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
Ban Tetsugyū Soin
Also: Tetsugyū Soin
Transmission from Harada Daiun Sogaku · Egaku Chimyō [淵沢 Fuchizawa]
Bangaku Senjō
Transmission from Unknown
Bankei Eitaku
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Banryū Zenso
Also: Banryo Zenso
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Bao'en Xuanze
Also: Baoen Xuanze · Hôon Gensoku · Pao-ên Hsüan-tsê
Transmission from Unknown
Mapped lineage from Fayan Wenyi
Baoci Xingyan
Also: Hôji Gyôgon · Pao-ts'u Hsing-yen · Pao-ts’u Hsing-
Transmission from Unknown
Mapped lineage from Fayan Wenyi
Baofeng Mingxuan
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Baofeng Weizhao
Also: Chanti Weizhao · Hôhô Ishô · Pao-fêng Wei-chao
Transmission from Unknown
Mapped lineage from Furong Daokai
Baofu Congzhan
Also: Hofuku Jûten · Pao-fu Ts'ung-chan · Hofuku
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Mapped lineage from Xuefeng Yicun
Baoning Renyong
Also: Honei Ninyû · Pao-ning Jên-yung
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Mapped lineage from Yangqi Fanghui
Baoshou Yanzhao
Also: Hôju Enshô · Pao-shou Yen-chao
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Mapped lineage from Linji Yixuan
Baozhang Puchi
Transmission from Unknown
Barbara Baccei
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Barbara Joshin O'Hara
Transmission from Pat Enkyo O'Hara
Barbara Keido Wa-hei Richert
Transmission from Douglas Keido San'Un Kaishin Phillips · Mary Keido Koshin Sho'Un Gates
Barbara Muso Penn
Transmission from Charlotte Joko Beck
Barbara Salaam Wegmueller
Transmission from Tetsugen Bernard Glassman
Barbara Shōshin Craig
Transmission from Janet Jinne Richardson
Barishiba (Pārshva 婆栗濕婆, 脅尊者)
Also: Ba-Lật-Thấp-Phược · Bà-Lật-Thấp-Bà (Hiếp-Tôn-Giả) · Bōlìshīfú
Transmission from Unknown
Barry Briggs
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Barry Doshin Kusan Farrin
Transmission from James Ford · Subhana Gyo Shin, Myo-Un-An Barzaghi
BARRY KAIGEN McMAHON
Transmission from Charles Tenshin Fletcher
Barry Magid
Also: BARRY [does not seem to use Buddhist names - tmc MAGID
Transmission from Charlotte Joko Beck
BARZAGHI Subhana
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Bashashita (Basiasita/Vasi Astia 婆舍斯多)
Also: Bà-Xá-Tư-Đa · Pasasada · Póshèsīduō
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Bashubanzu (Vasubandhu 世親, 天親, 婆修盤頭)
Also: Bà-Tu-Bàn-Đầu (Thế-Thân) · Pasubandu (Sechin) · Póxiūpántóu (Shìqīn)
Transmission from Unknown
Bashumitsu (Vasumitra 婆須密)
Also: Bà-Tu-Mật (Bà-Tu-Mật-Đa) · Pasumilta · Póxūmì (Póxūmìduō)
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Baso Dōitsu
Also: Mazu Daoyi
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Bassui Tokushō
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BAYS Laren Hogen
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Bear Gokkan Bonebakker
Transmission from Shugen Geoffrey Arnold
Beate Genko Seishin Stolte
Transmission from Joan Halifax
Becca Soshin Topol
Also: Rebecca Beth Topol · Rebecca E Topol
Transmission from BARRY KAIGEN McMAHON
Ben Connelly
Also: Ben Nadasattva Connelly
Transmission from Unknown
Ben Mui Pumphrey
Transmission from Charles Birx
Ben Verlichtende Natuur Scheres
Transmission from Nico/Niko Sojun Tenko Tydeman
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.