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2,289
teachers
2,204
reconciled relationships
172
sources

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WEITSMAN Mel Sojun

1929–2021

American Soto · Wikipedia attributed Zen lineage chart

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Dairyu Michael WengerWikipedia lineage chartShinchi Linda GalijanWikipedia lineage chartDaijaku Judith KinstWikipedia lineage chartLew RichmondWikipedia lineage chartImo Denkei Raul MoncayoWikipedia lineage chartAngo Sara TashkerWikipedia lineage chartRyushin Paul HallerWikipedia lineage chartZoketsu Norman FischerWikipedia lineage chartMyogen Steve StuckyWikipedia lineage chartRyuge Gil FronsdalWikipedia lineage chartShinshu RobertsWikipedia lineage chartShinshu RobertsDharma transmissionZenki Mary MocineWikipedia lineage chartMaylie ScottWikipedia lineage chartHosho Karen SundheimWikipedia lineage chartHARTMAN Blanche ZenkeiWikipedia lineage chartPat PhelanWikipedia lineage chartRyushin Andrea ThachWikipedia lineage chartTetsudo Ross BlumWikipedia lineage chartBokuren Jake Van AkkerenWikipedia lineage chartKokyo Susan MarvinWikipedia lineage chartHozan Alan SenaukeWikipedia lineage chartYozen Peter SchneiderWikipedia lineage chartYozen Peter SchneiderDharma transmissionFran TribeWikipedia lineage chartMyoan Grace SchiresonWikipedia lineage chartMyoan Grace SchiresonDharma transmissionRev. Karen DeCotisWikipedia lineage chartNyokai Laurie SenaukeWikipedia lineage chartSoshin Teah StrozerWikipedia lineage chartZenshin Greg FainWikipedia lineage chartSokaku Kathie FischerWikipedia lineage chartSodo Ron NestorWikipedia lineage chartIkushin Gerry OlivaWikipedia lineage chartSteve WeintraubWikipedia lineage chartOnzen Robert RosenbaumWikipedia lineage chartJiryu Mark Rutschman-BylerWikipedia lineage chartJiryu Mark Rutschman-BylerDharma transmissionShosan Victoria AustinWikipedia lineage chartEdward BrownWikipedia lineage chartKakudo Peter OvertonWikipedia lineage chart

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

2,204 matching claims

  1. Zoketsu Norman Fischer→Eihei Peter LevittWikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim
  2. (瑾英) 穆山 Nishiari (Kin'ei) Bokusan→(大忍) 孝道 Akino (Dainin) Kōdōlineage tree parent · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  3. Wannian Tanguan→Xuean Congjinlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  4. Tenshin Reb Anderson→Leslie JamesWikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim
  5. (祖門) 興道 Sawaki (Somon) Kōdō→(黙堂) 泰仙 Deshimaru (Mokudō) Taisenlineage tree parent · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  6. Chōzan Gin'etsu→Fukushū Kōchilineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 11 source claims · Terebess preferred
  7. Keido Les Kaye→Jean-Yves Nokai Seijo LeclercWikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim
  8. Zoketsu Norman Fischer→John WileyWikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim
  9. Jochū Tengin→Kisan Shōsanlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 5 source claims · Terebess preferred
  10. Gasan Jōseki→Mutei Ryōshōlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  11. Kyuho Chisetsu→Takudo Genkilisted under lineage parent · relationship type requires editorial review · 1 source claim
  12. Genkai Kingyū→Tantei Genzuilineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  13. Elihu Genmyo Smith→Ed Russelltransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  14. Daijū Ryūzon→Hōgan Zensatsulineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  15. Yamada Kōun Zenshin→Toshio Zenyu Hekiun-ken TonoikeWikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 2 source claims
  16. Sengan Bonryū→Daiki Kyōkanlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  17. Zentatsu Baker→Ryuten Paul RosenblumWikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim
  18. Peter Bodhin Kjolhede→Jeanette Jissai Prince-Cherrytransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  19. Hongyō Genshū Watanabe→Sogetsu Ryūtan [松本 Matsumoto]lineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  20. Nakagawa Sōen Genju→Stuart Maurinelisted under lineage parent · relationship type requires editorial review · 1 source claim
  21. Bokusen Hōgyū→Tetsuō Reibailineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  22. Shōkoku Zenkō→Somon Kōdōlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  23. Shōgan Shūrin→Daiun Eizuilineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  24. Willigis Koun-ken Jäger→Doris Myoen-an Zöllstransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim