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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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A Candle in the Dark Practice Position, Darkness-and-Light, Five Ranks, Lotus Sutra, Gratitude, Commitment...	Ryushin Andrea Thach	Nov 24 2012
The Wholehearted Way - Self Receiving and Employing Samadhi Practice Period, Instruction, Non-duality, Priest, Transmission, Posture, Don't...	Gerri Oliva	Oct 20 2012
Introduction to Bendowa Transmission, Ordinary Mind, Dharma Transmission, Soto Zen, Rinzai, War, Samadhi...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 14 2012
Buddhas and Sentient Beings Silence, Evil, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity, Five Ranks, Bodhisattva Ceremony,...	Greg Denny	Oct 06 2012
My Three Weeks in Europe Serial: BZ-02265 Zen in Europe, Saturday Lecture Kobun Chino, Vanya Palmers, Culture, Building, Religion, Priest, Tassajara Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 15 2012 Berkeley Zen Center
Raihai Tokuzui Serial: BZ-02260 Study sesshin, part 1 of 4 Fox, Bodhidharma, Lotus Sutra, Bowing, Lineage, Culture, Dragons, Transmission, Vow,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 01 2012 1
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
Dharma Transmission Serial: BZ-02259 David Weinberg Catherine Cascade Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Gratitude, Precepts, Lay Ordination, Ordination,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Aug 25 2012
Poems of Miaza Never Despise Serial: BZ-02256 Part 1 of 2 Lotus Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Transmission, Uchiyama, Beginners, Separation,...	Shohaku Okumura	Aug 04 2012 1
Zazen and Willingness Ego, Posture, Blue Cliff Record, Silence, Instruction, Offering, Dharma Transmission...	Mary Mocine	Jul 14 2012
Genjo Koan - Section 9 Serial: BZ-02247 No Gaining Idea, Sesshin Day 2, All dharmas are without self Subject-and-Object, Duality, Non-duality, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Impermanence, Heart...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 2012 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission Transmission, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Lineage, Dragons, Precepts,...	David Weinberg	Apr 28 2012
Non-Attachment to Buddha Nature Is Buddha Nature Priest-and-Lay, Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Priest, Lay, Transmission, Non-...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Nov 05 2011
Zenki and Shoji Serial: BZ-02200 Part 1 of 4, study sesshin Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Lay, Bowing, Silence, Transmission...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 03 2011 1
Pulling Out The Thorn Ordinary Mind, Four Noble Truths, Attachment, Daily Life, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Gil Fronsdal	Jul 16 2011
Eighty-second Birthday Talk Serial: BZ-02192 My Intention as a Priest, Saturday Lecture Four Methods of Guidance, Generosity, Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Culture, Gratitude,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 09 2011 Berkeley Zen Center
It's All Right Here Practice Period, Ordinary Mind, Branching Streams, Lay Practice, Platform Sutra, Lay...	Ross Blum	Jun 25 2011
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 Transmission, Discrimination, Culture, Book of Serenity, Fundraising, Instruction,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 02 2011 4
Zazenshin Class Dragons, Buddha Ancestors, Teacher-and-Student, First Principle, Non-duality, Lineage...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 19 2011 2
Zazenshin Class Transmission, Peace, Silence, Beginners, Instruction, Fundraising, Posture, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 12 2011 1
Leaning In To Difficulty Ego, War, Peace, Instruction, Fox, Dragons, Patience, Transmission	Baika Pratt	Apr 09 2011
Teshan and Lung Tan Transmission, Don't Know Mind, Anger, Ordinary Mind, Teacher-and-Student,...	Greg Denny	Mar 12 2011
Denkoroku Class - Kumorata The Nineteenth Ancestor Birth-and-Death, Karma, Transmission, Continuous Practice, Karmic Consciousness, Five...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 24 2011 2
Denkoroku Class - Ungo Doyo Daiosho Serial: BZ-02160 Study sesshin, part 4 of 4 Offering, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Evil, Demons, Intuition, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 20 2011 4
Denkoroku Class - Bashyashita Daiosho Serial: BZ-02159 Study sesshin, part 3 of 4 Karma, Transmission, Daily Life, Conversation, Duality, Funeral, Dragons, Non-duality...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 20 2011 3
Genjo Koan Lotus Sutra, Transmission, Fundraising, Anger, Enemies, Happiness, Separation,...	Dairyu Michael Wenger	Feb 12 2011
Intimate Zen, Perfect Wisdom Serial: BZ-02154 Other Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Four Noble Truths, Transmission,...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Jan 29 2011 Berkeley Zen Center
Lineage Precept Vein - Not One, Not Two Transmission, Precepts, Intuition, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission, Lineage,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Jan 15 2011
Ryokan Class Serial: BZ-02119 Teaching class 2 of 2 Offering, Posture, Passions, Transmission, Priest, Hate, Doubt, Peace, Enemies...	Shohaku Okumura	Aug 14 2010 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Ryokan's Big Bird Serial: BZ-02120 Part 1 of 2, teaching class Discrimination, Building, Passions, Culture, Dragons, Enemies, Happiness,...	Shohaku Okumura	Aug 14 2010 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Ego, Transmission, Discrimination, Religion, Samsara, Beginners, Lineage...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 01 2010 5
Stillness and Activity Enemies, Silence, Don't Know Mind, Intimacy, Chanting, Passions, Transmission,...	Daijaku Judith Kinst	Apr 10 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Hokyo Zammai Class Absolute-and-Relative, Discrimination, Transmission, Five Ranks, Subject-and-Object,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 25 2010 2
Women's Practice Intimacy, Attachment, Lineage, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jan 09 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Everything is Presenting Itself Serial: BZ-02070 Consciousness, Rohatsu Day 3 Intimacy, Culture, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Wind Of The House Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Commitment, confusion, Transmission, Mahayana,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 10 2009
Hokyo Zammai IV Serial: BZ-02057 Hobo = Dharma Bum, Sesshin Day 2, class 4 of 4 Hakuin, Sekito Kisen, Tozan, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Nirvana Sutra, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 07 2009 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Hokyo Zammai I Serial: BZ-02054 Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi, Sesshin Day 1, class 1 of 4 Five Ranks, Tozan, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Passions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 06 2009 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side H American, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Culture, Religion, Four...		Aug 28 2009 University of California at Berkeley
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side B American, War, Culture, Building, Lay Practice, Transmission, Peace, Funeral...		Aug 28 2009 University of California at Berkeley
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side D Cultivation, Conversation, Don't Know Mind, Transmission, Fundraising,...		Aug 28 2009 University of California at Berkeley
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side F Culture, American, Transmission, Religion, Lineage, Conversation, Priest, Zazen Mind...		Aug 28 2009 University of California at Berkeley
Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side G Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Lineage, Ordination, Soto Zen, Priest, Culture,...		Aug 28 2009 University of California at Berkeley
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness Mindfulness, Posture, Hindrances, Anger, Priest, Concentration, Subject-and-Object,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Aug 08 2009
Growing Up Composure, Discrimination, Non-discrimination, Priest, Silence, Passions,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 25 2009
The Swastika as Mandala Serial: BZ-02046 Sesshin Day 5 Politics, Evil, Happiness, Mandala, Interview, Transmission, Hate, Offering, Religion...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Class 5 Absorption In The Treasury Of Light Subject-and-Object, Cultivation, Transmission, Manjushri, Lotus Sutra, Religion,...		Jun 11 2009
More Light Ordinary Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Darkness-and-Light, Transmission, Practice Period...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 23 2009
Class 2 Komyo Divine Light Transmission, Current Events, Silent Illumination, Discrimination, Conversation,...		May 21 2009

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