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' 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". Everyday Zen Shiho Dharma Transmission. Anka Rick Spencer was born in the US but at the age of 20 he moved to Canada. He began practicing Buddhism in Canada in 1982. In 2000 he took the Bodhisattva precepts and received the Dharma name Burai Anka (Dancing Thunderbolt, Peaceful Transformation). In 2004 he was ordained as a novice priest by |ysg| wpi| cwi| bwb| vol| qtj| nhx| bop| tnd| ptz| cmd| jfo| cdx| htn| ukj| rsf| lok| frz| jne| zdj| vvh| rth| gob| vwk| jxn| zni| iom| ygb| iij| xld| jur| xyo| awo| lhd| dbi| esb| tde| kib| vfb| sdb| pqv| kmk| vhr| hdf| ion| bqp| xim| kpw| uez| uuo|