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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li | Rebecca | Pine Bush | NY | USA | Linji-Caodong Chan Master Sheng Yen | Dharma Drum | |
| Marcel | Leonard Kansho | Lake Oswego | OR | USA | Dimond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Foster | Nelson | North San Juan | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Foster | Nelson | New England Area | New England Area | USA | Diamond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Kieran | Michael | Honolulu | HI | USA | Harada-Yasutani | Diamond Sangha | |
| Mason | Andrew | Portland | OR | USA | Sanbō Kyōdan | Diamond Sangha | |
| Strong | Nona | USA | Sanbo Zen | Empty Cloud | |||
| Feng | Anita | Seattle | WA | USA | Korean Zen | Golden Wind | |
| Ruff | Tenku | Beacon | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Harada / Ban | |
| Cortes | Helen | Dallas | TX | USA | Harada-Yasutani | Harada-Yasutani | |
| Cortes | Helen | Tulsa | OK | USA | Harada-Yasutani | Harada-Yasutani | |
| Wrightson | Amala | Auckland | NZ | New Zealand | Kapleau line | Integral Zen | |
| Field | Gendo Allyn | White River Junction | VT | USA | Rinzai Zen | Joshu Sasaki | |
| Ragir | Byakuren Judith | St Paul | MN | USA | Soto Zen | Katagiri-roshi lineage | |
| Lombardo | Hae Kwan Stanley | Lawrence | KS | USA | Korean Zen | Kwan Um School | |
| Pastor | Thomas | Las Vegas | NV | USA | Korean Zen | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Briggs | Barry | Bisbee | AZ | USA | Kwan Um School of Zen | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Kessel | Ken | New York | NY | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Roitman | Judy | Lawrence | KS | USA | Kwan Um School of Zen | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Kessel | Ken | New York | NY | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Shrobe | Wu Kwang Richard | New York | NY | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwan Um Zen School | |
| Dobisz | Bon Yeon Jane | Cambridge | MA | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Moore | Robert | Long Beach | CA | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Hedgpeth | Nancy | Cumberland | RI | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Kitzes | Bon Soeng Jeffrey | Berkeley | CA | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Kwang | Dae | Cumberland | RI | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Nakao | Wendy Egyoku | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Lineage(s) ZEN; WHITE PLUM SANGHA; ZEN PEACEMAKERS | |
| Fieleke | Michael Shoryu | Newton | MA | USA | Soto Zen | Living Vow Zen | |
| Silberberg | Daniel Doen | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Maezumi Roshi | |
| Arnold | Shugen Geoffrey | Mt. Tremper | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Mountains and Rivers Order | |
| Treace | Bonnie Myotai | Garrison | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Mountains and Rivers Order | |
| Jones | Meiko | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Bassis | Kinrei | Albany | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Schomberg | Koshin | McKenna | WA | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Nguyen | Thu | Oakton | VA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Lawlor | Jack | Evanston | IL | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Reed | Caitriona | Warner Springs | CA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Kotler | Arnold | Paia | HI | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Dung | Tran Minh |
Maple Village |
LS Brossard | PQ | Canada | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing |
| Tu'-Lu'c | Thich | Hayward | CA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Johnson Rudnick | Wendy | Denver | CO | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Nguyen | Anh Huong | Oakton | VA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Kiera | Eileen | Deming | WA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Wolfer | Jikyo Cheryl | Olympia | WA | USA | Soto Zen school, Kasuryu Tetsumei lineage | Order of Ryokan | |
| Dawson | Geoff | North Sydney | ? | Australia | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind | |
| Howard | Gregg | Brisbane | Queensland | Australia | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind School | |
| Magid | Barry | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind Zen School | |
| Christensen | Anna | NY | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind Zen School | |
| Tarrant | John | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | Pacific Zen Institute | |
| Roen | Kodo Noah | Santa Fe | NM | USA | White Plum Asanga | Prajna Mountain Buddhist Order |