Blog

February 5, 2018

Beginner’s Mind Weekend Retreat

On February 2nd – 4th, 2018 Guo Gu led a weekend Beginner’s Mind Retreat dedicated in memorial to his teacher, our lineage founder Master Sheng Yen. […]
January 23, 2018

Memorial Service for Tom McKnight

On Thursday January 19th, the Tallahassee Chan Center held a memorial service in honor of Tom McKnight (September 15, 1957 to January 8, 2018) with Guo […]
January 1, 2018

5-Day First Intensive Retreat at New Center

On December 26-30th 2017 we held the first intensive meditation retreat at our new center. 25 participants joined the retreat for their choice of 3 days […]
November 5, 2017

Our Volunteer Community

We are grateful for the community of volunteers who support our center. Over the last several weeks we held volunteer days where our many community members […]
October 19, 2017

Grand Opening Celebration

On Saturday, October 14th the Abbot President Venerable Guodong from Dharma Drum Mountain Taiwan performed the consecration Eye Opening Ceremony of the Tallahassee Chan Center. We […]
September 15, 2017

Renovations and Landscape Complete

The majority of the building renovations were compete in July, and over the last two months we have been working on finishing touches inside and outside. […]
September 7, 2017

Special Guests Ven. Guo Guang & Ven. Chang Wu

On Sunday Sept 3rd & Monday Sept 4th we hosted the head nun from our headquarter monastery in Taiwan, Ven. Guo Guang. She was accompanied by another […]
August 29, 2017

Open House Social

The open house social on Sunday was a great success. In total over 150 people from the Tallahassee area community enjoyed the event. Wonderful to see […]
August 27, 2017

Getting Ready for Open House

On Saturday volunteers met at the center and took to cleaning the building top to bottom to get ready for our open house. All of our […]