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
Ekkei Shuken
Also: Etsukei Shuken, Ekkei Shuken
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Eko Jeff Kelley
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Ekyo Dana Takagi
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Elaine Koun-An Macinnes
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Elihu Genmyo Smith
Also: SMITH Elihu Genmyo
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Elizabeth Sawyer
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Elizabeth Yuin Hamilton
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Ellen Davison
Transmission from Subhana Gyo Shin, Myo-Un-An Barzaghi
Ellen Jikai Birx
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Emma Genkō Cain
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Engaku Tainō
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Enjo Gikan
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Enni Ben'en
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Ensan Genmyō
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Eran Vardi
Also: Eran Kyoka Junryu Vardi
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Eric Dokan Batten
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Erna Daiji Hug
Transmission from Niklaus Goun-ken Jinshu Brantschen · Pia Ichido Jinji Gyger
Erwin Mu I No Shinnin Egloff
Transmission from Niklaus Goun-ken Jinshu Brantschen · Pia Ichido Jinji Gyger
Eshin John Godfrey
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Essen Shūchō
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Etan Daishin
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Etsudo Patty Krahl
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Etsukei Shisei
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Eugene Fugan Bush
Also: Fugan Eugene Bush · Ryushin Fugan Eugene Bush
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Eve Myonen Marko
Also: Eve Marko
Transmission from Tetsugen Bernard Glassman
Ezra Shinkoku Bayda
Transmission from Charlotte Joko Beck
Fayan Wenyi
Also: Fa-yen Wên-i · Hôgen Bun’eki · Qingliang
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Mapped lineage from Luohan Guichen
Feiyin Tongrong
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Fengxian Daochen
Also: Fêng-hsien Tao-ch'ên · Hōsen Dōshin
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Fengxian Daoshen
Also: Fêng-hsien Tao-sh’ên · Hôsen Dôshin
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Mapped lineage from Yunmen Wenyan
Fengxue Yanzhao
Also: Fêng-hsüeh Yen-chao · Fûketsu Enshô · Fuketsu
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Mapped lineage from Nanyuan Huiyong
Fenping Zhaoci
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Fenyang Shanzhao
Also: Fun'yō Zenshō · Fên-yang Shan-chao · Wude
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Mapped lineage from Shoushan Xingnian
Fernando Issan Tetsuji Llobell
Transmission from Carlo Zendo Tetsugen Serra
FISHER Norman Zoketsu
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Fitzgerald Diane Ryūdō Shōshin
Transmission from Melissa Myozen Blacker
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.