Sheng Yen (Chinese: 聖嚴; pinyin: Shèngyán; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sèng-giâm), born Zhang Baokang (Chinese: 張保康; pinyin: Zhāngbǎokāng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiuⁿ Pó-khong), (January 22, 1931 – …

Master Sheng Yen dedicated his life to sharing, writing about, and lecturing on Buddhist teachings. A prolific Buddhist author, he also left behind many correspondents and …

Chan Master Sheng Yen (1930–2009) was a widely respected Taiwanese Chan (Chinese Zen) master who taught extensively in the West during the last thirty-one years of his life. He had …

Buddhist Chan retreat center located in NY. We offer silent meditation retreats, from beginner to advanced methods such as silent illumination and huatou. Dharma Drum Lineage founded by …

Apr 26, 2024 · Master Sheng Yen: His Life and My Practice with Him. By Rebecca Li. Rebecca Li, PhD, is the founder and guiding teacher of Chan Dharma Community. She began practicing …

Sheng Yen’s teaching of modern Chan is inextricably linked to his Republican period predecessors, but it also evolved from his response to his personal experience teaching his …

Through his innovative teachings, Master Sheng Yen became one of the best known modern Chan masters in the twentieth century, reviving the practice of Silent Illumination (mozhao) …

Sheng Yen was the fifty-second generation descendant of co-founder Master Dongshan (807-869). He was also a Dharma heir of Venerable Master Lingyuan in the Linji lineage and was …

Dec 29, 2016 · From his arrival in the United States in 1975 until his passing in Taiwan, Master Sheng Yen (Shifu to his students) tirelessly promoted the Dharma in the East and the West. In …

To raise the status of Buddhism and the quality of monasticism in Taiwan, at the age of forty, Master Sheng Yen resolutely went to Japan to study at Rissho University in 1969.