Den’e also Denne or Den-i, Jap. lit. “handing on the robe”; zen expression for the authentic transmission of buddha-dharma in the lineage of Zen. In ancient times, the passing on of begging bowl and monastic robe was the symbolic confirmation of the transmission of buddha-dharma from a Zen patriarch soshigata) to a dharma successor (hassu). (Also inka-shōmei, Denkō-roku.)
Source: The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen. Shambhala Publications, Inc.
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