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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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Current viewpoint

Ananda (Ānanda 阿難陀)

Dates not yet recorded

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

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

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The direct path

  1. 03Ananda (Ānanda 阿難陀)Dates not yet recordedDenkoroku · Ancestor 2 · Anandatraditional lineage
  2. 02Makakashō (Mahākāshyapa 摩訶迦葉)Dates not yet recordedDenkoroku · Ancestor 1 · MahakashyapaDenkoroku lineage
  3. 01Gautama BuddhaDates not yet recordedDenkoroku · Head Chapter · Shakyamuni Buddha

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. Kegon Sōkai→Shōun Taizuilineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  2. Kakuin Eihon→Teian Sōbailineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  3. Yunfan Changzhao→Fenping ZhaociWikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim
  4. Myōan Eisai→Ryōnen Myōzenlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 4 source claims · Terebess preferred
  5. Pat Enkyo O'Hara→Barbara Joshin O'Haratransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  6. Daowu Yuanzhi→Shishuang Qingzhutraditional lineage · source asserted map connection · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  7. Kōda Soryō→Fuzan Gentotsulineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  8. Kanja Odland→Dharman Ödman (Oedman)transmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  9. Mikael Sante Poromaa→Dharman Ödman (Oedman)transmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  10. Ezra Shinkoku Bayda→Diane D Mooretransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  11. John Daidō Loori→Vanessa Zuisei Goddardtransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  12. Shugen Geoffrey Arnold→Vanessa Zuisei Goddardtransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  13. Ama Genun-Ken Samy→Mathew Cyril Anthony Jnana Bodhi Ken Veilathtransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  14. Gekkan Gikō→Daiyū Esshōlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 2 source claims · Terebess preferred
  15. Maezumi Taizan Hakuyū→Alfred Jitsudō AnchetaWikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 2 source claims
  16. Tetsugen Bernard Glassman→Alfred Jitsudō Anchetatransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  17. Sengaku Shōkō [横山尚行横山 Yokoyama Takayuki]→Senjō Ryōtetsu [横山良哲 Yokoyama Yoshiaki]lineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  18. Pat Enkyo O'Hara→Julie Myoko Kirin Terestmantransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  19. Keido Les Kaye→Etsudo Patty KrahlWikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim
  20. Zizhou Chuji→Jingzhong Wuxiangtraditional lineage · source asserted map connection · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  21. Anne Seisen Saunders→Valerie Kyoshin Veleztransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  22. Pat Enkyo O'Hara→Traven Fusho Ricetransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  23. Tanaka-Shinkai→Taihaku PriestDharma transmission · explicit source statement unverified · 1 source claim
  24. Dennis Genpo Merzel→Stefan Kenjitsu Coppenstransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim