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Seung Sahn

Seung Sahn Haeng Won Dae Soen-sa , born Dok-In Lee, was a Korean Jogye Seon master and founder of the international Kwan Um School of Zen—the largest Zen institution present in the Western world. He was the seventy-eighth teacher in his lineage...

 Soen Sa Nim's lineage, starting with the First Patriarch.

• The Buddha

India

1. Mahakasyapa

Mahakasyapa

Mahākāśyapa or Kāśyapa was a brahman of Magadha, who became one of the principal disciples of Śākyamuni Buddha and who convened and directed the first council. Mahākāśyapa is one of the most revered of the Buddha's early disciples, foremost in ascetic practices...

2. Ananda

Ananda

Ānanda was one of the principal disciples and a devout attendant of the Buddha. Amongst the Buddha's many disciples, Ānanda had the most retentive memory and most of the suttas in the Sutta Pitaka are attributed to his recollection of the Buddha's teachings during the First Buddhist Council...

3. Sanakavasa

Sanakavasa

Shanavasa was a disciple of Ananda, and is considered the third Indian Patriarch in Zen Buddhism.-References:...

4. Upagupta

Upagupta

Upagupta [circa. 3rd Century B.C.] was a Buddhist monk. According to some stories in the Sanskrit Avadana he was the spiritual teacher of Asoka the great Mauryan emperor. Upagupta's teacher was Sanavasi who was a disciple of Ananda, the Buddha's attendant. Due to the absence of his name in...

5. Dhrtaka

6. Miccika

7. Vasumitra

Vasumitra

Vasumitra , was the fourth King of the Sunga Dynasty of Northern India...

8. Buddhanandi

9. Buddhamitri

10. Parsva

11. Punyayasas

12. Asvaghosa

Asvaghosa

' was an Indian philosopher-poet, born in Saketa in northern India to a Brahmin family. He is believed to have been the first Sanskrit dramatist, and is considered the greatest Indian poet prior to Kālidāsa. He was the most famous in a group of Buddhist court writers, whose epics rivaled the...

13. Kapimala

14. Nagarjuna

Nagarjuna

Nāgārjuna was an important Buddhist teacher and philosopher. Along with his disciple Āryadeva, he is credited with founding the Mādhyamaka school of Mahāyāna Buddhism...

15. Kanadeva

16. Rahulata

17. Sanghanandi

18. Gayasata

19. Kumarata

20. Jayata

21. Vasubandhu

Vasubandhu

Vasubandhu was an Indian Buddhist monk, and along with his half-brother Asanga, one of the main founders of the Indian Yogācāra school. However, some scholars consider Vasubandhu to be two distinct people. Vasubandhu is one of the most influential figures in the entire history of Buddhism...

22. Manorhita

23. Haklena

24. Aryasimha

25. Basiasita

26. Punyamitra

27. Prajnatata


China

28. Bodhidharma

Bodhidharma

Bodhidharma was a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th/6th century AD. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Ch'an to China, and regarded as the first Chinese patriarch...

29. Hui K'o

30. Seng Ts'an

31. Tao Hsin

32. Hung Jen

33. Hui Neng

34. Huai Jang

35. Ma-tsu Tao-i

36. Pai-chang Huiai-hai

37. Huang-po Hsi-yün

38. Lin-chi I-hsüan

39. Hsing-hua Tzun-chiang

40. Nan-yüan Hui-yü

41. Feng-hsüeh Yen-chao

42. Shou-shan Hsing-nien

43. T'ai-tzu Yüan-shan

44. T'zun-ming Ch'u-yüan

45. Yang-ch'i Fang-hui

46. Pai-yün Shou-tuan

47. Wu-tsu Fa-yen

48. Hsuan-wu K'o-ch'in

49. Hsü-ch'iu Shao-lung

50. Ying-an T'an-hua

51. Mi-an Hsi-chieh

52. P'o-an Tsu-hsien

53. Wu-chuan Shih-fan

54. Hsüeh-yen Hui-lang

55. Chi-an Tsung-hsin

56. Shih-shih Ch'ing-kung


Korea

57. Tae-Ko Bo-Wu

58. Whan-Am Hon-Su

59. Ku-Gok Gak-Un

60. Byeok-Ke Joung-Shim

61. Byeok-Song Ji-Eom

62. Bu-Yong Teong-Kwan

63. Cheong-heo Hyu-Jeong

64. Pyeon-Yang Eong-Ki

65. Pung-Joung Heon-Shim

66. Weol-Dam Seol-Je

67. Hwan-Seong Ji-An

68. Ho-Am Che-Jeong

69. Cheong-Bong Keo-An

70. Yul-Bong Cheong-Kwa

71. Keum-Heo Beop-Cheom

72. Young-Am He-Eon

73. Yeong-weol Bong-Yul

74. Man-Hwa Bo Seon

75. Kyong Ho Seong-Wu

76. Man Gong weol-Myeon

77. Ko-Bong Gyeong-Uk

78. Seung Sahn Haeng-Won

Seung Sahn

Seung Sahn Haeng Won Dae Soen-sa , born Dok-In Lee, was a Korean Jogye Seon master and founder of the international Kwan Um School of Zen—the largest Zen institution present in the Western world. He was the seventy-eighth teacher in his lineage...