Chung Tai Shan () is a Taiwan-based international Chan Buddhist monastic order founded by the Ven. Wei Chueh in 1987. The monastery headquarters, Chung Tai Chan Monastery (or Chung Tai Chan Buddhist Temple, 中台禪寺), 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
Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale, CA
Buddha Gate Monastery in Lafayette in the East Bay, CA
Middle Land Chan Monastery in Pomona, CA
Great Dharma Chan Monastery in Boulder, CO
Chung Tai Zen Center of Houston, TX
Chung Tai International Retreat Center in Shepherd, TX
Buddha Mind Monastery in Oklahoma City, OK
Buddha Jewel Monastery in Seattle, WA
Dharma Jewel Monastery in Atlanta, GA
Europe
Hua Yi Si (Monastero Hua Yi) in Rome, Italy
Asia
Pudong Chan Monastery in Osaka, Japan
Ocean Sky Chan Monastery in the Manila, Philippines
PuGuang Meditation Center in Hong Kong
Great Buddha Monastery in Bangkok, Thailand
Australia
Bao Lin Chan Monastery in Melbourne, VIC
See also
Buddhism in Taiwan
Four Great Mountains (Taiwan) Four Heavenly Kings (Taiwan) Chinese Buddhism Chan Buddhism