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