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 2: Learning to be a farmer
In its early days, Nung Chan Monastery was right next to an immense bamboo grove without any wall to separate it from the outside. In order to facilitate devotees to more concentrate on their pra...
Episode 5: Broadly sowing the fields of merit
With the establishment of its Amitabha Chanting Group in 1982, Nung Chan Monastery again attracted more practitioners, including volunteers who helped manage general affairs, set up children'...
Episode 8: Constant Learning
After Master Sheng Yen took charge of Nung Chan Monastery, his monastic and lay disciples gradually increased in number and the original farmhouse became too small, so the Monastery began its exp...