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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| Last Name | First Name | Center | City | State | Country |
Lineage |
Zen Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy | Robert | Jersey City | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bland | Tony | Starkville | MS | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Schneider | Jane | Northridge | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Voelkel | Mako | Austin | TX | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Shunryu | |
| Bunce | Renshin | Eureka | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Mocine | Mary | Vallejo | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Schneider | Peter | Northridge | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki lineage | |
| Treace | Bonnie Myotai | Garrison | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Mountains and Rivers Order | |
| Havens | Isshin |
Jisui Zendo - Soto Zen Buddhist Sangha Waters of Compassion (Sanga Águas da Compaixão) |
Porto Alegre | RS | Brazil | Soto Zen | Baika |
| Haller | Ryushin Paul | Barrington | IL | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Schireson | Grace | North Fork | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Munnich | Teijo | Charlotte | NC | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Christofferson | Taido Richard | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Dickenson | Jeanne | Nevada City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fortin | Chris | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Munnich | Teijo | Knoxville | TN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Silberberg | Daniel Doen | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Maezumi Roshi | |
| Girolami | Keimyo Doshin Dario | Rome | ? | Italy | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Connelly | Ben | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Gage | John Jiyu | Vista | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Corte Madera | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ruff | Tenku | Beacon | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Harada / Ban | |
| Yokoyama | Gyokei | Montebello | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Karnegis | Hoko | Bloomington | IN | USA | Soto Zen | Sotoshu | |
| Atkinson | Carolyn | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Franz | Koun | Halifax | NS | Canada | Soto Zen | ||
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Helena | MT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Stauffer | Sosetsu Mark | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bays | Hogen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bush | Ryushin Fugan Eugene | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Zimmerman | Michael Mugaku | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fitzgerald | Diane Shoshin | Pembroke | ME | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Boissevain | Angie | Los Gatos | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Nakao | Wendy Egyoku | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Lineage(s) ZEN; WHITE PLUM SANGHA; ZEN PEACEMAKERS | |
| Bays | Chozen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Henkel | Kokyo | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |||
| Hondorp | Eishun Anraku | Northhampton Center | MA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Lineage | |
| Rummé | Daigaku | St. Louis | MO | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Snyder-Oneal | Joen | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Godwin | Gaelyn Setsuan | Houston | TX | 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 |
| Guzy | Patricia Shingetsu | Woodland Hills | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Sangha | |
| Howard | Gregg | Brisbane | Queensland | Australia | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind School | |
| Smith | Elihu Genmyo | Champaign | IL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga/Ordinary Mind | |
| Birx | Ellen Jikai | Blacksburg | VA | United States | Soto Zen | ||
| Haller | Ryushin Paul |
San Francisco Zen Center - Beginner's Mind Temple (City Center) |
San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | |
| Dawson | Geoff | North Sydney | ? | Australia | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind | |
| Rizzetto | Diane | Oakland | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Chicago | IL | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Boyd | Merle Kodo | Lincroft | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asangha |