Venerable Master Da Zhao, the founder of Anfu Monastery, is the 47th lineage heir of the Tiantai Sect in Chinese Buddhism. He is currently the director of the Buddhist Association of China, the vice president of the Zhejiang Buddhist Association, the vice president of the Wenzhou Buddhist College, and the chairman of the Wenzhou Buddhist Yongjia Chan Association, the abbot of Miaoguo Temple in Wenzhou City, the abbot of Anfu Temple in Wencheng County, the abbot of Yuanyin Temple in Jinan, Shandong, and the chairman of Zhejiang Anfu Lisheng Charity Foundation.

In 2001, Master Da Zhao obtained a master’s degree in Buddhist literature from the Buddhist Academy of China; in 2007, he received the teaching of the 47th lineage heir of Tiantai Buddhism by Elder Jueguang of Guanzong Temple in Hong Kong; In 2017, he initiated the establishment of the Zhejiang Anfu Lisheng Charity Foundation.

Over the years, he has been actively engaged in the study and promotion of Tiantai, Pure Land, and Chan Buddhism (especially Yongjia Chan), and has not stopped teaching Dharma. He is often invited to give lectures to major monasteries and groups at home and abroad.