William Nyogen Yeo

William Nyogen Yeo
Religion	Zen
School	Sōtō and Rinzai
Lineage	White Plum Asanga
Personal
Nationality	American
Born	United States
Senior posting
Title	Roshi
Predecessor	Taizan Maezumi
Religious career
Website	Hazy Moon Zen Center

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William Nyogen Yeo is spiritual director of Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles, California, one of the twelve Dharma Successors of the late Taizan Maezumi. He is a member of the American Zen Teachers Association.^[1]^[2]

Notes

↑ Smith, 215
↑ Prebish, 98

References

Prebish, Charles S. (1999). Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21697-0.
Smith, Huston; Philip Novak (2004). Buddhism: A Concise Introduction. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-073067-6.

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