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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October 3rd, 1998, Serial No. 00439, Side BSerial: BZ-00439B #duplicate-please-hide Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Berkeley Zen Center, Precepts, Religion, Priest,... |
Oct 03 1998 |
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September 19th, 1998, Serial No. 00437, Side B Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, Lineage, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Sep 19 1998 |
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September 12th, 1998, Serial No. 00437, Side A Vow, Obstacles, Offering, Anger, New Year, Transmission, Bodhisattva Vow, Dharma... |
Sep 12 1998 |
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Practice Period CommitmentSerial: BZ-00362B Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Precepts, Dharma Transmission,... |
Apr 26 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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OrdinationSerial: BZ-00787A Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Precepts, Practice Period, Family Practice,... |
Nov 16 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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June 29th, 1996, Serial No. 00799, Side A Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, First Principle, true dharma, Dharma... |
Jun 29 1996 |
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Mumonkan: Case # 29Serial: BZ-00802A Hui Neng "Mind That Moves"; Intentionality, Saturday Lecture Hui Neng, Intention, MM-29, Bell, Diversity, Silence, Sixth Patriarch, Subject-and-... |
Jun 01 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mumonkan: Case #25Serial: BZ-00803B Hui Neng Bed & Bowl, Saturday Lecture Hui Neng, MM-25, Evil, Lay, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Dharma Transmission,... |
May 25 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 24th, 1996, Serial No. 00250 Attachment, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Don't Know Mind, Sixth Patriarch... |
May 24 1996 |
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October 14th, 1995, Serial No. 00820, Side A confusion, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature, Religion, Happiness, Duality, Non-... |
Oct 14 1995 |
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May 21st, 1995, Serial No. 00975, Side B Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Dharma Transmission, Aspects of Practice, Lay Ordination,... |
May 21 1995 |
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Tassajara Practice PeriodSerial: BZ-00909B Saturday Lecture Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Dharma Transmission, American, Practice Period,... |
Apr 15 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Takubetsu SesshinSerial: BZ-00743 Sesshin Dharma Transmission, Transmission, American, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Priest,... |
Apr 05 1995 |
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March 31st, 1995, Serial No. 00765 Culture, American, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Practice Period, Humility, Non-... |
Mar 31 1995 |
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Memories of Suzuki Roshi Buddha Nature, Transmission, Buddha Mind, Patience, resistance, Tassajara Zen... |
Mar 04 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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January 24th, 1995, Serial No. 00758 Fox, true dharma, Priest, Instruction, Lay, Transmission, Demons, Chanting, Sixth... |
Jan 24 1995 |
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July 30th, 1994, Serial No. 00939, Side B Discrimination, Enemies, resistance, Transmission, Duality, Emotions, Attachment... |
Jul 30 1994 |
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May 19th, 1994, Serial No. 00236 Bodhidharma, Dharma Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Transmission, training,... |
May 19 1994 |
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Essence of ZenSerial: BZ-00225 Class 1of 3 Religion, Four Noble Truths, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, War... |
Feb 16 1994 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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February 2nd, 1994, Serial No. 00224 Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Birth-and-Death, Lineage, Nirvana, Composure, Six Realms,... |
Feb 02 1994 |
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January 20th, 1994, Serial No. 00222 Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Instruction, Doubt,... |
Jan 20 1994 |
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January 19th, 1994, Serial No. 00559 Platform Sutra, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, true dharma, Transmission, Evil,... |
Jan 19 1994 |
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Maha Mangala SuttaSerial: BZ-00217 From the October 1993 newsletter: This year's study program moves from basic Buddhist images, to early Sutras, Mahayana, and Zen. The second class in this series... Religion, Transmission, Evil, Chanting, Beginners, American, Liberation, Vinaya,... |
Oct 28 1993 1 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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October 16th, 1993, Serial No. 00658, Side A Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Mindfulness, Ordination, Lay Ordination, War,... |
Oct 16 1993 |
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July 31st, 1993, Serial No. 00654, Side B Pure Existence, Obstacles, Posture, Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Instruction,... |
Jul 31 1993 |
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Transmission of Light: The 38th Ancestor Seigen GyoshiSerial: BZ-00666B Not Getting Caught in Stages, Saturday Lecture Seigen Gyoshi, Liberation, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Current Events, Don... |
May 22 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 17th, 1993, Serial No. 00666, Side A Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Nature, Heart Sutra, Buddha Mind, Subject-and-Object,... |
May 17 1993 |
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May 8th, 1993, Serial No. 00665, Side A Bodhidharma, Family Practice, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Dharma Transmission,... |
May 08 1993 |
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May 6th, 1993, Serial No. 00212 true dharma, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Buddha Nature, Teacher-and-Student,... |
May 06 1993 |
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February 27th, 1993, Serial No. 00649, Side A Family Practice, Don't Know Mind, Fasting, training, Diversity, Sangha,... |
Feb 27 1993 |
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November 14th, 1992, Serial No. 01484 Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Transmission, Silent Illumination, Buddha Nature, Current... |
Nov 14 1992 |
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Iron Flute: Heat in Summer, Head Cold in WinterSerial: BZ-00643A The recording photo shows two titles. Getting Real: After Putting Another Head on Your Head Iron Flute: Heat in Summer, Head Cold in Winter... |
Nov 14 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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October 14th, 1992, Serial No. 01480 Dragons, Gaining Mind, Sixth Patriarch, Dharma Transmission, Subject-and-Object,... |
Oct 14 1992 |
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October 1st, 1992, Serial No. 00612 Anger, Precepts, Patience, Ordinary Mind, Enemies, Emotions, Dependent Origination,... |
Oct 01 1992 |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #44Serial: BZ-00638A Hoshan's Knowing How to Beat the Drum, Saturday Lecture BCR-44, Daily Life, Attachment, Buddha Mind, Don't Know Mind, Teacher-and-... |
Sep 19 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dogen's Kajo Fascicle in Shogobenzo ContinuedSerial: BZ-00637A Sesshin Day 3 Dogen, Shobogenzo, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission, Doubt, Building, Enthusiasm... |
Sep 07 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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August 1st, 1992, Serial No. 00633, Side B Buddha Mind, stubbornness, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Hate, Posture,... |
Aug 01 1992 |
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June 20th, 1992, Serial No. 00708, Side B Intuition, Culture, Transmission, Ordinary Mind, Subject-and-Object, Teacher-and-... |
Jun 20 1992 |
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May 13th, 1992, Serial No. 00213 true dharma, Transmission, Nirvana, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, Manjushri,... |
May 13 1992 |
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April 2nd, 1992, Serial No. 00604 Heart Sutra, Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Five Ranks, Transmission,... |
Apr 02 1992 |
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March 19th, 1992, Serial No. 00602 Bodhidharma, Lineage, Transmission, First Principle, Karma, Book of Serenity, Buddha... |
Mar 19 1992 |
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January 30th, 1992, Serial No. 00280 Right Speech, Four Foundations, Bell, Precepts, Mindfulness, Right Effort, Karma,... |
Jan 30 1992 |
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Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00732 Sesshin Day 4 Concentration, Religion, Absolute-and-Relative, Doubt, Mindfulness, Transmission,... |
Dec 16 1991 |
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Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00728 Class Two, Class Five Ranks, Ego, Platform Sutra, Separation, Sixth Patriarch, Absolute-and-Relative,... |
Nov 15 1991 |
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The Fire, Suffering, and Relationship With JapanSerial: BZ-00702B Saturday Lecture Japan, Current Events, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Demons, Birth-... |
Oct 26 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00625 Lecture Gratitude, Five Ranks, Sixth Patriarch, Absolute-and-Relative, Manjushri, Dharma... |
Oct 19 1991 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center |
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Early Days of Suzuki-rôshiSerial: BZ-00750B Tokubetsu Sesshin: Japanese and American, Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Sesshin, Tokubetsu, Practice Period, American, Transmission, training,... |
Sep 28 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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August 24th, 1991, Serial No. 00694, Side A Cultivation, Culture, Monastic Practice, Right Speech, Bodhisattva Vow, Dharma... |
Aug 24 1991 |
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June 28th, 1991, Serial No. 00967, Side A New Year, Dharma Transmission, War, Transmission, American, Building, training,... |
Jun 28 1991 |
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Mumonkan: Case #23Serial: BZ-00692B "Neither Good Not Evil;" Intentions, Humbleness, Saturday Lecture Humility, MM-23, Sixth Patriarch, Humility, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Dharma Transmission... |
Mar 30 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |