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
Cecilie Go'En An Lander
Transmission from Yamada Ryōun Masamichi · Roselyn Seiun-an Stone
Changling Shouzhuo
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Changqing Huileng
Also: Ch'ang-ch'ing Hui-lêng · Chôkei Eryô
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Mapped lineage from Xuefeng Yicun
Changsha Jingcen
Also: Ch'ang-sha Ching- · Ch'ang-sha Ching-ts'ên · Chôsha Keishin
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Mapped lineage from Nanquan Puyuan
Changshui Zixuan
Also: Ch'ang-shui Tzu-hsuan · Chôsui Shisen
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Mapped lineage from Langye Huijue
Charles Birx
Also: Charles Shinkai Birx
Transmission from Robert Kennedy
Charles Tenshin Fletcher
Also: Charles William Tenshin Fletcher
Transmission from Dennis Genpo Merzel · Maezumi Taizan Hakuyū
Charlotte Amala Wrightson
Also: Amala Wrightson
Transmission from Peter Bodhin Kjolhede
Charlotte Jigen Juul
Transmission from Dennis Genpo Merzel
Charlotte Joko Beck
Also: BECK Charlotte Joko · CHARLOTTE L. JŌKO BECK
Transmission from Maezumi Taizan Hakuyū
Chengtian Chuanzong
Also: Ch'eng-t'ien Ch'uan-tsung · Ch’eng-t'ien Ch’uan- · Jôten Denshû
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Mapped lineage from Xuedou Chongxian
Chi Chern
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Chikai Harper Leah
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Chikai Jikō
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Chikkyo Shōyū
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Chiku-ō Sōshō
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Chikudō Egen
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Chikudo Jerome Petersen
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Chitō Shōgen
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Chō'oku Jukei
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Chō’un Katsusō
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Choan (Denko) Bertelsen
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Chōbun Nenzen Pamela Brown
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Chōkai Ryōon
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Chōko Bungei
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Chōkō Kangen Judy Daylen
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Chōkoku Kōen
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Chongshou Qichou
Also: ch'ou · Ch'ung-shou Ch'i-ch'ou · Ch’ung-shou Ch’i-
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Mapped lineage from Fayan Wenyi
Chongshou Qizhou
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Chōrei Shutaku
Also: Changling Shouzhuo
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Choro Carla Antonaccio
Also: Choro Antonaccio
Transmission from Konjin Gaelyn Godwin
Chōro Seiryō [Shinketsu ~
Also: Changlu Qingliao [Zhenxie ~
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Choshu Genkai
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CHOWANEY Nonin
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Chōzan Eiton
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Chōzan Gin'etsu
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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.