The guiding teacher of the Kyoto International Zendo. Hozumi Roshi trained under Yamada Mumon Roshi for 12 years and received transmission from Omori Sogen Roshi. The site contains a collection of his writings and information about the Kyoto International Zendo.
Soto teacher, student of Harada Tangen Roshi.
Subhana Barzaghi Roshi received transmission from her teacher, John Tarrant Roshi, in 1996. She teaches intensive Zen & Vipassana retreats in India, Australia and New Zealand and conducts workshops in Sydney.
Rev. Shohaku Okumara has been an ordained priest of Soto Zen since 1970. He is the director of the Soto Zen Education Center in San Francisco, and the head teacher of Sanshin Zen Community in Bloomington, Indiana.
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.
Helga Schleiter Smith came upon the Way of Sudden Awakening after years of studying and practicing various "dualistic" and "non-dualistic" traditions. She currently teaches at Santa Cruz, CA.
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.
Paul Genki Kahn is a Soto Zen Buddhist priest and Dharma and Lineage Holder under Genpo Roshi, a Dharma successor of Maezumi Roshi. He is also a Circle Steward in Bernie Glassman's Zen Peacemaker Circle. He leads the High Mountain Crystal Lake Zen Community which serves the Northern New Jersey and New York City areas.
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.
Received Dharma transmission within the Soto lineage from Jiyu Kennett Roshi in 1971. Received permission to teach in the Harada/Yasutani koan tradition from John Tarrant Roshi in 1998. James Ford is also an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister. He teaches at the Zen Community of Boston.
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