White Plum Asanga

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

White Plum Asanga, sometimes termed White Plum Sangha, is a Zen school in the Harada-Yasutani lineage, created by the late Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi. It consists of Maezumi's Dharma heirs and subsequent successors and students. A diverse organization spread across the United States, the White Plum Asanga "...includes 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." Conceived of informally in 1979 by Maezumi and Tetsugen Bernard Glassman, the White Plum Asanga was named after Maezumi's father Baian Hakujun Daiosho 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 was elected President of White Plum.

Notable members

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

Notable centers

• Still Mind Zendo
• 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
• Heart Circle Sangha

See also

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

References

• Maezumi, Taizan; Glassman, Bernard (2002). On Zen Practice: Body, Breath, Mind. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 086171315X. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49822921&referer=brief_results. 
• Prebish, Charles S.; Baumann, Martin (2002). Westward Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Asia. University of California Press. ISBN 0520226259. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48871649&referer=one_hit. 
• Prebish, Charles S (1999). Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America. University of California Press. ISBN 0520216970. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39299808&referer=brief_results. 
• Tucker, Mary Evelyn (1997). Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0945454139. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=0945454139&=Search&qt=results_page. 

External links

• White Plum website