DDM abbot ven. Guodong (果東方丈和尚, left) and DDBC president ven. Huimin (惠敏校長, right) handing over gradutation certificates
Members of the drumming clubs and their friends
Vegetarian food serviced during a retreat
Fitness Center (揚生館)
Outdoor walking meditation
Pond near the Monks’ living quarters (男寮)
Graduation day festivities
View of the Jinshan valley from the monastery complex
Drumming practice
Biking excursion along the coast
Night market (夜市) in Taipei
International Dīrgha-Āgama Research Group
Dharma Drum abbot at the school anniversary
Chan Hall (禪堂)
Dharma Drum Mountain
Reciting the Buddha’s name practice session organized for the benefit of the elderly in a nearby retirement home
A student meditating during a retreat at Tiannan Temple (天南寺)
Biking excursion along the coast (Jinshan valley) )
One-day retreat
Sanskrit
Classroom
Jinshan beach
Student and other members of the community getting ready for a performance
Presentation of meditation practices as part of club activity
Professor Zhuang Guobin
Student dormitory
Students arriving at Tiannan Temple (天南寺) for a retreat
Graduation day pictures
Library
Dharma Drum Mountain
Undergraduate class on the history of Indian Buddhism
First floor of the Library and Information Center (圖書資訊館)
Tea ceremony
A feast prepared for the end of school year reunion
Memoranda of understanding signed with over 15 international universities
Discussion between faculty and prof. Jon Kabat-Zinn
Native plants found on campus
Indor workout equipment
Biking excursion along the coast (Jinshan valley)
Participants to the 2008 CBETA Conference (電子佛典協會十週年會議)
Chinese canon collection (大藏經)
New Campus
Recitation of the Buddha’s name (念佛) activity put up for the benefit of elders of a nearby retirement house
Calligraphy course
Classroom
Dharma Drum Mountain
Wish Fulfilling Guanyin pond (祈願觀音池) at dusk
Morning exercise during a retreat
First floor of the Library and Information Center (圖書資訊館)
Lunch time during a retreat
Cleaning the beach
Master Sheng Yen meeting with his Holiness the Dalai Lama
Activity organized for the benefit of troubled youth at local care center
Ceremonial offering of food before lunch
Summer Sanskrit course
Tea ceremony
Typhoon day in Dharma Drum Mountain
Fitness Center (揚生館)
Guest speakers and DBBC faculty for the conference on science and meditation
Road up to Dharma Drum Mountain
President Huimin (惠敏校長) giving a speech after the end of a retreat
Chan hall (禪堂)
Watching an instruction DVD by master Sheng Yen during a one-day retreat
One-day retreat
Students for the intensive summer Japanese course
Mountain path for walking meditation at the Tiannan Temple (天南寺)
Inauguration of the new General Building (綜合大樓)
Student dormitory
Club organizers’ meeting
cleaning up the beach near the institute
Students on an excursion
Faculty members on graduation day
Ven. Guoyuan (果元法師) teachings Chan methods of meditation
7 days retreat
View of the Jinshan Valley
Main building
Jinshan valley
Students registering at the Tiannan temple (天南寺) before the start of a 7 days retreat
Bridge to the Fitness center and dormitory
Lecture by renowned archaeologist prof. Verardi
Taiwan’s North coast
Taipei Degui branch (德貴大樓)
Cleaning the beach
Outdoor meditation
Singing on Graduation day
Vegetarian food servicde during a retreat
Club excursion into the mountains
Workshop lead by prof. Jon Kabat-Zinn
Dharma Drum Mountain
Calligraphy course
Master Sheng Yen in early stage of DDM’s construction
Calligraphy being displayed during the club’s yearly exhibition
Undergraduate course on the history of Indian Buddhism
exterior view of the college’s conference hall at dusk
Mountain path for walking meditation at the Tiannan Temple (天南寺)
Main Buddha Hall (大雄寶殿) at dusk
Participants to the Tibetan and Chinese Buddhism exchange program
Corridor inside the Chan Hall (禪堂)
Dharma Drum Mountain
Abbot, president, faculty and students wearing the Bodhisattva gown (菩薩衣) on graduation day
end of school year reunion (校慶餐聚)
Cleaning the beach
Visit by Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw
Preparations for the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节)
Students wearing the traditional black Haiqing (海清) for a graduation ceremony
Prof. Verardi’s personal library donated to the institute’s library
Chinese canon collection (大藏經); Lotus sutra (法華經)
Inauguration of the Fitness Center (揚生館)
Students on an excursion
New general building (綜合大樓)
Students and instructors heading to the dining hall (齋堂) during a retreat at the Tiannan Temple (天南寺)
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course
Faculty and students
Map of Dharma Drum Mountain
Lotus bell (蓮花鐘) a few minute walk form the college
Chinese canon collection (大藏經)
Chinese painting club
Walking meditation (經行) during a retreat
Graduation day
Dharma Drum Mountain
Faculty and students after a hard day of cleaning the local beach
Students experiencing ‘Tea Chan’ (茶禪)
Dharma Drum Mountain
Prof. Richard Davidson speaking at a conference on science and meditation in the college’s conference hall
Chanting a Tibetan hymn
Indor workout equipment
Drumming club performance
Visitors to the Library and Information Center
Graduation day festivities: Luke singing ‘Les copains d’abord’
Undergraduate student from Vietnam taking in the view
Chinese painting class
Dharma Drum Mountain
Lotus Bell (蓮花鐘) in Dharma Drum Mountain
Main Buddha Hall (大雄寶殿) where morning and evening services take place
Chinese painting class
Visit by Ven. Heng Sure (恆實法師)
Outdoor walking meditation
Classroom
Buddhist Informatics’ team
Early picture of Master Sheng Yen with faculty and students
Ven. Guojing looking guiding participants to a one-day retreat
International Dīrgha-Āgama Research Group
Present dormitory of the left and future dormitory on th right
Indoor activity in the Fitness Center (揚生館)
Listening to a Dharma talk (開示) during a retreat
Students heading for the dining hall (齋堂) at the Tiannan Temple (天南寺) during a retreat
Chinese canon collections (大藏經)
Morning exercise during a retreat
Calligraphy club
