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
Donald Irving Stoddard
Also: Donald V Stoddard
Transmission from Robert Baker Aitken
Donen Ted O'Toole
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Dongchu Denglang
Also: Dongchu
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Dongshan Liangjie
Also: chieh · Tung-shan Liang- · Tung-shan Liang-chieh
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Mapped lineage from Yunyan Tansheng
Dongshan Shouchu
Also: Tung-shan Shou-ch'u · Tôsan Shusho · Tôzan
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Mapped lineage from Yunmen Wenyan
Donna Marie Dhara Kowal
Also: Dhara Kowal
Transmission from Peter Bodhin Kjolhede
Donzui Zenbyō
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Dorinda Genju Talbot
Transmission from David Dohi Shoji Keizan Scott
Doris Myoen-an Zölls
Transmission from Willigis Koun-ken Jäger
Dorothy Dai-En (Daien) Friedman
Transmission from Peter Ishin Muryo Matthiessen
Douglas Keido San'Un Kaishin Phillips
Transmission from James Ford
Douglas Philips
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Douglas Red Heart Helzer
Transmission from Alfred Jitsudō Ancheta
Douglass Fugan Dineen
Transmission from Randall Eiger
Doushuai Congyue
Also: Tosotsu Jûetsu · Tou-shuai Ts'ung-yüeh · Tosotsu
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Mapped lineage from Yunan Kewen
DOWNEY Heila
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Dōyū Kōshō
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Dragan Sekiun-ken Petrovic
Transmission from Yamada Ryōun Masamichi · Roselyn Seiun-an Stone
Ebony Song
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Ed Gensho Welsh
Transmission from Hogen Bays
Ed Kenzan Mokunin Levin
Transmission from William (Bill) Shido Nyogen Yeo
Ed Russell
Also: Ed Mushin Russell
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Eduardo Seido Fuentes
Transmission from Dennis Genpo Merzel · Allison Atwill
Edward Brown
Also: Jusan Edward Espe Brown
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Edward Keido Sanshin Oberholtzer
Transmission from James Ford
Edward Sangetsu Sullivan
Transmission from Bruce Seiryu Blackman · Barbara Shōshin Craig
Egaku Chimyō [淵沢 Fuchizawa]
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Eido Bruce Espe
Transmission from Shoken Winecoff
Eido Frances Carney
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Eido Phoebe Reinhart
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Eihei Dōgen
Also: Dogen · Yongping Daoyuan · Yung-p'ing Tao-yüan
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Mapped lineage from Tiantong Rujing
Eihei Peter Levitt
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Eileen Kiera
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Eisan Honkō
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Eishin Nancy Easton
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Ejo McMullen
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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.