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Dharma Drum Mountain at Jinshan is a complex of monasteries and education centers. Aside from being the international headquarters of Dharma Drum Mountain, it also serves as the campus of Dharma Drum Sangha University (DDSU), [11] Dharma Drum Buddhist College (DDBC) [12] and Dharma Drum University (DDU). [13]
The precursors to Dharma Drum Mountain were Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Culture (CHIBC) and Nung Chan Monastery founded by Dongchu, a prominent Chan monk and disciple of modernist monk, Grand Master Taixu. [6] CHIBC was founded in 1956 and was primarily active in promoting Buddhist culture through publishing journals.
Sheng Yen was the founder of the Dharma Drum Mountain, a Buddhist organization based in Taiwan. During his time in Taiwan, Sheng Yen was well known as a progressive Buddhist teacher who sought to teach Buddhism in a modern and Western-influenced world.
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He founded Dharma Drum Mountain, located at Jinshan District, New Taipei City, Taiwan in 1989. Dharma Drum Mountain focuses on educating the public in Buddhism with the goal of improving the world and establishing a "Pure Land on Earth" through Buddhist education. [5] Born Chang Baokang near Shanghai in mainland China, he became a monk at the ...
1996: Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association is established by Sheng-yen; 1997: Dharma Drum Retreat Center is established in Pine Bush, New York by Sheng-yen and followers; 1996: Ji Bong receives Dharma transmission from Seung Sahn; 1997: Catholic priest Father Robert Kennedy receives inka from Bernard Glassman; 1997: Soyu Matsuoka dies
Its capacity became quite overwhelmed by the late 1980s and finally the organization decided to buy a declining temple and new plot of land in the mountainous area of Jinshan, Taipei in 1989 and build a new center known as the Dharma Drum Mountain (DDM), which would become the name for all of Sheng-yen's institutions. [6]
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