Lineage: Successor Teachers of Genpo Roshi

Dharma Heirs (Dharma Successors)

Genpo Roshi has given Shiho (Dharma transmission) to the following successors, entrusting them with lineage teaching authority.

  1. Catherine Genno Pagès (1992) — Dana Zen Center, Paris France
  2. John Shodo Flatt (1994, deceased) — England
  3. Anton Tenkei Coppens (1996) — Zen River, The Netherlands
  4. Malgosia Jiho Braunek (2003, deceased) — Warsaw, Poland
  5. Daniel Doen Silberberg (2003) — Lost Coin Zen, San Francisco, USA
  6. Nico Sojun Tydeman (2004) — Zen Centrum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  7. Nancy Genshin Gabrysch (2006) — Kannon-ji, Bilsborrow, England
  8. Diane Musho Hamilton (2006)  Boulder Mountain Zendo, Utah
  9. Michael Mugaku Zimmerman (2006) — Boulder Mountain Zendo, Utah
  10. Rich Taido Christofferson (2007) — Seattle, Washington
  11. Michel Genko Dubois (2007) — L’Association Dana, France
  12. Tamara Myoho Gabrysch (2008) — Zen River, The Netherlands
  13. Maurice Shonen Knegtel (2009) — Izen, The Netherlands
  14. KC Kyozen Sato (2009) — Salt Lake City, Utah
  15. Judi Kanchi Warren (2010, deceased)
  16. Mark Daitoku Esterman (2014) — Salt Lake Zen Group, Utah
  17. Mary Ellen Seien Sloan (2017) — Drifting Mountain Zen, Salt Lake City, Utah
  18. Christian Jikishin von Wolkahof (2018) — Düsseldorf, Germany
  19. Lynn Shozen Holbrook (2019) — Salt Lake City, Utah
  20. Stefan Kenjitsu Coppens (2019) — Kanzeon Zen Centrum, The Netherlands
  21. Krzysztof Furyu Leśniak (2019) — Lublin, Poland
  22. Hank Yoshin Malinowski (2019) — Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  23. Jacqueline Shosui Wellenstein (2019) — Voorburg, The Netherlands
  24. Alexandra Mushin Gericke (2022) — Ghent, Belgium
  25. Jeremy Jitsue Daiki Rottini (2023) — Larimer, Colorado
  26. Charlotte Jigen Juul (2024)
  27. Kamie Keiyaku Buddemeier (2025)

Inka (Zen Master Transmission)

Genpo Roshi has given Inka Transmission conferring the title of Zen Master to the following teachers:

  1. John Daido Loori (deceased) – Zen Mountain Monastery, New York 
  2. Catherine Genno Pagès – Dana Zen Center, Paris, France  
  3. Anton Tenkei Coppens – Zen River, The Netherlands  
  4. Jan Chozen Bays – Zen Community of Oregon  
  5. Charles Tenshin Fletcher – Yokoji Zen Mountain Center, Idyllwild, California  
  6. Nicolee Jikyo McMahon – Three Treasures Zen Community, San Diego County, California  
  7. Susan Myoyu Anderson – Great Plains Zen Center, Wisconsin  
  8. Sydney Musai Walter – Prajna Zendo, Lamy, New Mexico  
  9. Malgosia Jiho Braunek (deceased) – Kandzeon Sangha, Warsaw, Poland  
  10. Nancy Genshin Gabrysch – Kannon-ji, Bilsborrow, England  
  11. Daniel Doen Silberberg – Lost Coin Zen, San Francisco  
  12. Maurice Shonen Knegtel – Izen, The Netherlands  
  13. Tamara Myoho Gabrysch – Zen River, The Netherlands  
  14. Nico Sojun Tydeman – Zen Centrum Amsterdam  
  15. Rein Konpo Kaales – White Cloud Zen, Idaho  
  16. Mark Kanchi Esterman – Salt Lake Zen Group, Utah  
  17. Charlotte Jigen Juul  
  18. Kenjin LaoTsu Guo – Big Island, Hawai‘i  
  19. Mary Ellen Jisho Sloan – Salt Lake City, Utah  
  20. Lynn Shozen Holbrook – Salt Lake City, Utah  
  21. Eduardo Seido Fuentes – Santiago, Chile  


Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software