Dharma Transmission - Contemporary Use in The Zen-traditions

Contemporary Use in The Zen-traditions

Within the various Zen traditions dharma transmission got various meanings. A difference is made in most schools between

...acknowledgement of awakening itself remained separate from monastic leadership.

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