Chung Tai Chan Monastery (中台禪寺) - Puli Town, Nantou County, Taiwan
Located in Puli Township (埔里鎮), Nantou County (南投縣), Taiwan is the famous Chung Tai Chan Monastery (中台禪寺), the headquarters of a Taiwan-based Buddhist monastic order (Chung Tai Chan) founded by the Venerable Master Wei Chueh in 1987. The building is also called Chung Tai Buddhist Temple. The beginning of the video shows the entrance to a nearby Chung Tai Museum (中台山博物館) housing Buddhist relics and statues. The golden statue is the Milefu at the entrance, and inside is the Hall of Heavenly Kings protected by 4 very tall 12m-high guardian statues.
Chung Tai Chan Monastery (中台禪寺), Puli, Nantou, Taiwan, 3/5/2013
Chung Tai Chan is a Taiwan-based Buddhist monastic order founded by the Venerable Master Wei Chueh in 1987. The monastery headquarters, Chung Tai Chan Monastery (or Chung Tai 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 temples and monastery in both Taiwan and the world, having a height of 136 metres (446 ft). 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.
Viewed from afar, the main building of Chung Tai resembles a cultivator in sitting meditation, surrounded by mountains, majestic and serene. The entire structure is an embodiment of the Dharma, unifying sudden enlightenment and gradual cultivation. The three central Buddha halls rise vertically to the golden dome on top, symbolizing sudden enlightenment to the ultimate truth—awaken the mind and see the true nature; seeing the true nature one becomes a buddha. The pilgrimage stairways on both sides of the monastery represent the gradual bodhisattva path (a bodhisattva is a Buddha-to-be, one with infinite compassion for all beings), each step leading to the attainment of buddhahood not just for oneself but for all beings.
The architecture of Chung Tai Chan Monastery expresses a harmony of the arts, culture, science, and the teachings of the Buddha, and is a wonderful application of the Five Modern Approaches of Buddhism. Soon after the Monastery's completion, it was awarded The 23rd Annual Taiwan Architecture Award in 2002, and The 20th International Award for Lighting Design in 2003. Having received wide acclaim and recognition, the monastery is a landmark of 21st century religious architecture.
ACTUALLY AWESTRUCK | Puli, Taiwan
I decided to set up in Puli for a couple days, mainly to visit have a day trip to Sun Moon Lake. But of course there was a couple things to see in Puli.
I went to Chung Tai Chan Monastery. This is an amazing building. I was actually awestruck by it. I also went to the geographical centre of Taiwan because I'm a geography nerd.
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Chung Tai Chan Monastery Taiwan
Guided tour through Chung Tai Chan Monastery Taiwan (used at photo gallery
Chung Tai Chan Monastry in Puli, Taiwan
What an impressive temple!
Since 2001 it's the highest buddhist temple in the world.
When in Taiwan: Chung Tai Chan monastery
Chungtai chan monastery is the tallest, largest buddhist temple in the world today. And vast venue of Buddhist worship famous throughout the entire nation.
Theres another museum- chung tai worl museum (wood sculpture gallery) but you have to pay 200. less than an hour from puli bus station. @ Chung Tai Chan Monastery
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Chung Tai Chan Monastery - In English Narration
三生石 - 劉信明 & 郁蓁 [ 南投埔里 中台禪寺 Chung Tai Chan Monastery , Puli, Taiwan ]
中台禪寺開山緣起：1987年，上惟下覺大和尚應大眾之請，闢建靈泉寺，開山以來，大和尚稟承如來教法，大振宗風，隨著皈依的四眾弟子人數驟增，原有空間已不敷使用。
有感弘法之任重大，大和尚乃決定創建中台禪寺，期以更完善的學佛環境，接引十方大眾。在大和尚的慈悲願力感召與智慧領導下，中台禪寺自1992年起開始籌建，四眾弟子萬眾一心，同舟共濟，歷經三年規畫、七年建設，至2001年9月1日正式落成啟用，自此展開中台弘法新紀元。
建築理念：中台禪寺建築，融合藝術、文化、科學及弘法功能，充分展現佛法五化內涵。甫一落成，即榮獲2002年「第二十三屆台灣建築獎」、「第二十屆國際燈光設計卓越獎」之殊榮，廣受世人矚目與肯定，也為二十一世紀宗教建築，寫下輝煌的新頁。
殿堂特色：中台禪寺建築遠望恰似一位修行人澄心靜坐於群山之中，散發著包容大千的磅礡氣象。整座建築，以相表法，訴說著頓漸不二的大乘妙理，從中心主軸三身佛殿直至金頂，象徵著「明心見性，見性成佛」的頓悟法門；主軸兩側的大、小天梯與菩薩殿，則表徵菩薩本著不忍眾生苦的慈悲，廣行六度萬行，一步一腳印，終至圓滿佛果菩提。
Chung Tai Chan Monastery - In Chinese Narration
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Shitenno (四天王) at Chung Tai Chan Monastery (中台禅寺)
Colossal modern Shitenno caryatids at Chung Tai Chan Monastery's headquarters in Central Taiwan, completed in 2001. The Four Heavenly Kings are guardian Generals of the North, South, East and West directions.
Vlog 12 Must try Betel Nut in Taiwan | Fo Guang Shan, Moon World & Chung Tai Monastery
Trying out one of the snacks in Taiwan where people claimed it is bad for health. But still we must try it! Here are part of Kaohsiung and Puli. Puli is a place where their local named is 'the street of betel nut'. Interesting information! Fo Guang Shan is one of the place that you cannot miss when you are in Taiwan.
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1. Fo Guang Shan, Kaohsiung
2. Meinong Hakka Village, Kaohsiung
3. Moon World, Kaohsiung
4. Chung Tai Monastery, Puli
5. Puli Ease Hotel
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To our elders be respectful, To our juniors be kind, With all humanity be harmonious, In all endeavors be true.