About AZBS

The Arizona Zen Buddhist Society was founded by Yin De (Randy Nowell) in August of 2003.

Yin De was ordained in 2001. He is a seventy-second generation disciple of Bodhidharma, the First patriarch of Ch'an, and a sixty-seventh generation disciple of Hui-Neng, the Sixth Patriarch. Within the Lin Ji lineage, Yin De is a sixty-second generation disciple of Master Lin Ji (Rinzai), and a second generation disciple of Master Hsu-Yun (1840-1959). He has been authorized to teach the Dharma in this lineage.

Mailing Address:
Arizona Zen Buddhist Society
c/o Randy Nowell
12334 W Lewis Ave
Avondale, AZ 85323