Lineage from "Transmission of Light"

Ancestors in India

1. Mahakashyapa
2. Ananda
3. Shanavasin
4. Upagupta
5. Dhitika
6. Mishaka
7. Vasumitra
8. Buddhanandi
9. Buddhamitra
10. Parshva
11. Punyayasha
12. Anabodhi
13. Kipimala
14. Nagarjuna
15. Kanadeva
16. Rahulabhadra
17. Samghanandi
18. Samghayathata
19. Kumaralata
20. Shayata
21. Vasubandhu
22. Manorata
23. Haklenayasha
24. Simhabodhi
25. Bashashita
26. Punyamitra
27. Prajnadhara
28. Bhodhidharma

Ancestors in China

1. Bhodhidharma
2. Hui-k’o
3. Seng-ts’an
4. Tao-hsin
5. Hung-jen
6. Hui-neng

• Ch’ing-yüan
• Shih-t’ou
• Yüeh-shan
• Yün-yen
• Tung-shan
• Yün-chü
• Daopi
• Tongan
• Liang-shan
• Dayang
• Tousi
• Daokai
• Danxia
• Wkong
• Zongjue
• Zhijian
• Rujing
• Dogen
• Ejo