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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

Ubakikuta (Upagupta 優婆掬多)

Dates not yet recorded

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

5 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

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. Fūgai Honkō→Eihei Dōgenlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  2. Meihō Egyoku→Eihei Dōgenlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  3. Ryōnen Myōzen→Eihei Dōgenstudied with lineage path · traditional claim · 2 source claims · Terebess preferred
  4. Ryōkan Taigu→Eihei Dōgenlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  5. Katsuryū Tetsumei→Eihei Dōgenlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  6. Hōun Kōbun→Eihei Dōgenlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  7. Katagiri Jikai Dainin→Eihei Dōgenlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  8. Reihō→Eihei Dōgenlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  9. Shexian Guixing→Fushan Fayuantraditional lineage · source asserted map connection · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  10. Myōdō Kohō→Daishun Donryūlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  11. Zhuóān Déguāng→NōninWikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim
  12. Gangoku Kankei→Gentō Sokuchūlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  13. Ryūtan Genjo→Daitan Sōikulineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 2 source claims · Terebess preferred
  14. John Daidō Loori→Hojin Jody Kimmeltransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  15. Shugen Geoffrey Arnold→Hojin Jody Kimmeltransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  16. Gessen Zen’e→Seisetsu Shūryolineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  17. Suiou Genro, Eboku, Futo-ou→Yoho Shonenlisted under lineage parent · relationship type requires editorial review · 1 source claim
  18. Robert Kennedy→Janet Jinne Richardsontransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  19. Tetsugen Bernard Glassman→Janet Jinne Richardsontransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  20. ▶ 佐藤禅忠 Satō Zenchū→Daisetsu Teitarō Suzukilineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  21. Taikyō Denshū→Rinjō Koshinlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  22. Dennis Genpo Merzel→Sydney Musai Waltertransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  23. Alfred Jitsudō Ancheta→Sydney Musai Waltertransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  24. Tenkoku Ryūbon→Zaichi Keizonlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred