Zen · Puli, Taiwan
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Chung Tai Chan Meditation Training is a meditation teacher training run by Chung Tai Chan Monastery out of Puli, Taiwan. The program sits inside the Zen stream and trains practitioners who want to teach, not just sit. It carries Chung Tai Chan lineage, which signals the kind of oversight a serious applicant looks for. The full track runs Classes to monastic. In its own words, the program describes itself this way: 【中台世界】─Chung Tai World 简体中文 | ENGLISH | 日本語 | 網站地圖 開山祖師 開山祖師生平 開山祖師法語 中台行處 經論開示 演講開示 禪七開示 禪心世界 惟覺談禪 法海迷津 中台簡介 禪宗法脈 住持和尚 榮譽方丈 現任住持 弘法理念 建築特色 法人組織 殿堂介紹 中台植物 中台公案 禪修教育 靜坐指導 禪七淵源 禪七意義 七日行程 規矩法器 禪七法門 護七臉譜 禪七心得 佛法典藏 佛教歷史 禪宗祖師 祖師法語 禪門公案 佛典故事 佛法常識 法會詳解 佛學英文電子書 弘法行履 即時報導 中台事記 人間送暖 修行心得 拈花筆記 禪林衲子心 菩提心旅 生活啟示錄 文化藝術 中台山月刊 中台電子報 佛教藝術 健康素食 中台之美 桌布下載 教育體系 僧伽教育 精舍教育 普台高中 普台國小 最新法訊 2026/05/23、05/24 中台禪寺三〇五三年佛誕浴佛法會、夏安居報恩暨和平祈福藥師法會 2026/07/17~07/19 中台禪寺一百一十五年度星燈營全國大專青年禪學會聯合迎新活動 即時報導 中台禪寺開山祖師惟覺安公老和尚圓寂十週年紀念法會 2026/04/08 「十載追思明祖意，一心承志續慧燈。」伏值中台禪寺開山祖師惟覺安公老和尚示寂十週年之辰，感念師恩. That self-description matters because it tells students what the school cares about before the first session begins. Practice form follows the Zen tradition. That means students work with zazen (seated stillness), kinhin (walking meditation), dokusan (private interview with the teacher), and sesshin (multi-day silent intensive). Source material draws on koan collections, Dogen's Shobogenzo, the Heart Sutra, and chanted services. Authorization comes from a teacher in a recognized lineage, not from an external accrediting body. Format is in-person, which shapes both who can attend and how the bond between teacher and student develops. Zen training assumes a willingness to sit through long stretches of silence and accept correction in person. Tuition sits in the Donation-based band, which places it in context against sibling programs in the same lineage. Anyone weighing the program against a secular MBSR-style track should read the next sections carefully; the texture is different. What separates this program from the wider category is the combination of zen form, the school's own teaching culture, and the specific cohort it draws. Students who do well here tend to share a few things in common. They show up on time, they sit through discomfort without negotiating with it, and they take feedback without flinching. Those traits matter more than prior credentials. The school can teach the form. It can't teach a willingness to keep returning to the cushion when the practice gets boring or hard. The Chung Tai Chan lineage marker tells outside organizations that the school operates inside an oversight structure, which can matter when graduates pitch their work to clinics, schools, or corporate clients. Anyone considering Chung Tai Chan Meditation Training should read the school's own pages, talk to current and former students, and where possible sit a short retreat with the lead teacher before committing. Meditation teacher trainings ask for years of practice and significant tuition. The fit between student and lineage matters more than the brochure does. This page collects what's publicly known and frames it inside the wider Zen field, so prospective students can decide where to keep looking.
Curriculum is shaped by the Zen form. Across Classes to monastic, students work through zazen (seated stillness), kinhin (walking meditation), dokusan (private interview with the teacher), and sesshin (multi-day silent intensive). Reading and study draw on koan collections, Dogen's Shobogenzo, the Heart Sutra, and chanted services. In a in-person container, training tends to alternate sitting practice, group inquiry, written reflection, and supervised teaching attempts. Where the lineage is monastic, the day is set by the monastery bell rather than by a syllabus. Where the program is secular, modules are scheduled and assessed. Either way, students should expect more practice than reading, and more silence than discussion.
Delivery uses in-person sittings, group rituals, and direct teacher access. Cohorts are kept small enough that the lead teacher knows each student's sitting practice by name. Mentorship runs alongside the schedule, not after it; students get feedback on their own teaching attempts before they finish. In the lineage form, practice and teaching authority are inseparable. The teacher watches the student over years and, when the time is right, confirms the student's capacity to lead others. Across Classes to monastic, the rhythm is built to favor slow integration over fast certification.
Graduates carry authorization from the lineage rather than a secular certificate. Authorization comes from a teacher in a recognized lineage, not from an external accrediting body. Scope of practice is teaching meditation within the lineage form, leading retreats where invited, and offering one-to-one guidance under continued supervision from a senior teacher. Many graduates go on to anchor a local sitting group, host short retreats for newer students, or join the school's faculty in a junior teaching role. A smaller number eventually receive deeper authorization that lets them ordain or transmit to their own students. The path is long and the credential expands over years rather than at a single graduation.
Applicants should already have an established sitting practice and prior sesshin or retreat experience. The school will usually expect a relationship with a teacher in the lineage before formal training begins, plus willingness to follow monastic etiquette during residential periods. Confirm current requirements with the school directly, since intake criteria shift between cohorts and the published page is rarely the full story. Applicants without the listed background can sometimes be accepted on the strength of a teacher's recommendation, but those exceptions are rare.
Compared with curricular Western programs, Zen training trades modules and certificates for sustained sitting and direct teacher contact. Against secular certificates, the trade is real: less paper credential, more teacher relationship. Students should weigh which one their future students will care about. Sibling programs in the same tradition will share most of the form and differ mainly in teacher style, retreat length, and tuition. Prospective students should compare at least two or three programs side by side before committing, since the right fit depends as much on the lead teacher as on the syllabus.
| Location | Puli, Taiwan |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Tradition | Zen |
| Format | In-person |
| Duration | Classes to monastic |
| Estimated cost | Donation-based |
| Accreditation | Chung Tai Chan lineage |