Western Chan Fellowship Lineage
The Teacher of the Western Chan Fellowship is Dr John Crook, a Dharma Heir of Chan Master Sheng-yen in the Dharma Drum lineage, and our constitution ties us to this lineage.
The lineage chart, taken from the book "Chan Comes West" can be viewed here.
Please note that the chart includes Chinese characters. If you do not have a Chinese character set available to your browser then you may see many odd characters. You may prefer to view the alternative version of the chart from which the Chinese characters have been removed
- Full lineage chart including Chinese characters.
- Modified lineage chart from which the Chinese characters have been removed.
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