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
Bendo Hongaku Villa
Transmission from Carlo Zendo Tetsugen Serra
Benítez
Transmission from Carlo Zendo Tetsugen Serra
Bernard (Bernie) Rhie
Transmission from Charlotte Joko Beck
Bernd Bender
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Bernie Rhie
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Berta Chosui Jikɹ-an Meneses
Transmission from Ana Maria Kiun-an Schlüter Rodés
Betsy Sei Ka Groh
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Betsy Smith
Transmission from Al Fusho Rapaport
Bhikkhuni Pannavati
Transmission from Tetsugen Bernard Glassman
Bill Boyle
Transmission from Perle Besserman · Manfred Butsuden Steger
Bill Jikai Greenberg
Transmission from Paul Kuzan Genki Kahn
Biyan Xiangjie
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Bob Koller
Transmission from Pat Jikyo George
Bobby Chowa Werner
Transmission from Anne Seisen Saunders
Bodhidharma
Also: Bodai Daruma · Bodaidaruma · Bodhidharma, Putidamo
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Bogdan Hi'shin-ken Snela
Transmission from Willigis Koun-ken Jäger
Boku’ō Sogyū
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Bokugan Shingyū
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Bokuren Jake Van Akkeren
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Bokusen Hōgyū
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Bokuzan Kinei
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Bon Soeng Jeffrey Kitzes
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Bon Yeon Jane Dobisz
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Bonnie Myotai Treace
Also: TREACE Bonnie Myotai
Transmission from John Daidō Loori
Bradley (Brad) Gendai Beukema
Transmission from Peter Joryu Harris
Brenda Charlotte Jiun Chiko Beck Hess Hess
Also: Brenda Charlotte Patton, Brenda C Beck
Transmission from Charlotte Joko Beck
Brian Butsudo Turner
Transmission from Musho Diane Hamilton
Brian Joshin Byrnes
Transmission from Joan Halifax
Brigitte D'Ortschy
Also: Brigitte Koun-an Doru Chiko Daishi D'Ortschy · D'ORTSCHY Brigitte
Transmission from Yamada Kōun Zenshin · Yasutani Hakuun Ryōkō
BROWN Ed Jusan
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BROWN Hedgpeth Nancy
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Brown Tucker Sansui
Transmission from Paul Kuzan Genki Kahn
BROWN William
Transmission from Unknown
Bruce Hogen Lambson
Also: James Bruce Lambson, Bruce J Lambson
Transmission from Dennis Genpo Merzel
Bruce Seiryu Blackman
Transmission from Janet Jinne Richardson · Robert Kennedy
Bruce Soun-ken Harris
Transmission from Yamada Kōun Zenshin
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.