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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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Title	Speaker	Date
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
Buddha Nature: Interconnected Enlightenment realization, Lotus Sutra, Discrimination, Bodhisattva Way, Delusion, Conversation,...	Katherine Thanas	Jun 13 1987 SFZC
Practicing with Intention and Vows Vow, 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 Zen Mountain Center, Family Practice,...	Kathie Fischer	Nov 22 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen: The Essence of Non-Dualism 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, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Four Noble Truths, Vow, Precepts, Bodhisattva...	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
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, 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
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00389B Lecture Religion, Priest, Instruction, American, War, training, Rinzai, Chanting, Mahayana,...	Maureen Stewart	Jul 20 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
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 OSB Cam, lecture, Intention, Transmission, Money, Obstacles	Aelred Squire	Feb 1984 12 of 19 New Clairvaux Abbey
Introduction to Theology OSB Cam, lecture, War, Transmission, Intention, Sanctuary	Aelred Squire	Feb 1984 1 of 19 New Clairvaux Abbey
Introduction to Theology OSB Cam, Ceremony, Hindrances, Transmission	Aelred Squire	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	Aelred Squire	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	Bruno Barnhart	Jul 06 1983
Developing Your Own Authority to Practice Serial: BZ-00399A Saturday Lecture Practice, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, training, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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	Bruno Barnhart	May 11 1983
Genuine Gnosis: Christian Orthodoxy Unveiled Serial: NC-00400 Monastic Theology Series Set 1 of 3 Buddha, First Principle, 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
February 21st, 1983, Serial No. 02807 Transmission, Rinzai, Heart Sutra	Tenshin Reb Anderson	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	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, Passions, Family Practice, Buddha Nature,...	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, Posture, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Buddha Nature,...	Ananda Dalenberg	Jun 11 1982
Women's Practice Family Practice, Enthusiasm, Transmission, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Culture,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	May 30 1982
Eternal Guardians of the Lotus Sutra Lotus Sutra, Repentance, training, Evil, Offering, Vow, Transmission, Community,...	Katagiri Roshi	Apr 16 1982
Enlightenment: Personal Realization, Communal Validation 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 Practice, Dharma Transmission, American, Beginners,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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	Bruno Barnhart	Oct 21 1981
The Human Encounter with Death Heart Sutra, Death-and-Dying, Chanting, Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness...	Joan Halifax	Oct 11 1981 City Center
Obedience and Redemption Unveiled Serial: NC-00795 Monastic Spirituality Set 2 of 12 OSB Cam, Koan, Transmission, Liberation, zen, Hate	Bruno Barnhart	Feb 18 1981
Knowledge of God & Trinity Transmission, Emptiness, Buddhism, Lineage, Koan	Bruno Barnhart	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 03 1980 Berkeley Zen Center
The Self Ego, realization, Transmission, Sangha, Nirvana, Delusion, Zazen, Doubt, training...	Robert Aitken Roshi	May 17 1980 City Center
Elemental Harmony Beyond Duality Balance, Religion, Equanimity, Priest, Ordinary Mind, Nirvana, Liberation, Doubt,...	Arthur Rudolph	Mar 02 1980 SFZC
Zazen's Symphony of Pure Practice Emotions, Subject-and-Object, confusion, Meditation, Oneness, Happiness,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 14 1979
Shikantaza: Living Beyond Enlightenment realization, Consciousness, Breath, Oneness, Lineage, Don't Know Mind,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 12 1979
Awakening Through Harmonious Living Eight Awarenesses, Enemies, Transmission, Silence, Emotions	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 28 1979
Pedaling into Dharma Harmony Eight Awarenesses, Enemies, Intention, Transmission, Silence, Emotions, Building...	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 28 1979
Beyond Knowledge: Zen Transmission Big Mind, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, Dharmakaya, Dragons	Richard Baker	Mar 11 1978
Embracing the Eternal Buddha Nature Compassion, Transmission, Politics, Attachment, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Nature,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 30 1977
Walking the Path of Awakening realization, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Religion, lecture, Vinaya, Intention...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 26 1977
Awakening Truth in Zen Practice Transmission, Bodhidharma, Evil, Silence, realization, Lay, Ego, Anger,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 22 1977

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