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
Bruce Susan Kijin
Transmission from MONIKA SEIRYO GENMITSU TARA-SINGER KAHN (née Brunner) · Paul Kuzan Genki Kahn
Bukkai Sōkoku
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Bukkai Tenryū
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Bukkan Myōkoku
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Bun'ō Zengei
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Bungai Ontotsu
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Bunrei Shogai
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Bunzan Kōrin
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Burkard Doshin Daiboku Gyo Un* Ken Zill
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Busshin Lisa Hoffman
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Bussho Lahn
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Butsuan Emyō
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Butsudanandai (Buddhanandi 浮陀難提, 佛陀難提)
Also: Buddanandai · Buddhanandi · Fútuónándī
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Butsumon Sogaku
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Butsuzan Zuimyō [増田 Masuda]
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Byakuren Judith Ragir
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Caitriona Reed
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Cale Morrison
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Caoshan Benji
Also: Sôzan Honjaku · Ts'ao-shan Pen-chi · Sôzan
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Mapped lineage from Dongshan Liangjie
Carl "Mysterious Cloud" Bodhi Ken Hooper
Transmission from Ama Genun-Ken Samy
Carl A. Chimon Viggiani
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Carl Chimon Maher
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Carl Genjo Bachman
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Carlo Zendo Tetsugen Serra
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Carlos Abusaid Elias
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Carlos Bodhi Murillo
Also: Sensei Bodhi Murillo
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CARLSON Kyogen
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Carmen Baika-an Monske
Transmission from Akira Ji'un-ken Kubota · Willigis Koun-ken Jäger
CARNEY Francis Eido weber.u.washington.edu
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Carol Myoshin Bruce-Fritz
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Carolyn Atkinson
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Carolyn Sei’un An (Peace-bringing Cloud) Seburn
Transmission from Roselyn Seiun-an Stone
Catherine (Cathy) Seizan Wright
Transmission from Peggy Sheehan
Catherine Genno Pages
Transmission from Dennis Genpo Merzel
Catherine L Anraku Eishun Hondorp
Also: Eishun Anraku Hondorp · Hondorp Catherine C , Hondorp Catherine A
Transmission from Pat Enkyo O'Hara
Cathleen Kanno Dowd
Transmission from Paul Kuzan Genki Kahn
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.