Zen teacher wiki · seed edition
Teachers across generations
Explore a growing, source-linked index of teachers, names, communities, and lineage claims. Imported entries remain clearly marked until a human editor reviews them.
- People
- 2,289
- Lineage claims
- 2,204
- Sources
- 172
2,289 matching records
"Grandfather" Shoko Sings-Alone Duncan
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(Hashimoto) Gazan Shotei
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(Ikoma) Taikai Doken
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(nee Gessay) Brooke Teisui McNamara
Also: Brooke Julia Gessay
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(大忍) 孝道 Akino (Dainin) Kōdō
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(大玄) 一光 Narasaki (Daigen) Ikkō
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(寶輪) 大行 Moriyama (Hōrin) Daigyō
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(浩潤) 球学 Oka (Kōjun) Kyūgaku
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(牛岳) 抱一 Suzuki (Gyūgaku) Hōitsu
Also: Hoitsu Suzuki
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(瑞岳) 廉芳 Niwa (Zuigaku) Rempō
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(瑾英) 穆山 Nishiari (Kin'ei) Bokusan
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(白山) 孝純 Noiri (Hakusan) Kōjun
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(祖伝) 秀夫 Narita (Sōden) Shūyū
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(祖門) 興道 Sawaki (Somon) Kōdō
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(祥岳) 俊隆 Suzuki (Shōgaku) Shunryū
Also: Shunryu Suzuki
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(道融) 興正 Uchiyama (Dōyū) Kōshō
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(黙堂) 泰仙 Deshimaru (Mokudō) Taisen
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[可山投悦 / 可山叟 悦] Kasan Tōetsu
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[祥屋盛吉] Shō'oku Seikichi
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[芳] Menzan Zuihō
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[透山禪徹] Tōsan Zentetsu
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[靈庵宗鷲] Ryōan Sōju
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▶ 佐藤禅忠 Satō Zenchū
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1374], Anna Christenson [or Christensen? cf. #1322
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Abby Terris
Also: Abby Mushin Terris
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Adachi Doshu Zuiun-ken Yukiyoshi
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Adachi Houn-an Reiko
Also: Reiko Houn-an Adachi
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Adam Jogen Salzberg
Also: Jogen Salzberg
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Afable , Jiro Andy
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AITKEN Robert Chotan Gyoun en.wikipedia.org
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Akira Ji'un-ken Kubota
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Akira Soun-ken Onda
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Al Fusho Rapaport
Also: Al Tendo Fusho Rapaport
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Al Genkai Kazniak
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Al Richard Zolynas
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Al Zolnas
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About the data
Built for transparent correction
This seed combines Terebess lineage material, the Ciolek Zen guide, Wikipedia's attributed Zen lineage charts, the American Zen Teachers Association directory, and the Soto Zen Buddhist Association directory. It was retrieved on 2026-08-23.
- Association membership is not certification or endorsement.
- Traditional lineage claims are labeled and are not equivalent to independently established historical fact.
- Living-person status, affiliations, and roles may be stale.
- Canonical identity resolution merges only unique high-confidence name variants; ambiguous candidates remain for editorial review.
- Long copyrighted biographies are preserved only in archived source snapshots, not republished here.
- Terebess is the canonical relationship source when a machine-extracted Terebess claim conflicts with Ciolek or Wikipedia; every lower-priority claim remains in the conflict ledger.