"If you can give up your former knowledge and understanding, thus making your heart open, not keeping anything at all on your mind, so you experience a clear empty solidity where speech and thought do not apply, you will directly merge with the fundamental source, sinking into the infinite, spontaneously attaining inherent wisdom that has no attainment."
-Ch'an Master Yuanwu
We Welcome You to the Dragon Flower Ch'an Temple
Dragon Flower Ch'an Temple
P.O. Box 64952 Tacoma, WA 98464
Meditation Practice Every Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.
Beginners' Instruction at 6:30 p.m.
Site: United Church in University Place
3912 Grandview Drive W., University Place, WA
Main Website: http://www.dragonflower.org
We welcome all of you to the Dragon Flower Ch'an Temple with three sincere bows of gratitude. All are welcome to attend Ch'an meditation practice in the sanctuary of United Church in University Place. The Dragon Flower Ch'an Temple is, first and foremost, a Ch'an Buddhist temple and fulfills the normal functions of any Buddhist temple by providing a center for meditation, instruction, and practice of the Buddhist Way. As was true of the ancient temples of China, we also fulfill the function of the monastery by training monks in the practice of traditional Buddhism so that they too can work to spread the Dharma. Through our Temple and its activities, we hope to make possible a modern enactment of the venerable tradition of the Buddhist Order and the living legacy of Shao-Lin Ssu's Master Bodhidharma.
May All Living Beings Be Saved!!
Founder: Master Shih Shen-Lung
A practicing Buddhist monk since 1972, Ven. Shen Lung was ordained in the Soto Zen tradition by Rev. Soyu Matsuoka Roshi and subsequently received Dharma Transmission from Ch'an Master Shih Mo-Hua of the Lin-Chi sect in 1980. Ven. Shen-Lung's guidance, understanding and humor helped countless numbers of beings to grow and thrive in the Dharma. He passed away on October 28th, 2006 and was given the posthumous Dharma Name Tai Xi, meaning "Great Joy." We honor the monk Shih Wu-Ming whose Dharma Name is Lung-Yen!
Resident Instructor: Ven. Shih Shen-Ling
A senior student of Ven. Shih Ying-Fa for the past 11 years, Ven. Shih Shen-Ling was given Dharma Transmission by Ven. Ying-Fa on October 23rd, 2007, making him Ven. Ying-Fa's first Dharma Heir. Ven. Shen-Ling is considered to be part of the 50th generation of the Lin-Chi Ch'an line as well as the 89th generation dating back to the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni. Ven. Shen-Ling teaches meditation and Buddhism to inmates in the Washington state prison system and is a member of the Northwest Dharma Association, participating regularly in various interfaith activities.
United Church in University Place
GPS Coordinates: 47 deg. 13' 17.72" N, 122 deg. 33' 33.72' W
