White Plum Asanga

Many teachers of the White Plum Asanga present at the 40th anniversary of the Zen Center of Los Angeles

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White Plum Asanga, sometimes termed White Plum Sangha, is a Zen school in the Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi lineage,^[1] created by Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi.^[2] It consists of Maezumi's Dharma heirs and subsequent successors and students.^[3] A diverse organization spread across the United States and with a small presence in Europe, the White Plum Asanga

[I]ncludes teachers who represent the spectrum of styles to be found to American Zen—socially engaged Buddhism, family practice, Zen and the arts, secularized Zen, and progressive traditionalism."^[4]

Conceived of informally in 1979 by Maezumi and Tetsugen Bernard Glassman, the White Plum Asanga was named after Maezumi's father Baian Hakujun Dai-osho and then later incorporated in 1995 following Maezumi's death. Tetsugen Bernard Glassman was the White Plum Asanga's first President and his successor was Dennis Genpo Merzel.^[5] Following Merzel's term, in May 2007, Gerry Shishin Wick served as elected President of White Plum, until 2013 when became the current president.^[6]

Notable members[]

• (President)
• Jan Chozen Bays
• Merle Kodo Boyd
• Charles Tenshin Fletcher
• Tetsugen Bernard Glassman (Past President)
• Joan Jiko Halifax
• Robert Jinsen Kennedy
• John Daido Loori
• Peter Muryo Matthiessen
• Wendy Egyoku Nakao
• Pat Enkyo O'Hara
• John Tesshin Sanderson
• Gerry Shishin Wick (Past President)
• Michael Mugaku Zimmerman
• Ezra Bayda
• Susan Myoyu Andersen

Notable centers[]

• Yokoji Zen Mountain Center
• Upaya Institute and Zen Center
• Kanzeon Zen Center
• Zen Center of Los Angeles
• Zen Mountain Monastery
• Village Zendo
• Great Vow Zen Monastery
• Great Plains Zen Center

See also[]

• Buddhism in the United States
• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

Notes[]

References[]

• Maezumi, Taizan; Glassman, Bernard (2002). On Zen Practice: Body, Breath, Mind. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-315-X. OCLC 49822921.
• Prebish, Charles S.; Baumann, Martin (2002). Westward Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Asia. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22625-9. OCLC 48871649.
• Prebish, Charles S (1999). Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21697-0.
• Tucker, Mary Evelyn (1997). Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-945454-13-9.

External links[]

• White Plum website

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