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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 monastic "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
Ancestor Warmth Serial: SF-12391 08/27/2025, So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson, dharma talk at City Center. So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson explores what it means to be a good ancestor now: carrying warmth, witnessing... Sangha, Transmission, Suzuki Roshi	So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson	Aug 27 2025 City Center
Ancestor Warmth Serial: SF-12458 08/27/2025, So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson, dharma talk at City Center. So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson explores what it means to be a good ancestor now: carrying warmth, witnessing... Sangha, Transmission, Suzuki Roshi	So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson	Aug 27 2025 City Center
Ancestor Warmth Serial: SF-12381 08/27/2025, So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson, dharma talk at City Center. So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson explores what it means to be a good ancestor now: carrying warmth, witnessing... Sangha, Transmission	So-on Eli Brown-Stevenson	Aug 27 2025 City Center
To Expound the Dharma with This Body Serial: SF-12431 08/10/2025, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho discusses the reality that a human body will turn to dust and yet it... Transmission	Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Osho	Aug 10 2025 Green Gulch Farm
What is Dharma Transmission in Zen? Serial: SF-07283 06/29/2025, Kokyo Henkel, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Kokyo Henkel explores what is really transmitted from teacher to student, and some classic Zen stories about... Transmission	Kokyo Henkel	Jun 29 2025 Green Gulch Farm
Vertical and Horizontal Dimensions of Practice Serial: SF-08220 04/26/2025, Sozan Miglioli, dharma talk at City Center. Sozan Miglioli explores the vertical and horizontal dimensions of practice. Understanding this balance between... Dharma Transmission, Transmission	Sozan Miglioli	Apr 26 2025 City Center
The River of Transmission Serial: SF-08417 12/18/2024, Roger Hillyard, dharma talk at City Center. Roger Hillyard explores the idea of transmission — how it flows in all directions, how we experience it in our... Transmission	Henzan Roger Hillyard	Dec 18 2024 City Center
Wisdom's Dance Through Zen Paths Serial: SF-08642 Talk by Roger Hillyard at City Center on 2024-12-18 Transmission	Henzan Roger Hillyard	Dec 18 2024 City Center
Awakening Through Zen's Subtle Light Serial: SF-09821 Talk by Fu Schroeder Sangha on 2024-01-21 Dogen, Transmission	Fu Schroeder	Jan 21 2024
Giving Life to Zen Forms Serial: SF-08934 03/18/2023, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at City Center. Shosan Victoria Austin explores the life and liveliness of Zen forms. How do the traditional forms of Soto Zen... Suzuki Roshi, Transmission	Shosan Victoria Austin	Mar 18 2023 City Center
Compassionate Practice with Afflictions Serial: SF-08930 1/15/2023, Tenshin Reb Anderson, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Afflictions are inexhaustible, we vow to cut through without ending them; the bodhisattva's mind is... Transmission	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 15 2023 Green Gulch Farm
Two Truths, Part 4 Serial: SF-08029 10/29/2022, Furyu Schroeder, dharma talk at Tassajara. October sesshin series at the Tassajara fall practice period on the relative and absolute. Bodhidharma, Transmission	Fu Schroeder	Oct 29 2022 Tassajara
Zen Succession: Tending the Flame Serial: SF-07773 Talk by Shosan Victoria Austin at City Center on 2022-07-20 Sangha, Transmission	Shosan Victoria Austin	Jul 20 2022 City Center
Tribute to Sojun Mel Weitsman Serial: SF-11128 Talk by Tribute To Sojun at Green Gulch Farm on 2021-01-10 Suzuki Roshi, Transmission	Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, Ango Sara Tashker, Steve Weintraub	Jan 10 2021 Green Gulch Farm
Awakening to Interconnected Reality Serial: SF-09770 Talk by Sangha Fu Schroeder at Green Gulch Farm on 2020-08-23 Transmission	Fu Schroeder	Aug 23 2020 Green Gulch Farm
Silent Echoes of Zen Transmission Serial: SF-08554 Talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson at Green Gulch Farm on 2020-05-31 Transmission, Daily Life	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 31 2020 Green Gulch Farm
Sesshin Day 3 - Katto: Twining Vines Serial: SF-10850 02/12/2019, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, dharma talk at Tassajara. Transmission	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Feb 12 2019 Tassajara
Meeting the Ancestors, Meeting Oneself Serial: SF-11583 1/17/2018, Tenzen David Zimmerman dharma talk at City Center. Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Ceremony	Tenzen David Zimmerman	Jan 17 2018 City Center
Touching the Incoherent: Zen's Living Way Serial: SF-10459 Talk by Tmzc Tenshin Reb Anderson on 2017-12-11 Suzuki Roshi, Transmission	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 11 2017
Universal Meeting in Every Moment Serial: SF-10476 Talk by Tmzc Tenshin Reb Anderson on 2017-12-09 Transmission, Zazen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 09 2017
Embodied Enlightenment Through Shared Practice Serial: SF-10323 Talk by Tmzc Tenshin Reb Anderson on 2017-11-15 Zazen, Transmission	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 15 2017
Interwoven Wisdom: Zen's Unified Path Serial: SF-12370 Talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson at Tassajara on 2017-11-02 Zazen, Transmission, Dogen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 02 2017 Tassajara
Zen Wisdom: Living the Dharma Serial: SF-10481 Talk by Tmzc Tenshin Reb Anderson on 2017-10-28 Transmission	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 28 2017
Silent Bloom: Zen's Wordless Wisdom Serial: SF-12222 Talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson at Tassajara on 2017-10-28 Transmission, Sangha, Dharma Transmission	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 28 2017 Tassajara
October Sesshin Day 2 Serial: SF-10337 10/26/2017, Tenshin Reb Anderson dharma talk at Tassajara. Transmission	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 26 2017 Tassajara
Face-to-Face with Dharma Transmission Serial: SF-12097 Talk by Ehz Konin Cardenas on 2016-01-18 Dharma Transmission, Transmission	Ven. Dhammadipa Konin Cardenas	Jan 18 2016
The Poem Competition of Daikan Eno and Jinshu Serial: SF-07748 1/15/2014, Jamie Howell dharma talk at City Center. Transmission	Kogen Jamie Howell	Jan 15 2014 City Center
Taking Buddha's Seat Serial: SF-07418 9/17/2013, Shosan Victoria Austin, dharma talk at Tassajara. Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Transmission	Shosan Victoria Austin	Sep 17 2013 Tassajara
What Is Dharma Transmission? Serial: SF-07386 8/24/2013, Keiryu Lien Shutt dharma talk at City Center. Dharma Transmission, Transmission	Keiryu Liên Shutt	Aug 24 2013 City Center
Dharma Transmission Serial: SF-09336 4/17/2012, Sojun Mel Weitsman dharma talk at Tassajara. Transmission, Dharma Transmission	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 17 2012 Tassajara
Dharma Transmission: A Family Affair Serial: SF-09274 1/4/2012, Anshin Rosalie Curtis dharma talk at City Center. Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Transmission	Anshin Rosalie Curtis	Jan 04 2012 City Center
A Special Transmission without Words Serial: SF-11715 12/17/2011, Shosan Victoria Austin dharma talk at City Center. Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Bodhidharma	Shosan Victoria Austin	Dec 17 2011 City Center
Transformation Heart Serial: SF-10700 12/18/2010, Michael Wenger dharma talk at City Center. Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Ceremony	Dairyu Michael Wenger	Dec 18 2010 City Center
Adventures in the Great Dharani: The Essential Pivot of the Buddha-Ancestors' Mind Serial: SF-10703 10/26/2010, Tenshin Reb Anderson dharma talk at Tassajara. Transmission	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 26 2010 Tassajara
The Mind of the Great Sage of India Satipatthana Sutra, Theravada, Zazen, Big Mind, Four Noble Truths, Realization,...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jul 10 2007 City Center
Check The Messenger Within Serial: SF-00994 Strategies, gaining ideas; "paying it forward"; close investigation of the self; Orpheus and Eurydice; Rilke; hidden anger - staying with the emotion Dongshan, Sesshin, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Manjushri, Soto Zen,...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 05 2007 Green Gulch Farm
Intimate Journeys in Zen Transmission Serial: SF-09986 Talk by Mark Lancaster at City Center on 2007-01-10 Dharma Transmission, Transmission	Mark Lancaster	Jan 10 2007 City Center
The Gift of Nothing Serial: SF-00929 Sunday Lecture Children's Lecture: one who is not busy, one reality; the gift of nothing; sesshin, from Suzuki Roshi; our mind is the same as Buddha's; all things are... Buddha's Enlightenment, Sesshin, Koan, Daowu, Keizan, Suzuki Roshi, Nirvana...	Fu Schroeder	Dec 03 2006 Green Gulch Farm
Why Become Abbot of Zen Center? Gratitude, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Ceremony, Transmission	Myogen Steve Stücky	Aug 09 2006 Unknown
The Robe of Liberation Serial: SF-00115 Taking refuge; our true place; funzo; placing robe on the head; story from vinaya about silk. Okesa, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Genzo-e, Doubt, Patience, Transmission, Separation...	Shohaku Okumura	Feb 01 2006 AM
Zendo Lecture Lotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Sanctuary, Obstacles, Impermanence, Transmission, Posture...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jul 23 2005 Tassajara
On Dharma Transmission Serial: SF-03486 Zendo Lecture - duplicate Dharma Transmission, Transmission	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 2005 Tassajara
On Dharma Transmission Serial: SF-03519 Zendo Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 2005 Tassajara
On Dharma Transmission Serial: SF-03544 Zendo Lecture - duplicate Dharma Transmission, Transmission	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 2005 Tassajara
Way-Seeking Mind Dharma Transmission, Transmission	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 15 2005 Tassajara
Resonant Journeys in Zen Dharma Dharma Transmission, Transmission	Kosho McCall	Mar 24 2004 City Center
Weaving Zen Through Life's Stages Conversation, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony, Ordination, Transmission,...	Kiku Christina Lehnherr	Oct 08 2003
Transmission of the Light Class Serial: SF-01086 Tuesday: Breaking through the conceptual veil, Kasyapa, nothing to be transmitted, investigate the conventional world to the limit, Kukkutapada Transmission	Daigan Lueck	May 07 2002 Green Gulch Farm
Genzo-e Nirvana, Monastic Practice, Ceremony, Transmission, Karma, Vinaya	Shohaku Okumura	Mar 09 2002 1
Tenzo Kyokun Class Emptiness, Dragons, Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Zazen, Hindrances, Impermanence,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 21 2000 Green Gulch Farm

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