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- American_Zen_Teachers_Association abstract "The American Zen Teachers Association was founded in the late 1980s as the Second Generation Zen Teachers Group. It is a peer-group organization of ordained and lay Zen Buddhist teachers, all of whom have received either teaching authorization or dharma transmission from the mostly Asian Zen teachers who brought their practices to America in the second half of the twentieth century, or their heirs. The first meetings of the AZTA were attended by a dozen or so people, reflecting what would be a Western Zen phenomenon of roughly equal numbers of men and women.Today the AZTA has grown to over two hunded members. AZTA members serve Buddhist groups ranging from a dozen or so people who meet and practice in members’ homes or area churches to those serving three or four hundred members and who meet and practice in large temples and monasteries.Despite it's choice of name the AZTA does not claim to be a "credentialing body," and so no longer lists members on its website. It has no formal legal structures to justify calling itself an Association. Membership is subject to matching its membership criteria and is somewhat unconventional by suggesting that Dharma Transmission in a recognized lineage is not of itself sufficient. Instead other factors such as training time BEFORE being given Dharma Transmission are important. There's no historic justification for this stance.AZTA may be best considered as a small closed online community with unusual membership requirements. The Buddha would not for example be eligible for membership. Dogen might be able to sneak in. Hui Neng would not be eligible. Eido Shimano would be fine.".
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- American_Zen_Teachers_Association wikiPageWikiLinkText "American Zen Teachers Association".
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- American_Zen_Teachers_Association comment "The American Zen Teachers Association was founded in the late 1980s as the Second Generation Zen Teachers Group. It is a peer-group organization of ordained and lay Zen Buddhist teachers, all of whom have received either teaching authorization or dharma transmission from the mostly Asian Zen teachers who brought their practices to America in the second half of the twentieth century, or their heirs.".
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