White Plum Asanga

The White Plum Asanga is an organization of Zen teachers in the lineage of Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi, informally created by Maezumi and Tetsugen Bernard Glassman in 1979 and formally incorporated as a nonprofit in 1995, after Maezumi's death. It takes its name from Japanese elements of Maezumi's father's name and serves as an affinity association rather than a certifying body, with individual dharma-successor teachers rather than Zen centers holding membership; as of 2026 it reported 261 members across the United States and Europe, representing varied approaches within the lineage including socially engaged Buddhism, family practice and progressive traditionalism. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/