Abbot Ven. De En, 2008-2011
Abbot Ven. De En was ordained in 1992. She received the Upasampada Precepts a year later. In 1995, she graduated from Dharma Drum Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies in Taiwan. She spend two years from 1995-1997 of retreat and self-cultivation on Yang Ming Mountain. She arrived in the US since 1998, become a resident of Chuang Yen Monastery, serving as receptionist, temple administrator, and assistant to the Abbot. From 2001, she took residency at the Temple of Enlightenment, serving as assistant to the Abbot. During this period of time, partook in various inter-religious events. She started to renew her practice in meditation from 2005. In 2007, she assumes the abbotship, attended meditation retreats in various countries, e.g., Malaysia and Mainland China (Shandong, Xiaxi, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Hainan).