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
Dayang Jingxuan
Also: Dayang Yan · Jingyan · Ta-yang Ching-hsüan
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Mapped lineage from Liangshan Yuanguan
Dayi Daoxin
Also: Daii Dôshin · Daoxin · Ta-i Tao-hsin
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Mapped lineage from Jianzhi Sengcan
Dayu Shouzhi
Also: Cuiyan · Cuiyan Shouzhi · Daigu Shushi
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Mapped lineage from Fenyang Shanzhao
Dazu Huike
Also: Huike · Ta-tsu Hui-k'o · Taiso Eka
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Mapped lineage from Bodhidharma
Deborah Saint
Transmission from John Tarrant
Debra Martin
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Deguchi Tetsujō
Also: TETSUJYO DEGUCHI
Transmission from Ban Tetsugyū Soin
Dejun Zijue
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Demmers Jacky Shobogenzo
Transmission from Nico/Niko Sojun Tenko Tydeman
Denan Sōki
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Dennis Alan Sienko
Transmission from Peggy Sheehan
Dennis Doshin Tirch
Transmission from Paul Kuzan Genki Kahn
Dennis Genpo Merzel
Also: Dennis Paul Soten Genpo Merzel
Transmission from Maezumi Taizan Hakuyū · Tetsugen Bernard Glassman
Denshi Rinteki
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Deshan Xuanjian
Also: Te-shan Hsüan-chien · Tokusan Senkan · Tokusan
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Mapped lineage from Longtan Chongxin
Deshan Yuanmi
Also: Tokusan Emmitsu · Tê-shan Yüan-mi · Yuanming
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Mapped lineage from Yunmen Wenyan
Deshan Yuanming
Also: Yuanmi
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Desmond Keido Gando Gilna
Transmission from James Ford
Dharman Ödman (Oedman)
Transmission from Kanja Odland · Mikael Sante Poromaa
Diane D Moore
Transmission from Ezra Shinkoku Bayda
Diane Rizzetto
Also: Diane Eshin Rizzetto
Transmission from Charlotte Joko Beck
Diane Shoshin Fitzgerald
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Dick Benji Butsugen Verstegen
Transmission from Nico/Niko Sojun Tenko Tydeman
Dingzhou Shizang
Also: Jôshû Sekisô · Ting-chou Shih-tsang
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Mapped lineage from Songshan Puji
Do-On Robert Thomas
Also: Do-An Robert Thomas
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Dōan Dōhi
Also: Tongan Daopi n.d
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Dōan Kanshi
Also: Tongan Guanzhi n.d
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Dōjin Sarah Emerson
Also: Sarah Dojin Emerson
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Dokai Ron Georgesen
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Dokuon Jōshu
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Dokuro Jaeckel
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Dokutan Sōsan
Also: Dokutan Sosan, Dokutan Toyota
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Dōkyō Etan
Also: Dokyu Etan · Shoju Rojin · Shoju Ronin
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Domyo Burk
Transmission from Gyokuko Carlson
Don Ani Shalom Singer
Transmission from Tetsugen Bernard Glassman
Donald Dow
Transmission from David Boyle · Bill Boyle
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.