Lineage of the Southwind Sangha

Source of Sanskrit and Pali spellings and English meanings for this section: Indopedia

Names in Sanskrit	Names in Pali	Names in Japanese	Meaning in English
Vipaśyīn Buddha	Vipassī Buddha	Bibashi Butsu	Pure Buddha
Śikhīn Buddha	Sikhī Buddha	Shiki Butsu	Buddha of Knowledge
Viśvabhūḥ Buddha	Vessabhū Buddha	Bishafu Butsu	Buddha of Sharp Wisdom
Krakucchandaḥ Buddha	Kakusandha Buddha	Kuruson Butsu	First Buddha of the Present Time
Kanakamuniḥ Buddha	Koṇāgamana Buddha	Kunagonmuni Butsu	Buddha of Golden Wisdom
Kāśyapaḥ Buddha	Kassapa Buddha	Kashō Butsu	Earth Buddha
Śākyamuniś Buddha	Sākyamuni Buddha	Shakamuni Butsu	Buddha of Powerful Wisdom

Ancestors from India

Names in Sanskrit	Names in Japanese
Mahākāśyapa	Makakashō
Ānanda	Ananda
Śaṇavāsa	Shōnawashu
Upagupta	Ubakikuta
Dṛtaka	Daitaka
Micchaka	Mishaka
Vasumitra	Bashumitta
Buddhanandi	Butsudanandai
Buddhamitra	Fudamitta
Pārśva	Barishiba
Puṇyayaśas	Funayasha
Aśvaghoṣa	Anabotei
Kapimala	Kabimora
Nāgārjuna	Nagyaharajuna
Kānadeva (Āryadeva)	Kanadaiba
Rāhulata	Ragorata
Sanghanandi	Sōgyanandai
Gayāśata	Kayashata
Kumārata	Kumorata
Jayata	Shayata
Vasubandhu	Bashubanzu
Manorhita	Manura
Haklenayaśas	Kakurokuna
Simha Bhikshu (Āryasimha)	Shishibodai
Basiasita	Bashashita
Punyamitra	Funyomitta
Prajñātāra	Hannyatara
Bodhidharma	Bodaidaruma

Ancestors from China

Names in Pinyin	Names in Wade-Giles	Names in Japanese
Dazu Huike	T’a-tsu Hui-k’o	Taiso Eka
Jianzhi Sengcan	Chien-Chih Seng-ts’an	Kanchi Sōsan
Dayi Daoxin	Ta-i Tao-hsin	Daii Dōshin
Daman Hongren	Ta-man Hung-jen	Daiman Kōnin
Dajian Huineng	Ta-chien Hui-neng	Daikan Enō
Qingyuan Xingsi	Ch’ing-yüan Hsing-ssu	Seigen Gyōshi
Shitou Xiqian	Shih-t’ou Hsi-ch’ien	Sekitō Kisen
Yaoshan Weiyan	Yao-shan Wei-yen	Yakusan Igen
Yunyan Tansheng	Yün-yen T’an-sheng	Ungan Donjō
Dongshan Liangjie	Tung-shan Liang-chieh	Tōzan Ryōkai
Yunju Daoying	Yün-chü Tao-ying	Ungo Dōyō
Tongan Daopi	T’ung-an Tao-p’i	Dōan Dōhi
Tongan Guanzhi	T’ung-an Kuan-chih	Dōan Kanshi
Liangshan Yuanguan	Liang-shan Yüan-kuan	Ryōzan Enkan
Dayang Jingxuan	Ta-yung Ching-hsüan	Taiyō Kyōgen
Touzi Yiqing	T’ou-tzu I-ch’ing	Tōshi Gisei
Furong Daokai	Fu-jung Tao-k’ai	Fuyō Dōkai
Danxia Zichun	Tan-hsia Tzu-ch’un	Tanka Shijun
Changlu Qingliao	Ch’ang-lu Ch’ing-liao	Chōro Seiryō
Tiantong Zongjue	T’ien-t’ung Tsung-chüeh	Tendō Sōkaku
Xuedou Zhijian	Hsüeh-tou Chih-chien	Setchō Chikan
Tiantong Rujing	T’ien-t’ung Ju-ching	Tendō Nyojō

Ancestors from Japan

Eihei Dōgen

Koun Ejō

Tettsū Gikai

Keizan Jōkin

Gasan Jōseki

Tsūgen Jakurei

Sekioku Sinryō

Chikkyo Shoyū

Zaisan Don’ei

Kishi Iban

Daian Shueki

Ishū Chūshin

Shunmei Shitō

Unan Toryū

Ryūshitsu Chikyū

Yōshitsu Zuijaku

Kaiō Genkyo

Ryūun Eishū

Daishitsu Chōyū

Kan’oku Shuntoku

Ryūzan Shūdon

Chikurin Eikai

Chikuō Shōrin

Renbaku Shōhen

Tetsugin Shuyō

Ryōchō Shōtatsu

Tanzan Kyōhō

Chikuyhō Shuzan

Kidō Gikan

Honkō Jissen

Chōgai Kenshū

Shōshū Gendō

Ryōzan Entō

Ittō Kankoku

Gentei Kanryū

Nannō Suiō

Bukkai Sentoyu

Ancestor coming from Japan to the USA

Zengaku Sōyū, also known as Rev Dr Sōyū Matsuoka Rōshi – 88^th Ancestor

Our Present Teacher, Abbot of the Atlanta SŌtŌ Zen Center

Zenkai Taiun, also known as Rev Michael Joseph Elliston Rōshi

For more information about the ancestors and lineage of the Sōtō Zen Buddhist tradition, the following is recommended:

Kennett, P. T. N. Jiyu. Zen is eternal life, Shasta Abbey Press, 4th edition, 2000
Keizan. The denkōroku: or the record of the transmission of the light, translated by Rev Hubert Nearman, Shasta Abbey Press, 2001
Keizan. The record of transmitting the light: Zen master Keizan’s denkōroku, translated by Francis Dojun Cook; Wisdom Publications, 2003
Keizan. Transmission of light: Zen in the art of enlightenment by Zen master Keizan, translated and introduction by Thomas Cleary, North Point Press, 1990 (an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux)