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A lineage in Buddhism is a line of transmission of the Buddhist teaching that is "theoretically traced back to the Buddha himself." The acknowledgement of the transmission can be oral, or certified in documents. Several branches of Buddhism, including Chan (including Zen and Seon) and Tibetan Buddhism maintain records of their historical teachers. These records serve as a validation for the living exponents of the tradition.

The historical authenticity of various Buddhist lineages has been subject to debate. Stephen Batchelor has claimed, speaking about specifically Japanese Zen lineage, "the historicity of this “lineage” simply does not withstand critical scrutiny." Erik Storlie has noted that transmission "is simply false on historical grounds." Edward Conze said "much of the traditions about the early history of Chan are the inventions of a later age."

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Title	Speaker	Date
Courage, Part 2 Doubt, Buddha Ancestors, Attachment, Renunciation, Sangha, Continuous Practice, Hate...	Gerry Oliva	Oct 31 2020
Four Focuses Emotions, Gaining Mind, Mindfulness, Hindrances, Anger, Attachment, Buddha Ancestors...	Ron Nestor	Mar 30 2019
Beating the Drum Buddha Ancestors, Practice Period, Confession-and-Repentance, Vow, Tassajara Zen...	Baika Pratt	Aug 11 2018
Faith In Practice Karma, Buddha Ancestors, Confession-and-Repentance, Doubt, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Evil...	Gerry Oliva	Mar 24 2018
Continuity Amid Conflict in Our Zen Practice Buddha Ancestors, Transmission, Commitment, Composure, Conversation, Causation, Ego...	Walter Kieser	Sep 30 2017
Two Approaches to the Regulation of Posture, Breath, and Mind Instruction, Posture, Birth-and-Death, Gaining Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Mindfulness,...	Isshō Fujita	Sep 09 2017 Berkeley Zen Center
Yunmen's Body Exposed in The Golden Wind Serial: BZ-02467 Class Blue Cliff Record Case 27 class 3 of 4 BCR-27, Dragons, Buddha Ancestors, Birth-and-Death, Bodhidharma, New Year, Sixth...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 21 2016 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Plum Blossoms Concentration, Dharma Transmission, New Year, Teacher-and-Student, Bell, Priest-and-...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Jan 30 2016
Differences in Zen and Psychotherapy Big Mind, Commitment, Conversation, Buddha Ancestors, Vow, Sangha, Discrimination,...	Laurie Senauke	Jul 05 2014
Blue Cliff Record Case 14 BCR-14, Teacher-and-Student, Blue Cliff Record, Intimacy, Practice Position, Buddha...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 13 2013
Don't Slam the Door Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Gratitude, Teacher-and-Student, Bell, Vow, Attachment,...	Ross Blum	Mar 02 2013
Raihai Tokuzui Serial: BZ-02261 Study sesshin, part 2 of 4 Fox, Lay Practice, Ordination, Lay, Priest, Lineage, Buddha Ancestors, Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 01 2012 2
The Ways of Change Confession-and-Repentance, Impermanence, Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Ancestors,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 14 2012
Dharma Transmission Serial: BZ-02188 Teacher/Disciple Relationship, Sesshin Day 4 Lineage, Transmission, Dogen, Transmission, Branching Streams, Buddha Ancestors,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 18 2011 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazenshin Class Dragons, Buddha Ancestors, Teacher-and-Student, First Principle, Non-duality, Lineage...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 19 2011 2
Beginners and Beginning: Self sufficiency: Serial No. 01084 Beginners, Composure, Light-and-Darkness, New Year, Buddha Ancestors, Instruction,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 03 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra: Serial No. 01077 Serial: BZ-01077 Rohatsu Day 1, side B Buddha Nature, Platform Sutra, Don't Know Mind, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Evil,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng Serial: BZ-01453 Rohatsu Day 1 Buddha Nature, Buddha Ancestors, Don't Know Mind, Ordination, Big Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng Serial: BZ-02004 Rohatsu Day 1 Hui Neng, Buddha Nature, Buddha Ancestors, Platform Sutra, Don't Know Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
“Menju” (Face to Face Transmission): From Moon in a Dew Drop, Writings of Zen Master Dogen Serial: BZ-00998B Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Lineage, Buddha Ancestors, Bodhidharma, Dharma...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Sep 08 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
"Cooking Your Life" (Uchiyama and Dogen): Meeting the Source Serial: BZ-00992 Teaching Retreat, part 1 of 2 Tenzo Kyokun, Practice Position, Practice Position, Intuition, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 01 2007 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Faith in Buddhism: What is Buddhist Faith Serial: BZ-01057A Class 5 of 5 Karma, Constancy, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice, Birth-and-Death...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 14 2007 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Faith in Mind Serial: BZ-01433 Saturday Lecture Buddha Mind, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Ancestors,...	Karen Sundheim	Apr 28 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Giving/Non-Stinginess, 8th Precept Serial: BZ-01048 Class 2 of 4 Precepts, Offering, Mindfulness, Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Anger,...	Ron Nestor	Nov 02 2006 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Realizing the Precepts in Practice Serial: BZ-01395 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Vow, Practice Period, Observe, Repentance, Buddha Ancestors,...	Greg Denny	Oct 28 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Precepts— Historical Background Serial: BZ-01047A Class 1 of 4 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Three Treasures, Vinaya, Ordination, Mahayana, Buddha...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 26 2006 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Shining Practice: Growing up in a Zendo (Kid Zendo) Serial: BZ-01386 Saturday Lecture Bell, Family Practice, Transmission, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Sep 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-01239 Tradition of Sewing Buddha's Robe, Saturday Lecture Lay Ordination, Sewing, Joshin-san, Precepts, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Commitment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 10 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
(I, along with) All Beings, Am the World Honored One Serial: BZ-01227B Saturday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Buddha Nature, Buddha's Birthday, Buddha Ancestors,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 08 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
What Are We Doing Here? Serial: BZ-01220 History of Berkeley Zen Center Pt. I, Saturday Lecture Dogen, Lay Practice, Priest, Lay, Heart Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Mill Valley, Four...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 04 2006 1 Berkeley Zen Center
March 4th, 2006, Serial No. 01454 Lay Practice, Priest, Lay, Heart Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Mill Valley, Four Noble...		Mar 04 2006
Buddhanature Is Light Serial: BZ-01206 Komyozo Zammai; Dogen and Keizan, Rohatsu Day 6 Buddha Nature, Dogen, Keizan, Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #86: "Everyone Has Their Light" Serial: BZ-01205 Temple Storehouse, Temple Gate, Rohatsu Day 5 Ummon, BCR-86, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Darkness-and-Light, Buddha Ancestors, Hindrances...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
The Path to Transmission and Beyond (Kid Zendo): The Same Rituals But Different Intentions Serial: BZ-01342 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Buddha Ancestors, Commitment, Priest, Addiction,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Aug 20 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00592 Sesshin Day 3 Book of Serenity, Instruction, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Manjushri, Silence,...	Greg Fain	Feb 22 2005 Tassajara
Aspects of Practice: Female Chan Ancestors Serial: BZ-01030A Class 4 of 4 Practice Period, Dragons, Transmission, Fox, Buddha Ancestors, Lineage, Interview,...	Baika Pratt	Nov 18 2004 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Dogen Serial: BZ-01029A Class 3 of 4 Bodhisattva Ceremony, Lay Practice, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Transmission, Rinzai,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Nov 11 2004 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of practice: Huineng, 6th Ancestor Serial: BZ-01027A Class 1 of 4 Platform Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Cultivation, Birth-and-Death, Lineage, Dharma...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 28 2004 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Guidelines for Studying the Way: Dogen’s Gakudo Yojin-Shu Serial: BZ-01023B Class 2 of 5 Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Duality, Heart Sutra, Gaining Mind, Buddha Nature, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 20 2004 2 Berkeley Zen Center
George W. Bush and a Dogen Fascicle Serial: BZ-01263B Saturday Lecture Dogen, Current Events, Politics, Anger, Birth-and-Death, War, Greed, Buddha Ancestors...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 15 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen’s Eihei Shingi: Pure Standards for the Zen Community Serial: BZ-00580 Class 3 of 5 Buddha Ancestors, Dragons, Building, Evil, Offering, Commitment, Non-duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 29 2004 3 Chapel Hill Zen Center
Dogen’s Eihei Shingi: Pure Standards for the Zen Community Serial: BZ-00582 Class 5 of 5 Funeral, Birth-and-Death, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Karma, Offering, Sixth Patriarch,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 29 2004 5 Chapel Hill Zen Center
Eihei Shingi: The Kanin Serial: BZ-01375 Conclusion, Rohatsu Day 6 Eihei Shingi, Big Mind, Emotions, Buddha Ancestors, Monastic Practice, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Eihei Shingi: The Kanin Serial: BZ-01374 The Kanin, Rohatsu Day 5 Eihei Shingi, Buddha Ancestors, Evil, Monastic Practice, confusion, Dragons, Birth-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 05 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Light in Buddhism: Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi Serial: BZ-00544 Class 6 of 7 Buddha Ancestors, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Buddha Nature, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 30 2003 6 Berkeley Zen Center
15 Sutras from the Old Way: Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dharma: The Four Noble Truths Serial: BZ-00454 Class 1 of 5 Four Noble Truths, Right Speech, Right Effort, Concentration, Peace, Mahayana, Birth-...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 12 2002 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-00149B Saturday Lecture Lay Ordination, Precepts, Ordination, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Way, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 15 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen and Plum Blossoms Serial: BZ-00094A Saturday Lecture Dogen, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Dragons, Priest-and-Lay, Buddha Ancestors,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 03 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice Serial: BZ-00476 Class 2 of 4 Teacher-and-Student, Lineage, Transmission, Buddha Ancestors, Bodhisattva Ceremony,...	David Weinberg	Oct 11 2001 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Living in Vow Serial: BZ-00090 Lecture Vow, Buddha Ancestors, Priest, Patience, Forgiveness, Repentance, Enemies	Jisho Cary Warner	Sep 08 2001 Berkeley Zen Center

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