It was the main center for dharma transmission in Tibet during this age.

In the western understanding, dharma transmission is primarily the affirmation of awakening by a teacher.

He was ordained as a priest in 1976 and received Dharma transmission in 1986.

In Sōtō, dharma transmission is the acknowledgement of the ties between teacher and student.

He received dharma transmission on December 21, 1996.

In Soto, dharma transmission establishes a lifelong relation between teacher and student.

Dharma transmission is part of the maintenance of the Soto-institutions.

Following a kensho experience he had, she conferred Dharma transmission to him at her bedside in 1976.

Within the various Zen traditions dharma transmission got various meanings.

In 1633 he received dharma transmission from the latter, and in 1637 served his first term as abbot.