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Misha Shungen Merrill

Also known as Shungen Misha Merrill

Transmission from
Unknown
Born
1953
Died
Not recorded
Source records
4

Tradition labels in the sources

  • Suzuki Roshi
  • Sōtō Zen
  • Wikipedia attributed Zen lineage chart

Lineage claims

Teachers and predecessors

  • Keido Les Kayewikipedia lineage chart predecessor · source asserted unverified

Students and successors

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Communities and resources

Affiliations listed by sources

  • Zen Heart Sanghateaches at · Woodside, CA, USA
  • Zen Heart Sanghalisted center · Zen Heart Sangha Menlo Park, CA Misha Shungen Merrill is the primary teacher for Zen Heart Sangha in Menlo Park and Woodside, California, as well as the guiding teacher for the Twining Vines Sangha of New York. She has been practicing Zen since 1984 and received Dharma Transmission (permission to teach) in 1998 in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, the founder of SanFrancisco Zen Center. Misha also teaches at Peninsula School in Menlo Park where she is the librarian. She resides in Woodside with her husband and four-footed friends.

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Where this record came from

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  1. Misha Shungen Merrill ↗association membership · table row 3 · retrieved 2026-08-21
  2. Misha Shungen Merrill ↗association directory card · card 3 · retrieved 2026-08-21
  3. Misha Shungen Merrill ↗association profile · profile page · retrieved 2026-08-21
  4. Shungen Misha Merrill ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 12, row 4 · retrieved 2026-08-23