Global Buddhist Village Symposium in Taiwan Examines the Dharma in a Time of Radical Change
Forum explores practicing and developing…
Forum explores practicing and developing…
The farming tradition has a long history at many…
Chan cultural heritage seen challenged by rapid…
An interview with Ven. Ming Hai, vice-president of the Buddhist Association of China and abbot of Bai Lin Temple
Years ago, during a fundraising gala for the Chan Meditation Center, I met Master Sheng Yen’s first Western monastic disciple, Paul Kennedy, and we invited
The first challenge I encountered during the first year of my monastic training as a postulant was overcoming the discomfort from the clothes we wore.
Many people have a romantic notion of what it must be like to be a Dharma heir. It reminds me of a Chan story about
Crossroads, challenges, and dilemmas in the practice of…
I was introduced to the Chan Meditation Center in New York in 1997, when I came to work as a volunteer for almost a month.
The first instalment of our brand new column Chan in…
Master Dejian is the 18th generation master of the Yonghuatang* of Shaolin Temple, a successor of what is known as Shaolin Chanwuyi, and the abbot of
It is often said in Chan literature that there are 84,000 doors to the practice and 84,000 obstructions. The door that resonates with my practice