Between Teachers and Disciples
Episode 1: Nung-Chan way of teaching: practicing Chan in farming
Master Sheng Yen continued Ven. Master Dong Chu’s aspiration to carry out Buddhist education by founding the Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Education in 1985. With the increasing amount of tasks in popular Buddhist education, Dharma propagation, and cultural undertaking, Nung Chan Monastery gradually became insufficient in space. In 1989, some 1,000 devotees gathered together to chant the Great Compassion Dharani, praying for finding the land. Soon the land was acquired, for the construction of the future Dharma Drum Mountain World Center for Buddhist Education. From Nung Chan Monastery to Dharma Drum Mountain, more and more disciples were joining the Master’s effort to help people explore their inner mountain of treasure, continuing to create stories between the teacher and disciples.
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Episode 3: Demanding days and earnest years
Master Sheng Yen, who was forced to drop school at age 13, had been self-taught most of the time, and eventually obtained a PhD in Japan. Realizing the importance of education and constantly lear...
Episode 10: Finding Land for the Dharma
Master Sheng Yen said, “Nung Chan Monastery is the origin of Dharma Drum Mountain. Without the Monastery, Dharma Drum Mountain would not exist.” This Between the Teacher and Disciple ...
Episode 9: The Way to Compassion
In 1978, as Venerable Master Dong Chu passed away, Master Sheng Yen returned to Taiwan from America to take charge of Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Culture and Nung Chan Monastery. Many college...