Chung Tai Shan

Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Portal

History Timeline · Councils Gautama Buddha Later Buddhists

Dharma or concepts Four Noble Truths Five Aggregates Impermanence Suffering · Non-self Dependent Origination Middle Way · Emptiness Karma · Rebirth Samsara · Cosmology

Practices Three Jewels Noble Eightfold Path Morality · Perfections Meditation · Mindfulness Wisdom · Compassion Aids to Enlightenment Monasticism · Laity

Nirvāṇa Four Stages · Arahant Buddha · Bodhisattva

Traditions · Canons Theravāda · Pali Mahāyāna · Chinese Vajrayāna · Tibetan

v · d · e

Chung Tai Chan (Chinese: 中台山; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-tai-san) is a Taiwan-based Buddhist monastic order founded by the Venerable Master Wei Chueh in 1987. The headquarters monastery itself, Chung Tai Chan Monastery (or Chung Tai Buddhist Temple, 中台禪寺), completed in September 2001 in Puli, Nantou County, is the tallest and one of largest temple and monastery in Taiwan and the world, which height is 136 metres (446 ft).^[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 is situated in Puli in Central Taiwan.

The temple follows traditional Chinese Ch'an, emphasizing on teachings based on sudden enlightenment and gradual cultivation. Chung Tai Chan Monastery now has established more than 90 meditation centers and branches in Taiwan and abroad, including seven branches in the United States: two in Northern California--Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale in Silicon Valley and Buddha Gate Monastery in Lafayette in the East Bay, one in Southern California—Middle Land Chan Monastery in Pomona, two in the state of Texas-- Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston and Chung Tai International Retreat Center, one in the state of Oklahoma—Buddha Mind Monastery in Oklahoma City, one in the state of Washington—Buddha Jewel Monastery in Seattle, and one in the state of Georgia—Dharma Jewel Monastery in Atlanta; as well as branches in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, and Thailand.

See also

• Zen

References

1. ^ "SkyscraperPage - Chung-Tai Buddhist Temple". http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=2945. 

External links

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