Sanshin Network sanghas

North America

Europe

• Everett Zazen Group, Everett, WA
• Great Wind Zendo, Danville, IN​
• Grove City Zen, ​Grove City, OH 
• Gyobutsuji, Kingston, AR
• Mountains and Waters Alliance,  Faribault, MN
• New York Zen Community for Dogen Study, New York, NY​

• Anshin Zen Centre Roma, Rome, Italy 
• Centre Shikantaza, Mons, Belgium
• Daijihi, Vienna, Austria
• Fruhlingsmond Zendo, Hannover, Germany
  
• Sanko-ji, Black Forest, Germany
  
• Zendo L'Eau Vive, Ales, Gard, France​
  

​South America

• Soto Zen Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, including the Bodhidharma Cultural Center, Armenia, Quindio
• Sangha Dokan, Caracas Venezuela

La sangha Francophone

Our French-speaking sangha originates in France and Belgium.

Deutschsprachige Sangha

Our German-speaking sangha originates in Germany and Austria.

Hispanohablante Sangha

Our Spanish-speaking sangha originates in Colombia and Venezuela.

see our worldwide sanshin network map

Click here for the interactive version of this map.

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Okumura Roshi and Hoko have lay students and dharma heirs around the world.  Some of them have founded their own sitting groups, temples or Zen centers, while others teach and practice independently.  All of these teachers or group leaders speak English; those marked with asterisks are transmitted teachers.

Okumura Roshi's novices practicing at Sanshin

• ​Doju Layton
• ​Esho Morimoto
  
• Ritoku Robinson
• Hosshin Shoaf, work leader

​Also practicing at Sanshin:

• Seigen Hartkemeyer

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Hoko's dharma heir practicing elsewhere:

• Kyoku Lutz, Hannover, Germany; founder, Fruhlingsmond Zendo

Hoko's novices and pre-novs

• Myogen Ahlstrom, Bloomington, IN
• Shinko Hagn, Vienna, Austria; founder, Daijihi
• Michael Komyo Melfi, Grove City, OH; founder, Grove City Zen
• ​Jinryu Wachowitz, Germany

Okumura Roshi's dharma heirs and novices practicing elsewhere

• Shoryu Bradley*, Kingston, AR; founder, Gyobutsuji
• Doryu Cappelli*, Rome, Italy; cofounder, Anshin Zen Centre Roma
• Mokusho DePreay*, Mons, Belgium; founder, Centre Shikantaza
• Gyoetsu Epifania*, Rome, Italy; cofounder, Anshin Zen Centre Roma
• Gyoriki Herskamp*, Black Forest, Germany; founder, Sanko-ji
• Jikei Kido, Japan and California
• Issan Koyama, New York, NY; founder, New York Zen Community for Dogen Study
• Koun Levy: Southern Palm Zen Group, Boca Raton, FL
• Shoju Mahler*, Ales, Gard, France; founder, Zendo L'Eau Vive
• Densho Quintero*, Bogota, Colombia; founder, Soto Zen Colombia
• Eido Reinhart*​, Minneapolis, MN
• Doan Roessler: Clouds in Water Zen Center, St. Paul, MN 
• Shodo Spring*, Faribault, MN; founder, Mountains and Waters Alliance
• ​Jisho Takahashi*, Nagano, Japan
• Jokei Whitehead, Oakland CA

* has received dharma transmission from Okumura Roshi

Okumura Roshi's dharma heirs and novices now deceased

• Shotai de la Rosa (2023)

• Muso Biggs (2024)

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