Dharma Drum Mountain claims to be a Righteous Buddhist Monastery with tons of PhDs and loads of donations. The Founder Master Shengyen is my idol and who I thrive to become one day, and the first abbot Venerable Guodong was a great person with a smile and a generous heart. The current abbot Venerable Guohui is always having a stern face, yet he is not nearly as good as the last abbot. If all you can do is play videos of the deceased founder Master Shengyen, there is no innovation, and it is kind of pathetic. The DILA College has a great Principal, who is a practitioner of Pureland Buddhism, the the current department head Mr. Deng is pretty pathetic. He forgets his seminars at other colleges, and his broken English and Harvard PhD is his only assets. Buddha preached equality and liberation of all mankind, so if you have some grudge against the current President Tsai, you are not really a real Buddhist Monk at all. Dalai Lama even forgave his biggest nemesis Mao Zedong. Will you practice what you preach, and stop playing old records of my idol Venerable Shengyen? The Dharma Drum Monastery was build with lots of money from people's donations, so if the monks and nuns here think they are so honorable and knowledgable, they do't really understand Buddhism at all. Having PhD doesn't mean you know everything, so if you monks think you are so smart, then you have no wisdom and prajna at all. May these ignorant monks really understand what the founder Shengyen taught, and practice what they preach. Abbot Guohui has a tendency of being late and sour. Please, be a man, and stop being such a hypocrite.

The Buddhist college temple founded by Master Sheng Yan. You can enjoy the fresh air, flowers and grass. It leaning on the mountain and facing the sea with the nice horizon view. The water in front of the Guanyin Temple make you feel calm. It is definitely worth to visit this place.