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» Anne Seisen Saunders, Sensei - The founder and head teacher of Sweetwater Zen Center. Student of the late Taizan Maezumi Roshi and a Dharma successor of Bernie Tetsugen Glassman, Roshi. 
» Anzan Hoshin - Roshi for White Wind Zen Centers: Zen Centre of Ottawa; Wolfville Zazenkai, Wolfville, Nova Scotia; and, Harrow Zazenkai, South Harrow, Middlesex, England.
» Bernie Glassman Roshi & Sandra Jishu Holmes - Roshi Bernie Glassman , the first dharma successor of Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi, was the first abbot of the Zen Community of New York. Along with his wife, Sensei Jishu Holmes, he is the co-founder of the Peacemaker Community.
» Catherine Genno Pages Sensei - Student of Genpo Roshi, Kanzeon Zen Center, Utah. Now teaching in Paris.
» Catherine Genno Pagès Sensei - Based in Paris, Catherine Genno Pagès Sensei is the first Dharma heir of Dennis Genpo Merzel Roshi, in the lineage of Taizan Maezumi Roshi. She founded the Buddhist community Dana Sangha and teaches both shikantaza and koan practice.
» Chan Master Sheng-Yen - In addition to being a lineage holder of the Linji (Jap. Rinzai) and Caodong (Jap. Soto) traditions, Master Sheng-yen is a scholar with a ph.d from Rissho University in Japan. He teaches in New York and is the founder of the Dharma Drum Mountain in Taiwan
» Chan Master Sheng-yen - A third generation descendant of the great Chinese Chan Master, Hsu-Yun (empty cloud), Master Sheng-yen plays an importnat role in the revival, dissemination, and expansion of Chan practice in China and the West. He currently teaches in Queens, New York a
» Chan Master Wei Li - The founder of the Tu An Zen Temple at Santa Ana, Chan Master Wei Li [Thich Duy Luc in Vietnamese] is an 89th generation master in the Chan tradition. He was a student of Master Dieu Duyen who was a close disciple of Master Hsu Yun [Empty Cloud] and Maste
» Cheri Huber - Cheri Huber has been a student and teacher of Zen for over 30 years. This site contains schedules of public talks and workshops, signup form, writings archive, booking information, links to her Internet radio show, and background information.
» Dae Gak - Teaches at Furnace Mountain. Received transmission from Zen Master Seung Sahn, Kwan Um School. Founded Furnace Mountain, in 1986. Guiding Teacher of the Queensland Zen Center (Australia), Lexington Zen Center, Dae Mun Zen Group of Cincinnati, and Indian
» Danan Henry - Danan Henry Sensei entered monastic training at the Rochester Zen Center in 1979 and was ordained a Buddhist priest in 1986. In 1989, Kapleau Roshi sanctioned Danan as a full teacher and spiritual director of the Zen Center of Denver. Since 1990, Danan ha
» Dharma Master Grazyna Perl - She received inga (authorization to teach) from Zen Master Seung Sahn in 1994. Currently she is the Guiding Teacher for Paris Zen Center, as well as several other centers of the European Kwan Um School of Zen.
» Diane Rizzetto - Diane Rizzetto was born in 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts. She married at a young age and had three children. In 1978 she moved to California and soon afterwards began studying with Sojun Mel Weitsman at the Berkeley Zen Center. After practicing at the Ber
» Dr. John Crook - Dr. John Crook received Dharma transmission from Master Sheng-yen in 1993. He runs the Western Chan Fellowship in England and conducts Western Zen Retreats, Mahamudra Retreats, and Chan retreats throughout Europe.
» Dr. Max Kalin - A Dharma heir of Master Sheng-yen, Dr. Kalin teaches Chan, Yoga, Qigong, and conduct family medical practice, as well as psychosomatics and medical psychotherapy. He is based in Zurich, Switzerland and also teaches in Germany. The site contains informatio
» Eido Frances Carney Roshi - Received Dharma Transmission in the Soto lineage from Niho Tetsumei Roshi of Entsuji Temple. Teaches at Olympia Zen Center.
» Female Zen Teachers - Comprehensive list and biographies of current female Western Zen teachers.
» Fr. AMA Samy - AMA Samy is rooted in Christianity and in Zen; he can be said to stand in-between Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity. He stands true to Christ, true to Zen and true to the human heart-mind. It is paradoxical to say so, but it seems to be the way of seeke
» Fr. Pat Hawk Roshi - An ordained Roman Catholic priest and a Dharma heir of Robert Aitken Roshi, Fr. Pat Hawk Roshi is an adept in both the Catholic tradition of contemplation and the Buddhist Zen practice. He is the founder of Pathless Path which is located at Picture Rocks
» Genpo Roshi - Dharma heir of Taizan Maezumi Roshi. Teaches at Kanzeon Zen Center in Utah.
» Gilbert Gutierrez - Gilbert Gutierrez received Dharma transmission from Master Sheng-yen in June 2002, making him the only American Dharma heir of Master Sheng-yen's Dharma Drum lineage. Gilbert is the founder and teacher of the Riverside Chan Meditation Group. This site con
» Grace Schireson - Ordained in the Suzuki Roshi lineage, Grace Schireson has trained in Soto Zen under Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi of Berkeley Zen Center and in Rinzai Zen under Keido Fukushima Roshi of Tofuku-ji Monastery in Kyoto. She is also trained as a clinical psychologi
» Helga Schleiter Smith - Helga Schleiter Smith came upon the Way of Sudden Awakening after years of studying and practicing various "dualistic" and "non-dualistic" traditions. She currently teaches at Santa Cruz, CA.
» Hogen Daido Yamahata - Soto teacher, student of Harada Tangen Roshi.
» Jack Duffy Roshi - Jack Duffy Roshi is a teacher of the Three Treasure Sangha of the Pacific Northwest. He received transmission from Robert Aitken Roshi in June 1997 and became a full Roshi. He also has studied with Joan Reick (a former TTS teacher), and with Thich Nhat Ha
» James Ishmael Ford Sensei - Received Dharma transmission within the Soto lineage from Jiyu Kennett Roshi in 1971. Received permission to teach in the Harada/Yasutani koan tradition from John Tarrant Roshi in 1998. James Ford is also an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister. He t
» Jan Chozen Bays - Teaches at the Zen Center of Oregon. She was ordained as a Zen priest in 1977 and received Dharma transmission (authority to teach) from Maezumi Roshi in 1983. She is continuing to deepen her own practice by studying with Shodo Harada Roshi of Sogen-ji Mo
» Ji Bong (Bob Moore) - Co-Guiding Teacher of Dharma Zen Center, Los Angeles. A student of Zen Master Seung Sahn since 1975.
» Joan Jiko Halifax - Joan Halifax, Ph.D. is a Buddhist teacher and an anthropologist . Her academic teaching credentials include being on the faculty of Columbia University, the University of Miami School of Medicine, the New School for Social Research, the Naropa Institute a
» John Daido Loori Roshi - Biographies of John Daido Loori Roshi, founder, abbot, and spiritual leader of Zen Mountain Monastery and his two transmitted Dharma heirs Bonnie Myotai Treace Sensei, and Geoffrey Shugen Arnold Sensei.
» Joshu Sasaki Roshi - Rinzai Zen teacher from Myoshin-ji temple in Japan--now in the United States heading several Zen Centers.
» Joshu Sasaki, Roshi - Information about Joshu Sasaki, founder of Rinzai-ji, Inc.
» Keido Fukushima Roshi - Head Abbot of Tofukuji Monastary, Kyoto, Japan, and the Tofukuji Rinzai sect. Famous Zen caligrapher. Dharma heir of Shibayama Roshi. Has made frequent teaching visits to the US since 1969.
» Kobutsu Shindo (Kevin Malone) - Ordained American Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest of the Gempo-Soen-Eido lineage, studied with the Venerable Eido Sotai Shimano, Roshi. Kobutsu has been a student in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and studied with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
» Kosen - Affiliated with the Association Buddhist Zen of Master Deshimaru. Born in Paris, 1950. Received shiho from Master Niwa Zenji, in the Soto tradition. Site accompanied by Kosen's rock music.
» Kusala Bhikshu - Kusala Bhikshu (Thich Tam-Thien) is an American born monk ordained in the Vietnamese Zen tradition (Thien). He lives and works at the International Buddhist Meditation Center in Los Angeles. He also serves as a chaplain at the Garden Grove Police Departme
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» Kyozan Joshu Sasaki Roshi - Founder of Rinzai-ji.
» Mary Jise Jaksch - Appointed as a teacher in the Diamond Sangha lineage by Ross Bolleter Roshi with the blessing of Mary's elder Teacher, Robert Aitken Roshi.
» Master Gudo Wafu Nishijima - Ordained by the late Master Rempo Niwa, formerly head of the Soto Sect. He has written many books on Buddhism in both Japanese and in English. He teaches in Tokyo, Osaka, Shizuoka City and other cities in Japan. This site contains a list of his publicatio
» Myoyu Andersen Sensei - Dharma-heir to Taizan Maezumi Roshi. Teaches at the Zen Center of Bloomington.
» Nonin Chowaney - American Zen Master, trained in the Soto tradition of Zen Master Dogen. Ordained by Rev. Dainin Katagiri in Minnesota and has studied at Tassajara Zen Monastery in California and in Japan at Zuio-ji and Shogo-ji Monasteries. Received Dharma Transmission f
» Patricia Dai-En Bennage - Received Soto Zen priest precepts and trained at the Women's Soto Zen Monastery in Nagoya, Japan, receiving Transmission and Zuise. Head teacher at Mt. Equity Zendo.
» Paul Genki Kahn - Paul Genki Kahn is a Soto Zen Buddhist priest and Dharma and Lineage Holder under Genpo Roshi, a Dharma successor of Maezumi Roshi. He is also a Circle Steward in Bernie Glassman's Zen Peacemaker Circle. He leads the High Mountain Crystal Lake Zen Communi
» Paul Park, Ji Do Poep Sa Nim - Co-Guiding Teacher of Dharma Zen Center, Los Angeles. Paul Park, JDPSN, received inka at Providence Zen Center from Zen Master Seung Sahn in April 1998.
» Reb Anderson, Tenshin Roshi - A lineage-holder in the Soto Zen tradition.
» Rev. Nonin Chowaney - Rev. Nonin Chowaney, an American Zen master, is Nebraska Zen Center's head priest and teacher. He received formal Dharma Transmission from Rev. Katagiri and has been certified to teach by him and by the Soto Zen Church in Japan. The site contains informat
» Robert Aitken Roshi - Official site for Robert Aitken Roshi of the Diamond Sangha, with links to his writings and to groups affiliated with the Diamond Sangha.
» Robert E. Kennedy Roshi - Fr. Robert E Kennedy S.J. Roshi is a Dharma heir of Bernard Glassman Roshi. He had studied with Yamada Roshi and Maezumi Roshi. He is chair of the Theology Department of Saint Peter's College in Jersey City, New Jersey. This site contains practice schedul
» Robert Joshin Althouse Sensei - Robert Joshin Althouse Sensei is director and spiritual teacher of the Zen Center of Hawaii. He is a student of Taizan Maezumi Roshi and a successor of Nicolee Jikyo Miller Sensei in the White Plum lineage. This page contains his biographical information.
» Roshi Gensho Hozumi - The guiding teacher of the Kyoto International Zendo. Hozumi Roshi trained under Yamada Mumon Roshi for 12 years and received transmission from Omori Sogen Roshi. The site contains a collection of his writings and information about the Kyoto International
» Ross Bolleter - Zen Master Ross Bolleter Roshi teaches in Australia and New Zealand in the Diamond Sangha tradition.
» Sarlo's Guru Rating Service - Zen Teachers - Irreverantly maintained list of Western Zen teachers.
» Sei'un An Roselyn E. Stone - Student of Koun Yamada, of the San'un Zendo in Kamakura, Sanbo Kyodan Zen sect. Established the Mountain Moon Sangha Zendos in Brisbane and Toronto in 1993.
» Seiju Bob Mammoser - Abbot of the Albuquerque Zen Center, ordained as an Osho (Zen Priest) by Roshi Joshu Sasaki. Site includes information on AZC.
» Shaka Rich Hart - Teaches at Clear Mountain Center, Baldwin, NY. Student of Sasaki Roshi, in the Rinzaiji lineage.
» Shodo Harada Roshi - Shodo Harada was born in 1940 in Nara, Japan. He began his Zen training in 1962 when he entered Shofuku-ji monastery in Kobe, Japan.
» Shohaku Okumura - Rev. Shohaku Okumara has been an ordained priest of Soto Zen since 1970. He is the director of the Soto Zen Education Center in San Francisco, and the head teacher of Sanshin Zen Community in Bloomington, Indiana.
» Sojun Mel Weitsman - Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center.
» Steve Hagen Sensei - Received Dharma transmission (endorsement to teach) from Katagiri Roshi in 1989. Author of "Buddhism Plain and Simple", and "How the World Can Be the Way It Is: An Inquiry for the New Millennium into Science, Philosophy, and Perception"
» Subhana Barzaghi Roshi - Subhana Barzaghi Roshi received transmission from her teacher, John Tarrant Roshi, in 1996. She teaches intensive Zen & Vipassana retreats in India, Australia and New Zealand and conducts workshops in Sydney.
» Sunyana Graef Sensei - Disciple of Roshi Philip Kapleau. Teaches at the Toronto Zen Centre and the Vermont Zen Center
» Taigen Dan Leighton - Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto Zen priest with Dharma Transmission from Reb Anderson Roshi. He is an author and translator of a few books and teaches at the Berkeley Graduate Theological Union. The site contains information about his Sangha, as well as art
» Taitaku Pat Phelan - Teaches at the Chapel Hill (North Carolina) Zen Center.
» Teachings of Master Nan Huai-Chin - Two excerpts from Master Nan's books translated into English. A teacher in the three traditions of Confucian, Buddhist tradition and the Taoist tradition.
» Tenkei Coppens Sensei - Teaches at Kanzeon Zen Center, Utah.
» Tetsujyo Deguchi - Abbot of Toshoji International Zen Center and a seminal influence on the growth of Zen Buddhism in Italy. He received Dharma transmission in the Harada Roshi Line from Tetsugyu Ban Roshi.
» The Wanderling - Anonymous self-proclaimed Zen Master. Founder of Awakening 101.
» Thich Nhat Hanh - Biography. Includes Real Audio excerpts of Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings.
» Zarko Andricevic - The founder of the Dharmaloka community and the Zagreb Croatia Buddhist Center. Zarko received transmission from Ch'an Master Sheng-yen in 2001.
» Zen Dharma Teachers - DharmaNet's Guide to Zen/Ch'an Dharma Teachers.
» Zen Master Wu Bong - Resident teacher at Paris Zen Center. He received transmission from Zen Master Seung Sahn in 1993. He is currently the Head Teacher of the European Kwan Um School of Zen.
» Zen People & Teachings - A listing of 20th and 21st Century Zen People and their teachings. Each item contains the lineage of the teacher, where he or she teaches (or taught), links to online biographies, and links to online teachings. It is not an exhaustive listing.
» Zen-Meister Kopp - An Western Master in the Tao Chan Zentrum.