Hakuyū Taizan Maezumi (前角 博雄 Maezumi Hakuyū, February 24, 1931 – May 15, 1995) [1] was a Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist priest who substantially contributed to development of Zen in the USA. In 1956 he was sent to the United States to serve as a priest for a Japanese-American congregation in Los Angeles.

Founding teacher of Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center and the Zen Center of Los Angeles, Hakuyu Koun Taizan Maezumi Roshi was one of the most significant Zen practitioners of the twentieth century. During the last thirty-five years of his life, spent in the United States, he taught countless Westerners the subtle art of Zen meditation and practice.

前角 (大山) 博雄 Maezumi (Taizan) Hakuyū (1931-1995) Dharma name: 佛心大山 Busshin Taizan Maezumi Roshi, a seminal influence on the growth of Zen Buddhism in the United States, was ordained as a Soto Zen monk at the age of eleven.

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.

The Venerable Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi, Abbot of the Zen Center of Los Angeles and of Zen Mountain Center, and founder of the White Plum Sangha, died suddenly on May 15 while visiting Japan. A seminal influence in the growth of Zen Buddhism in the West, Maezumi Roshi was sixty-four at the time of his death.

Taizan Maezumi Roshi (1931–1995) was a seminal figure in the transmission of Zen Buddhism to the West. He was founding abbot of the Zen Center of Los Angeles (ZCLA) from 1967 to 1995 and of Zen Mountain Center from 1978 to 1995. He and his successors also founded Zen centers throughout the United States, Europe, and Mexico.

The Venerable Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi, a seminal influence on the growth of Zen Buddhism in the United States, was ordained as a Soto Zen monk at the age of eleven. He received degrees in Oriental Literature and Philosophy from Komazawa University and trained at Sojiji, one of the two main Soto monasteries in Japan.

Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi, Roshi (1931-1995) established the White Plum Asanga in the late 1970s, opening up a unique tradition of Buddhist practice to a worldwide movement. Maezumi Roshi received Dharma transmission from Baian Hakujun in the Soto lineage.

Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi (1931–1995) was the founder of Zen Center of Los Angeles and one of the seminal fi gures in the history of American Zen Buddhism.

The Venerable Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi, a seminal influence on the growth of Zen Buddhism in the United States, was ordained as a Soto Zen monk at the age of eleven. He received degrees in Oriental Literature and Philosophy from Komazawa University and studied at Sojiji, one of the two main Soto monasteries in Japan.