Our Guiding Teachers’ Dharma Heirs
Melissa Keidō Myōzen Blacker, Rōshi (19 Mar 1954-)
Received Inka Shōmei from James Zeno Myōun Ford, Rōshi on 25 Jul 2010 and from David Dae An Rynick, Rōshi on 13 October, 2025. She is the abbot and a Guiding Teacher of Boundless Way Zen Temple and is a member of the American Zen Teachers Association.
- James Myōsan Cordova, Sensei (23 Febuary 1966-)
Received Denbo transmission on 2 December 2016 from Melissa Keidō Myōzen Blacker, Rōshi. - Diane Ryūdō Shōshin Fitzgerald, Sensei (3 May 1955-)
Received Denbo transmission on 17 March 2017 from Melissa Keidō Myōzen Blacker, Rōshi. - Dominik Hōzan Kulakowski, Dharma Holder (4 August 1972-)
Received Denkai transmission on October 20, 2017 from Melissa Keidō Myōzen Blacker, Rōshi, - Robert Ryūdō Tetsumu Waldinger, Rōshi (1 March 1951-)
Received Inka Shōmei from Melissa Keidō Myōzen Blacker, Rōshi on 28 May, 2022. Guiding Teacher at Henry David Thoreau Sangha of Living Vow Zen, Newton, MA. - Paul Ryūdō Sōshin Galvin
Received Denkai transmission from Melissa Blacker, Rōshi, on 15 August, 2024. Teacher at Boundless Way Zen Temple and Snow Mountain Zen.
David Dae An Rynick, Rōshi(26 Nov 1952-)
Received Inka Shōmei from James Zeno Myōun Ford, Rōshi, on 27 May, 2011. He previously received full transmission in the Korean Linji lineage of Seung Sahn from Zen Master George Bomun Bowman. He is a Guiding Teacher of Boundless Way Zen Temple and is a member of the American Zen Teachers Association.
- Michael Ryūdō Shōryū Fieleke, Sensei (4 January 1970-)
Received Inka Shōmei from David Dae An Rynick, Rōshi on 28 May, 2022. Guiding teacher at Morning Star Sangha of Living Vow Zen, Newton, MA. - Alan Sanhyō Richardson, Sensei (2 October 1955-)
Received Denbo transmission from David Dae An Rynick, Rōshi, on 2 February, 2025. - Michael Sōkei Herzog (21 May 1964-)
Received Denkai transmission from David Dae An Rynick, Rōshi, on 4 August, 2022. Teacher at Boundless Way Zen Temple. - Esther Sōkyo Sorgenfrei
Received Denkai transmission from David Dae An Rynick, Rōshi, on 14 August, 2025. Teacher at Boundless Way Copenhagen.
