Shining an Eternal Light from Within Master Sheng Yen’s Memorial Service, completed by the DDM LA Chapter with gratitude Photo Album 

2019 DDMLAC Lunar New Year Celebrations 

Photo Album part 1
Photo Album part 2

Year-End Volunteer Lunch Gathering Photo Album

Dharma Drum Mountain Global Sangha Assembly Welcomes Guo-Huei Fashi as Sixth Abbot President

Three-Day Chan Mediation Retreat

On March 18-20, 2016, DDM Los Angeles Center hosted a three-day Chan meditation retreat. The retreat was led by Gilbert Gutierrez, one of several lay practitioners who received Dharma transmission from Chan Master Sheng Yen.

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DDMLAC Donates Dharma Service Offerings to Local Social Service Organizations

As the spirit succors the flesh, Dharma Drum Mountain Los Angeles Center donated all nonperishable food items gathered from its seven-day Water and Land Dharma Service to those in need.

Making Tangyuan Together in the Happiness Years

DDM LA Center hosted “Friendship in the Happiness Years,” a get together for older adults. The event was in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese and held several days after the 2016 New Year’s Day.

A Weeklong Buddhist-Catholic Dialogue in Rome

Venerables Guo-jiann (Director of DDM Los Angeles Center) and Chang-Hwa (Director of Chan Meditation Center, NY) participated in the “Catholic-Buddhist Dialogue on Suffering, Liberation, and Fraternity”

Summer Camp: Going with the Flow

Opened to all young people (aged 18 to 35) of the L.A. area who spoke English as their native language or communicated primarily in English, this was the first camp of its type offered by the DDM LA Center.

First English Children’s Camp at Dharma Drum Mountain Los Angeles Center

Dharma Drum Mountain (DDM) L.A. Center held the first English children’s camp in its history. The theme of the children’s camp was the environmental protection of the mind.