Dharma Drum Mountain - at Jinshan, New Taipei City

At Jinshan, New Taipei City

Dharma Drum Mountain at Jinshan is a complex of monasteries and education centers. Aside from being the international headquarters of Dharma Drum Mountain, it also serves as the campus of Dharma Drum Sangha University(DDSU), Dharma Drum Buddhist College(DDBC), and Dharma Drum University(DDU).

DDSU is specified for monastic training for monks both from Taiwan and various other countries. It had three fields of study: Basic Training, Buddhist Study, and Ch'an Study. DDBC is for both monastic and lay men. It opens graduate and post-graduate program for Buddhist Study and Buddhist informatics. DDU is currently under development. DDU, however, had opened registration for its first students with its preliminary office located at Beitou, Taipei, just 15 minutes drive from Nung Chan Monastery.

The complex of Dharma Drum Mountain at Jinshan consists of several buildings (DDM Map Guide) (from the entrance):

  • Building II
    • 1st level: Bus terminal
    • 2nd level: Visitor Service Center, Briefing room–theater, Dharma Shop–book store
    • 3rd level: The Guanyin Hall (with a tranquility pond in the front and waterfall in the background)
    • 4th level: Dining hall (vegetarian)
  • Building I (note: as DDM buildings mirror the natural contour of the land, the ground floor of Building I is actually the 3rd level)
    • 3rd level: Founding History Memorial Hall
    • 4th level: Auxiliary Hall (artworks display)
    • 5th level: Multipurpose Exhibition Room
    • 6th level: Grand Buddha Hall
  • Ch'an Hall
  • Dharma Drum Buddhist College
  • Library and Audio-Visual rooms
  • Dharma Drum Sangha University
  • Dharma Drum University (under construction)
  • Monks quarter
  • Nuns quarter

DDM Complex also has several distinguished features, such as:

  • DDM Emblem Rock
  • A stone inscription, "A Spiritual Mountain and Sublime Environment"
  • Statue of welcoming Guanyin
  • World's largest Lotus bell
  • Statue of founding Guanyin
  • Statue of Medicine Buddha
  • Seven walking paths with various attractions, from the splashing streams that pass through the land, a bamboo forest, and dense woodland with varieties of birds and insects

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