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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Hokyo Zammai Class Ego, Discrimination, Birth-and-Death, Five Ranks, Karma, Delusion, Continuous... |
Mar 06 2005 Tassajara |
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Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Platform Sutra, Letting Go, Ego,... |
Mar 02 2005 Tassajara |
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QuestioningSerial: SF-04082 Sunday Lecture: zen as a return to Buddha's natural questioning, rather than a religious institution with fancy temples, robes, statues, etc Ordinary Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind, Diversity, Intuition, Priest, Lay, Faith,... |
Sep 26 2004 Green Gulch |
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March 24th, 2004, Serial No. 01039 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Ceremony, Tassajara Zen... |
Mar 24 2004 City Center |
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2010.10.03-serial.00055 Practice Period, training, Conversation, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Commitment... |
Oct 08 2003 |
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September 20th, 2003, Serial No. 03984 Light-and-Darkness, Intimacy, Bowing, Commitment, Transmission, Lineage, Karma, Vow,... |
Sep 20 2003 City Center |
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January 11th, 2003, Serial No. 04074 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen,... |
Jan 11 2003 City Center |
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December 11th, 2002, Serial No. 04007 Separation, Sixth Patriarch, Big Mind, resistance, Equanimity, Patience, Gratitude,... |
Dec 11 2002 City Center |
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Zendo Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Hate, Greed, Freedom, Delusion, Monastic Practice... |
Dec 06 2002 Tassajara |
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Transmission of the Light ClassSerial: SF-01090 What enlightenment meant to the ancestors might be different than what it means to us, it's important to come to everyday events with a new outlook or view, Daitaka, we can... Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, true dharma, Transmission, Buddha Mind, Demons,... |
Jun 04 2002 Green Gulch |
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Transmission of the Light ClassSerial: SF-01088 What brings us to these stories(?)? What is the unrest? What is the transmission of, how does the unrest be calmed (?), impermanence is that essential problem. Stories are what... Transmission, Separation, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Dragons... |
May 21 2002 Green Gulch |
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Transmission of the Light ClassSerial: SF-00917 Be careful about taking doctrine too much on faith, Don Juan's two cats; Ananda, every one of these stories has a warning, Dogen: all things, just as they are, are perfectly... Delusion, realization, Emptiness, Transmission, Religion, Interdependence, Birth-and-... |
May 14 2002 Green Gulch |