White Plum Asanga
White Plum Asanga, sometimes termed White Plum Sangha, is a loose "organization of peers whose members are leaders of Zen Communities in the lineage of Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi," created by Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi and Tetsugen Bernard Glassman. It consists of Maezumi's Dharma heirs and successors.
Characterization
A diverse organization spread across the United States and with a small presence in Europe, the White Plum AsangaConceived 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 served as elected President of White Plum, until 2013 when became the president.
Notable members
- 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
- Gerry Shishin Wick
- Michael Mugaku Zimmerman
- Diane Musho Hamilton