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Zen teacher wiki · lineage explorer

See where every teacher sits in the stream.

Begin with a teacher, then follow the recorded path that leads to them. Branches, parallel teachers, and the next generation remain visible around every selected person.

2,289
teachers
2,204
reconciled relationships
172
sources

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Find any teacher in the directory.

Current viewpoint

Daitaka (Dhrtaka/Dhītika 提多迦)

Dates not yet recorded

traditional Zen lineage · Wikipedia attributed Zen lineage chart · Denkoroku lineage

6 recorded generations from Gautama Buddha in the shortest connected path.

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The direct path

  1. 01Gautama BuddhaDates not yet recordedDenkoroku · Head Chapter · Shakyamuni Buddha
  2. 02Makakashō (Mahākāshyapa 摩訶迦葉)Dates not yet recordedDenkoroku · Ancestor 1 · MahakashyapaDenkoroku lineage
  3. 03Ananda (Ānanda 阿難陀)Dates not yet recordedDenkoroku · Ancestor 2 · Anandatraditional lineage
  4. 04Shōnawashu (Shanakavāsa/Shānavāsin 商那和修)Dates not yet recordedDenkoroku · Ancestor 3 · Shônawashutraditional lineage
  5. 05Ubakikuta (Upagupta 優婆掬多)Dates not yet recordedDenkoroku · Ancestor 4 · Ubakikutatraditional lineage
  6. 06Daitaka (Dhrtaka/Dhītika 提多迦)Dates not yet recordedDenkoroku · Ancestor 5 · Daitakatraditional lineage

All relationship claims

Read the source record connection by connection.

Browse all 2,204 reconciled relationships. Every row keeps the source meaning attached.

2,204 matching claims

  1. Hogen Bays→Jorgen Salzbergtransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  2. Randall Eiger→Douglass Fugan Dineentransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  3. (祖門) 興道 Sawaki (Somon) Kōdō→Sakai (Eshū) Tokugenlineage tree parent · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  4. Seki Seisetsu Genjō→Seki Bokuō Sounlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 2 source claims · Terebess preferred
  5. Kōzan Kakuryū→Watanabe Gettan Shunryūlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  6. Hangzhou Tianlong→Jinhua Juzhitraditional lineage · source asserted map connection · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  7. Lawson David Sachter→Ken Rosentransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  8. Nico/Niko Sojun Tenko Tydeman→Julia Jinne Veldkamptransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  9. Bokugan Shingyū→Kyōgai Sekiranlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  10. Philip Kapleau→Frances Mitra BishopWikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 2 source claims
  11. Hogen Bays→Patrick Bansho Greentransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  12. Huanglong Huinan→Yunan Kewentraditional lineage · source asserted map connection · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  13. Anton Tenkei Coppens→Anjo Koren Kasmantransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  14. [透山禪徹] Tōsan Zentetsu→[靈庵宗鷲] Ryōan Sōjulineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  15. Jitsuden Sōshin→Kogaku Sōkōlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  16. Elaine Koun-An Macinnes→Antonio (Tony) P Perlastransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  17. [祥屋盛吉] Shō'oku Seikichi→Kyūsan Kōtenlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  18. Nico/Niko Sojun Tenko Tydeman→Daan Zazenshin Bruin detransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  19. Robert Baker Aitken→Patrick (Pat) Seisho Shin'Un Hawktransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  20. Seisetsu Shūryo→Sei’in Injikulineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  21. Harada Daiun Sogaku→Hōryū Ishigurotransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  22. John Tarrant→Guy Gaudrytransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  23. Steven Hagen→Guy Gaudrytransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  24. Pia Ichido Jinji Gyger→Peter Ki Gen Widmertransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim