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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Helena | MT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Whilden | Kathy | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fieleke | Michael Shoryu | Newton | MA | USA | Soto Zen | Living Vow Zen | |
| Shukman | Henry | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Kiera | Eileen | Deming | WA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Corte Madera | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Arnold | Shugen Geoffrey | Mt. Tremper | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Mountains and Rivers Order | |
| Bennage | P. Dai-En | Pennsdale | PA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Bolinas | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | San Rafael | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Sweger | Teshin Matthew | Pittsboro | NC | USA | Harada-Yasutani / Soto | ||
| Birx | Ellen Jikai | Blacksburg | VA | United States | Soto Zen | ||
| Birx | Charles | Blacksburg | VA | United States | White Plum (Maezumi) | White Plum | |
| Pechovnik | Rinzan | Portland | OR | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Schomberg | Koshin | McKenna | WA | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Snyder-Oneal | Joen | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Roberts | Shinshu | Santa Cruze | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Kinst | Daijaku Judith | Santa Cruze | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Bailes | John Kotatsu Roko | Somerville | MA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Rapaport | Al Fusho | Melbourne | FL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Magid | Barry | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind Zen School | |
| Christensen | Anna | NY | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind Zen School | |
| Howard | Gregg | Brisbane | Queensland | Australia | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind School | |
| Weinstein | David | Oakland | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | ||
| Tarrant | John | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | Pacific Zen Institute | |
| Brown | Edward | Fairfax | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Jones | Meiko | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Smith | Elihu Genmyo | Champaign | IL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga/Ordinary Mind | |
| Russell | Ed | Champaign | IL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Lineage | |
| Thach | Andrea | Bellingham | WA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki/Sojun Weitsman | |
| Burnett | Nomon Tim | Bellingham | WA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Foster | Nelson | North San Juan | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Mason | Andrew | Portland | OR | USA | Sanbō Kyōdan | Diamond Sangha | |
| Terragno | Daniel | Sebastapol | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Girolami | Keimyo Doshin Dario | Rome | ? | Italy | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Winecoff | Shoken | Decorah | IA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kjolhede | Bodhin | Rochester | NY | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Nail | Lee Ann Kanren-An | Salem | OR | USA | Harada Yasutani | Sanbo Kyodan | |
| Rieck | Joan | Bernalillo | NM | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Karnegis | Hoko | Bloomington | IN | USA | Soto Zen | Sotoshu | |
| Bush | Ryushin Fugan Eugene | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Marcel | Leonard Kansho | Lake Oswego | OR | USA | Dimond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Haller | Ryushin Paul |
San Francisco Zen Center - Beginner's Mind Temple (City Center) |
San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | |
| Thomas | Do-On Robert |
San Francisco Zen Center - Beginner's Mind Temple (City Center) |
San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Roshi |
| Cutts | Jiko Linda Ruth | Muir Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki Lineage | |
| Galijan | Shinchi Linda | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki lineage | |
| Cutts | Jiko Linda Ruth | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki Lineage | |
| Anderson | Tenshin Reb | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fain | Zenshin Greg | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi |