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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
August 28th, 1988, Serial No. 01504 Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Obstacles, Transmission, Daily Life, Light-...		Aug 28 1988
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 Lineage, Dharma Transmission, soto, Chanting, Platform Sutra, Rinzai, Priest, Sixth...		Feb 26 1988
February 13th, 1988, Serial No. 00899, Side A Transmission, soto, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Precepts, Rinzai, Bowing, Study...		Feb 13 1988
December 13th, 1987, Serial No. 00304 Serial: BZ-00304 Sesshin Day 6 Lineage, Religion, Silence, Diversity, Lotus Sutra, Doubt, Subject-and-Object,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 13 1987
Blue Cliff Record Class Serial: SF-00070 Cases 14 and 15 Suzuki Roshi, First Principle, Oneness, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Transmission, Dragons,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 27 1987 5 Green Gulch Farm
May 23rd, 1987, Serial No. 01501, Side A Vows, Ordination, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, Daily Life, Posture,...		May 23 1987
November 22nd, 1986, Serial No. 00894, Side B Ordination, Transmission, Priest, Tassajara, Family Practice, Attachment, Practice...		Nov 22 1986
December 8th, 1985, Serial No. 00165 Dragons, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Consciousness, Patience, American,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 08 1985
December 8th, 1985, Serial No. 00365 Dragons, Transmission, Consciousness, Dharma Transmission, Patience, American,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 08 1985
After the Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00865B Four Vows and Four Noble Truths, Saturday Lecture Precepts, Fifth Precept, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Four Noble Truths, Vows, Fifth Precept...	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, Lineage, Priest, Ordination, Dharma Transmission, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 01 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
May 18th, 1985, Serial No. 00427, Side A New Year, Cultivation, Bodhidharma, Transmission, Describe, Priest		May 18 1985
Dharma Transmission: Objects of Authority Serial: BZ-00392A Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, training, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 03 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Trip to Japan Serial: BZ-00393B Saturday Lecture Japan, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Building, training, Sanctuary, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 27 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Makyo Serial: BZ-00393A Saturday Lecture Makyo, Anger, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 15 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
July 20th, 1984, Serial No. 00389, Side B Religion, Priest, Instruction, American, War, training, Rinzai, Chanting, Mahayana,...		Jul 20 1984
Shikantaza, Kensho, Jijuyu Samadhi Serial: BZ-00432A Saturday Lecture Shikantaza, Kensho, Jijuyu Zanmai, Dharma Transmission, Building, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 10 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Developing Your Own Authority to Practice Serial: BZ-00399A Saturday Lecture Practice, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, training, Tassajara, Doubt, Peace...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 18 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Finding Yourself on Every Moment Serial: BZ-00005A Renewing Our Practice, Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Building, Separation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 12 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice is Enlightenment, Ridgepole Ceremony Serial: BZ-00043B Saturday Lecture Subject-and-Object, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Building, Study Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 30 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Women in Buddhism, Ordination Ordination, Transmission, Lay, Precepts, Obstacles, Passions, Family Practice, Buddha...	Ane Pema Chödrön	Oct 04 1982
The Heart of Practice Prajna as Compassionate Wisdom Serial: BZ-00030B Remembering our deepest intention; noble friendship is the entirety of spiritual life; connection between Berkeley ZC and San Francisco ZC. Ordination, Heart Sutra, Precepts, Describe, Posture, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Buddha...	Ananda Dalenberg	Jun 11 1982
Women's Practice Family Practice, Enthusiasm, Transmission, Tassajara, Culture, Instruction,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	May 30 1982
April 16th, 1982, Serial No. 00154 Lotus Sutra, Repentance, training, Evil, Offering, Vows, Transmission, Community,...	Katagiri Roshi	Apr 16 1982
March 19th, 1982, Serial No. 00149 training, Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Mind...	Katagiri Roshi	Mar 19 1982
Four Kinds of Horses Serial: BZ-00021A Reading from a Suzuki-rôshi Lecture, Rohatsu Day 7 Agama Sutra, Posture, Continuous, Dharma Transmission, American, Obstacles, Beginners...	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
December 14th, 1979, Serial No. 00141 Emotions, Subject-and-Object, confusion, Meditation, Oneness, Happiness,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 14 1979
December 12th, 1979, Serial No. 00134 realization, Consciousness, Breath, Oneness, Lineage, Don't Know Mind,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 12 1979
February 28th, 1979, Serial No. 00109 Eight Awarenesses, Enemies, Transmission, Silence, Emotions	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 28 1979
February 28th, 1979, Serial No. 00122 Eight Awarenesses, Enemies, Intention, Transmission, Silence, Emotions, Building...	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 28 1979
August 30th, 1977, Serial No. 00099 Compassion, Transmission, Politics, Attachment, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Nature,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 30 1977
August 26th, 1977, Serial No. 00094 realization, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Religion, lecture, Vinaya, Intention...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 26 1977
August 22nd, 1977, Serial No. 00090 Transmission, Bodhidharma, Evil, Silence, Echo, realization, Lay, Ego, Anger,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 22 1977
August 19th, 1977, Serial No. 00089 Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, lecture, realization, Rinzai, soto...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 19 1977

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