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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Born near Shanghai in mainland China, he became a Buddhist monk at the age of 13. In order to escape religious persecution from the People''s Republic of China, he went to Taiwan in 1949 by enlisting in a unit of the Nationalist Army out of necessity.He became a monk again in 1959 and from 1961 to 1968 he trained in solitary retreat in southern Taiwan. He then completed a master''s degree (1971) and doctorate (1975) in Buddhist literature at Rissho University in…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Born near Shanghai in mainland China, he became a Buddhist monk at the age of 13. In order to escape religious persecution from the People''s Republic of China, he went to Taiwan in 1949 by enlisting in a unit of the Nationalist Army out of necessity.He became a monk again in 1959 and from 1961 to 1968 he trained in solitary retreat in southern Taiwan. He then completed a master''s degree (1971) and doctorate (1975) in Buddhist literature at Rissho University in Japan.He became abbot of Nong Chan Monastery in Taiwan in 1979 and founder of the Institute of Chung-Hwa Buddhist Culture in New York City in 1980. In 1985, he founded the Institute of Chung-Hwa Buddhist Studies in Taipei and the International Cultural and Educational Foundation of Dharma Drum Mountain in 1989. He taught in the United States starting in 1975, and established Chan Meditation Center in Queens, New York, and its retreat center outside New York. He established Dharma Drum Retreat Center at Pine Bush, New York in 1995.