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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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Lew Richmond

1947–

Sōtō Zen · Wikipedia attributed Zen lineage chart

No continuous path from Gautama Buddha is currently present in this dataset; immediate relationships are shown below.

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All relationship claims

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

2,204 matching claims

  1. Zaiten Soryū→Rikusan Sogeitraditional lineage · traditional claim · 2 source claims · Terebess preferred
  2. Zenmei Renshū→Rendō Ekōlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  3. Yōzan Keiyō→Gudō Tōshokulineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 4 source claims · Terebess preferred
  4. Morinaga Daigu Sōkō→Oda Sessōlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  5. Akira Ji'un-ken Kubota→Li-Yea Yang Seiun-an Bretztransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  6. Yamada Ryōun Masamichi→Li-Yea Yang Seiun-an Bretztransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  7. Roselyn Seiun-an Stone→Li-Yea Yang Seiun-an Bretztransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  8. Minxiu Fuyi→Biyan XiangjieWikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim
  9. Wendy Egyoku Nakao→Merle Kodo Plum-Dragon Boydtransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  10. Myoan Grace Schireson→Baika Andrea Heaton (Pratt)Wikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim
  11. Hakuin Ekaku→Ichidakulisted under lineage parent · relationship type requires editorial review · 1 source claim
  12. Robert Kennedy→Kevin Jiun Hunttransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  13. Yunyan Tansheng→Dongshan Liangjietraditional lineage · source asserted map connection · 4 source claims · Terebess preferred
  14. Yamada Taishitsu Mumon Tsūsendō→Noritake Shunanlisted under lineage parent · relationship type requires editorial review · 1 source claim
  15. Shōryū Kōhō→Shōkoku Zenkōlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  16. Wendy Egyoku Nakao→Mark Shōgen Bloodgoodtransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  17. (祖門) 興道 Sawaki (Somon) Kōdō→(道融) 興正 Uchiyama (Dōyū) Kōshōlineage tree parent · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  18. Sei’in Injiku→Tankai Shōkeilineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  19. Zentatsu Baker→Zenshin Philip WhalenWikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim
  20. Robert Baker Aitken→Manfred Butsuden Stegertransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  21. Yamada Kōun Zenshin→Ama Genun-Ken SamyWikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 2 source claims
  22. Shūzan Chiryō→Zuigan Kenshūlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  23. Tenzui Hakuryū→Daikyū Goyūlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  24. John Daidō Loori→Bonnie Myotai Treacetransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim