Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi
| Hakuyū Taizan Maezumi 前角 博雄 |
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| School |
Sōtō Rinzai |
| Lineage | Baian Hakujun Dai-osho |
| Education | Komazawa University |
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| Born |
February 24, 1931 Otawara, , Japan |
| Died | May 15, 1995 (aged 64) Tokyo, Japan |
| Spouse | Martha Ekyo Maezumi |
| Children |
Kyrie Maezumi Yuri Jundo Shira Yoshimi |
| Senior posting | |
| Title | Rōshi |
| Predecessor | Baian Hakujun Kuroda Koryū Osaka Hakuun Yasutani |
Hakuyū Taizan Maezumi (前角 博雄 Maezumi Hakuyū, February 24, 1931–May 15, 1995) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher and rōshi, and lineage holder in the Sōtō, Rinzai, and Sanbo Kyodan traditions of Zen. He combined the Rinzai use of kōans and the Sōtō emphasis on shikantaza in his teachings, influenced by his years studying under Hakuun Yasutani in Sanbo Kyodan. He founded or co-founded several institutions and practice centers, including the Zen Center of Los Angeles, White Plum Asanga, Yokoji Zen Mountain Center and the Zen Mountain Monastery.
Taizan Maezumi left behind twelve dharma successors, appointed sixty-eight priests and gave Buddhist precepts to more than five hundred practitioners. Along with Zen teachers like Shunryū Suzuki, Seungsahn, and Hsuan Hua, Maezumi greatly influenced the American Zen landscape. Several Dharma Successors of his—including Tetsugen Bernard Glassman, Dennis Merzel, John Daido Loori, Jan Chozen Bays, Gerry Shishin Wick, Joko Beck, and William Nyogen Yeo—have gone on to found Zen communities of their own.
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