About us Incumbent Director

Incumbent Director of Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies

Since the CHIBS was founded in 1985, the incumbent Director, Ven. Guo Jing is the 5th Director. Ven. Guo Jing is highly versedin academic Buddhism and is an accomplished meditator and skillful meditation instructor.

Upon graduating from the Department of Chinese Literature, Soochow University, she took refuge under Master Sheng Yen and became Ven. Guo Jing. After serving as the Director-in-Chief in Nung Chan Monastery for ten years, she went to Bukkyo University in Japan and received her Ph. D. degree in September 2003. After Ven. Guo Jing returned to Taiwan, she served as the Vice Dean of the Dharma Drum Sangha University, Assistant Professor in CHIBS, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at National Chung Hsing University.

Ven. Guo Jing left the position at Dharma Drum Sangha University and became the Director of CHIBS and Assistant Professor in DILA in 2008. She became a Professor and the Deputy President of DILA in 2022 and became the Dean of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Science.

Ven. Guo Jing follows Master Sheng Yen’s instruction to take Chinese Buddhism experts’ advice to accomplish the concurrent missions of CHIBS sequentially and create a new arena for researching and spreading Chinese Buddhism.

Positions
  • Director of CHIBS
  • Professor of DILA
  • Deputy Professor, Director of the Chan Culture Center
  • Dean of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Science
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Center for General Education, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Career Path
  • Director-in-Chief in Nung Chan Monastery
  • Vice Dean of the Dharma Drum Sangha University
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor in Department of Chinese Literature, National Chung Hsing University
Courses Offered
  • Introduction to Chinese Buddhism
  • Chan Buddhism
  • Pure Land Buddhism
  • Repentance Rituals
  • Buddhism in the Sui and Tang Dynasties
  • Japanese
  • Japanese Sinology
  • Tea Chan Culture and Koans
Education
  • Master and Ph. D., Bukkyo University, Japan, specializes in Pure Land Buddhism
  • B. A., Department of Chinese Literature, Soochow University
Research Areas
  • Chinese Buddhism
  • Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
  • Chinese Chan Buddhism
Thesis and Dissertation
  • Master Thesis: OnMahā Karuṇā-citta Dhāranī
  • Ph. D. Dissertation: On Ciyun Zunshi (964-1032)
Papers
  • 2022〈聖嚴法師的念佛禪法——參究念佛的演變〉《聖嚴研究》第15輯,頁75-135。
  • 2020〈死心悟新禪師生平及其禪風探討〉《人文社會科學研究》14.3,頁75-94。(合著者:蔣明親)
  • 2017〈湛然圓澄師徒三人之行止與「茶話」禪風〉,《法鼓佛學學報》20,頁45-85。
  • 2016a〈數數念佛禪法之研究——以聖嚴法師的教學為主〉,《聖嚴研究》第7輯,頁279-325。
  • 2016b〈金園集の研究〉,《三友健容博士古稀記念論文集——智慧のともしびア—ビダルマ佛教の展開》中国・朝鮮半島・日本編,東京:山喜房佛書林,頁27-58。
  • 2015〈唐‧北宋時期中日佛教文化交流考——以天台山與比叡山為主〉,《求法與弘法:漢傳佛教的跨文化交流國際研討會論文集》,頁141-204。
  • 2014“Realization through Hearing in Chan Literature,”Journal of Chinese Buddhist Studies 27, pp. 129-179.
  • 2012〈徑山法欽禪師與其師徒小考〉,《慧燄薪傳——徑山與中國禪宗文化國際學術研討會論文集》上冊,頁154-156。
  • 2011〈試論《楞嚴經》耳根圓通法門——以聖嚴法師的講要為主〉,《聖嚴研究》第2輯,頁361-401。
  • 2011c〈禪宗公案中的耳根圓通法門及其現代應用〉,《禪和之聲》,北京:宗教文化出版社,頁19-35。
  • 2010〈聖嚴法師淨土思想之研究——以人間淨土為中心〉,《聖嚴研究》第1輯,頁69-108。
  • 2007〈慈雲遵式與天竺寺〉,《法鼓佛學學報》1,頁103-175。
  • 2004a〈慈雲遵式の宗教信仰について〉,《佛教學會紀要》11,頁29-51。
  • 2004b〈慈雲遵式の生涯について——特に実践行儀面からみた遵式の生涯〉,《淨土學佛教學論叢:高橋弘次先生古稀記念論集》,東京:山喜房,頁253-280。
  • 2003a〈台湾に行われる大悲懺法の流伝について——《大悲心陀羅尼経》を中心として〉,《天理臺灣學會年報》12,頁41-50。
  • 2003b〈慈雲遵式の研究序説——特に遵式の生涯について〉,《佛教大学大学院紀要》31,頁29-42。
  • 2003c〈慈雲遵式の研究序説——特に遵式の社会的な教化活動〉,《印度學佛教學研究》103 (52-1),頁177-179。
  • 2000〈四明知禮の誓願観——特に観音菩薩の十大願を中心に〉,《印度學佛教學研究》96 (48-2),頁32-34。
Conference Presentations
  • 2021〈聖嚴法師禪淨教學的實踐〉,第七屆近現代漢傳佛教論壇。
  • 2019a〈念佛與參禪不二之挑戰與發展——以聖嚴法師的念佛禪七為主〉,第四屆近現代漢傳佛教論壇。
  • 2019b〈念佛與參禪不二之挑戰與發展〉,第十九屆IASBS國際真宗學會學術大會——佛教禪修傳統與當代淨土思想國際學術研討會。
  • 2018〈《淨土五會念佛略法事儀讚》在中日兩國弘傳之小考〉,二O一八佛教與東亞文化國際寒期研修班暨禪學國際研討會。
  • 2016a〈佛教「無情說法」的學理探究——以聖嚴法師為例的現代應用〉,「第六屆聖嚴思想國際學術研討會」,聖嚴教育基金會主辦。
  • 2016b〈探討明末清初湛然圓澄師徒四人之茶話〉,《宗門茶事東山與世界茶禪文化國際論壇論文集》,第十一屆世界禪茶文化交流大會。
  • 2014a〈數數念佛禪法之研究——以聖嚴法師的教學為主〉,「第五屆聖嚴思想國際學術研討會」,聖嚴教育基金會主辦。
  • 2014b〈六祖下第三十四世天童密雲禪師生平及其悟境〉,「天童禪宗文化研究交流大會」,浙江寧波天童禪寺主辦。
  • 2013〈唐‧北宋時期中日佛教文化交流考——以天台山與比叡山為主〉,「漢傳佛教的跨文化交流」國際研討會,中華佛學研究所、法鼓文理學院、聖嚴教育基金會主辦。
  • 2012〈再探聖嚴法師的淨土思想——有無二相的念佛觀〉,《第四屆聖嚴思想國際學術研討會論文集》,聖嚴教育基金會主辦。
  • 2011“An Exploration on Master Sheng-yen’s Chan Buddhist Lineage through His Teaching on the Dharma-door of Cultivating the Perfect Penetration of the Ear,” Paper presented at the XVIth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies.
  • 2010a〈試論《楞嚴經》耳根圓通法門——以聖嚴法師的講要為主〉,《第三屆聖嚴思想國際學術研討會論文集》,聖嚴教育基金會主辦。
  • 2010b〈禪宗公案中的耳根圓通法門及其現代應用〉,《六祖文化學術研討會論文集》,廣東省佛教協會主辦。
  • 2009〈佛教與心靈環保——從心開始〉,《第二屆世界佛教論壇論文集》,國際佛光會主辦。
  • 2008〈北宋慈雲遵式的懺悔觀〉,《沉淪‧懺悔與救度——中國文化的懺悔書寫論文集》,中央研究院文哲所主辦。