Dharma Drum Retreat Center

Dharma Drum Retreat Center (DDRC) is a community learning and living the Buddha's teachings through the tradition of the Dharma Drum Lineage of Chinese Buddhism, as established by Ch'an (Zen) Master Sheng-yen. Located in the rural area of Pine Bush, New York, about two hours drive or 90 miles (140 km) northwest of New York City, DDRC provides a home of Buddhist practice where individuals can find peace and ease of mind, practicing time-tested meditation methods in a supportive environment. In this way, the uplifting of one's mind, body, and spirit is achieved through the cultivation of mindfulness, wisdom, and compassion.

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The Dharma Drum Mountain organization bought the land at 1995 after their Ch'an centers in Queens, New York and Corona Avenue were overflowed by participants during retreats. Its whole buildings, however, were finished at 2002. Sheng-yen held his first 49-day retreat in United States at this center in 2000. He passed his Dharma transmission to two of his prominent Western disciples, Simon Child and Max Kalin in this retreat.

Currently it serves as the main retreat center for Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association - an association of Dharma Drum Mountain chapters and branches in United States. It also has close affiliation with the Western Chan Fellowship, a fellowship founded by Sheng-yen's western disciples. Its current abbot is one of the Dharma heirs to Sheng-yen, Guo Xing. DDRC has regular meditation classes, month-long residential programs, and several types of retreats for all level of practices (DDRC_activities_calendar).

Its faculty includes resident teachers such as the abbot, Guo Xing, and a native New Yorker monk, Chang Wen; monastic Dharma heirs such as Guo Ru and Chi Chern; and lay Dharma heirs, mostly Sheng-yen's western disciples, including John Crook, Simon Child, Zarko Andricevic, and Gilbert Gutierrez.