Legacy
Soen was viewed as an unorthodox, eccentric and controversial teacher within conventional Rinzai circles of his day.
- Dharma heirs
- Eido Tai Shimano
- Sochu Suzuki, abbot of Ryūtaku-ji 1984-1990
- Kyudo Nakagawa, abbot of Ryūtaku-ji 1990-2007
- Notable formal and informal students
- Roko Sherry Chayat
- Philip Kapleau
- Robert Baker Aitken
- Paul Reps
- Maurine Stuart
- Louis Nordstrom
- John Daido Loori
- Denko Mortensen
- Genjo Marinello
- Charlotte Joko Beck
- Ryotan Tokuda Igarashi
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