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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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Taking Refuge

Sangha, Three Treasures, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Precepts, Transmission,...
Jan 10 1990

Abbot's Zuisse Ceremony in Japan

Serial: BZ-00385

Saturday Lecture

Zuisse, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Study Period,...
Oct 28 1989
Berkeley Zen Center

Dzogchen Teachings

Transmission, Four Noble Truths, Doubt, Peace, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life,...
Oct 08 1989
1
San Jose

Dzogchen Teachings

Happiness, Delusion, Four Noble Truths, Transmission, Dependent Origination, Karma,...
Oct 08 1989
2
San Jose

Dzogchen Teachings

Emptiness, Realization, Transmission, Lineage, Mandala, Religion, Cultivation,...
Oct 08 1989
4
San Jose

December 10th, 1988, Serial No. 01493

Serial: BZ-01493

Third day of the Rohatsu sesshin at Tassajara. 

Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Concentration, Ego, Attachment, Humility, Beginners,...
Dec 10 1988
3 of 7
Tassajara

Title Unknown

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Practice Period, Lay, Lay Practice,...
Oct 13 1988
Tassajara

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: Seppo’s “What is it?”

Serial: BZ-01498A

Seppo's "What Is It?", Saturday Lecture

Issan, confusion, Dragons, Big Mind, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Priest, Rinzai,...
Sep 10 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

Unknown Title

Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Obstacles, Transmission, Daily Life, Light-...
Aug 28 1988
Green Gulch Farm

Teacher and Student

Serial: BZ-00893A

Saturday Lecture

Teacher-and-Student, Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Buddha...
Aug 27 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

February 26th, 1988, Serial No. 01535

Serial: BZ-01535

Sixth day of sesshin at Green Gulch Farm. 

Lineage, Dharma Transmission, Soto Zen, Chanting, Platform Sutra, Rinzai, Priest,...
Feb 26 1988
6 of 7
Green Gulch Farm

Transmission

Serial: BZ-00899A

Lecture

Transmission, Soto Zen, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Precepts, Rinzai, Bowing, Study...
Feb 13 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

December 13th, 1987, Serial No. 00304

Serial: BZ-00304

Sesshin Day 6

Lineage, Religion, Silence, Diversity, Lotus Sutra, Doubt, Subject-and-Object,...
Dec 13 1987

Blue Cliff Record Class

Serial: SF-00070

Cases 14 and 15

Suzuki Roshi, First Principle, Oneness, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Transmission, Dragons,...
Nov 27 1987
5
Green Gulch Farm

Practicing with Intention and Vows

Vow, Ordination, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, Daily Life, Posture,...
May 23 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00894B

Lecture

Ordination, Transmission, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Family Practice,...
Nov 22 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen: The Essence of Non-Dualism

Dragons, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Consciousness, Patience, American,...
Dec 08 1985

December 8th, 1985, Serial No. 00365

Dragons, Transmission, Consciousness, Dharma Transmission, Patience, American,...
Dec 08 1985

After the Bodhisattva Ceremony

Serial: BZ-00865B

Four Vows and Four Noble Truths, Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Four Noble Truths, Vow, Precepts, Bodhisattva...
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,...
Oct 05 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Scripture and Tradition

Serial: NC-00812

"Scripture & Tradition"

OSB Cam, Transmission, confusion, Offering, Ego
Oct 02 1985

Zaike Tokudo: The Meaning of Ordination

Serial: BZ-00414

Saturday Lecture

Zaike Tokudo, Lineage, Priest, Ordination, Dharma Transmission, Precepts,...
Jun 01 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Pre-Mountain Seat Ceremony

Serial: BZ-00427A

Lecture

New Year, Cultivation, Bodhidharma, Transmission, Priest
May 18 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Dharma Transmission: Objects of Authority

Serial: BZ-00392A

Saturday Lecture

Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Lineage, Soto Zen,...
Nov 03 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Trip to Japan

Serial: BZ-00393B

Saturday Lecture

Japan, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Building, Sanctuary, Lay, Lineage,...
Oct 27 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Makyo

Serial: BZ-00393A

Saturday Lecture

Makyo, Anger, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Concentration,...
Sep 15 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00389B

Lecture

Religion, Priest, Instruction, American, War, Rinzai, Chanting, Mahayana,...
Jul 20 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Shikantaza, Kensho, Jijuyu Samadhi

Serial: BZ-00432A

Saturday Lecture

Shikantaza, Kensho, Jijuyu Zanmai, Dharma Transmission, Building, Daily Life,...
Mar 10 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Introduction to Theology

OSB Cam, Intention, Transmission, Money, Obstacles
Feb 1984
12 of 19
New Clairvaux Abbey

Introduction to Theology

OSB Cam, War, Transmission, Intention, Sanctuary
Feb 1984
1 of 19
New Clairvaux Abbey

Introduction to Theology

OSB Cam, Ceremony, Hindrances, Transmission
Feb 1984
3 of 19
New Clairvaux Abbey

Introduction to Theology

Serial: NC-01112

"Task of Becoming Fully Human in a Christian Way."

OSB Cam, Anger, Compassion, Transmission
Feb 1984
14 of 19
New Clairvaux Abbey

Earthly Redemption Through Irenaeus' Eyes

Serial: NC-00395

Monastic Theology Series Set 1 of 3

Transmission, War, Letting Go, Balance, Enlightenment
Jul 06 1983

Developing Your Own Authority to Practice

Serial: BZ-00399A

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Doubt,...
Jun 18 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Embodying the Living Word

Serial: NC-00401

Monastic Theology Series Set 1 of 3

Transmission, Intuition, Enemies, War, Balance
May 11 1983

Genuine Gnosis: Christian Orthodoxy Unveiled

Serial: NC-00400

Monastic Theology Series Set 1 of 3

Buddha, First Principle, Buddhism, Transmission
May 04 1983

February 21st, 1983, Serial No. 02807

Transmission, Rinzai, Heart Sutra
Feb 21 1983

Exodus

Serial: NC-00940

Class #3 (20 Jan 82) and #4 (20 Jan 83) on the Book of Exodus.

OSB Cam, Transmission, Renewal, New Year, confusion, Letting Go
Jan 20 1983
2 of 3
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Women in Buddhism, Ordination

Ordination, Transmission, Lay, Precepts, Passions, Family Practice, Buddha Nature,...
Oct 04 1982

Women's Practice

Family Practice, Enthusiasm, Transmission, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Culture,...
May 30 1982

Eternal Guardians of the Lotus Sutra

Lotus Sutra, Repentance, Evil, Offering, Vow, Transmission, Community, Building...
Apr 16 1982

Enlightenment: Personal Realization, Communal Validation

Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Mind, Patience...
Mar 19 1982

Four Kinds of Horses

Serial: BZ-00021A

Reading from a Suzuki-rôshi Lecture, Rohatsu Day 7

Agama Sutra, Posture, Continuous Practice, Dharma Transmission, American, Beginners,...
Dec 1981
Part 3 of 3
Berkeley Zen Center

Charismatic Leadership in Monastic Letters

Serial: NC-00690

Monastic Spirituality Set 5 of 12

Instruction, Transmission, Letting Go, Demons, Koan
Oct 21 1981

Obedience and Redemption Unveiled

Serial: NC-00795

Monastic Spirituality Set 2 of 12

OSB Cam, Koan, Transmission, Liberation, Hate
Feb 18 1981

Knowledge of God & Trinity

Transmission, Emptiness, Buddhism, Lineage, Koan
Feb 1981
4 of 14

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,...
Nov 03 1980
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen's Symphony of Pure Practice

Emotions, Subject-and-Object, confusion, Meditation, Oneness, Happiness,...
Dec 14 1979

Shikantaza: Living Beyond Enlightenment

Realization, Consciousness, Breath, Oneness, Lineage, Don't Know Mind,...
Dec 12 1979

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