Charles Tenshin Fletcher

Lineage claims

Teachers and predecessors

• Dennis Genpo Merzelappointment code transmitting teacher · machine parsed source code
• Maezumi Taizan Hakuyūwikipedia lineage chart predecessor · source asserted unverified

Students and successors

• David A Jokai Blackwellappointment code transmitting teacher · machine parsed source code
• Philip Shinko Squireappointment code transmitting teacher · machine parsed source code
• BARRY KAIGEN McMAHONappointment code transmitting teacher · machine parsed source code
• David Dohi Shoji Keizan Scottappointment code transmitting teacher · machine parsed source code

Relationship labels preserve the meaning used by each source; they are not automatically equivalent to Dharma transmission.

Communities and resources

Affiliations listed by sources

• Yokoji Zen Mountain Centerteaches at · Mountain Center, CA, USA
• Zen Mountain Center / Yokojilisted center · Zen Mountain Center / Yokoji Mt. Center, CA Born in Manchester, England, Charles Tenshin Fletcher Roshi came to the United States in 1979 to study at the Zen Center of Los Angeles with founder Taizan Maezumi Roshi. In 1994, Tenshin Roshi received Dharma Transmission (authorization to teach) in the White Plum lineage from Maezumi Roshi, and Inka from Genpo Merzel Roshi in 2006 (Zen Master, final seal of approval). He acted as administrator for many years at ZCLA and is now the primary teacher and abbot at Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center. Tenshin Roshi is one of the few North American teachers officially certified as a Kokusaifukyoshi (Official Foreign Representative), a title appointed in 2009 by the Soto Zen Headquarters in Japan.

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