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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godfrey | Eshin John | Vancouver | BC | Canada | LinChi | Rinzai-ji of Myoshin-ji | |
| Child | Simon | London | n/a | UK | Linji-Caodong | Dharma Drum | |
| Li | Rebecca | Pine Bush | NY | USA | Linji-Caodong Chan Master Sheng Yen | Dharma Drum | |
| Weinstein | David | Oakland | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | ||
| Tarrant | John | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | Pacific Zen Institute | |
| Brown | Chōbun Nenzen Pamela | Los Gatos | CA | USA | Phoenix Cloud Lineage | ||
| Mansfield-Howlett | Rachel | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Rinzai | ||
| Kanko | Kritee | Boulder | CO | USA | Rinzai | Cold Mountain Zen | |
| Lewis | Zenrin | Jacksonville | FL | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Bertelsen | Choan (Denko) | 7470 Karup J. | Denmark | Denmark | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | New York | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | Livingston Manor | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Field | Gendo Allyn | White River Junction | VT | USA | Rinzai Zen | Joshu Sasaki | |
| Baker | Ryuun Joriki | Andreas | PA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Soen linieage | |
| Cain | Christopher | Vashon | WA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Pechovnik | Rinzan | Portland | OR | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Mammoser | Seiju Bob | Albuquerque | NM | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Malagodi | Daishin Alfredo | Rome | ITALY | ITALY | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Ranger | Christiane | Jemez Springs | NM | USA | Rinzai Zen | Rinzai-Ji | |
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | Syracuse | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Stewart | Gentei Sandy | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||||
| Marinello | Genjo | Seattle | WA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Jaeckel | Dokuro | Watertown | MA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Zen Studies Society, Rinzai-ji | |
| SoZui | TaiShin | San Marcos | CA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Rinzai Zen | |
| Habito | Ruben | Dallas | TX | USA | Sambo Kyodan | ||
| Rieck | Joan | Bernalillo | NM | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Mason | Andrew | Portland | OR | USA | Sanbō Kyōdan | Diamond Sangha | |
| Forstman | Valerie | Dallas | TX | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | Sanbo Kyodan | |
| Mayers | Greg | Burlingame | CA | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Dorsey | Dan | Tucson | AZ | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | Soto/Rinzai blend | |
| Shukman | Henry | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Pineda | Nenates | Toronto | OT | Canada | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Strong | Nona | USA | Sanbo Zen | Empty Cloud | |||
| Phelan | Pat | Chapel Hill | NC | USA | Shunryu Suzuki | ||
| Bloodgood | Mark Shōgen | Los Osos | CA | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Ponce-Barger | Inryu Bobbi | Washington | DC | USA | Soto | Shunryu Suzuki Roshi | |
| Dreher | Koji | Austin | TX | USA | Soto | Shunryu Suzuki | |
| Thomson | Sinclair Shinryu | La Paz | Bolivia | Soto | White Plum Asanga | ||
| Thomson | Sinclair Shinryu | New York | NY | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Green | Patrick Bansho | Portland | OR | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Griffith | Senshin Katherine | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| Birnbaum | Myoen | Oakland | CA | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum | |
| Gallagher | Genjo | Palm Bay | FL | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| Falcone | Anthony | Columbia | MD | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| Schomberg | Koshin | McKenna | WA | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Little | Jintei Harold | Ashland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Shumnan | Jane Genshin | Old Greenwich | CT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Philips | Douglas | West Cornwall | CT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Morris | Mark | Ridgewood | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Lineage | |
| Trussell | Larry | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen |