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 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, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony, Zendo, confusion, Zazen...
Sep 21 1991
Unknown

Taking Refuge

Sangha, Triple Treasure, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Precepts, Transmission,...
Jan 10 1990

Dzögchen Teachings

Serial: SF-02719B

Commercially produced cassette

Transmission, New Year, Non-duality, Samsara, Nirvana, Karma, Freedom
Oct 09 1989
San Jose

Dzögchen Teachings

Serial: SF-02716

Commercially produced cassette

Bodhisattva Vow, Emptiness, Transmission, Commitment, Vows, Current Events, Lineage,...
Oct 09 1989
San Jose

Dzögchen Teachings

Serial: SF-02715

Commercially produced cassette

Emptiness, realization, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness, Transmission, Samsara,...
Oct 09 1989
San Jose

Dzogchen Teachings

Emptiness, realization, Transmission, Lineage, Mandala, training, Religion,...
Oct 08 1989
4
San Jose

Dzogchen Teachings

Transmission, Four Noble Truths, Doubt, Peace, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life,...
Oct 08 1989
1
San Jose

Dzogchen Teachings

Happiness, Delusion, Four Noble Truths, Transmission, Dependent Origination, Karma,...
Oct 08 1989
2
San Jose

September 11th, 1989, Serial No. 04068

realization, Hsin Hsin Ming, Buddha Nature, Lay, Samadhi, Evil, Transmission,...
Sep 11 1989
Green Gulch

Going Beyond Limitations

Blue Cliff Record, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, First Principle, Dharma Transmission...
Aug 28 1989
Green Gulch

August 11th, 1989, Serial No. 04067

Serial: SF-04067

Duplicate

realization, Buddha Nature, Hsin Hsin Ming, Evil, Lay, Samadhi, Transmission,...
Aug 11 1989
Green Gulch

Lion's Roar

Lineage, Liberation, Letting Go, realization, Teacher-and-Student, Buddha Nature,...
Dec 29 1988
SFZC

Lion's Roar

Emptiness, Letting Go, Teacher-and-Student, Liberation, confusion, Transmission,...
Dec 27 1988
SFZC

Ngondro

Serial: SF-01878

Ngondro Class - Guru Yoga

Lineage, Samsara, Emotions, Emptiness, Transmission, Attachment, Describe,...
Dec 20 1988
SFZC

December 10th, 1988, Serial No. 01056

Buddha Nature, Nirvana Sutra, Concentration, Intimacy, Posture, Fundraising, Faith,...
Dec 10 1988
SFZC

November 25th, 1988, Serial No. 01912

Instruction, Liberation, training, Samsara, Six Realms, Birth-and-Death, Karma,...
Nov 25 1988
SFZC

Ngondro

Serial: SF-01954

Side A: Class 4 #2 Side B: Class 5 #1 11/22/88

Lineage, Transmission
Nov 22 1988
Unknown

Ngondro

Lineage, confusion, realization, Teacher-and-Student, Emptiness, Nirvana Sutra,...
Nov 01 1988
SFZC

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