Ocean Sky Chan Monastery () is the

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, Philippine branch of

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's Chung Tai Chan Monastery (). Completed in 2001, the

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offers free Zen meditation classes and other services, under the direction of Chung Tai and Grand Master Wei Chueh. The monastery follows traditional Chinese Ch'an, emphasizing on teachings based on sudden enlightenment and gradual cultivation. The monastery's current Abbess is Ven. Jian Shu (見樞法師).

Location and history

Ocean Sky is located in Little Baguio, Greenhills, in the city of

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. The five-story building, built to be spacious, bright and elegant, has a meditation hall and auditorium to accommodate hundreds of people doing Chan meditation, or for listening to Buddhist scripture. Since its inception, it has offered meditation classes in Chinese and English; Buddhist chanting classes, children's summer programs and summer camps, meditation retreats and other activities, hoping to inspire Buddhist virtues in all. The female monastics all graduated from the Taiwan Institute of Buddhist Studies; their goal is to the spread compassion. The " Four Tenets of Chung Tai" serve as the basis of the monastery's teaching method, aiming for purification of the human mind, and the realization of life's true value and meaning. The Four Tenets of Chung Tai (): To Elders be Respectful; To Juniors be Kind; With All Humanity be Harmonious; In all Endeavours be True. Ocean Sky Chan Monastery 05

Services

A Buddhist monastery in the Philippines dedicated to the Linji (Rinzai) school of Chan (Zen), it regularly holds classes on Zen and the fundamentals of Buddhism. The monastery has regular Dharma services (Sutra recitation, Chan meditation, etc.) with English translations. All services and activities conducted in both English and Chinese. Services include: * Medicine Buddha Ceremony * Meditation Class, Mandarin Class, Qigong, Buddhist Chanting (Saturdays and Sundays) * Grand Offering to the Buddha and Diamond Sutra Recitation, every 1st and 15th of the Lunar month * Thousand Buddhas Repentance * Various Dharma Ceremonies every month and Buddhist holidays. All classes and services are free of charge, and vegetarian meals are served.

External links

*
Chung Tai Chan Monastery official site

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