Chung Tai Shan Explained

Chung Tai Shan is a Taiwan-based international Chan Buddhist monastic order founded by Wei Chueh in 1987. The monastery headquarters, Chung Tai Chan Monastery (or Chung Tai Chan Buddhist Temple, 中台禪寺), completed in September 2001, is located in Puli, Nantou County, in central Taiwan. It is the tallest and one of the largest monasteries in both Taiwan and the world, having a height of 136m (446feet).^[1] Widely admired as an architectural masterpiece because of the mountain monastery's more modern look, the temple is second only to Fo Guang Shan's monastery in physical size and in the number of ordained disciples.

The temple follows traditional Chinese Chan teaching, emphasizing sudden enlightenment and gradual cultivation.

Branches

Chung Tai Chan Monastery has established more than 90 meditation centers and branches in Taiwan and abroad, including branches in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, and Thailand.

United States

• Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale, CA http://www.ctzen.org/sunnyvale/
• Buddha Gate Monastery in Lafayette in the East Bay, CA http://www.buddhagate.org/
• Middle Land Chan Monastery in Pomona, CA http://www.ctzen.org/middleland/
• Great Dharma Chan Monastery in Boulder, CO https://www.greatdharmachanmonastery.org
• Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston, TX http://cthouston.org/jen
• Chung Tai International Retreat Center in Shepherd, TX http://ctcmusa.org/jen
• Buddha Mind Monastery in Oklahoma City, OK http://www.ctbuddhamind.org/
• Buddha Jewel Monastery in Seattle, WA https://web.archive.org/web/20100819110435/http://www.ctzen.org/BuddhaJewel/
• Dharma Jewel Monastery in Atlanta, GA http://dharmajewel.us/

Europe

• Hua Yi Si (Monastero Hua Yi) in Rome, Italy http://www.ctworld.org.tw/108/huayisi/index.htm

Asia

• Pudong Chan Monastery in Osaka, Japan http://www.jpzen.org/pdjp/
• Ocean Sky Chan Monastery in the Manila, Philippines http://www.ctworld.org/108/oceansky/index.htm
• PuGuang Meditation Center in Hong Kong http://www.ctworld.org/108/puguang3/index.htm
• Great Buddha Monastery in Bangkok, Thailand http://www.ctworld.org/108/GreatBuddha/index.htm

Australia

• Bao Lin Chan Monastery in Melbourne, VIC https://chungtai.org.au/en/

See also

• Buddhism in Taiwan
• Four Great Mountains (Taiwan)
• Four Heavenly Kings (Taiwan)
• Chinese Buddhism
• Chan Buddhism

External links

• Chung Tai Chan Monastery official site
• U.S. & other overseas branches of Chung Tai Chan Monastery official sites

Notes and References

1. Web site: SkyscraperPage - Chung-Tai Buddhist Temple .