{"id":7711,"date":"2016-12-16T02:55:47","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T07:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baus.ilotus.org\/en\/?page_id=7711"},"modified":"2025-08-04T16:47:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T20:47:31","slug":"introducing-baus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.baus.org\/en\/about-us\/introducing-baus\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing BAUS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7711\" class=\"elementor elementor-7711\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75a21e7b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75a21e7b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35fc1b79\" data-id=\"35fc1b79\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23c38227 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23c38227\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome to Chuang Yen Monastery.<\/p>\n<p>The monastery, as the home of the Buddhist Association of the United States (BAUS), is situated on 225 acres of land in the Town of Kent in Putnam County, New York.<\/p>\n<p>In November 1975, BAUS leased 125 acres of land in Putnam County, NY, from Dr. C.T. Shen for the future development of Chuang Yen Monastery (CYM). The lease was for 99 years with an annual payment of one dollar. As suggested by the local government, Dr. Shen donated the land to BAUS in 1989. The ground-breaking ceremony for the monastery was held on May 23, 1981.<\/p>\n<p>The name of the monastery, \u201cChuang Yen,\u201d means \u201cMajestically Adorned.\u201d The \u201cadornment\u201d refers to the adornment of the Buddha\u2019s teachings. Traditionally, Buddhist monasteries have not only served as venues for religious services and festivals. They have also been community centers of learning and activities \u2013 both religious and secular.<\/p>\n<p>In keeping with that tradition, Chuang Yen Monastery extends an invitation to the public to visit the religious services and festivals held at the monastery, a place to cultivate awareness and develop wisdom.<\/p><p><br><\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Please note that Chuang Yen Monastery is not a training monastery. We do not have the capacity or personnel to prepare candidates for monastic ordination, to confer ordination, and to lead a program of training for those newly ordained. 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