This is a list of active members of AZTA and where they teach.
Please be aware that not every authorized Zen teacher is a member of AZTA.
The table is sorted by Last Name
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For US use two letter abbreviation when searching (filtering) by State.
| Last Name | First Name | Center |
City |
State | Country | Lineage | Zen Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kowal | Dhara | Rochester | NY | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Girolami | Keimyo Doshin Dario | Rome | ? | Italy | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Malagodi | Daishin Alfredo | Rome | ITALY | ITALY | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Nail | Lee Ann Kanren-An | Salem | OR | USA | Harada Yasutani | Sanbo Kyodan | |
| Christofferson | Taido Richard | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Zimmerman | Michael Mugaku | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Werner | Bobby Chowa | San Diego | CA | USA | White Plum Asanga | ||
| Zolnas | Al | San Diego | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Austin | Shosan Victoria | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Thomas | Do-On Robert |
San Francisco Zen Center - Beginner's Mind Temple (City Center) |
San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Roshi |
| Haller | Ryushin Paul |
San Francisco Zen Center - Beginner's Mind Temple (City Center) |
San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | |
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Silberberg | Daniel Doen | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Maezumi Roshi | |
| Green | Tova | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bobrow | Joseph | San Francisco | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Tenzen | Myozan | San Francisco, | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Soto Zen | |
| Shonkwiler | Cornelia Junfu | San Jose | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bishop | Mitra | San Marcos | CA | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| SoZui | TaiShin | San Marcos | CA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Rinzai Zen | |
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | San Rafael | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Atkinson | Carolyn | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Parekh | Neti | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Shunryu | |
| Bush | Ryushin Fugan Eugene | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Roberts | Shinshu | Santa Cruze | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Kinst | Daijaku Judith | Santa Cruze | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Shukman | Henry | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Palevsky | Matthew Kozan | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Soto Zen | Soto Zen | |
| Halifax | Joan | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Roen | Kodo Noah | Santa Fe | NM | USA | White Plum Asanga | Prajna Mountain Buddhist Order | |
| Kwong | Jakusho | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Mansfield-Howlett | Rachel | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Rinzai | ||
| Tarrant | John | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | Pacific Zen Institute | |
| Duffy | Jack | Seattle | WA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Feng | Anita | Seattle | WA | USA | Korean Zen | Golden Wind | |
| Marinello | Genjo | Seattle | WA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Terragno | Daniel | Sebastapol | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Warner | Jisho | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fortin | Chris | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Emerson | Dōjin Sarah | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen Suzuki lineage | ||
| Graef | Sunyana | Shelburne | VT | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Bailes | John Kotatsu Roko | Somerville | MA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Stark | Myogen Kathryn | Sonoma | CA | USA | Soto Zen; Suzuki Roshi lineage | ||
| Ragir | Byakuren Judith | St Paul | MN | USA | Soto Zen | Katagiri-roshi lineage | |
| Rummé | Daigaku | St. Louis | MO | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bland | Tony | Starkville | MS | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | Syracuse | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Weik | Jay | Toledo | OH | USA | Harada Yasutani/Soto Zen | ||
| Pineda | Nenates | Toronto | OT | Canada | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Henderson | Taigen | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | Kapleau line | ||
| Dorsey | Dan | Tucson | AZ | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | Soto/Rinzai blend |