White Plum Asanga
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Template:Zen Buddhism Template:Western Buddhism White Plum Asanga, sometimes termed White Plum Sangha, is a loose (hence asangha) "organization of peers whose members are leaders of Zen Communities in the lineage of Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi,"[1] created by Hakuyu Taizan MaezumiTemplate:Sfnp and Tetsugen Bernard Glassman. It consists of Maezumi's Dharma heirs and subsequent successors.Template:Sfnp
Characterization
A diverse organization spread across the United States and with a small presence in Europe, the White Plum Asanga Template:Quote 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.[2] Following Merzel's term, in May 2007, Gerry Shishin Wick served as elected President of White Plum, until 2013 when Anne Seisen Saunders became the current president.[3]
Notable members
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- Jan Chozen Bays[4]
- 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
- Diane Musho Hamilton
Notable centers
- Lost Coin Zen
- 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
- Sweetwater Zen Center
- Zen River Temple, is an international Buddhist training centre in The Netherlands (Europe)
- Brevard Zen Center
- New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care
- Soji Zen Center
- Zen Life & Meditation Center
- Great Plains Zen Center
- Two Arrows Zen
See also
References
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- ↑ White Plum Asanga website
- ↑ Luminous Passage, 282
- ↑ "Roshi Anne Seisen Saunders voted in as the new President of the White Plum Asanga". Zen Peacemaker Order. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
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Sources
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