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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 Dist., New Taipei City, 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
Dharma Discussion
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Characteristics of a True Buddhist Lay Practitioner
Q: What are upasakas and upasikas? Upasakas and upasikas refer to the male and female lay Buddhist devotees which, together, constitute the two groups of lay Buddhists. Upasaka is a Sanskrit tra...
Cultivation for Lay Buddhist Practitioners
As lay practitioners, how do we go about engaging in Buddhist practices? In modern society, we never seem to have enough time, so how do we better manage our time to engage in practice? Throu...
Dharma Instruments Used in Meditation Retreats
Speaking is prohibited throughout the entire course of meditation. In addition, Dharma instruments are used to signal the timetable, instructions and change of activities. When explaining the rules...
A Guide to Meditation Practice
How do we arrange a meditation practice activity suitable for ourselves? The DDM Meditation Center has designed a series of meditation practice activities, ranging from a few hours to several days ...
What are the Regulations in the Meditation Hall?
Reasons Behind the Rules in the Meditation Hall: While attending a seven-day Chan retreat in the meditation hall, we are expected to lead a vastly different lifestyle. What regulations are to be f...
Five Basic Trainings for Meditation Practice
Regulating our Diet, Sleep, Body, Breath, and Mind Before starting our meditation practice, we first need to adjust and relax our body, to make sure our mind is sufficiently calm before adopting...
Q&A for Meditation Beginners
What are the rules to follow when practicing in the meditation hall? Should we keep silent all the time? Is it difficult to adapt to communal practice? Ven. Chang Cheng, experienced in guiding Chan...
The Buddha’s Statue
Where is the Buddha? Buddhists often say that the Buddha is in our mind, and the Buddha is everywhere. If this is the case, then why should there be images or statues of the Buddha fo...
Buddhist Mala
The Buddhist Mala is one of the most common tools for Buddhist practice. It is used for counting the times of Buddha’s name recitation or mantra chanting. According to Supplement to the Biogr...
Incense and Incense Burner
“Burning incense” is considered an extraordinary and sacred offering made to the Buddha. Making this offering represents one of the rituals to show the reverence and devotion of the Bud...
Lit Lamp
A lit candle or lamp is one of the six common offerings people make to the Buddha, besides water, perfume, flowers, food, and burning incense. These six common material offerings symbolize the Six ...
Buddhist Sutras and Scriptures
Many Buddhists recite the Heart Sutra, the Great Compassion Dharani, and the 'Chapter on the Universal Gate of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva' in the Lotus Sutra, when they encounter difficulti...
Dharma Quote
How much power can a single word have? How can a few simple words move one's heart and give people unwavering courage? We often hear the word "motto". When we were young, our...
Dharma Assembly Attendee Etiquette
Those who are new to learning the Dharma are encouraged to attend group practice in temples, to ensure that they are practicing in the right direction, using the right methods. Learning with other ...
The Contents of Dharma Services
Understanding the contents of a Dharma service and its meaning helps practitioners concentrate on the practice when attending the assembly. Contemporary Dharma services focus on reciting sutras and...
What Should We Bring to a Dharma Assembly?
To attend a Dharma assembly, we need to bring a Buddhist cassock, a tumbler, reusable foodware, and some personal belongings (wallet, train ticket, keys, clothes for warmth, etc.). Yet, remember th...
Attending Dharma Assemblies: Prepare Well, Avoid Hasty Effort
Does attending Dharma assemblies alone qualify as engaged practice? If we don't practice regularly before attending a Dharma assembly, we may find sutra chanting boring because we don't und...
A Brief Introduction to the Development of the Dharma Assembly
The Dharma assembly refers to the various kinds of gathering events, which can include Dharma talks, offerings to the Buddha, offerings to monastics, and providing alms. The primary essence of the ...
Ten Most Commonly Seen Dharma Assemblies in Chinese Buddhism
The following sections describe the origins and main features of the ten most attended Dharma assemblies in Chinese Buddhism. Guanyin Dharma Assembly In devotion to Guanyin Bodhisattv...
Into the Venue of a Dharma Assembly
As the Buddha's statue1 symbolizes the Buddha's presence in a Dharma assembly, we pay our respect to the Buddha by bowing to the statue or join our palms with the upper body bending when ...
The Arising of Conditioned Appearance from the True Mind (I)
by Venerable Guo Xing This is the first in a series of articles taken from Dharma talks given by Ven. Guo Xing at the Shurangama Sutra Retreat in August 2012. The talks focus on the first ...
Pilgrimage
To go on a pilgrimage is to visit, and pay homage to, sacred sites or holy relics of Buddhas or Bodhisattvas. This practice method takes after ancient masters' journeys to seek Dharma or worshi...
Enjoy One Step at a Time
Living in today's fast-paced society, we hurry to work or to meetings every day. We are always on the move to arrive somewhere. Though our legs are moving, we are not aware of it; we do not foc...
Being Mindful of Where We Are: The Practice of Walking Meditation in Daily Life
When using the method of walking meditation, we neither intentionally speed up nor slow down. Instead, we walk at the same speed as we normally would, while trying to be aware of the movements with...
Slow Walking Meditation
Practitioners normally perform walking meditation between sitting sessions during a retreat, in limited-sized spaces. Alternating practicing sitting and walking meditation helps us harmonize the bo...
Fast Walking Meditation
Fast walking meditation, also known as pao-xiang (跑香) in Chinese, is a practice method unique to the Chinese Chan tradition, which is not taught in other traditions such as Theravada, Tibetan and...
Buddhist Circumambulation (Walking Meditation and Buddha Name Recitation)
Circumambulation, originating in early Buddhism, was the ritual of circling around the Buddha to express respect. After Buddhism was introduced to China, Buddhists continued the tradition of circum...
Practice Walking Meditation to Experience Chan in Motion
Can walking be a method of Buddhist practice? When one thinks of Buddhist practice, what often comes to mind is either sitting meditation or reciting the Buddha's name. In fact, Buddhist practi...
What Introductory Practices are Available for Working People?
It is better to conduct regular practices with fixed contents and duration. If we are too busy to set specific practice periods we can conduct our practice based on a fixed number of times, such as...
Carry out Daily Dharma Practice However Busy We Are
Living in modern society, we have been so busy paddling in the whirl and turmoil of busy daily life that over time we hardly notice our deeply ingrained self-centeredness. When we don't reach a...
Start Your Buddhist Cultivation with Regular Practice
To do regular practice is to set aside a fixed period each day to do the same practice, such as reciting a sutra, sitting in meditation, and prostrating to the Buddha. Regular practice help...
{Dharma Talk} Discover the True Mind
by Abbot Venerable Guo Xing From a talk given at the Chan Meditation Center on Februrary 13, 2011. Translated by Echo Bonner, transcribed by Lingyun Wang and edited by Buffe Maggie Laffey. ...
{Dharma Talk} How to Overcome Difficulties in Meditation
by Žarko Andričević Žarko Andričević is a martial arts and yoga teacher since the 1970s, Zarko first encountered Buddhism in 1975. Ten years later he started the first Buddhist study and m...
Chan and Modern Life
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The Second Thought Cannot Come into Contact with the First Thought
Chan in Daily Life Motion Picture Series Chan represents the concepts and methods to calm and settle our body and mind. It is especially suitable for people living in today's hectic and st...
Abiding Nowhere, Give Rise to the Mind
There are two lines from the Diamond Sutra on the wall at Nung Chan Monastery: "Abiding nowhere, give rise to mind." "Abiding nowhere" refers to the mind without...
Greedy, anger, and arrogance
Greedy people are usually unaware of their own greed. The same is true of people filled with anger, arrogance and pride. But sooner or later, practitioners will recognize that they...
Depend on yourself to open up your own road
Life is much the same as making and projecting a movie. Film moves at about ten images per second. When the movie is completed, it can be projected at the same speed that it was taken...