Monastics

Venerable Guo-xing is the current Abbot of ChanMeditation Center and Dharma Drum Retreat Center.

Venerable was ordained under Chan Master Shen Yen in 1986 and assisted the Master between 1987 and 2007 in leading meditation retreats in Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and the United States, totaling more than 50 retreats, including the first 49 day retreat at DDRC in 2000.

Venerable previously served for 8 years as a counselor for DDM’s Chan Meditation Group at Nong Chan Monastery, the guiding instructor for DDM Sangha University Chan practice curriculum for 6 years, Director of DDM’s Chan Practice Center, Director of the Chan Hall, and as the supervisor of the Department of Transmitting the Lamp for 2 years. Venerable translated Master Sheng Yen’s book, “The Infinite Mirror.” Venerable is one of Chan Master Sheng Yen’s Dharma heirs.

Venerable speaks Taiwanese, Mandarin, and English.

This is Venerable’s second term as a resident monastic at Chan Meditation Center (CMC). Venerable Guo-sheng graduated with an MBA from the University of Detroit in 1980. Venerable became a Buddhist in 1987 and served as a volunteer at CMC for 11 years. In 1998, Venerable entered Nung Chan Monastery in Taipei as a novice and received full ordination in 2000.

After 3 years monastic training, Venerable returned to CMC and served as Director and Treasurer from 2001 to 2004. From 2004 to 2011, Venerable served as Resident Master and a Counselor for the female students of Sangha University at DDM World Center for Buddhist Education.

Venerable speaks Mandarin and English.

A native of Taiwan, Venerable Chang-di completed monastic education from the Dharma Drum Sangha University and received full ordination in 2005. Venerable served as Director of Academic Affairs at Dharma Drum Sangha University and Director of Laity Education Department of Public Buddhist Education Center. Venerable teaches dharma and meditation classes, and life education courses.

Venerable Chang-di holds a Ph.D. in Physiology from National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan.

Venerable is fluent in Mandarin, Taiwanese, and speaks English.

Venerable Chang-lv began studying Buddhism in 1993, and has graduated from University of Tasmania, Australia in 1997 with her Bachelors Degree in Environmental Design and has also received her Bachelors Degree in Architecture from Malaya University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2000.

She has studied in Sangha University, Dharma Drum Mountain, Taiwan from 2003 to 2007. Venerable Chang-lv was ordained under Master Sheng Yen in 2004; she received her Full Precepts in 2006. She was assigned to General Affairs and Liturgy Departments at Nung Chan Monastery, Taiwan from 2007 to 2009. She is presently a resident monastic at Chan Meditation Center, NY.

She speaks Mandarin, English, Malay and Cantonese and Taiwanese dialects.