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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Title	Speaker	Date
November 25th, 1988, Serial No. 01912 Instruction, Liberation, training, Samsara, Six Realms, Birth-and-Death, Karma,...	Sogyal Rinpoche	Nov 25 1988 SFZC
Ngondro Serial: SF-01954 Side A: Class 4 #2 Side B: Class 5 #1 11/22/88 Lineage, Transmission	Unknown	Nov 22 1988 Unknown
Ngondro Lineage, confusion, realization, Teacher-and-Student, Emptiness, Nirvana Sutra,...	Unknown	Nov 01 1988 SFZC
September 3rd, 1988, Serial No. 01911 Transmission, Interview, realization, confusion, Enemies, Doubt, training, Peace,...	Sogyal Rinpoche	Sep 03 1988 SFZC
Khandro Serial: SF-01914 Labor Day Posture, Peace, Transmission, Heart Sutra, Emptiness, stubbornness, Passions,...	Sogyal Rinpoche	Sep 03 1988 SFZC
Khandro Serial: SF-01913 Rigpa adulthood Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Instruction, Humility, Emptiness, Sanctuary,...	Sogyal Rinpoche	Sep 03 1988 SFZC
Marin Retreat Serial: SF-01888 Thursday 14th pm Liberation, Obstacles, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Karma, Transmission, Freedom...	Chhoje Rinpoche	Jul 14 1988 SFZC
Marin Retreat Serial: SF-01947 Thursday Emptiness, realization, Karma, confusion, Transmission, Letting Go, Liberation,...	Chhoje Rinpoche	Jul 1988 SFZC
Insight of Buddhism Serial: SF-01949 Date given as 1988.04.28 on cassette confusion, Transmission, Happiness, Duality, Emotions, Karma, Separation, Ego,...	Chhoje Rinpoche	May 28 1988 SFZC
April 25th, 1988, Serial No. 01893 Bodhidharma, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Doubt, Religion, Mahayana, Interview,...	McRae	Apr 25 1988 Unknown
Guru Yoga Lineage, Buddha Nature, Chanting, Don't Know Mind, Transmission, Offering,...	Tai Sifu	Apr 08 1988 SFZC
Blue Cliff Record Class Serial: SF-00070 Cases 14 and 15 Suzuki Roshi, First Principle, Oneness, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Transmission, Dragons,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 27 1987 5 Green Gulch Farm
June 13th, 1987, Serial No. 01006 realization, Lotus Sutra, Discrimination, Bodhisattva Way, Delusion, Conversation,...	Katherine Thanas	Jun 13 1987 SFZC
The Human Encounter with Death Heart Sutra, Death-and-Dying, Chanting, Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness...	Joan Halifax	Oct 11 1981 City Center
The Self Ego, realization, Transmission, Sangha, Nirvana, Delusion, Zazen, Doubt, training...	Robert Aitken Roshi	May 17 1980 City Center
March 2nd, 1980, Serial No. 01840 Balance, Religion, Equanimity, Priest, Ordinary Mind, Nirvana, Liberation, Doubt,...	Arthur Rudolph	Mar 02 1980 SFZC
March 15th, 1976, Serial No. 01824 Dependent Origination, Daily Life, Transmission, Faith, Nirvana, Mindfulness, Doubt,...	Professor Stephen Bayer	Mar 15 1976 SFZC
1974.04.23-serial.00021 Serial: SF-00021 Speaking on Mahamudra and translating old Mahamudra texts. realization, Concentration, Politics, Discrimination, Daily Life, Transmission,...	Sister Palmo	Apr 23 1974 City Center
Monastic Life Serial: SF-00007A Early Christian mystics; Benedictine regulations, the rule of obedience; manifestation of God in the world. realization, Monastic Practice, Silence, Ego, Aspects of Practice, Separation,...	Father Prior Bruno	Feb 07 1974 Tassajara
SF Seminar Serial: SF-00022 Myths and legends in religious traditions; natural and supernatural language. Attachment, Heart Sutra, Religion, Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Enemies,...	Dr Edward Conze	Feb 22 1973
On Zen Center History, Personal History, and Nona Ransom Serial: SF-05610 Interview of Suzuki Roshi by Peter Schneider Interview, Transmission, Priest, Hate, Suzuki Roshi, training, Enemies, Passions,...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 16 1969 1 of 2
Our Way To Attain Liberation Serial: SF-05087-B Monday Evening, August 18, 1969 Tassajara Story of the Sixth Patriarch. Practice with everyone else at the monastery, without self-centered ideas. Answering... Sixth Patriarch, Monastic Practice, Japan, Aspects of Practice, Discrimination, Faith...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 18 1969 Tassajara
At The End Of The Year We Clean Up Our House Serial: SF-05970-B Dec 1968 New Year Lecture Beginner’s Mind, Dogen, Japan, New Year, Beginners, Transmission, Instruction, Priest...	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 29 1968 Sokoji
In the first instruction of ten instructions in Gakudō-yōjin-shū Sesshin, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, training, Instruction,...	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 17 1966 A Sokoji
On Sokei-An, Harada-Roshi, Yasutani-Roshi Serial: SF-01139 Tape 5 copy 1 Priest, Soto Zen, Lay, Rinzai, training, Sanctuary, Transmission, Zendo, Continuous...	Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Gary Snyder	Mar 1966 Kyoto
On Nanshin-Ken, Sokatsu-Shaku Serial: SF-01137A Tape 2 copy 1 Priest, Lay, Zendo, Ceremony, Bowing, Transmission, Emotions, Doubt, Peace	Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Gary Snyder	Feb 22 1966 Kyoto
In the Prajnaparamita Sutra Serial: SF-05113-B 5pm lecture begins this side Heart Sutra, Sengai, Dogen, Emptiness, Family Practice, Beginners, Transmission,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 21 1966 5:00PM Sokoji
OLD - Confucius Said the Most Visible is Something Invisible Serial: SF-05898 SR 002 Tape 1 copy Sesshin 1pm lecture - - duplicate of other versions Faith, Transmission, Hate	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 28 1965 Sokoji
OLD - Confucius Said the Most Visible is Something Invisible Serial: SF-05747 SR-65-08-28-A - duplicate of other versions Hate, Observe, Transmission, Peace	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 28 1965 Sokoji
Do You Have Some Questions? Serial: SF-05107A Tape 7 Summer 1965 Sesshin: Side 1 Friday evening lecture (transcribed) [Case replaced 12/95. Original notes were transcribed verbatim - WKR] Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Transmission, training, Emotions, Buddha Nature,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 30 1965 D Sokoji
On Sokei-An, Harada-Roshi, Yasutani-Roshi Serial: SF-01123 Tape 5 copy 2 - duplicate Priest, Soto Zen, Lay, Rinzai, Sanctuary, training, Interview, Transmission, Zendo...	Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Gary Snyder	[field_wisdom_date] Kyoto
The Fifth Precept Serial: SF-04085 Note: the Sixth Precept is not included in series - (did not reproduce well) confusion, Don't Know Mind, Conversation, Faith, Greed, Transmission,...	Lew Richmond	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Lecture on Tibet Serial: SF-05340 Not Suzuki Roshi - lecture on Tibet-in-exile and HH Dalai Lama (both sides) Interview, Faith, New Year, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Instruction, Lay, training,...	Unknown	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Unknown Date, Serial 02736 Serial: SF-02736 There are no markings on this tape beyond manufacturers Heart Sutra, Death-and-Dying, Chanting, Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness...	Unknown	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Ngondro Serial: SF-01858 Class 4 - Teacher/Student Teacher-and-Student, Discrimination, Obstacles, Commitment, confusion, Buddha Nature...	Unknown	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
The Philosophy of Nature Serial: SF-03048A Importance of Space Sixth Patriarch, Silence, Interdependence, Heart Sutra, Emotions, Emptiness, Birth-...	Alan Watts	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown
Philosophy of Nature Part 1 Serial: SF-03035B #19 Passions, resistance, Transmission, Ego, Balance, Evil, Lay, confusion, Ceremony...	Alan Watts	[field_wisdom_date] Unknown

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