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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abels | Jiryu Janet | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Abels | Gregory Hosho | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Acquaviva | Koji | Saint Paul | MN | USA | Soto | Shunryu Suzuki | |
| Althouse | Robert Joshin | Oak Park | IL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Andersen | Susan Myoyu | Monroe | WI | USA | White Plum Asanga | White Plum Asanga | |
| Anderson | Tenshin Reb | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Antonaccio | Choro Carla | Austin | TX | USA | Suzuki Roshi lineage | Soto Zen | |
| Arnold | Shugen Geoffrey | Mt. Tremper | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Mountains and Rivers Order | |
| Atkinson | Carolyn | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Austin | Shosan Victoria | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bailes | John Kotatsu Roko | Somerville | MA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Baker | Ryuun Joriki | Andreas | PA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Soen linieage | |
| Bartholomew | Tom Chigen | Redlands | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Bassis | Kinrei | Albany | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Bays | Chozen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bays | Hogen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bennage | P. Dai-En | Pennsdale | PA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bertelsen | Choan (Denko) | 7470 Karup J. | Denmark | Denmark | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Birnbaum | Myoen | Oakland | CA | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum | |
| Birx | Ellen Jikai | Blacksburg | VA | United States | Soto Zen | ||
| Birx | Charles | Blacksburg | VA | United States | White Plum (Maezumi) | White Plum | |
| Bishop | Mitra | Ojo Sarco, San Marcos | NM, CA | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Blacker | Melissa Myozen | Worcester | MA | USA | Soto/Rinzai | ||
| Bland | Tony | Starkville | MS | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bloodgood | Mark Shōgen | Los Osos | CA | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Bobrow | Joseph | San Francisco | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Boissevain | Angie | Los Gatos | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Briggs | Barry | Bisbee | AZ | USA | Kwan Um School of Zen | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Brown | Chōbun Nenzen Pamela | Los Gatos | CA | USA | Phoenix Cloud Lineage | ||
| Brown | Edward | Fairfax | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bunce | Renshin | Eureka | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Burk | Domyo | Portland | OR | USA | Dharma Cloud lineage | ||
| Burkett | Zentetsu Tim | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Burnett | Nomon Tim | Bellingham | WA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bush | Ryushin Fugan Eugene | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Cabotaje | Alice | San Mateo | CA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Cain | Christopher | Vashon | WA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Campbell | Chodo | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Carlson | Gyokuko | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | Syracuse | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Child | Simon | London | n/a | UK | Linji-Caodong | Dharma Drum | |
| Christensen | Anna | NY | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind Zen School | |
| Christofferson | Taido Richard | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Cicetti | Raymond | Morristown | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Clay | Jyoshin | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud Lineage | |
| Collins | Richard | New Orleans | LA | USA | Soto Zen | Deshimaru | |
| Connelly | Ben | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Conover | Kodo | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen, White Plum Asanga | ||
| Cooper | Seiso |
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Montpelier, Barre | VT | USA | Soto Zen | |
| Cortes | Helen | Dallas | TX | USA | Harada-Yasutani | Harada-Yasutani |