White Plum Asanga, sometimes termed White Plum Sangha, is a

Zen Zen ( zh, t=禪, p=Chán; ja, text= 禅, translit=zen; ko, text=선, translit=Seon; vi, text=Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty, known as the Chan School (''Chánzong'' 禪宗), and ...

school in the Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi lineage, created by

Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Hakuyū Taizan Maezumi ( Maezumi Hakuyū, February 24, 1931 – May 15, 1995) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher and rōshi, and lineage holder in the Sōtō, Rinzai, and Sanbo Kyodan traditions of Zen. He combined the Rinzai use of '' kōan'' ...

. It consists of Maezumi's Dharma heirs and subsequent successors and students. A diverse organization spread across the United States and with a small presence in Europe, the White Plum Asanga 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. Following Merzel's term, in May 2007,

Gerry Shishin Wick Gerry Shishin Wick is a Soto Zen roshi, author, oceanographer and abbot of Great Mountain Zen Center in Berthoud, Colorado, which he founded in 1996. He is one of the twelve Dharma Successors of the late Taizan Maezumi, receiving Dharma transm ...

served as elected President of White Plum, until 2013 when Anne Seisen Saunders became the current president."Roshi Anne Seisen Saunders voted in as the new President of the White Plum Asanga". Zen Peacemaker Order. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

Notable members

Jan Chozen Bays Jan Chozen Bays (born 1945), is a Zen teacher, author, mindful eating educator, and pediatrician specializing in work with abused children. Biography Jan Chozen Bays was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 9, 1945. She grew up in East Greenbush ...

* Merle Kodo Boyd *

Charles Tenshin Fletcher Charles Tenshin Fletcher is a British-born American rōshi. Biography Born in Manchester, England, he moved to the United States in 1979 to study at the Zen Center of Los Angeles with founder Taizan Maezumi ''Rōshi'', for whom he served as ' ...

* Tetsugen Bernard Glassman (Past President) * Joan Jiko Halifax * Robert Jinsen Kennedy *

John Daido Loori John Daido Loori (June 14, 1931 – October 9, 2009) was a Zen Buddhist rōshi who served as the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery and was the founder of the Mountains and Rivers Order and CEO of Dharma Communications. Daido Loori received s ...

* Peter Muryo Matthiessen * Wendy Egyoku Nakao * Pat Enkyo O'Hara * John Tesshin Sanderson *

(Past President) * Michael Mugaku Zimmerman

Notable centers

* Lost Coin Zen * Still Mind Zendo *

Yokoji Zen Mountain Center Yokoji Zen Mountain Center is a year-round Zen Buddhist training and retreat center located in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California. It is a 160 acres (65 hectares) of sacred Native American land and wilderness. Founded 1981 by Taiz ...

* Upaya Institute and Zen Center * Kanzeon Zen Center *

Zen Center of Los Angeles The Zen Center of Los Angeles (ZCLA), temple name Buddha Essence Temple, is a Zen center founded by Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi in 1967 that practices in the White Plum lineage. ZCLA observes a daily schedule of zazen, Buddhist services, and work pr ...

* Zen Mountain Monastery *

Village Zendo __NOTOC__ Village Zendo is a combined Soto Zen, Soto and Rinzai Zen practice center in lower Manhattan. Originally located in the apartment of Enkyo Pat O'Hara, who founded the zendo in 1986, the Zen center took up the majority of space in O'Hara's ...

* Great Vow Zen Monastery *

Sweetwater Zen Center Sweetwater or Sweet Water may refer to: * Freshwater Places In the United States * Sweet Water, Alabama * Sweetwater, Arizona * Sweetwater River (California), San Diego County ** Sweetwater Dam, a dam across the Sweetwater River ** Sweetwate ...

* Zen River * Brevard Zen Center * New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care * Soji Zen Center * Zen Life & Meditation Center *Great Plains Zen Center

Notable members

Notable centers

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