White Plum Asanga

Vorlage:ZenBuddhism Vorlage:WesternBuddhism White Plum Asanga, sometimes termed White Plum Sangha, is a Zen school in the Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi lineage,^[1] created by the late 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, the White Plum Asanga Vorlage: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.^[4] Following Merzel's term, in May 2007, Gerry Shishin Wick was elected President of White Plum.

Notable members

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