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