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Chan Meditation Roadmap
Master Sheng Yen's Teaching on Chan Methods “I took a different approach to teaching Chan in the West, adapting it to the lives of my followers, laypeople who could only stay in retreat for a few days. […] My approach is different from the approach used in China's Chan Halls. In Chinese Chan, there is no exercise other than periods of fast walking to break up longer periods of still, silent sitting meditation. I have combined in my teaching this Chinese technique of fast walking with the Theravada practice of slow walking. I also use yoga from India and Taiji and massage from China in my teaching. Westerners seem to like and respond well to this variety and the mix of stillness and motion.”– from <Footprints in the Snow by Chan Master Sheng Yen>
Practice during the Pandemic
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✨Check out our MP3 learning recources: Follow the Buddha in Study and Buddhadharma in Daily Life! You can also find them on Soundcloud.
✨2021 Buddhist Commemorative Days are here!
Great Dharma Drum
"His mild expression and spare figure reflect an untroubled character. His amusing and cordial talks make audiences feel wholly accepted and understood. His unconventional insights bring clarity, like a ray of light penetrating the darkness."
Great Dharma Drum presents Master Sheng Yen's talks on Buddha-dharma and various issues. To watch more, please visit here.
Great Dharma Drum presents Master Sheng Yen's talks on Buddha-dharma and various issues. To watch more, please visit here.
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Dharma Drum Retreat Center
- New York
- 184.Quannacut Rd. Pine Bush. NY. 12566.
- E-Mail:ddrc@dharmadrumretreat.org
- TEL:(845) 744-8114
Chan Meditation Center
- New York
- 90-56 Corona Avenue. Elmhurst, NY 11373
- E-Mail:chancenter@gmail.com
- TEL:(718) 592-6593
Chicago Chapter
- Illinois
- 1234 N. River Road, Mt. Prospect, IL 60056
- E-Mail:ddmbachicago@gmail.com
- TEL:(847)-255-5483
- Contact:Shiou Loh
Tallahassee Chapter
- Florida
- 1310 North Paul Russell Rd Tallahassee, FL 32301
- E-Mail:tallahassee.chan@gmail.com
- TEL:850-274-3996
- Contact:Frances Berry
Dharma Drum Mountain (Ontario) Buddhist Association
- Toronto
- 1025 McNicoll Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M1W 3W6
- E-Mail:ddmba.toronto@gmail.com
- TEL:1-416-855-0531
- Contact:Meili Chen
Los Angeles Center
- California
- 4530 N. Peck Rd. El Monte, CA 91732
- E-Mail:ddmbala@gmail.com
- TEL:(626) 350-4388
- Contact:Ashley Chiang
Dharma Drum Vancouver Center
- Vancouver
- 8240 No.5 Road Richmond, BC Canada V6Y 2V4
- E-Mail:info@ddmba.ca
- TEL:604-277-1357
DDM San Francisco Bay Area Center
- California
- 255 H. Street, Fremont, CA 94536
- E-Mail:info@ddmbasf.org
- TEL:(510) 246-8264
- Contact:Kyle Shih
Dharma Drum Mountain Massachusetts Buddhist Association
- Massachusetts
- 319 Lowell Street, Lexington, MA 02420
- TEL:(781) 863-1936
- Contact:Jinghua Zhou
Washington Chapter
- Washington
- 14130 NE 21st St., Bellevue, WA 98007 USA
- E-Mail:ddmba.seattle@gmail.com
- TEL:(425)957-4597
- Contact:Gary Lin
Fairfield County Branch
- Connecticut
- 93 Cherry Street, New Canaan, CT 06840
- E-Mail:contekalice@aol.com
- TEL:203-912-0734
- Contact:Alice Peng
Edison Chapter
- New Jersey
- 789 Jersey Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901
- E-Mail:enews@ddmba-nj.org
- TEL:(732)249-1898
- Contact:Jia-Shu Kuo
State College Branch
- Pennsylvania
- 134 Gala Drive, State College, PA 16801
- E-Mail:ddmbapa@gmail.com
- TEL:(814) 867-9253
- Contact:Kun-Chang Yu
Dallas Branch
- Texas
- 2150 East Pioneer Pkwy #104 Arlington, TX 76010
- E-Mail:ddmba_patty@yahoo.com
- TEL:682-552-0519
- Contact:Patty Chen
Burlington Branch
- Vermont
- 16 Bower Street, S.Burlington, VT 05403
- E-Mail:juichulee@yahoo.com
- TEL:(802) 658-3413
- Contact:Jui-Chu Lee
Boston Branch
- Massachusetts
- E-Mail:ddm.boston@gmail.com
- TEL:(978)-394-1391
- Contact:Jinghua Zhou
Lansing Branch
- Michigan
- 1431 Stanlake Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823
- E-Mail:lkong2006@gmail.com
- TEL:(517) 332-0003
- Contact:Li-Hau Kong
Washington Branch, D.C.
- Washington, D.C.
- 5909 Cherrywood Lane, Apt#202, Greenbelt, MD 20770
- E-Mail:chan@ddmbadc.org
- TEL:240-424-5486
- Contact:Jack Chang
Hartford Branch
- Connecticut
- 113 Bradford Walk, Farmington, CT 06032
- E-Mail:cmchartfordct@gmail.com
- TEL:860-805-3588
- Contact:Lingyun Wang
Atlanta Branch
- Georgia
- 2351 Button Gwinnett Drive, Suite#300, Doraville, Ga. 30340
- E-Mail:Schen@eleganthf.net
- TEL:678-809-5392
- Contact:Sophia Chen
Orlando Branch
- Florida
- E-Mail:achang1117@gmail.com
- TEL:(321)917-6923
- Contact:Anchi Chang
Miami
- Florida
- 950 S.W. 189th Ave., Pembroke Pines, FL 33029
- E-Mail:ddmbaus@yahoo.com
- TEL:(954) 432-8683
- Contact:May Lee
Gainsville Contact Point
- Florida
- 3102 N. W. 57th Terr., Gainsville, FL 32606
- E-Mail:LianFlorida@hotmail.com
- TEL:(352) 336-5301
- Contact:Lian Huey Chen
Cary
- North Carolina
- 304 Midenhall Way, Cary, NC 27513
- E-Mail:minganlee58@gmail.com
- TEL:(919)677-9030
- Contact:Ming An Lee
St. Louis Branch
- Missouri
- 7825 Olive Blvd University City, MO 63130
- E-Mail:acren@aol.com
- TEL:(636) 825-3889
- Contact:Tai-Ling Chin
Sacramento Branch
- California
- E-Mail:ddmbasacra@yahoo.com
- TEL:(916) 681-2416
- Contact:Janice Tsai
Houston Contact Point
- Texas
- 20719 RED BAY ROAD KATY, TX. 77449
- E-Mail:g9g9@msn.com
- TEL:(832)279-6786
- Contact:Yi-Ping Shao
Las Vegas
- Nevada
- 2527 Deora Way Henderson, NV 89052
- E-Mail:yhl2527@yahoo.com
- TEL:(702) 896-4108
- Contact:Mabel Lin
Salt Lake City
- Utah
- 6974 Twin Aspen Cove Salt Lake City, UT 84121
- E-Mail:Inge_Fan@hotmail.com
- TEL:(801) 947-9019
- Contact:Inge Fan
Chacala
- Nayarit
- E-Mail:info@mardejade.com
- TEL:(800)257-0532, (800)505-8005
- Contact:Dr. Laura del Valle
Chan Retreat Center Hartovski Vrh
- Croatia
- Hartje bb, 10455 Kostanjevac
- E-Mail:info@chan.hr
- Contact:Karmen Mihalinec, Director
Western Chan Fellowship
- England and Wales
- Office 7511, PO Box 6945, London, W1A 6US, UK (postal address)
- E-Mail:secretary@westernchanfellowship.org
- Contact:Jeremy Woodward, Secretary
London Chan Meditation
- London
- E-Mail:info@londonchanmeditaion.org
Chan Bern
- Bern
- Herrengasse 21, CH 3011 Bern, Schweiz
- E-Mail:hthalmann@gmx.net
- TEL:+41 (0)31 352 22 43
- Contact:Hildi Thalmann
Zurich
- Zurich
- E-Mail:maxkalin@chan.cn
- TEL:411 382 1676
- Contact:Max Kalin (Guo-yun)
Sweden
- Sweden
- Svenska Chan Sallskapet (The Swedish Chan Society)
- TEL:46-8-716-9295
- Contact:Tomasz Holuj (Chairman)
Chan Buddhist Union
- Warsaw
- Zwiazek Buddystow Czan(Zalesie Górne)
- TEL:(48) 22-736-2252
- Contact:Pawel Rosciszewski
Luxembourg
- Luxemburg
- 15, Rue Jean Schaack L-2563 Bonnevoie G.D. DE Luxemburg
- E-Mail:ddm@chan.lu
- TEL:352-400080
- Contact:Li-chuan Lin
Dharma Drum Mountain World Center for Buddhist Education
- Taiwan
- No. 555, Fagu Rd., 7th Neighborhood, Sanjie Village, Jinshan District. New Taipei City, 20842 Taiwan, Republic of China (R.O.C.)
- E-Mail:webmaster@ddm.org.tw
- TEL:886-2-2498-7171
Nung Chan Monastery
- Taiwan
- 89, Lane 65, Daye Rd. Beitou. Taipei. 112 Taiwan.
- E-Mail:jktie@ddm.org.tw
- TEL:886-2-2893-3161
Dharma Drum Singapore
- Singapore
- 146B Paya Lebar Road#06-01 ACE Building, Singapore 409017
- E-Mail:ddrumsingapore@gmail.com
- TEL:65-6735-5900
- Contact:Gan SweeHwa Joe
Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Centre Malaysia, Selangor
- Malaysia
- No. 9, Jalan 51A/225A, Zon Perindustrian PJCT, Seksyen 51A, 46100 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
- E-Mail:admin@ddmmy.org
- TEL:(603) 74902298
DDM Thailand, Bangkok
- Bangkok
- 1471 Soi 31/1 Pattnakarn Rd. 10250 Bangkok, Thailand
- E-Mail:ddmbkk2005@gmail.com
- TEL:66-2-013565~2 / 66-2-81-7152225
- Contact:Porntip Chupinijsak
Yun Lai Monastery
- Taiwan
- No.186, Gongguan Road Beitou District, Taipei 112
- E-Mail:contact@ddm.org.tw
- TEL:886-2-2893-9966
DDM Hong Kong in Kowloon
- Hong Kong
- 2/F Block B, Alexandra Industrial Building, 23-27 Wing Hong Street, Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong
- E-Mail:info@ddmhk.org.hk
- TEL:852-2865-3110
- Contact:Chang Zhan Fashi, Director
DDM Hong Kong in Hong Kong Island
- Hong Kong
- E-Mail:info@ddmhk.org.hk
- Contact:Chang Zhan Fashi, Director
Anhe Branch Monastery
- Taiwan
- 10F, 29 Anhe Road, Sec.1. Taipei. 106 Taiwan
- E-Mail:ahbmie@ddm.org.tw
- TEL:886-2-2778-5007
Tiennan Monastery
- Taiwan
- No.168, Ln. 138, Sec. 2, Jieshou Rd., Sanxia Township, Taipei County, 237. Taiwan (R.O.C.)
- TEL:886-2-8676-2556
Zhaiming Monastery
- Taiwan
- No.153, Zhaiming St., Daxi Township, Taoyuan County 335, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
- E-Mail:L120280@ddm.org.tw
- TEL:886-3-380-1426/886-3-390-8575
Baoyun Monastery
- Taiwan
- No.37, Shizheng Rd., Xitun Dist., Taichung City 407, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
- E-Mail:taichung@ddmf.org.tw
- TEL:886-4-2255-0665
Tainan Branch Monastery
- Taiwan
- 14F., No.159, Sec. 3, Ximen Rd., North Dist., Tainan City 704, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
- E-Mail:tainan@ddmf.org.tw
- TEL:886-6-220-6329/886-6-2206339
Xinxing Monastery
- Taiwan
- No.36-38, Ln. 132, Gengsheng N. Rd., Taitung City, Taitung County 950, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
- E-Mail:taitung40@ddm.org.tw
- TEL:886-89-225-199
Zhaiming Branch Monastery
- Taiwan
- No.361, Sec. 1, Daye Rd., Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County 330, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
- E-Mail:jmbupubbox@ddmf.org.tw
- TEL:03-3151581
Yunji Monastery
- Taiwan
- No.218, Liuan St., Jiali Township, Tainan County. Zip Code: 722. Taiwan (R.O.C.)
- TEL:886-6-721-1295
Dehua Monastery
- Taiwan
- No.33,Yannian Lane, Qingxin Li, Puli Township, Nantou County, 545. Taiwan (R.O.C)
- E-Mail:an.n423025@msa.hinet.net
- TEL:886-49-242-3025/886-49-242-1695
Ziyun Monastery
- Taiwan
- No.52, Zhongxiao Rd., Niaosong Township, Kaohsiung County 833, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
- E-Mail:q1380@ddm.org.tw
- TEL:886-7-732-1380
DDM Melbourne
- Melbourne
- 42, Bridge Street, Bulleen, VIC 3105, AUSTRALIA
- E-Mail:contact@ddmmelbourne.org.au
- TEL:61-4-7069-0911
- Contact:Tess Hu
DDM Sydney - City Centre
- Sydney
- Room 605, Level 6, 99 York Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
- E-Mail:info@ddmf.org.au
- TEL:61-2-8056 1773
DDM Sydney- Hornsby Centre
- Sydney
- Unit 2,67 Jersey Street, Hornsby NSW 2077
- TEL:61-2-8924-5451
- Contact:Agnes Chow
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{Dharma Talk} Master and Student
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Chan and Modern Life
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Abiding Nowhere, Give Rise to the Mind
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Chan in Daily Life motion picture series
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