India: Patriarchs: Mahakasyapa – Ananda – Upagupta – Vasumitra – Buddhamitra – Parshva – Punyayasha – Kapimala – Nagarjuna – Kanadeva – Vasubandhu – Bodhidharma
China: Patriarchs: Bodhidharma ca. 470-543 – Hui-k’o (Eka) 487-593 – Seng-tsán (Sosan) 606? – Tao-hsin (Doshin) 580-651 – Hung-jen (Gunin) 601-674 –Hui-neng (Eno) 638-713 / School of the north – School of the South: Soto School Ummón School Hogén School Igyio School Rinzái School: Yogi – Oryo
Japan: Soto School – Rinzái School
Buddhism / Mahayana / Japanese Zen
Soto School: Theory: 10 figures of the bull: Ju-gyu-zu / Practice: Su-soku-kan – Shikantaza (Zazen)