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Zen People & Teachings - http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/ZenPages/ZenPeople.html
A listing of 20th and 21st Century Zen People and their teachings. Each item contains the lineage of the teacher, where he or she teaches (or taught), links to online biographies, and links to online teachings. It is not an exhaustive listing. |
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Kobutsu Shindo (Kevin Malone) - http://www.engaged-zen.org/Kobio.html##Top
Ordained American Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest of the Gempo-Soen-Eido lineage, studied with the Venerable Eido Sotai Shimano, Roshi. Kobutsu has been a student in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and studied with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. |
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Kwan Um Zen School Teachers - http://www.kwanumzen.org/teachers/teachers-body.html#hae-kwang
Zen Masters, biography of Seung Sahn and teaching article archive. |
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John Daido Loori Roshi - http://www.mro.org/zmm/trainingstaff/
Biographies of John Daido Loori Roshi, founder, abbot, and spiritual leader of Zen Mountain Monastery and his two transmitted Dharma heirs Bonnie Myotai Treace Sensei, and Geoffrey Shugen Arnold Sensei. |
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John Daido Loori - http://www.johndaidoloori.org/
Author, artist, Zen Master is the founder and abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery in Mount Tremper, New York. Information about his works and books as a creative artist. |
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Thich Nhat Hanh - http://seaox.com/thich.html
Biography. Includes Real Audio excerpts of Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings. |
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Anzan Hoshin - http://www.wwzc.org/roshi.htm
Roshi for White Wind Zen Centers: Zen Centre of Ottawa; Wolfville Zazenkai, Wolfville, Nova Scotia; and, Harrow Zazenkai, South Harrow, Middlesex, England. |
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Catherine Genno Pagès Sensei - http://www.danasangha.org/
Based in Paris, Catherine Genno Pagès Sensei is the first Dharma heir of Dennis Genpo Merzel Roshi, in the lineage of Taizan Maezumi Roshi. She founded the Buddhist community Dana Sangha and teaches both shikantaza and koan practice. |
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Subhana Barzaghi Roshi - http://users.bigpond.net.au/subhana/medn.html
Subhana Barzaghi Roshi received transmission from her teacher, John Tarrant Roshi, in 1996. She teaches intensive Zen and Vipassana retreats in India, Australia and New Zealand and conducts workshops in Sydney. |
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Chan Master Sheng-yen - http://chan1.org/shifu.html
A third generation descendant of the great Chinese Chan Master, Hsu-Yun (empty cloud), Master Sheng-yen plays an important role in the revival, dissemination, and expansion of Chan practice in China and the West. He currently teaches in Queens, New York and Taiwan. |
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Mary Jise Jaksch - http://www.zendo.org.nz/pages/marymain.html
Appointed as a teacher in the Diamond Sangha lineage by Ross Bolleter Roshi with the blessing of Mary's elder Teacher, Robert Aitken Roshi. |
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Robert Aitken Roshi - http://homepage.mac.com/haoleboy/roshi/
Official site for Robert Aitken Roshi of the Diamond Sangha, with links to his writings and to groups affiliated with the Diamond Sangha. |
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Cheri Huber - http://www.cherihuber.com/
Cheri Huber has been a student and teacher of Zen for over 30 years. This site contains schedules of public talks and workshops, signup form, writings archive, booking information, links to her Internet radio show, and background information. |
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Diane Rizzetto - http://www.bayzen.org/teacher.htm
Diane Rizzetto was born in 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts. She married at a young age and had three children. In 1978 she moved to California and soon afterwards began studying with Sojun Mel Weitsman at the Berkeley Zen Center. After practicing at the Berkeley center for several years, she began study with Charlotte Joko Beck of the Zen Center of San Diego. |
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Tenkei Coppens Sensei - http://www.zenriver.nl/tenkei_coppens.htm
Teaches at Zen River Temple, Netherlands. Member of White Plum lineage. |
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Robert E. Kennedy Roshi - http://members.tripod.com/~kennedyzen/#Biography
Fr. Robert E Kennedy S.J. Roshi is a Dharma heir of Bernard Glassman Roshi. He had studied with Yamada Roshi and Maezumi Roshi. He is chair of the Theology Department of Saint Peter's College in Jersey City, New Jersey. This site contains practice schedules, biographical information, online articles, and links to other zendos. |
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Thich Nhat Hanh - http://www.katinkahesselink.net/other/c/Thich-Nhat-Hanh.html
Biography, short quotes and articles on peace and buddhism. |
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Reb Anderson, Tenshin Roshi - http://www.rebanderson.org/
Tenshin Reb Anderson is Senior Dharma teacher at San Francisco Zen Center. |
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Shodo Harada Roshi - http://onedropzendo.org/teacher.htm
Shodo Harada was born in 1940 in Nara, Japan. He began his Zen training in 1962 when he entered Shofuku-ji monastery in Kobe, Japan. He received transmission from Yamada Mumon Roshi. |
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Sojun Mel Weitsman - http://www.berkeleyzencenter.org/aboutBZC.shtml#teacher
Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. |
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Ross Bolleter - http://www.zendo.org.nz/pages/rossmain.html
Zen Master Ross Bolleter Roshi teaches in Australia and New Zealand in the Diamond Sangha tradition. |
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Dr. John Crook - http://www.westernchanfellowship.org/teachers.html
Dr. John Crook received Dharma transmission from Master Sheng-yen in 1993. He runs the Western Chan Fellowship in England and conducts Western Zen Retreats, Mahamudra Retreats, and Chan retreats throughout Europe. |
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http://www.furnacemountain.org/zmdg.html - http://www.furnacemountain.org/zmdg.html
Teaches at Furnace Mountain. Received transmission from Zen Master Seung Sahn, Kwan Um School. Founded Furnace Mountain, in 1986. Guiding Teacher of the Queensland Zen Center (Australia), Lexington Zen Center, Dae Mun Zen Group of Cincinnati, and Indianapolis Zen Group. |
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The Wanderling - http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/awakening101/ZenEnlighten01.html
Anonymous self-proclaimed Zen Master. Founder of Awakening 101. |
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Chan Master Sheng-Yen - http://www.cooper.edu/organizations/clubs/meditation/founder.html
In addition to being a lineage holder of the Linji (Jap. Rinzai) and Caodong (Jap. Soto) traditions, Master Sheng-yen is a scholar with a ph.d from Rissho University in Japan. He teaches in New York and is the founder of the Dharma Drum Mountain in Taiwan. |
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Zen Master AMA Samy GEN-UN-KEN - http://www.bodhizendo.org/amasamy.htm
AMA Samy is rooted in Christianity and in Zen; he can be said to stand in-between Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity. He was given transmission by Yamada Ko-Un Roshi of Sanbo Kyodan in 1982. He is the Zen Master of the Bodhi Zendo in India and the founder of Bodhi Sangha. |
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Taitaku Pat Phelan - http://www.intrex.net/chzg/patsbio.htm
Teaches at the Chapel Hill (North Carolina) Zen Center. |
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Tetsujyo Deguchi - http://homepage3.nifty.com/toshoji/
Abbot of Toshoji International Zen Center and a seminal influence on the growth of Zen Buddhism in Italy. He received Dharma transmission in the Harada Roshi Line from Tetsugyu Ban Roshi. |
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Master Gudo Wafu Nishijima - http://www.dogensangha.org/gwn.htm
Ordained by the late Master Rempo Niwa, formerly head of the Soto Sect. He has written many books on Buddhism in both Japanese and in English. He teaches in Tokyo, Osaka, Shizuoka City and other cities in Japan. List of his publications, online articles, as well as information about his teaching activities. |
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Michael McAlister - http://www.infinitesmile.org/
Michael McAlister is a Zen-inspired but ecumenical spiritual teacher. He leads the Infinite Smile Sangha (ISS) in Lafayette, California. This ISS site contains links relating to his retreats, his writing, and recorded talks & video. |
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Myoyu Andersen Sensei - http://greatplainszen.org/roshi
Myoyu Andersen Sensei became a Dharma heir of Taizan Maezumi Roshi in 1995. She teaches at the Zen Center of Bloomington and the Great Plain Zen Center. This site conotains introduction to the Great Plain Zen Center and its calendar of event. |
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Patricia Dai-En Bennage - http://mtequity.org/teacher.html
Received Soto Zen priest precepts and trained at the Women's Soto Zen Monastery in Nagoya, Japan, receiving Transmission and Zuise. Head teacher at Mt. Equity Zendo. |
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http://www.zen-deshimaru.com/EN/sangha/who-is-kosen.html - http://www.zen-deshimaru.com/EN/sangha/who-is-kosen.html
Affiliated with the Association Buddhist Zen of Master Deshimaru. Born in Paris, 1950. Received shiho from Master Niwa Zenji, in the Soto tradition. Site accompanied by Kosen's rock music. |
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Zen Master Zensho W. Kopp - http://www.zen-meditation.org/chan_zensho_zen_meister_zensho.html
Zensho W. Kopp is a direct dharma successor of Zen Master Soji Enku. He is the spiritual director of Zen-Centre Tao Chan. |
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Teachings of Master Nan Huai-Chin - http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Clubs/buddhism/nhj/
Two excerpts from Master Nan's books translated into English. A teacher in the three traditions of Confucian, Buddhist tradition and the Taoist tradition. |
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Anne Hopkins Aitken - An Tanshin - http://anne.robertaitken.net
Memorial site for our Anne, the woman behind Robert Aitken Roshi and an spiritual teacher in her own right. |
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Grace Schireson - http://www.emptynestzendo.org/teacher.htm
Ordained in the Suzuki Roshi lineage, Grace Schireson has trained in Soto Zen under Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi of Berkeley Zen Center and in Rinzai Zen under Keido Fukushima Roshi of Tofuku-ji Monastery in Kyoto. She is also trained as a clinical psychologist. She teaches at Empty Nest, Valley Heartland, and Fresno River Zen Groups. |
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Taigen Dan Leighton - http://www.mtsource.org/bios/taigenbio.html
Taigen Dan Leighton is a Soto Zen priest with Dharma Transmission from Reb Anderson Roshi. He is an author and translator of a few books and teaches at the Berkeley Graduate Theological Union. The site contains information about his Sangha, as well as articles and Dharma talks. |
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Female Zen Teachers - http://members.tripod.com/~lhamo/2zen.htm
Comprehensive list and biographies of current female Western Zen teachers. |
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Chan Master Wei Li - http://www.patriarch-chan.com/patriarchchan_weili_content.htm
The founder of the Tu An Zen Temple at Santa Ana, Chan Master Wei Li [Thich Duy Luc in Vietnamese] is an 89th generation master in the Chan tradition. He was a student of Master Dieu Duyen who was a close disciple of Master Hsu Yun [Empty Cloud] and Master Lai Kuo. This site contains articles about Buddhism, Chan Buddhism, and a biography of the master. |