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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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Case #7 - Wash Your Bowl Serial: BZ-02027 Saturday Lecture BCR-7, Family Practice, Transmission, Bell, Daily Life, Building, Emotions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen Fukanzazengi Instruction, Posture, Book of Serenity, Buddha Mind, Dharma Transmission, Composure,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 01 2009
This Little Light of Mine: Serial No. 01093, Side B Serial: BZ-01093B Includes Kid Zendo Lineage, Continuous Practice, Offering, Funeral, Gratitude, Equanimity, Transmission...	Ross Blum	Feb 21 2009 BZC
This Little Light of Mine Offering, Lineage, Continuous Practice, Funeral, Gratitude, Transmission,...	Ross Blum	Feb 21 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Tao Wu's Condolence Call: Blue Cliff Record Case 55: Serial No. 01092 Serial: BZ-01092 Sesshin Birth-and-Death, Duality, Offering, Funeral, Silence, Mahayana, Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 15 2009 BZC
Ryokan's Poems - Butterfly Dreams Serial: BZ-02013 Part 1 of 2, teaching retreat Discrimination, Anger, Heart Sutra, Nirvana, Enemies, resistance, Transmission, Evil...	Shohaku Okumura	Jan 24 2009 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra: Irritation with Sesshin, helping vs. criticizing: Serial No. 01078 Serial: BZ-01078 Rohatsu Day 2, Side B Nirvana Sutra, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Don...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng: Irritation with Sesshin, helping vs. criticizing Serial: BZ-01183 Rohatsu Day 2 Transmission, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, Don...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng Serial: BZ-02005 Irritation during sesshin/helping versus Criticizing, Rohatsu Day 2 Hui Neng, Transmission, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana Sutra, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 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
Ordinary Mind is the Way: Mumonkan Case 19 Ordinary Mind, MM-19, Nansen, Joshu, Ordinary Mind, Dharma Transmission, Intuition,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 22 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordinary Mind is the Way Serial: BZ-02003 Mumonkan No. 19, Saturday Lecture MM-19, Ordinary Mind, Dharma Transmission, Intuition, Gaining Mind, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 22 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Maylie Scott: Life and Death Serial: BZ-01131 Seven Year Memorial Day Reminiscence Birth-and-Death, Priest, Building, Dharma Transmission, Lay, Liberation, Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 10 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
3 Topics: Takuhatsu, Identity Action, Ryokan Plays with Children Serial: BZ-01110 Part 1 of 2 teaching retreat Separation, Soto Zen, American, Gratitude, Mahayana, Transmission, Discrimination,...	Shohaku Okumura	Jan 26 2008 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #61 Serial: BZ-01002 Raising a Particle of Dust, Saturday Lecture Sangha, Community, BCR-61, Dragons, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Silence, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 06 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
September 8th, 2007, Serial No. 00998, Side B Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Lineage, Buddha Ancestors, Bodhidharma, true...		Sep 08 2007
Dogen's Acupuncture Point of Zazen: Beating the cart or beating the horse Serial: BZ-01423 Saturday Lecture Zazenshin, Dogen, Lineage, Separation, Dharma Transmission, Dogen, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 03 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Eventual Transition of Abbacy Serial: BZ-01389 Practice Positions Complete Practice; Small and Large Equal, Saturday Lecture Practice Position, Transmission, Practice Position, Dharma Transmission, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 30 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Women’s Practice: Falling into the *** Hole Serial: BZ-01388 Women's Sitting Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Transmission, Lotus Sutra...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Sep 24 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing the Way Wholeheartedly: Commentary on Dogen’s Bendowa Serial: BZ-01387 Saturday Lecture Transmission, New Year, Lay, Lineage, Buddha Mind, Chanting, Discrimination, uchiyama...	Raul Denkei Moncayo	Sep 23 2006 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
Blue Cliff Record Case #55: “Alive or Dead?” Remembering John King Serial: BZ-01178 Saturday Lecture Death-and-Dying, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period,...	Mary Mocine	Aug 12 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Spirit of Shuso Ceremony Serial: BZ-01170 Sesshin Day 5 Shuso Ceremony, Teacher-and-Student, Intuition, training, Dharma Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 18 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
History of Berkeley Zen Center Pt. II Serial: BZ-01222B Kid Zendo: Figures on the Altar, Saturday Lecture Berkeley Zen Center, Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Priest, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 18 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukanzazengi Serial: BZ-01217 Part I, Sesshin Day 2 Fukanzazengi, Silent Illumination, Lineage, Discrimination, Daily Life, Sanctuary,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
The Poetry of Ryokan Serial: BZ-01214 Teaching Retreat, part 2 of 2 Dharma Transmission, Discrimination, Building, Gratitude, New Year, Transmission,...	Shohaku Okumura	Feb 04 2006 2 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
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01332 Sesshin Day 4 Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Priest, Bodhidharma, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 25 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Eight Practices of Bodhisattva, Tibetan Tradition, Bodhisattva Song and Kid Zendo Day Serial: BZ-01328 Saturday Lecture Lotus Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Patience, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jun 18 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Priest and Lay Practice Serial: BZ-01325 Saturday Lecture Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Lay, Ordination, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 28 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission Serial: BZ-01321 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Humility, Priest, Renunciation, Ego, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 07 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission Serial: BZ-01550 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Humility, Ego, Renunciation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 07 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Find Out for Yourself Serial: BZ-00600 Sesshin Day 6 Monastic Practice, Teacher-and-Student, Aspects of Practice, Intuition, Non-duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 28 2005
Heart Sutra: Practicing Nonattainment Serial: BZ-01316C Saturday Lecture Transmission, Lay Practice, Priest, Politics, Lay, Hindrances, Heart Sutra,...	Raul Moncayo	Mar 26 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Dongshan Serial: BZ-00593 Sesshin Day 3 Three Treasures, Four Noble Truths, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, Lotus...	Greg Fain	Mar 25 2005 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Way Seeking Mind Pt. 4 Serial: BZ-00588 Lecture, second half of part 4 Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 15 2005 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Way seeking Mind, Part 4 Serial: BZ-01571 Part 4, first half Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Humility, Doubt, Passions, Conversation, War,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 15 2005 1 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
March 15th, 2005, Serial No. 01572 Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Doubt, Ordination...		Mar 15 2005
Way Seeking Mind Pt. 3 Serial: BZ-00589 Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, Building, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 14 2005
Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00769 Class 9 of 12 Ego, Discrimination, Birth-and-Death, Five Ranks, Karma, Eight Aspects, Gaining Mind...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 06 2005 9 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00770 Class 8 of 12 Five Ranks, Transmission, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Light-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 02 2005 8 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
January 20th, 2005, Serial No. 00796 Precious Mirror, Oneness, Ego, confusion, Offering, Ordinary Mind, Religion,...		Jan 20 2005
Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00777 Class 1 of 12 Precious Mirror, Five Ranks, Big Mind, Dharma Transmission, Ego, Transmission, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 15 2005 1 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
January 15th, 2005, Serial No. 00833 Big Mind, Ego, Daily Life, Dharma Transmission, Lineage, Forgiveness, Equanimity,...		Jan 15 2005
Ryokan and the Virtues of a Simple Life Serial: BZ-01301C Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Soto Zen, Transmission, Gratitude, Practice...	Ross Blum	Jan 15 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
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, Aspects of Practice,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Nov 11 2004 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Nagarjuna Serial: BZ-01288 Lecture Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Priest, Teacher-and-...	Peter Overton	Nov 06 2004 Berkeley Zen Center

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