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Dharma 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 monastic "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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Spiritual Formation Continuous Practice, Dharma Transmission |
Mar 20 2021 |
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Let The Mystery Be Dharma Transmission, Priest, Lay Ordination, Lineage, Karma |
Jan 09 2021 |
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Women Ancestors Class Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,... |
Nov 23 2020 2 of 3 Zoom |
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Women Ancestors Class Lay, Priest, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-... |
Nov 23 2020 2 of 3 Zoom |
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Looking Back To Look Forward Emotions, Blue Cliff Record, Diversity, Culture, Enemies, New Year, Dharma... |
Nov 14 2020 |
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Living On A Mountain Dragons, Zoom, Bodhidharma, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Priest,... |
Oct 24 2020 |
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Dealing With Difficulties Impermanence, Greed, Vow, Zoom, Offering, Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Ordination... |
Oct 10 2020 |
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Problems, Prospects Impermanence, Greed, Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Nirvana, Conversation,... |
Oct 10 2020 |
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Teaching Truth War, Enemies, Ego, Evil, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Hate, Offering, Emotions... |
Jul 11 2020 |
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The Three Natures Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, War, Bodhisattva Way, Precepts, Dharma Transmission,... |
Apr 25 2020 |
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Questions Priest, Transmission, Big Mind, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Hindrances, Lineage, Lay... |
Dec 08 2019 |
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Sojun Roshi's 90th Birthday Party Building, Dharma Transmission, Lay, Teacher-and-Student, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Jul 20 2019 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Don't Be Stingy Precepts, Lay, Separation, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Don't Know Mind,... |
Apr 20 2019 |
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Being Time Buddha Nature, Sixth Patriarch, Doubt, Equanimity, Transmission, Dharma Transmission... |
Nov 10 2018 |
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Maylie Scott Bears the Unbearable Sesshin: Close Aspects of Practice Peace, Conversation, Transmission, Offering, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Bell,... |
Nov 03 2018 |
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No Recipe Passions, Mindfulness, Dharma Transmission, Anger, Happiness, Transmission,... |
Jul 21 2018 |
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Spring Rain Big Mind, Platform Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Buddha Nature, Lotus Sutra... |
Apr 14 2018 |
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Whole-Hearted Practice Buddha Mind, Dharma Transmission, Samadhi, Birth-and-Death, Rinzai, Soto Zen,... |
Mar 17 2018 |
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Defying Gravity 2 Birth-and-Death, Dharma Transmission, Composure, Rinzai, Transmission, Culture, Lay,... |
Dec 16 2017 |
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Jewel Mirror Samadhi Part 1Serial: BZ-02569 Part 1 of 2 Transmission, Duality, Soto Zen, Five Ranks, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student... |
Sep 02 2017 1 |
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Jewel Mirror Samadhi Part 2Serial: BZ-02570 Part 2 of 2 Five Ranks, Buddha Nature, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, Oneness, Mindfulness,... |
Sep 02 2017 2 |
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The Four Vows and the Four Resolves Vow, Peace, Buddha Nature, Liberation, Dharma Transmission, Impermanence, Passions,... |
Jun 17 2017 |
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Practicing with Jizo Bodhisattva Offering, Evil, Vow, Six Realms, Dharma Transmission, Priest, Karma, Mahayana, War... |
Oct 08 2016 |
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Practice is the Details of My Life Buddha Nature, Humility, Dharma Transmission, Soto Zen, Offering, Gratitude, Samadhi... |
Aug 13 2016 |
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The Four Postures Mindfulness, Posture, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Gaining Mind, Instruction,... |
Jul 30 2016 |
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Blanche Hartman: This Little LightSerial: BZ-02000 Saturday Lecture Ordinary Mind, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Dharma Transmission... |
May 21 2016 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Way of Tenderness Oneness, Diversity, Duality, Four Noble Truths, Non-duality, Anger, Dharma... |
Apr 23 2016 |
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Plum Blossoms Concentration, Dharma Transmission, New Year, Teacher-and-Student, Bell, Priest-and-... |
Jan 30 2016 |
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What is the World: An Appropriate Response Teacher-and-Student, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Dharma Transmission,... |
Jan 09 2016 |
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Ordination and Patience Priest, Lay, Attachment, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Practice... |
Sep 12 2015 |
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The Joy of Defying Gravity Nirvana, Instruction, Four Noble Truths, Impermanence, Dharma Transmission, Interview... |
Feb 21 2015 |
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Hearing the Cries of the World Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Peace, Sangha, Constancy, Priest-and-Lay,... |
Jan 31 2015 |
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The Three Bodies of Buddha Priest, Precepts, Lay, Ordination, Practice Period, Karma, Lay Practice, Humility,... |
Apr 12 2014 |
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Do What You Love To Be Happy Right Effort, Oneness, Forgiveness, Dharma Transmission, confusion, Mindfulness,... |
Jan 11 2014 |
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ForgivenessSerial: BZ-02340 Rohatsu Forgiveness, Anger, Forgiveness, Emotions, Anger, Attachment, Transmission, Dharma... |
Dec 04 2013 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dogens VowSerial: BZ-02327 Part 4 of 4 Repentance, Dharma Transmission, Discrimination, Transmission, Mindfulness, Karma,... |
Sep 01 2013 4 |
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Blue Cliff Record Case 14BCR-14, Teacher-and-Student, Blue Cliff Record, Intimacy, Practice Position, Buddha... |
Jul 13 2013 |
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Joshu's Wash Your Bowl Book of Serenity, Sixth Patriarch, Subject-and-Object, Practice Period, Dragons,... |
May 18 2013 1 |
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Introduction to Bendowa Transmission, Ordinary Mind, Dharma Transmission, Soto Zen, Rinzai, War, Samadhi... |
Oct 14 2012 |
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Dharma TransmissionSerial: BZ-02259 David Weinberg Catherine Cascade
Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Gratitude, Precepts, Lay Ordination, Ordination,... |
Aug 25 2012 |
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Mother and Father in Zen Practice Birth-and-Death, Fox, Intuition, Impermanence, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student,... |
Aug 11 2012 |
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Zazen and Willingness Ego, Posture, Blue Cliff Record, Silence, Instruction, Offering, Dharma Transmission... |
Jul 14 2012 |
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Dharma Transmission Transmission, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Lineage, Dragons, Precepts,... |
Apr 28 2012 |
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FukanzazengiSerial: BZ-02235 The Backward Step, One-Day Sitting Samadhi, Non-thinking, Dragons, Dharma Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Intuition, Lineage... |
Mar 17 2012 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dogen Zenji's Fukanzazengi Subject-and-Object, Dharma Transmission, Non-duality, Duality, Instruction, Religion... |
Mar 10 2012 |
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Zazenshin Class Dragons, Buddha Ancestors, Teacher-and-Student, First Principle, Non-duality, Lineage... |
May 19 2011 2 |
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Intimate Zen, Perfect WisdomSerial: BZ-02154 Other Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Four Noble Truths, Transmission,... |
Jan 29 2011 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Lineage Precept Vein - Not One, Not Two Transmission, Precepts, Intuition, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission, Lineage,... |
Jan 15 2011 |
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Women's Practice Intimacy, Attachment, Lineage, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,... |
Jan 09 2010 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Everything is Presenting ItselfSerial: BZ-02070 Consciousness, Rohatsu Day 3 Intimacy, Culture, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Dec 08 2009 Berkeley Zen Center |