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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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Shōnawashu (Shanakavāsa/Shānavāsin 商那和修)

Dates not yet recorded

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

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

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The direct path

  1. 04Shōnawashu (Shanakavāsa/Shānavāsin 商那和修)Dates not yet recordedDenkoroku · Ancestor 3 · Shônawashutraditional lineage
  2. 03Ananda (Ānanda 阿難陀)Dates not yet recordedDenkoroku · Ancestor 2 · Anandatraditional lineage
  3. 02Makakashō (Mahākāshyapa 摩訶迦葉)Dates not yet recordedDenkoroku · Ancestor 1 · MahakashyapaDenkoroku lineage
  4. 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. Daikyu Eho, Genshu→Tengan Shibenlisted under lineage parent · relationship type requires editorial review · 1 source claim
  2. Essen Shūchō→Ungai Shūinlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  3. Bassui Tokushō→Shunō Reizanlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  4. Zhuan Shigui→Taego Pouindirect traditional path · source asserted generations omitted · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  5. Zengan Tōjun→Soku'ō Eimanlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  6. ANN GEIDO (b. 20 Apr 1954-) GROSSMAN→James Marshalltransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  7. Michael Danan Henry→James Marshalltransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  8. Tetsugen Bernard Glassman→Pat Enkyo O'Haratransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  9. Kanzan Taiō→Nyosan Mokuzenlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 2 source claims · Terebess preferred
  10. Tokuō Ryōkō→Kōgai Zenkokulineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  11. Kenneth (Ken) Tetsuji Byalin→Mark Sando Mininbergtransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  12. Francisco Genkoji "Paco" Lugoviña (Lugovina)→Mark Sando Mininbergtransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  13. Tetsugen Bernard Glassman→Mark Sando Mininbergtransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  14. Peter Seishin Wohl→Todd Hotai Watsontransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  15. Manzan Dōhaku→Gekkan Gikōlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 2 source claims · Terebess preferred
  16. Xuean Congjin→Xuan Huaichanglineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim · Terebess preferred
  17. Jianzhi Sengcan→Dayi Daoxintraditional lineage · traditional claim · 7 source claims · Terebess preferred
  18. Yamada Kōun Zenshin→Robert Chotan Gyoun AitkenWikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim
  19. Dahui Zonggao→Zhuóān DéguāngWikipedia lineage chart · source asserted unverified · 1 source claim
  20. Baizan Monpon→Jochū Tenginlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 7 source claims · Terebess preferred
  21. Ian Chisatsu→Tōzen Sōshinlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 4 source claims · Terebess preferred
  22. Robert Kennedy→Ellen Jikai Birxtransmitting teacher · machine parsed source code · 1 source claim
  23. Takujū Kosen→Kaisan Sokaku, Bukoku Myogenlisted under lineage parent · relationship type requires editorial review · 1 source claim
  24. Seki Seisetsu Genjō→Yamada Taishitsu Mumon Tsūsendōlineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified · 2 source claims · Terebess preferred