A Brief Introduction to
The Venerable Cheng Kuan

The Venerable Cheng Kuan (1947-)
  • Ordained Taiwanese Buddhist Monk, Abbot, Dharma Master, Dharma translator, Buddhist Sutra Commentator, Tai-Chi-Chuan teacher, University Fellow at TCU Graduate School, B.A. in English, National Taiwan Normal University.
Currently
  • Ordained 53rd Generation Acharya Shingon Sect, Koyasan, Japan (1996-)
  • 42nd Generation Lineage Patriarchate Successor of both Hua-Yen Sect and Sole-Cognizance Sect (2010-)
  • Abbot of Mahavairocana Temple (Taipei, Taiwan)
  • Abbot of Americana Temple (Michigan, USA)
  • President of Vairocana Publishing Co., Ltd. (Taipei, Taiwan)

Publications

A. English Writings

  • The Sweet Dews of Ch'an.
  • Three Contemplations toward Buddha Nature.
  • Tapping the Inconceivable.
  • The Sutra of Forty-two Chapters Divulged by the Buddha.
  • The Diamond Prajna-Paramita Sutra and The Heart Sutra.
  • The Dharmic Treasure Altar-Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch.
  • The Sutra of Consummate Enlightenment.
  • The Sutra of Terra-Treasure Pusa's Primal Vows.
B. Chinese Writings
  • (The Strategic Principles of the U.S. Phychological Warfare, U.S. Department of Defence.)
  • (Persuation: How Opinions and Attitude Are Influenced and Changed.)
  • (A Commentary on Lankavatara Sutra.)
  • (The Writings of Kalu Rinpoche.)
  • (A Series of Commentaries on Heart Sutra.)
  • (The Metamorphic Vestiges in America (I): A Collection of Speeches on Buddhism.)
  • (The Metamorphic Vestiges in America (II): A Collection of Speeches on Buddhism.)
  • (The Treatise on the Portal of Mahayanic Centi-dharmic Apprehension.)
  • (Logicism in Buddhism - A Commentary on The Tractate on the Right Truth through the Comprehension of Causality Logicism.)
  • (A Commentary on The Surangama Sutra.)
  • (A Commentary on The Thrity-Gatha Tractate on Sole-Cognizancism.)
  • (A Commentary on The Tractate upon the Contemplation on the Factors Adhered to.)
  • (A Commentary on The Gatha for the Operating Patterns of the Eight Cognizances.)
  • (A Series of Commentaries for the Dharmic Portal of Terra-Treasure.)
  • (The Sweet Dews of Ch'an, Chinese Version.)

    Note: The items in this section are in Chinese only, not available in English yet.

Formerly
  • Lecturer and Executive Secretary, Buddhist Association of Dallas, Texas. (1983-84)
  • Three year's Buddhist Retreat (March, 1984 - May, 1987)
  • Sutra Translator, Institute of Advanced Studies of World Religions, Brookstone, New York.
  • President and Teacher, Lanka Buddhist Association, Dallas, Texas. (1987-88)
  • Guest Lecturer to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. (1988)
  • Buddhist Canon Teacher and Tai-Chi Chuan Teacher, Chuang-Yen Monastery, Carmel, New York. (1988-89)
  • Lecturer of Tse-Ming Buddhist Research Institute, Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, Taichung, Taiwan. (1994-95)
  • Lecturer for the Sangha students of Choa-Shan Temple, Keelung, Taiwan. (1993-96)