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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper | Seiso | Montpelier | VT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ân Giáo | Thích | Lucerne Valley | CA | USA | Lieu Quan lineage | ||
| Bishop | Mitra | San Marcos | CA | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Martin | Debra | Blachly | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Antonaccio | Choro Carla | Austin | TX | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Duffy | Jack | Seattle | WA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Brown | Edward | Fairfax | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Blacker | Melissa Myozen | Worcester | MA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bertelsen | Choan (Denko) | 7470 Karup J. | Denmark | Denmark | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Forsberg | Ian | Arroyo Seco | NM | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Hartland | Kate | North Weymouth | MA | USA | Soto Zen, Korean Linji | ||
| Weinstein | David | Oakland | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | ||
| Fortin | Chris | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Munnich | Teijo | Charlotte | NC | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Christofferson | Taido Richard | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Dickenson | Jeanne | Nevada City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Marko | Eve Myonen | Montague | MA | USA | Soto—White Plum Asanga | ||
| Kjolhede | Bodhin | Rochester | NY | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Birx | Ellen Jikai | Blacksburg | VA | United States | Soto Zen | ||
| Haller | Ryushin Paul |
San Francisco Zen Center - Beginner's Mind Temple (City Center) |
San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | |
| Pechovnik | Rinzan | Portland | OR | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| McMullen | Ejo | Eugene | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | Syracuse | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Martin | Laura | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Stewart | Gentei Sandy | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||||
| Marinello | Genjo | Seattle | WA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Shukman | Henry | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Bays | Hogen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | White Plum | ||
| Hunsaker | Myoko Sara | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Moncayo | Imo Denkei Raul | Berkeley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| O'Hara | Pat Enkyo | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Keegan | Myozan Dennis | New Rochelle | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Graef | Sunyana | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Kwong | Jakusho | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Stauffer | Sosetsu Mark | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Atkinson | Carolyn | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Franz | Koun | Halifax | NS | Canada | Soto Zen | ||
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Helena | MT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Sheehan | Peggy | Denver | CO | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Burkett | Zentetsu Tim | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kjolhede | Sunya | Alexander | NC | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Reichert | Tom Dharma-Joy | Los Angeles | CA | USA | 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 |
| Richardson | Alan Sanhyō | Worcester | MA | USA | Boundless Way Zen Temple | Boundless Way Zen | |
| Kanko | Kritee | Boulder | CO | USA | Rinzai | Cold Mountain Zen | |
| Rainwater | Sylvan | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud | |
| Clay | Jyoshin | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud Lineage | |
| Lowe-Charde | Kakumyo | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud; Meiho-Manzan lineage | |
| Li | Rebecca | Pine Bush | NY | USA | Linji-Caodong Chan Master Sheng Yen | Dharma Drum |