Philip Kapleau - Lineage

Lineage

Philip Kapleau appointed several successors, some of whom have also appointed successors or authorized teachers:

1. Bishop, Mitra (12 Apr 1941-). Founder and head of the Mountain Gate monastic center, NM and the Hidden Valley Zen Center, CA.
2. Henry, Michael Danan (12 Nov 1939-). Also a teacher appointed by Robert Aitken. Teacher at the Denver Zen Center.
3. Gifford, Dane Zenson (19??-)
4. Graef, Sunyana (1948-). Former teacher at the Toronto Zen Centre, head of the Vermont Center. Teacher at the and the Casa Zen in Costa Rica.
   1. Henderson, Taigen Sensei (1949-) Since 2005 Dharma Heir of Sunyana Graef and the abbot of the TZC. Teacher at the Toronto Zen Centre.
5. Kjolhede, Peter Bodhin Roshi (1948-). Abbot at the Rochester Zen Center, Teacher at the Madison Zen Center, WI, US.
   1. Odland, Kanja Sensei (1963-). Ordained as a priest in 1999. In 2001 she was authorised to teach by Kjolhede roshi.
   2. Ross, Lanny Sevan Keido Sei'an Sensei (7 Sep 1951-). Also holds the Dharma Transmission in the Jiyu Kennett and Robert Aitken lineages bestowed on him in 2007 by James Zeno Myoun Ford Roshi.Teacher at the Chicago Zen Center in Evanston, IL, US
   3. Poromaa, Mikael Sante Sensei (1958-). Ordained as a Zen priest in 1991. Kjolhede roshi gave him sanction to teach in 1998. Teacher at the Stockholm Zen Center, Sweden and its affiliate Helsinki Zen Center, Finland.
   4. Wrightson, Charlotte Amala Sensei (1958-). Ordained as a Zen priest in 1999. Sanctioned to teach in 2004. Kjolhede roshi gave her Dharma Transmission in Feb 2012. Teacher at the Auckland Zen Center, New Zealand.
6. Kjolhede, Sonja Sunya Sensei. Teacher at the Windhorse Zen Community, Rochester, NY. Teacher at the Polish affiliate center (established by D. Gifford) of the Rochester Zen Center. Sister of Peter Kjolhede, wife of Lawson Sachter.
7. Low, Albert (b.1928). Teacher at the Montreal Zen Center
8. Sachter, Lawson David Sensei. Teacher at the Windhorse Zen Community, Rochester, NY. Husband of Sonja Kjolhede.

Two students ended their formal affiliation with Philip Kapleau, establishing independent teaching-careers:

1. Toni Packer(1927-) Assistant teacher, gone independent. Teacher at a non-Buddhist, non-Zen Springwater Center, Rochester.
2. Clarke, Richard (31 Jan 1933-) A self-declared teacher. From 1967 to 1980 a student of Philip Kapleau, but neither ordained by P. Kapleau nor sanctioned by him to teach. In PK's opinion, RC has no basis for claiming any connection with Kapleau's Dharma heirship or lineage. Teacher at the Living Dharma Center, Amherst, MA and Coventry, CT