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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
October 13th, 1988, Serial No. 01513 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Practice Period, Lay, Lay Practice,...		Oct 13 1988
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 Serial: BZ-01498A Seppo's "What Is It?", Saturday Lecture Issan, confusion, Dragons, Big Mind, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Priest, Rinzai,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 10 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
September 3rd, 1988, Serial No. 01911 Transmission, Interview, realization, confusion, Enemies, Doubt, training, Peace,...	Sogyal Rinpoche	Sep 03 1988 SFZC
Khandro Serial: SF-01914 Labor Day Posture, Peace, Transmission, Heart Sutra, Emptiness, stubbornness, Passions,...	Sogyal Rinpoche	Sep 03 1988 SFZC
Khandro Serial: SF-01913 Rigpa adulthood Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Instruction, Humility, Emptiness, Sanctuary,...	Sogyal Rinpoche	Sep 03 1988 SFZC
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
Marin Retreat Serial: SF-01888 Thursday 14th pm Liberation, Obstacles, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Karma, Transmission, Freedom...	Chhoje Rinpoche	Jul 14 1988 SFZC
Marin Retreat Serial: SF-01947 Thursday Emptiness, realization, Karma, confusion, Transmission, Letting Go, Liberation,...	Chhoje Rinpoche	Jul 1988 SFZC
Insight of Buddhism Serial: SF-01949 Date given as 1988.04.28 on cassette confusion, Transmission, Happiness, Duality, Emotions, Karma, Separation, Ego,...	Chhoje Rinpoche	May 28 1988 SFZC
April 25th, 1988, Serial No. 01893 Bodhidharma, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Doubt, Religion, Mahayana, Interview,...	McRae	Apr 25 1988 Unknown
Guru Yoga Lineage, Buddha Nature, Chanting, Describe, Don't Know Mind, Transmission,...	Tai Sifu	Apr 08 1988 SFZC
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
June 13th, 1987, Serial No. 01006 realization, Lotus Sutra, Discrimination, Bodhisattva Way, Delusion, Conversation,...	Katherine Thanas	Jun 13 1987 SFZC
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
Scripture and Tradition Serial: NC-00812 "Scripture & Tradition" OSB Cam, Transmission, lecture, confusion, Offering, Ego	Aelred Squire	Oct 02 1985
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
Introduction to Theology, Serial No. 01112 Serial: NC-01112 "Task of Becoming Fully Human in a Christian Way." OSB Cam, Judgement, Anger, Compassion, Transmission	Aelred Squire	Feb 1984 14 of 19 New Clairvaux Abbey
Introduction to Theology, Serial No. 01125 OSB Cam, lecture, Intention, Transmission, Money, Obstacles	Aelred Squire	Feb 1984 12 of 19 New Clairvaux Abbey
Introduction to Theology, Serial No. 01126 OSB Cam, lecture, War, Transmission, Intention, Sanctuary	Aelred Squire	Feb 1984 1 of 19 New Clairvaux Abbey
Introduction to Theology, Serial No. 01128 OSB Cam, Echo, Ceremony, Hindrances, Transmission	Aelred Squire	Feb 1984 3 of 19 New Clairvaux Abbey
July 6th, 1983, Serial No. 00395 Serial: NC-00395 Monastic Theology Series Set 1 of 3 Transmission, War, Letting Go, Balance, Enlightenment	Bruno Barnhart	Jul 06 1983
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
May 11th, 1983, Serial No. 00401 Serial: NC-00401 Monastic Theology Series Set 1 of 3 Transmission, Intuition, Enemies, War, Balance	Bruno Barnhart	May 11 1983
May 4th, 1983, Serial No. 00400 Serial: NC-00400 Monastic Theology Series Set 1 of 3 Buddha, First Principle, Describe, Buddhism, Transmission	Bruno Barnhart	May 04 1983
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
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	Thomas Matus	Jan 20 1983 2 of 3 New Camaldoli Hermitage
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
October 21st, 1981, Serial No. 00690 Serial: NC-00690 Monastic Spirituality Set 5 of 12 Instruction, Transmission, Letting Go, Demons, Koan	Bruno Barnhart	Oct 21 1981

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