Anzan Hoshin - Sensei for White Wind Zen Centers: Zen Centre of Ottawa; Wolfville Zazenkai, Wolfville, Nova Scotia; and, Harrow Zazenkai, South Harrow, Middlesex, England.
Bernie Glassman Roshi & Sandra Jishu Holmes - Roshi Bernie Glassman , the first dharma successor of Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi, was the first abbot of the Zen Community of New York. Along with his wife, Sensei Jishu Holmes, he is the co-founder of the Peacemaker Community.
BuddhaNet - Excellent Australian Buddhist site
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Buddhist Reading Circle - Reading and discussion group with a planned reading list, and a chapter a week up for discussion on a bulletin board.
Butsudo.net - Belgian site for Zen, Tibetan, and other Buddhist resources. In English and French.
California Diamond Sangha Teachers - Profiles of John Tarrant Roshi, Joan Sutherland Roshi, Daniel Terragno Sensei, David Weinstein Sensei, and James Ford Sensei.
California Diamond Sangha's Line of Zen
Catherine Genno Pages Sensei - Student of Genpo Roshi, Kanzeon Zen Center, Utah. Now teaching in Paris.
Check List for Seated Meditation
Cybermonk - Your Zen questions answered by a senior monk from Zen Mountain Monastery.
Dae Gak - 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.
Dark Zen - Controversial site that challenges "orthodox" Zen establishment. Asserts that the fundamental basis of "conventional" Zen owes its origin to "Dark" Zen; consequently, conventional Zen transmits a second-hand teaching whose intent is only to comfort and inspire those who wish to proceed on their own to look even deeper within their own being so as to awaken and see the mysterious nature of Mind.
Diamond Sangha - Constallation of Zen Buddhist centers and associations in Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and USA. The first and founding Diamond Sangha group was established in Hawaii, USA in 1959 by Robert and Anne Aitken in a living room of their Hawaii house as the the part of the Harada-Yasutani School of Zen (also known as Sanbo Kyodan, or Order of the Three Treasures).
Diane Rizzetto - 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.
Dosho Port and Judith Byakuren Ragir - Both studied under Dainin Katagiri-roshi and teach at the Clouds in Water Zen Center.
Electronic Boddhidharma - International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism (IRIZ) at Hanazono University (Kyoto, Japan) is an academic research institution devoted to the study of Zen Buddhism, serving the needs of researchers, students, teachers, and practitioners of Buddhism. 48.000 character Chinese character database.
Fr. AMA Samy - AMA Samy is rooted in Christianity and in Zen; he can be said to stand in-between Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity. He stands true to Christ, true to Zen and true to the human heart-mind. It is paradoxical to say so, but it seems to be the way of seekers of today.
Genpo Roshi - Dharma heir of Taizan Maezumi Roshi. Teaches at Kanzeon Zen Center in Utah.
Gentei Sandy Stewart - Abbot of North Carolina Zen Center. Ordained by Joshu Sasaki Roshi in 1971. Served as Vice-Abbot of the Cimmaron Zen Center in Los Angelos, Abbot of the Jimez Bodhi Mandala (now Bodhi Manda).
Gudo Wafu Nishijima - Master Nishijima was ordained as a priest by the late Master Rempo Niwa, formerly head of the Soto Sect, and has written many books on Buddhism in both Japanese and in English. For over twenty years, he has been giving instructions on Zazen and lectures in English. Teaches at Dogen Center in Tokyo.
Hakuin School
Harada-Yasutani School - Also known as the Sanbo Kyodan school.
Hwasun Yangil - Teaches at Nine Mountains Zen Gate Society, Toronto, Ontario, Korean Choge Order.
Interbeing - Formed by Thich Nhat Hanh during the Vietnam War, the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings of the Order of Interbeing are a penetrating expression of traditional Buddhist morality coming to terms with contemporary issues.
International Zen Association - United Kingdom
Jack Duffy Roshi - Received dharma transmission from Robert Aitken Roshi in 1997. Teaches at Three Treasures Sangha, Seattle, WA.
Jan Chozen Bays - Teaches at the Zen Center of Oregon. She was ordained as a Zen priest in 1977 and received Dharma transmission (authority to teach) from Maezumi Roshi in 1983. She is continuing to deepen her own practice by studying with Shodo Harada Roshi of Sogen-ji Monastery in Japan.
Ji Bong (Bob Moore) - Co-Guiding Teacher of Dharma Zen Center, Los Angeles. A student of Zen Master Seung Sahn since 1975.
Joan Jiko Halifax - Joan Halifax, Ph.D. is a Buddhist teacher and an anthropologist . Her academic teaching credentials include being on the faculty of Columbia University, the University of Miami School of Medicine, the New School for Social Research, the Naropa Institute and the California Institute for Integral Studies.
John Daido Loori - Biographies of Abbot John Daido Loori founder and spiritual leader of Zen Mountain Monastery and his two transmitted Dharma heirs Bonnie Myotai Treace Sensei, and Geoffrey Shugen Arnold Sensei
Joshu Sasaki Roshi - Rinzai Zen teacher from Myoshin-ji temple in Japan--now in the United States heading several Zen Centers.
Joshu Sasaki, Roshi - Information about Joshu Sasaki, founder of Rinzai-ji, Inc.
Kendo Rich Hart - Teaches at Clear Mountain Center, Baldwin, NY.
Kobutsu Shindo (Kevin Malone) - 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.
Mary Jise Jaksch - Diamond Sangha lineage.
Miao Dzong - "The 50th Patriarch of the Soto Zen Lineage". Abbot of the Pu-Li Monastery in Dong Shan, China.
Myoyu Andersen Sensei - Dharma-heir to Taizan Maezumi Roshi. Teaches at the Zen Center of Bloomington.
Naropa Institute - Private, non-profit liberal arts college in Boulder, Colorado characterized by its unique Buddhist educational heritage.
Order of Buddhist Contemplatives - The Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, dedicated to the practice of the Serene Reflection Meditation tradition.
Ordinary Mind Zen School - The Ordinary Mind Zen School intends to manifest and support practice of the Awakened Way as expressed in the teaching of Charlotte Joko Beck. The school is composed of Charlotte Joko Beck, her Dharma Successors, and teachers and successors that they, as individuals, have formally authorized. There is no affiliation with other Zen groups or religious denominations; however, membership in this school does not preclude individual affiliation with other groups. Within the school there is no heirarchy of Dharma Successors.
Paul Park, Ji Do Poep Sa Nim - Co-Guiding Teacher of Dharma Zen Center, Los Angeles. Paul Park, JDPSN, received inka at Providence Zen Center from Zen Master Seung Sahn in April 1998.
Rev. Kusala, Buddhist Monk - American Buddhist monk in Los Angeles, working with kids at risk in Central Juvenile Hall, teaching meditation and Buddhism.
Rev. Nonin Chowaney - Rev. Nonin Chowaney, an American Zen master, is NZC's head priest and teacher. He trained with Rev. Katagiri and was ordained by him. Rev. Chowaney also trained at Tassajara Zen Monastery in California and in Japan at Zuio-ji and Shogo-ji monasteries. He received formal Dharma Transmission from Rev. Katagiri and has been certified to teach by him and by the Soto Zen Church in Japan.
Rinzai School - Lineage diagram.
Robert Aitken Roshi - Official site for Robert Aitken Roshi, with links to his writings and to groups affiliated with the Diamond Sangha.
Robert Joshin Althouse Sensei - Robert Joshin Althouse Sensei is director and spiritual teacher of the Zen Center of Hawaii. He was ordained as a Soto Zen Buddhist Priest by his root teacher, Taizan Maezumi Roshi in 1973. He spent 12 years working as an artist in Los Angeles. Besides for Zen, he has also studied in the Tibetan Tantric tradition with Trungpa Rinpoche and Gyaltrul Rinpoche. Althouse Sensei is a successor of Nicolee Jikyo Miller Sensei in the White Plum lineage.
Ross Bolleter - Zen Master Ross Bolleter Roshi teaches in Australia and New Zealand in the Diamond Sangha tradition.
Schools of Zen Buddhism - Graphical depiction of the historic schools.
Sei'un An Roselyn E. Stone - Student of Koun Yamada, of the San'un Zendo in Kamakura, Sanbo Kyodan Zen sect. Established the Mountain Moon Sangha Zendos in Brisbane and Toronto in 1993.
Sensei Thompson - Venerable Thompson, a Buddhist Monk, has practiced and studied Buddhism since 1971 at various monasteries and temples, under the spiritual guidance of certified and authentic Masters, both in American and Asia, including twice meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet.
Sheng-yen - Founder of The Chan Meditation Center
Shodo Harada Roshi - 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.
Soto School
Soto Zen Buddhism - History of the Soto School.
Soto Zen Sect History
Soto Zen Training - Soto Zen training and spiritual Developing. Zazen as the direct way to penetrate true-self, and activate it in daily life, for the benefit of all people, in a creative and compassionate way.
Taitaku Pat Phelan - Teaches at the Chapel Hill (North Carolina) Zen Center.
Tenkei Coppens Sensei - Teaches at Kanzeon Zen Center, Utah.
The Kwan Um School of Zen - Information on our School, its teachers, publications, zen centers, retreats, etc.
The Zen Page - Essays, koans, and poems inspired by or about Zen Buddhism.
Thich Nhat Hanh - Biography. Includes Real Audio excerpts of Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings.
Toni Packer - Founder of Springwater Center. Studied under Phillip Kapleau Roshi. Technically no longer affiliated with Zen.
Zen Centers affiliated with SFZC - and related groups
Zen Guide - An attractively presented online introduction to Zen. Resource intensive; may crash your browser.
Zen Karmics - Cartoons about Prison Buddhist practice.
Zen Mountain Monastery - An American Zen Buddhist monastery and training center for monastics and lay practitioners.
Zen Peacemaker Community - A community of peacemakers, founded by Roshi Bernie Glassman and Sensei Sandra Jishu Holmes, practicing a vision of peace through meditation and the Three Core Tenets, the Zen Peacemaker Order provides an environment for the realization and actualization of peacemaking and the enlightened way.
Zen Studies Society
Zen-Meister Kopp - An Western Master in the Tao Chan Zentrum.