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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy | Robert | Jersey City | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kennedy | Robert | White Plains | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Moore | Robert | Long Beach | CA | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Althouse | Robert Joshin | Oak Park | IL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Habito | Ruben | Dallas | TX | USA | Sambo Kyodan | ||
| Bush | Ryushin Fugan Eugene | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Haller | Ryushin Paul | Barrington | IL | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Haller | Ryushin Paul |
San Francisco Zen Center - Beginner's Mind Temple (City Center) |
San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | |
| Baker | Ryuun Joriki | Andreas | PA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Soen linieage | |
| Tisdale | Sallie Jiko | Portland | OR | USA | Dharma Cloud Order | ||
| Mammoser | Seiju Bob | Albuquerque | NM | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Cooper | Seiso |
Zen Buddhist Meditation Circle |
Barre | VT | USA | Soto Zen | |
| Cooper | Seiso | Montpelier | VT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Griffith | Senshin Katherine | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| Galijan | Shinchi Linda | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki lineage | |
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | New York | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | Livingston Manor | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | Syracuse | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Roberts | Shinshu | Santa Cruze | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Geiman | Shodhin | Evanston | IL | USA | Kapleau Line | ||
| Winecoff | Shoken | Decorah | IA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Austin | Shosan Victoria | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Arnold | Shugen Geoffrey | Mt. Tremper | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Mountains and Rivers Order | |
| Child | Simon | London | n/a | UK | Linji-Caodong | Dharma Drum | |
| Thomson | Sinclair Shinryu | New York | NY | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Thomson | Sinclair Shinryu | La Paz | Bolivia | Soto | White Plum Asanga | ||
| Martin | Sojun Diane | Evanston | IL | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Stauffer | Sosetsu Mark | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kjolhede | Sunya | Alexander | NC | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Graef | Sunyana | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Graef | Sunyana | Shelburne | VT | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Postal | Susan Ji-on | New Rochelle | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Andersen | Susan Myoyu | Monroe | WI | USA | White Plum Asanga | White Plum Asanga | |
| Rainwater | Sylvan | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud | |
| Christofferson | Taido Richard | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Henderson | Taigen | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | Kapleau line | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Chicago | IL | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Bolinas | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | San Rafael | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| SoZui | TaiShin | San Marcos | CA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Rinzai Zen | |
| Munnich | Teijo | Alexander | NC | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Munnich | Teijo | Charlotte | NC | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Munnich | Teijo | Knoxville | TN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Munnich | Teijo | Asheville | NC | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Corte Madera | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Helena | MT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ruff | Tenku | Beacon | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Harada / Ban | |
| Anderson | Tenshin Reb | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Sweger | Teshin Matthew | Pittsboro | NC | USA | Harada-Yasutani / Soto |