About Maezumi Roshi

Taizan Maezumi Roshi was a pivotal figure in the transmission of Zen Buddhism to the West. Ordained as a Zen monk at age 11, he moved to the United States from Japan in 1956. Maezumi Roshi was founder and abbot of the Zen Center of Los Angeles, and founded five other Soto Zen temples in the United States and Europe. He transmitted the dharma to twelve successors and established the White Plum Asanga to carry on his lineage.

What Are We Ignoring About Breathing?

by Maezumi Roshi| April 16, 2017

Like each breath, your life constantly appears and disappears. The late Taizan Maezumi Roshi teaches how to do the profound practice of breathing.

Listen, Think, Practice and Realize Your Life As Peace

by Maezumi Roshi| March 1, 2004

wheel of dharma

The wheel of dharma. Photo by saamiblog.

This teaching by Maezumi Roshi on practicing the dharma was first given in Los Angeles in 1994.

Appreciate Your Life

by Maezumi Roshi| May 1, 2001

The pitfall is always within yourself. This very body and mind is the Way. You are complete to begin with. There is no gap, but you think there is.