White Plum Asanga, sometimes termed White Plum Sangha, is a Zen 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''s an ...

. It consists of Maezumi's

Dharma heirs In Chan and Zen Buddhism, dharma transmission is a custom in which a person is established as a "successor in an unbroken lineage of teachers and disciples, a spiritual 'bloodline' ('' kechimyaku'') theoretically traced back to the Buddha hi ...

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 Bernie Glassman (January 18, 1939 – November 4, 2018) was an American Zen Buddhist roshi and founder of the Zen Peacemakers (previously the Zen Community of New York), an organization established in 1980. In 1996, he co-founded the Zen Peacem ...

, the White Plum Asanga was named after Maezumi's father Baian Hakujun Dai-osho and then later incorporated in 1995 following Maezumi's death.

was the White Plum Asanga's first President and his successor was

Dennis Genpo Merzel Dennis Merzel (born June 3, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Zen and spirituality teacher, also known as Genpo Merzel. Biography Early life Dennis Paul Merzel was born on June 3, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York and was raised and schoo ...

. 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 transmis ...

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 Greenbus ...

* 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 ' ...

(Past President) * Joan Jiko Halifax *

Robert Jinsen Kennedy Robert Edward Kennedy (born June 20, 1933) is an American Jesuit priest, professor of theology, psychoanalyst and Zen rōshi in the White Plum lineage. Life and career Kennedy joined the Jesuits on August 8, 1951. At the end of a long spiritual ...

* John Daido Loori * Peter Muryo Matthiessen * Wendy Egyoku Nakao *

Pat Enkyo O'Hara Enkyō Pat O'Hara is a Soto priest and teacher in the Harada-Yasutani lineage of Zen Buddhism. Biography Growing up as a young white girl in Tijuana, Mexico while attending Catholic School in the United States, O’Hara was far too familiar with r ...

* John Tesshin Sanderson *

(Past President) * Michael Mugaku Zimmerman

Notable centers

Lost Coin Zen Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland *Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have been ...

* 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 * 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 ** Sweetwater ...

* 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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