Chung Tai Shan


Chung Tai Shan is a Taiwan-based international Chan Buddhist monastic order founded by Wei Chueh in 1987. The monastery headquarters, Chan Monastery">Chan Buddhism">Chan Monastery, completed in September 2001, is located in Puli, Nantou County, in central Taiwan. It is the tallest and one of the largest monasteries in both Taiwan and the world, having a height of. Widely admired as an architectural masterpiece because of the mountain monastery's more modern look, the temple is second only to Fo Guang Shan's monastery in physical size and in the number of ordained disciples.
The temple follows traditional Chinese Chan teaching, emphasizing sudden enlightenment and gradual cultivation.

Branches

Chung Tai Chan Monastery has established more than 90 meditation centers and branches in Taiwan and abroad, including branches in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, and Thailand.

United States

Nine Branches of Chung Tai Shan are in the United States

Europe

Asia

Australia