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 |
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Lineage | Zen Order |
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Goddard | Vanessa Zuisei | Soto Zen - White Plum Asanga | |||||
Manuel | Earthlyn | Soto Zen | |||||
Howard | Gregg | Brisbane | Queensland | Australia | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind School | |
Dawson | Geoff | North Sydney | ? | Australia | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind | |
Thomson | Sinclair Shinryu | La Paz | Bolivia | Soto | White Plum Asanga | ||
Havens | Isshin |
Jisui Zendo - Soto Zen Buddhist Sangha Waters of Compassion (Sanga Águas da Compaixão) |
Porto Alegre | RS | Brazil | Soto Zen | Baika |
Henderson | Taigen | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | Kapleau line | ||
Franz | Koun | Halifax | NS | Canada | Soto Zen | ||
Pineda | Nenates | Toronto | OT | Canada | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
Dung | Tran Minh | LS Brossard | PQ | Canada | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
Godfrey | Eshin John | Vancouver | BC | Canada | LinChi | Rinzai-ji of Myoshin-ji | |
Low | Albert | Montréal | Québec | Canada | Kapleau line | ||
Bertelsen | Choan (Denko) | 7470 Karup J. | Denmark | Denmark | Rinzai Zen | ||
Girolami | Keimyo Doshin Dario | Rome | ? | Italy | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
Malagodi | Daishin Alfreedo | Rome | ITALY | ITALY | Rinzai Zen | ||
Spencer | Rick |
Ermita Zen México (closed) |
Mexico City | CDMX | Mexico | Soto Zen | |
Wrightson | Amala | Auckland | NZ | New Zealand | Kapleau line | Integral Zen | |
Child | Simon | London | n/a | UK | Linji-Caodong | Dharma Drum | |
Birx | Ellen Jikai | Blacksburg | VA | United States | Soto Zen | ||
Birx | Charles | Blacksburg | VA | United States | White Plum (Maezumi) | White Plum | |
Rapaport | Al Fusho | Melbourne | FL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
Cicetti | Raymond | Morristown | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
Kennedy | Robert | White Plains | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
Marcel | Leonard Kansho | Lake Oswego | OR | USA | Dimond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
Feng | Anita | Seattle | WA | USA | Korean Zen | Golden Wind | |
Blzcker | Myozen | Worcester | MA | USA | Kennet & Aitken | ||
Rynick | David Dayan | Portland | ME | USA | Korean Rinzai | Single Flower Lineage | |
Whilden | Kathy | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
Abels | Gregory Hosho | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
Abels | Jiryu Janet | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
Pastor | Thomas | Las Vegas | NV | USA | Korean Zen | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
Ragir | Byakuren Judith | St Paul | MN | USA | Soto Zen | Katagiri-roshi lineage | |
Jaeckel | Dokuro | Watertown | MA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Zen Studies Society, Rinzai-ji | |
Keegan | Myozan Dennis | New Rochelle | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
Blackman | Bruce Seiryu | Reisterstown | MD | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Sangha | |
Forsberg | Ian | Arroyo Seco | NM | USA | Soto Zen | ||
Kinst | Daijaku Judith | Santa Cruze | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
Shumnan | Jane Genshin | Old Greenwich | CT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
Nail | Lee Ann Kanren-An | Salem | OR | USA | Harada Yasutani | Sanbo Kyodan | |
Shonkwiler | Cornelia Junfu | San Jose | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
Shukman | Henry | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
Burnett | Nomon Tim | Bellingham | WA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
Thach | Andrea | Bellingham | WA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki/Sojun Weitsman | |
Silberberg | Daniel Doen | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Maezumi Roshi | |
Martin | Debra | Blachly | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
Mayers | Greg | Burlingame | CA | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
Bailes | John Kotatsu Roko | Somerville | MA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
Pratt | Myosho Baika Andrea | Pleasant Hill | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
Larson | Kristen | Port Angeles | WA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
Roberts | Shinshu | Santa Cruze | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki-roshi lineage |