Transmission Talks

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
Teachers, Disciples Silence, Blue Cliff Record, Ordinary Mind, Transmission, Rinzai	Karen DeCotis	Feb 06 2021
Inconceivable Life Conversation, Birth-and-Death, Intuition, Bowing, Enemies, Lineage, Passions,...	Mary Duryee	Dec 26 2020
Women Ancestors Class Blue Cliff Record, Gratitude, Soto Zen, Lineage, Vow, Transmission, Culture,...	Laurie Senauke	Nov 30 2020 3 of 3 Zoom
Women Ancestors Class Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,...	Karen DeCotis	Nov 23 2020 2 of 3 Zoom
Women Ancestors Class Lay, Priest, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-...	Karen DeCotis	Nov 23 2020 2 of 3 Zoom
Problems, Prospects Impermanence, Greed, Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Nirvana, Conversation,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 10 2020
What Do You Call The World Book of Serenity, Mindfulness, Six Realms, New Year, Teacher-and-Student, Bodhidharma...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 19 2020
Appropriate Action Avalokiteshvara, Right Speech, Lotus Sutra, Book of Serenity, Diversity, Hindrances,...	Penelope Thompson	Sep 12 2020
Dongshan Class 1 First Principle, Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Oneness, Heart Sutra, Continuous...	Ross Blum	Aug 25 2020
Virtual Skit Night Offering, Zoom, Hate, Posture, American, Lay, Transmission, Discrimination,...		Jul 13 2020
Teaching Truth War, Enemies, American, Ego, Evil, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Hate, Offering...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 11 2020
Living With The Epidemic Transmission, training, Harmonizing, Bowing, Silence, Concentration, Bell, Separation...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 07 2020
Questions Priest, Transmission, Big Mind, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Hindrances, Lineage, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2019
Going Beyond Heart Sutra, Intimacy, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Renewal,...	Peter Overton	Aug 24 2019
Sojun Roshi's 90th Birthday Party Building, Dharma Transmission, Lay, Teacher-and-Student, Tassajara Zen Mountain...		Jul 20 2019
Denko Roku 1: Shakyamuni Serial: BZ-02662 Study Sesshin Day 1 true dharma, Transmission, Liberation, Nirvana, Dogen, Soto Zen, Chanting, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 16 2019
Being Shuso and Learning to Say Yes Practice Period, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Nature, training, Lay, Patience, Bowing...	Ellen Webb	Dec 15 2018
Being Time Buddha Nature, Sixth Patriarch, Doubt, Equanimity, Transmission, Dharma Transmission...	Shinshu Roberts	Nov 10 2018
Maylie Scott Bears the Unbearable Sesshin: Close Aspects of Practice Berkeley Zen Center, Peace, Conversation, Transmission, Offering, Dharma Transmission...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 03 2018
No Recipe Passions, Mindfulness, Dharma Transmission, Anger, Happiness, Transmission,...	Edward Brown	Jul 21 2018
The Heart of Priest and Lay Practice Priest, Gaining Mind, Lay, Lay Practice, Ego, Practice Period, Priest-and-Lay,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 21 2018
Spring Rain Big Mind, Platform Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Buddha Nature, Lotus Sutra...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Apr 14 2018
Blue Cliff Record Case 9: Joshu's Four Gates BCR-9, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 03 2018
Fukanzazenki Fukanzazengi, Dragons, Berkeley Zen Center, Instruction, zen meditation, Posture,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 28 2018
Defying Gravity 2 Birth-and-Death, Dharma Transmission, Composure, Rinzai, Transmission, Culture, Lay,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Dec 16 2017
Continuity Amid Conflict in Our Zen Practice Buddha Ancestors, Berkeley Zen Center, Aspects of Practice, Transmission, Commitment...	Walter Kieser	Sep 30 2017
Jewel Mirror Samadhi Part 1 Serial: BZ-02569 Part 1 of 2 Transmission, Duality, Soto Zen, Five Ranks, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 02 2017 1
Jewel Mirror Samadhi Part 2 Serial: BZ-02570 Part 2 of 2 Five Ranks, Buddha Nature, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, Oneness, Mindfulness,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 02 2017 2
Presence Mindfulness, Monkey Mind, Current Events, Dragons, Enemies, Culture, Enthusiasm,...	Peter Overton	Aug 19 2017
The Shuso Question: Full Spontaneous Encounter Practice Period, Hindrances, Patience, Aspects of Practice, Conversation, Gratitude,...	Peter Overton	Jul 01 2017
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-02553 Sesshin Day 2 Ego, Heart Sutra, Emotions, Duality, Offering, Peace, causation, Karma, Addiction,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 08 2017
Dogen's Uji: Time Being Part 2 Continuous Practice, Karma, Karmic Consciousness, Enemies, Transmission, Nirvana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 12 2017
Practice is the Details of My Life Buddha Nature, Humility, Dharma Transmission, Soto Zen, Offering, Gratitude, Samadhi...	Baika Andrea Pratt	Aug 13 2016
White Bird in Snow Serial: BZ-02481 Jukai Precepts, Lineage, Lay Ordination, Ordination, Bodhisattva Way, Lay, Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jun 04 2016
Blanche Hartman: This Little Light Serial: BZ-02000 Saturday Lecture M, Ordinary Mind, Berkeley Zen Center, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 21 2016 Berkeley Zen Center
Plum Blossoms Concentration, Dharma Transmission, New Year, Teacher-and-Student, Bell, Priest-and-...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Jan 30 2016
Seijiki Demons, Six Realms, Offering, Fox, Culture, Renewal, Forgiveness, Samsara,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 31 2015
Ordination and Patience Priest, Lay, Attachment, Transmission, American, Dharma Transmission, Ordination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 12 2015
Zen of Four Seasons Serial: BZ-02434 Part 1 of 2 Transmission, Silence, Culture, uchiyama, Fundraising, Precepts, Building,...	Shohaku Okumura	Aug 29 2015 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Hearing the Cries of the World Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Peace, Sangha, Constancy, Priest-and-Lay,...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Jan 31 2015
Dogen's Uji: Being Time Big Mind, Doubt, Discrimination, Darkness and Light, Demons, Continuous Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 23 2014
Do What You Love To Be Happy Right Effort, Oneness, Forgiveness, Dharma Transmission, confusion, Mindfulness,...	Baika Pratt	Jan 11 2014
Forgiveness Serial: BZ-02340 Rohatsu Forgiveness, Anger, Forgiveness, Emotions, Anger, American, Attachment, Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 2013 Berkeley Zen Center
Eight Awarenesses and the Easeful Life of Ryokan Eight Awarenesses, Karma, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Vow, Building, Transmission, Offering...	Ross Blum	Nov 30 2013
Dharma and Aging Birth-and-Death, Priest, Transmission, War, Gratitude, Enemies, Lineage, American...	Chikudo Lew Richmond	Nov 16 2013
Dogens Vow Serial: BZ-02327 Part 4 of 4 Repentance, Dharma Transmission, Discrimination, Transmission, Mindfulness, true...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 01 2013 4
Blue Cliff Record Case 14 BCR-14, Teacher-and-Student, Blue Cliff Record, Intimacy, Practice Position, training...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 13 2013
Flexibility Serial: BZ-02315 Working with Pain, Sesshin Discrimination, Pain, Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Conversation, Bodhidharma, Enemies...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 2013 Berkeley Zen Center
Bumblebees Can't Fly training, Practice Position, Duality, Separation, Attachment, Heart Sutra,...	David Weinberg	Feb 09 2013
Sandokai Lecture One Serial: BZ-02278 Title and Couplet 1, Rohatsu Day 1 Big Mind, Platform Sutra, Discrimination, Oneness, Lineage, Absolute-and-Relative,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 2012 Berkeley Zen Center

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