31 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Transmission of Light: The 38th Ancestor Seigen Gyoshi; Not Getting Caught in StagesSerial: BZ-00666B Saturday Lecture Seigen Gyoshi, Liberation, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Current Events, Don... |
May 22 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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A Reworking of the Prajna Paramita Sutra in 8000 LinesSerial: BZ-00666A Lecture Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Nature, Heart Sutra, Buddha Mind, Subject-and-Object,... |
May 17 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record Case #1: Bodhidharma’s Coming from the WestSerial: BZ-00665A Lecture Bodhidharma, Family Practice, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Dharma Transmission,... |
May 08 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Transmission of LightSerial: BZ-00212 Class 1 of 5 Monastic Practice, Transmission, Buddha Nature, Teacher-and-Student, Continuous... |
May 06 1993 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practicing with Flexible Mind within Forms: The Practice of Recovering Zazen MindSerial: BZ-00649A Lecture Family Practice, Don't Know Mind, Fasting, Diversity, Sangha, Transmission,... |
Feb 27 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Iron Flute: Heat in Summer, Head Cold in WinterSerial: BZ-00643A The recording photo shows two titles. Getting Real: After Putting Another Head on Your Head Iron Flute: Heat in Summer, Head Cold in Winter... |
Nov 14 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |