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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
September 24th, 2006, Serial No. 01388 Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Transmission, Lotus Sutra...		Sep 24 2006
September 23rd, 2006, Serial No. 01387 Transmission, New Year, Lay, Lineage, Buddha Mind, Chanting, Discrimination, uchiyama...		Sep 23 2006
September 16th, 2006, Serial No. 01386 Bell, Family Practice, Transmission, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission...		Sep 16 2006
August 12th, 2006, Serial No. 01178 Death-and-Dying, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period,...		Aug 12 2006
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
August 20th, 2005, Serial No. 01342 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Buddha Ancestors, Commitment, Priest, Addiction,...		Aug 20 2005
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
June 18th, 2005, Serial No. 01328 Lotus Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Patience, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...		Jun 18 2005
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
March 25th, 2005, Serial No. 00593 Three Treasures, Four Noble Truths, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, Lotus...		Mar 25 2005
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
March 6th, 2005, Serial No. 00769 Ego, Discrimination, Birth-and-Death, Five Ranks, Karma, Eight Aspects, Gaining Mind...		Mar 06 2005
March 2nd, 2005, Serial No. 00770 Five Ranks, Transmission, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Light-and-...		Mar 02 2005
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
November 18th, 2004, Serial No. 01030, Side A Dragons, Transmission, Fox, Buddha Ancestors, Lineage, Interview, Lotus Sutra,...		Nov 18 2004
November 11th, 2004, Serial No. 01029, Side A Lay Practice, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Aspects of Practice, Transmission, Rinzai,...		Nov 11 2004
November 6th, 2004, Serial No. 01288 Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Priest, Teacher-and-...		Nov 06 2004

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