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Dharma transmission, in Zen and Chan Buddhism, 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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Title	Speaker	Date
Dzogchen Teachings Emptiness, Realization, Transmission, Mandala, Cultivation	His Holiness The Dalai Lama	Oct 08 1989 4 San Jose
Dzogchen Teachings Transmission, Four Noble Truths, Doubt, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life, Gratitude,...	His Holiness The Dalai Lama	Oct 08 1989 1 San Jose
Dzogchen Teachings Liberation, Delusion, Transmission, Karma, Four Noble Truths, Subject-and-Object,...	His Holiness The Dalai Lama	Oct 08 1989 2 San Jose
Unknown Title Serial: BZ-01493 Third day of the Rohatsu sesshin at Tassajara. Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Concentration, Ego, Happiness, Samadhi, Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 10 1988 3 of 7 Tassajara
Title Unknown Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 13 1988 Tassajara
September 10th, 1988, Serial No. 00366, Side A Dragons, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Priest, Rinzai, Bowing, Happiness, Transmission...		Sep 10 1988
Blue Cliff Record: Case #51: Seppo’s “What is it?” Serial: BZ-01498A Seppo's "What Is It?", Saturday Lecture Issan, Dragons, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Priest, Rinzai, Bowing, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 10 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Unknown Title Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Obstacles, Transmission, Daily Life, Light-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 28 1988 Green Gulch Farm
Teacher and Student Serial: BZ-00893A Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 27 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
February 26th, 1988, Serial No. 01535 Serial: BZ-01535 Sixth day of sesshin at Green Gulch Farm. Dharma Transmission, Soto Zen, Chanting, Platform Sutra, Rinzai, Priest, Hui-neng,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 26 1988 6 of 7 Green Gulch Farm
Transmission Serial: BZ-00899A Lecture Transmission, Soto Zen, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Precepts, Rinzai, Bowing, Study...	Ananda Dalenberg	Feb 13 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00304 Sesshin Day 6 Diversity, Doubt, Lotus Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Transmission	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 13 1987 Tassajara
Blue Cliff Record Class Serial: SF-00070 Cases 14 and 15 Suzuki Roshi, First Principle, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Transmission, Dragons, Emptiness,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 27 1987 5 Green Gulch Farm
Practicing with Intention and Vows Ordination, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, Daily Life, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 23 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00894B Lecture Ordination, Transmission, Priest, Tassajara, Family Practice, Practice Period,...	Sokaku Kathie Fischer	Nov 22 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen: The Essence of Non-Dualism Compassion, Consciousness, Dharma Transmission, Dragons, Patience, Transmission...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 08 1985
Zazen: Unity of Self and Dharma Consciousness, Dharma Transmission, Dragons, Lay Practice, Patience, Transmission...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 08 1985
After the Bodhisattva Ceremony: Four Vows and Four Noble Truths Serial: BZ-00865B Saturday Lecture Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Four Noble Truths, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 26 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Teacher and Student Relationship Serial: BZ-00864A Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 05 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Zaike Tokudo: The Meaning of Ordination Serial: BZ-00414 Saturday Lecture Zaike Tokudo, Priest, Ordination, Dharma Transmission, Precepts, Transmission, Rinzai...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 01 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Pre-Mountain Seat Ceremony Serial: BZ-00427A Lecture New Year, Cultivation, Bodhidharma, Transmission, Priest	Hoitsu Suzuki Roshi	May 18 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission: Objects of Authority Serial: BZ-00392A Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Soto Zen, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 03 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Trip to Japan Serial: BZ-00393B Saturday Lecture Japan, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Sanctuary, Lay Practice, Hui-neng...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 27 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Makyo Serial: BZ-00393A Saturday Lecture Delusion, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 15 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00389B Lecture Chanting, Mahayana, Priest, Rinzai, Transmission, War	Maurine Stewart	Jul 20 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Shikantaza, Kensho, Jijuyu Samadhi Serial: BZ-00432A Saturday Lecture Shikantaza, Kensho, Jijuyu Zanmai, Dharma Transmission, Daily Life, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 10 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Developing Your Own Authority to Practice Serial: BZ-00399A Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Tassajara, Doubt	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 18 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Women in Buddhism, Ordination Serial: BZ-00042 Lecture Buddha Nature, Family Practice, Lay Practice, Ordination, Precepts, Transmission...	Pema Chödrön	Oct 24 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Women's Practice Serial: BZ-00031 Lecture Family Practice, Transmission, Tassajara, Forgiveness, Politics, Liberation	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	May 30 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Eternal Guardians of the Lotus Sutra Community, Lotus Sutra, Repentance, Transmission	Katagiri Roshi	Apr 16 1982
Enlightenment: Personal Realization, Communal Validation Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Compassion, Dharma Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Patience,...	Katagiri Roshi	Mar 19 1982
Four Kinds of Horses Serial: BZ-00021A Reading from a Suzuki-rôshi Lecture, Rohatsu Day 7 Agama Sutra, Continuous Practice, Dharma Transmission, Ego, Posture, Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 1981 Part 3 of 3 Berkeley Zen Center
The Meaning of Study Period Serial: BZ-00027A Lecture, 30 Day Study Period Study Period, Subject-and-Object, New Year, Daily Life, Absolute-and-Relative,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 03 1980 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen's Symphony of Pure Practice Emotions, Subject-and-Object, Happiness, Consciousness, Transmission, Ceremony...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 14 1979
Shikantaza: Living Beyond Enlightenment Consciousness, Don't Know Mind, Lay Practice, Realization, Transmission...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 12 1979
Awakening Through Harmonious Living Eight Awarenesses, Transmission, Emotions	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 28 1979
Pedaling into Dharma Harmony Eight Awarenesses, Transmission, Emotions	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 28 1979
Embracing the Eternal Buddha Nature Compassion, Transmission, Politics, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Nature, Mahayana...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 30 1977
Walking the Path of Awakening Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Realization, Transmission, Vinaya	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 26 1977
Awakening Truth in Zen Practice Bodhidharma, Ego, Lay Practice, Realization, Transmission	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 22 1977
Dharma Transmission in Zen Evolution Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Hate, Precepts, Realization, Rinzai, Soto Zen,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 19 1977
Satori and the Eighth Consciousness Happiness, Realization, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Consciousness, Concentration...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 1977
Reviving Zen: Manzan's Reforms Unveiled Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Soto Zen, Realization	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 17 1975
Zen Power Struggles at Ehe-ji Bodhidharma, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Transmission	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 10 1975
Silent Illumination and Zen's Path Buddha Nature, Realization, Separation, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Transmission...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 08 1975
Embracing the Continuum of Existence Emotions, Gratitude, Nirvana, Separation, Transmission	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 1975
Zen Practice Beyond Judgment Bodhidharma, Realization, Rinzai, Separation, Transmission	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 1975
Zen Lineage: From Bodhidharma to Dogen Bodhidharma, Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, New Year, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Transmission...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 1975
Zen Lineage: Echoes of Dogen Bodhidharma, Ceremony, Demons, Rinzai, Transmission	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 1975
Zen Ranks Through Gassan's Lens Rinzai, Soto Zen, Transmission	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 1975

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