Western Chan Fellowship Lineage

We practise in the Dharma Drum lineage of the late Chan Master Sheng Yen.

Our founding Teacher Dr John Crook received Dharma Transmission in both Caodong (Jap: Soto) and Linji (Jap: Rinzai) lineages from Chan Master Sheng Yen in 1993.

Our current Guiding Teacher Dr Simon Child received Dharma Transmission in both Caodong (Jap: Soto) and Linji (Jap: Rinzai) lineages from Chan Master Sheng Yen in in 2000.

Simon Child gave Dharma Transmission to Fiona Nuttall in 2015, also conferring the lineages of both Caodong (Jap: Soto) and Linji (Jap: Rinzai).

You can view our lineage chart, taken from the book "Chan Comes West".