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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Saturday Lecture Precepts, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony,... |
Sep 21 1991 Unknown |
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Taking Refuge Sangha, Three Treasures, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Precepts, Transmission,... |
Jan 10 1990 |
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Dzögchen TeachingsSerial: SF-02716 Commercially produced cassette Bodhisattva Vow, Emptiness, Transmission, Commitment, Vow, Current Events, Lineage,... |
Oct 09 1989 San Jose |
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Dzögchen TeachingsSerial: SF-02719B Commercially produced cassette Transmission, New Year, Non-duality, Samsara, Nirvana, Karma, Freedom |
Oct 09 1989 San Jose |
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Dzögchen TeachingsSerial: SF-02715 Commercially produced cassette Emptiness, realization, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness, Transmission, Samsara,... |
Oct 09 1989 San Jose |
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Dzogchen Teachings Transmission, Four Noble Truths, Doubt, Peace, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life,... |
Oct 08 1989 1 San Jose |
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Dzogchen Teachings Happiness, Delusion, Four Noble Truths, Transmission, Dependent Origination, Karma,... |
Oct 08 1989 2 San Jose |
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Dzogchen Teachings Emptiness, realization, Transmission, Lineage, Mandala, training, Religion,... |
Oct 08 1989 4 San Jose |
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Zen Awakening: Archetypes and Dharma realization, Hsin Hsin Ming, Buddha Nature, Lay, Samadhi, Evil, Transmission,... |
Sep 11 1989 Green Gulch |
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Going Beyond Limitations Blue Cliff Record, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, First Principle, Dharma Transmission... |
Aug 28 1989 Green Gulch |
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Unveiling Non-Duality Through KoansSerial: SF-04067 Duplicate realization, Buddha Nature, Hsin Hsin Ming, Evil, Lay, Samadhi, Transmission,... |
Aug 11 1989 Green Gulch |
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Lion's Roar Lineage, Liberation, Letting Go, realization, Teacher-and-Student, Buddha Nature,... |
Dec 29 1988 SFZC |
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Lion's Roar Emptiness, Letting Go, Teacher-and-Student, Liberation, confusion, Transmission,... |
Dec 27 1988 SFZC |
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NgondroSerial: SF-01878 Ngondro Class - Guru Yoga Lineage, Samsara, Emotions, Emptiness, Transmission, Attachment, realization, Buddha... |
Dec 20 1988 SFZC |
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Embodied Zen: Mind-Body Realization Buddha Nature, Nirvana Sutra, Concentration, Intimacy, Posture, Fundraising, Faith,... |
Dec 10 1988 SFZC |
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Awakening Through the Bardos Journey Instruction, Liberation, training, Samsara, Six Realms, Birth-and-Death, Karma,... |
Nov 25 1988 SFZC |
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NgondroSerial: SF-01954 Side A: Class 4 #2 Side B: Class 5 #1 11/22/88 Lineage, Transmission |
Nov 22 1988 Unknown |
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Ngondro Lineage, confusion, realization, Teacher-and-Student, Emptiness, Nirvana Sutra,... |
Nov 01 1988 SFZC |
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Embracing Dzogchen: The Three Words Transmission, Interview, realization, confusion, Enemies, Doubt, training, Peace,... |
Sep 03 1988 SFZC |