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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KhandroSerial: SF-01913 Rigpa adulthood Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Instruction, Humility, Emptiness, Sanctuary,... |
Sep 03 1988 SFZC |
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KhandroSerial: SF-01914 Labor Day Posture, Peace, Transmission, Heart Sutra, Emptiness, stubbornness, Passions,... |
Sep 03 1988 SFZC |
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Marin RetreatSerial: SF-01888 Thursday 14th pm Liberation, Obstacles, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Karma, Transmission, Freedom... |
Jul 14 1988 SFZC |
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Marin RetreatSerial: SF-01947 Thursday Emptiness, realization, Karma, confusion, Transmission, Letting Go, Liberation,... |
Jul 1988 SFZC |
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Insight of BuddhismSerial: SF-01949 Date given as 1988.04.28 on cassette confusion, Transmission, Happiness, Duality, Emotions, Karma, Separation, Ego,... |
May 28 1988 SFZC |
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April 25th, 1988, Serial No. 01893 Bodhidharma, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Doubt, Religion, Mahayana, Interview,... |
Apr 25 1988 Unknown |
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Guru Yoga Lineage, Buddha Nature, Chanting, Don't Know Mind, Transmission, Offering,... |
Apr 08 1988 SFZC |
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Blue Cliff Record ClassSerial: SF-00070 Cases 14 and 15 Suzuki Roshi, First Principle, Oneness, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Transmission, Dragons,... |
Nov 27 1987 5 Green Gulch Farm |
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June 13th, 1987, Serial No. 01006 realization, Lotus Sutra, Discrimination, Bodhisattva Way, Delusion, Conversation,... |
Jun 13 1987 SFZC |
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The Human Encounter with Death Heart Sutra, Death-and-Dying, Chanting, Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness... |
Oct 11 1981 City Center |
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The Self Ego, realization, Transmission, Sangha, Nirvana, Delusion, Zazen, Doubt, training... |
May 17 1980 City Center |
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March 2nd, 1980, Serial No. 01840 Balance, Religion, Equanimity, Priest, Ordinary Mind, Nirvana, Liberation, Doubt,... |
Mar 02 1980 SFZC |