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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster | Nelson | New England Area | New England Area | USA | Diamond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Cicetti | Raymond | Morristown | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Hoeberichts | Joan | Ridgewood | NJ | USA | White Plum Asanga | ||
| Morris | Mark | Ridgewood | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Lineage | |
| Vardi | Eran | Wyckoff | NJ | USA | White Plum (Maezumi) | White Plum Asangha | |
| Kennedy | Robert | Jersey City | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Keegan | Myozan Dennis | Montclair | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Boyd | Merle Kodo | Lincroft | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asangha | |
| Leyshon | Jean | Arroyo Seco | NM | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Forsberg | Ian | Arroyo Seco | NM | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Halifax | Joan | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Roen | Kodo Noah | Santa Fe | NM | USA | White Plum Asanga | Prajna Mountain Buddhist Order | |
| Rieck | Joan | Bernalillo | NM | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Shukman | Henry | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Palevsky | Matthew Kozan | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Soto Zen | Soto Zen | |
| Mammoser | Seiju Bob | Albuquerque | NM | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Ranger | Christiane | Jemez Springs | NM | USA | Rinzai Zen | Rinzai-Ji | |
| Bishop | Mitra | Ojo Sarco | NM | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Franz | Koun | Halifax | NS | Canada | Soto Zen | ||
| Pastor | Thomas | Las Vegas | NV | USA | Korean Zen | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Li | Rebecca | Pine Bush | NY | USA | Linji-Caodong Chan Master Sheng Yen | Dharma Drum | |
| Thomson | Sinclair Shinryu | New York | NY | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Magid | Barry | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind Zen School | |
| Treace | Bonnie Myotai | Garrison | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Mountains and Rivers Order | |
| Kessel | Ken | New York | NY | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Abels | Gregory Hosho | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Eiger | Randall | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Kennedy | Robert | White Plains | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Shrobe | Wu Kwang Richard | New York | NY | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwan Um Zen School | |
| Abels | Jiryu Janet | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Martin | Rafe | Rochester | NY | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| O'Hara | Pat Enkyo | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Keegan | Myozan Dennis | New Rochelle | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Christensen | Anna | NY | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind Zen School | |
| Campbell | Chodo | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Arnold | Shugen Geoffrey | Mt. Tremper | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Mountains and Rivers Order | |
| Kjolhede | Bodhin | Rochester | NY | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Ruff | Tenku | Beacon | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Harada / Ban | |
| Postal | Susan Ji-on | New Rochelle | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | New York | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Paley Ellison | Koshin | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum & Zen Peacemakers | |
| Kowal | Dhara | Rochester | NY | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Kessel | Ken | New York | NY | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | Syracuse | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | Livingston Manor | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Wrightson | Amala | Auckland | NZ | New Zealand | Kapleau line | Integral Zen | |
| Costenbader | Amy Kisei | Columbus | OH | USA | Soto Zen - White Plum Asanga | White Plum Asanga | |
| Weik | Jay | Toledo | OH | USA | Harada Yasutani/Soto Zen | ||
| Cortes | Helen | Tulsa | OK | USA | Harada-Yasutani | Harada-Yasutani | |
| Henderson | Taigen | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | Kapleau line |