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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moore | Robert | Long Beach | CA | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Ford | James | Long Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen/ Harada Yasutani | ||
| Hawley | Kipp Ryodo | Los Angeles | CA | USA | White Plum Asangha | White Plum Asangha | |
| Reichert | Tom Dharma-Joy | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto/White Plum Asanga | ||
| Nakao | Wendy Egyoku | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Lineage(s) ZEN; WHITE PLUM SANGHA; ZEN PEACEMAKERS | |
| Griffith | Senshin Katherine | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| Graef | Sunyana | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Brown | Chōbun Nenzen Pamela | Los Gatos | CA | USA | Phoenix Cloud Lineage | ||
| Boissevain | Angie | Los Gatos | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bloodgood | Mark Shōgen | Los Osos | CA | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Dung | Tran Minh |
Maple Village |
LS Brossard | PQ | Canada | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing |
| Ân Giáo | Thích | Lucerne Valley | CA | USA | Lieu Quan lineage | ||
| Cabotaje | Alice | Marblehead | MA | USA | |||
| Schomberg | Koshin | McKenna | WA | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Rapaport | Al Fusho | Melbourne | FL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Spencer | Rick |
Ermita Zen México (closed) |
Mexico City | CDMX | Mexico | Soto Zen | |
| Burkett | Zentetsu Tim | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Connelly | Ben | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Snyder-Oneal | Joen | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Andersen | Susan Myoyu | Monroe | WI | USA | White Plum Asanga | White Plum Asanga | |
| Marko | Eve Myonen | Montague | MA | USA | Soto—White Plum Asanga | ||
| Keegan | Myozan Dennis | Montclair | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Yokoyama | Gyokei | Montebello | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Whilden | Kathy | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Hunsaker | Myoko Sara | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Cooper | Seiso | Montpelier | VT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Low | Albert | Montréal | Québec | Canada | Kapleau line | ||
| Cicetti | Raymond | Morristown | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Fletcher | Charles Tenshin | Mountain Center | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kaye | Les | Mountain View | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Arnold | Shugen Geoffrey | Mt. Tremper | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Mountains and Rivers Order | |
| Fischer | Zoketsu Norman | Muir Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Cutts | Jiko Linda Ruth | Muir Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki Lineage | |
| Saunders | Anne Seisen | National City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Dickenson | Jeanne | Nevada City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Foster | Nelson | New England Area | New England Area | USA | Diamond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Collins | Richard | New Orleans | LA | USA | Deshimaru | ||
| Postal | Susan Ji-on | New Rochelle | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Keegan | Myozan Dennis | New Rochelle | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | New York | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Kessel | Ken | New York | NY | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Thomson | Sinclair Shinryu | New York | NY | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| 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 | |
| Campbell | Chodo | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Paley Ellison | Koshin | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum & Zen Peacemakers | |
| Magid | Barry | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind Zen School | |
| Abels | Gregory Hosho | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Eiger | Randall | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Abels | Jiryu Janet | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga |