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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 monastic "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
Practices in Everyday Life Serial: BZ-00694A Lecture Cultivation, Culture, Monastic Practice, Right Speech, Dharma Transmission,...	Yvonne Rand	Aug 24 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00967A Sesshin Day 3 lecture New Year, Dharma Transmission, War, Transmission, Building, Priest	Hoitsu Suzuki Roshi	Jun 28 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #23 Serial: BZ-00692B "Neither Good Not Evil;" Intentions, Humbleness, Saturday Lecture Humility, MM-23, Sixth Patriarch, Humility, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Dharma Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 30 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
October 6th, 1990, Serial No. 01479 Silent Illumination, Soto Zen, Daily Life, Samadhi, Book of Serenity, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 06 1990 Tassajara
Big Emptiness and Small Emptiness Serial: BZ-00516B Saturday Lecture Emptiness, Sixth Patriarch, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 25 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Eulogy for Katagiri Roshi Serial: BZ-00509B Lecture Lotus Sutra, Patience, Constancy, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma...	Michael Wenger	Apr 14 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Abbot's Zuisse Ceremony in Japan Serial: BZ-00385 Saturday Lecture Zuisse, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Study Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 28 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Sesshin Lecture Serial: BZ-00377A Sesshin Day 3 Duality, Buddha Nature, Subject-and-Object, Oneness, Dharma Transmission, Doubt,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Practice Period, Lay, Lay Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 13 1988 Tassajara
Unknown Title Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Obstacles, Transmission, Daily Life, Light-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 28 1988 Green Gulch Farm
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
Just This One Serial: BZ-00895B Lecture, sesshin day 2 Peace, Dharma Transmission, Emotions, Samadhi, Greed, Lineage, Concentration,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jun 16 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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 26 1988 6 of 7 Green Gulch Farm
Transmission Serial: BZ-00899A Lecture Transmission, Soto Zen, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Precepts, Rinzai, Bowing, Study...	Ananda Dalenberg	Feb 13 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing with Intention and Vows Vow, Ordination, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, Daily Life, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 23 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Priest's Practice and Coming Ordinations at BZC Serial: BZ-00874A Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Priest, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 01 1986 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
June 1st, 1985, Serial No. 00429, Side B Lineage, Priest, Precepts, Ordination, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission, Priest-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 01 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Pre-Mountain Seat Ceremony Serial: BZ-00426A Questions and Comments, Saturday Lecture Mountain Seat Ceremony, Priest, Ordination, Precepts, Lay, Offering, Priest-and-Lay,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 11 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Parinirvana Serial: BZ-00423A Saturday Lecture Parinirvana, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Buddha's...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 16 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission: Objects of Authority Serial: BZ-00392A Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Lineage, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 03 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Trip to Japan Serial: BZ-00393B Saturday Lecture Japan, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Building, Sanctuary, Lay, Lineage,...	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
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
Practice Life Serial: BZ-00401 Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life, Don't Know Mind, Posture, Buddha Nature, Priest...	Joko Beck Sensei	Aug 07 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Developing Your Own Authority to Practice Serial: BZ-00399A Saturday Lecture Practice, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Tassajara, Doubt, Peace	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 18 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Kinds of Horses Serial: BZ-00021A Reading from a Suzuki-rôshi Lecture, Rohatsu Day 7 Agama Sutra, Posture, Continuous Practice, Dharma Transmission, Beginners, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 1981 Part 3 of 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Unknown Title, Serial 00632, Side B Chanting, Don't Know Mind, Tassajara, Bowing, Precepts, Priest, Lay Practice,...		Berkeley Zen Center

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