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
Daikyū Goyū
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Daikyū Sōkyū
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Dainei John King
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Dainin Kokusen
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Daion Gloria Ann Lee
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Dairin Kanchū
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Dairin Sōtō
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Dairyu Michael Wenger
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Daisen Godō
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Daisen Hekiden
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Daisen Junchi
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Daisetsu Jō’en
Also: Shoen Daisetsu, Daisetsu Jo'en, Daisetsu So'en
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Daisetsu Teitarō Suzuki
Also: Suzuki Daisetsu Teitaro · ▶ 大拙 貞太郎 Daisetsu Teitarō
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Daishin Alfredo Malagodi
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Daishin Eric McCabe
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Daishitsu Chisen
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Daishitsu Sokyū
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Daishū Anchū
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Daishu Soju
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Daishun Bengyū
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Daishun Donryū
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Daishun Genki
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Daishun Kan'yū
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Daitaka (Dhrtaka/Dhītika 提多迦)
Also: Chedaga · Dhrtaka · Dīduōjiā
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Daitan Sōiku
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Daiun Eizui
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Daiun Gentō
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Daiun Rinzei
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Daiyō Sōshun
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Daiyū Esshō
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Daiyū Katsuzen
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Dajian Huineng
Also: Caoxi · Daikan Enô · Enō
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Mapped lineage from Daman Hongren
Daju Huihai
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Dalong
Also: Dairyō · Ta-lung · Dairyū
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Daman Hongren
Also: Daiman Kônin · Gunin · Hongren
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Mapped lineage from Dayi Daoxin
Damei Fachang
Also: Daibai Hôjô · Ta-mei Fa-ch'ang · Daibai
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Mapped lineage from Mazu Daoyi
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.