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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weinstein | David | Oakland | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | ||
| Rynick | David DaeAn | Worcester | MA | USA | Korean Rinzai | Single Flower Lineage | |
| Martin | Debra | Blachly | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kowal | Dhara | Rochester | NY | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Rizzetto | Diane | Oakland | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Fitzgerald | Diane Shoshin | Pembroke | ME | 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 |
| Emerson | Dōjin Sarah | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen Suzuki lineage | ||
| Jaeckel | Dokuro | Watertown | MA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Zen Studies Society, Rinzai-ji | |
| Burk | Domyo | Portland | OR | USA | Dharma Cloud lineage | ||
| Philips | Douglas | West Cornwall | CT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Manuel | Earthlyn | Soto Zen | |||||
| Russell | Ed | Champaign | IL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Lineage | |
| Brown | Edward | Fairfax | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kiera | Eileen | Deming | WA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Hondorp | Eishun Anraku | Northhampton Center | MA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Lineage | |
| McMullen | Ejo | Eugene | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Smith | Elihu Genmyo | Champaign | IL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga/Ordinary Mind | |
| Birx | Ellen Jikai | Blacksburg | VA | United States | Soto Zen | ||
| Vardi | Eran | Wyckoff | NJ | USA | White Plum (Maezumi) | White Plum Asangha | |
| Godfrey | Eshin John | Vancouver | BC | Canada | LinChi | Rinzai-ji of Myoshin-ji | |
| Krahl | Etsudo Patty | Ashland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Roshi lineage | |
| Marko | Eve Myonen | Montague | MA | USA | Soto—White Plum Asanga | ||
| Godwin | Gaelyn Setsuan | Houston | TX | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Field | Gendo Allyn | White River Junction | VT | USA | Rinzai Zen | Joshu Sasaki | |
| Gallagher | Genjo | Palm Bay | FL | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| Marinello | Genjo | Seattle | WA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Stewart | Gentei Sandy | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||||
| Dawson | Geoff | North Sydney | ? | Australia | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind | |
| Wick | Gerry Shishin | Lafayette | CO | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Schireson | Grace | North Fork | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Mayers | Greg | Burlingame | CA | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Howard | Gregg | Brisbane | Queensland | Australia | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind School | |
| Abels | Gregory Hosho | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Yokoyama | Gyokei | Montebello | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Carlson | Gyokuko | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Lombardo | Hae Kwan Stanley | Lawrence | KS | USA | Korean Zen | Kwan Um School | |
| Lundquist | Haju | Ann Arbor | MI | USA | Korean Chogye | ||
| Cortes | Helen | Tulsa | OK | USA | Harada-Yasutani | Harada-Yasutani | |
| Cortes | Helen | Dallas | TX | USA | Harada-Yasutani | Harada-Yasutani | |
| Shukman | Henry | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Bays | Hogen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bays | Hogen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | White Plum | ||
| Karnegis | Hoko | Bloomington | IN | USA | Soto Zen | Sotoshu | |
| Forsberg | Ian | Arroyo Seco | NM | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Moncayo | Imo Denkei Raul | Berkeley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ponce-Barger | Inryu Bobbi | Washington | DC | USA | Soto | Shunryu Suzuki Roshi | |
| Havens | Isshin |
Jisui Zendo - Soto Zen Buddhist Sangha Waters of Compassion (Sanga Águas da Compaixão) |
Porto Alegre | RS | Brazil | Soto Zen | Baika |
| Duffy | Jack | Seattle | WA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Lawlor | Jack | Evanston | IL | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing |