On 22 June, 2012, a total of thirty students graduated from the Dharma Drum Buddhist College (DDBC) and the Dharma Drum Sangha University (DDSU) in a memorable blessing cum graduation ceremony.

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The aftermath of Typhoon Washi that hit northern Mindanao, Philippines, between the 16th and 17th of December 2011 was devastating.

On the 15th of April 2012, the Refuge-Taking Ceremony 2012 took place at the DDM World Center for Buddhist Education.

From 3 to 6 May , 2012, the Xinxing Monastery of Dharma Drum Mountain in Taitung City, eastern Taiwan, organized a series of activities within the monastery in celebration of Vesak Day and Mother’s Day.

On the morning of 6 May 2012, Nung Chan Monastery of Dharma Drum Mountain held a special Dharma Prayer Ceremony to wish for the success in settling the main structural beam of the new Shuiyue Practice Center in Taipei.

Abbot President Venerable Guo Dong attended the Third World Buddhist Forum held from 25 to 27 April 2012 in Hong Kong to present the ‘Six Ethics of the Mind’. This concept was initially promoted for social peacefulness by the late Venerable Master Sheng Yen.

On the 3rd of April, 2012 Abbot President Venerable Guo Dong visited the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, on the invitation of its President, Chun-Chen Zhuo. The school is Venerable Guo Dong’s alma mater from which he graduated 37 years ago.

The Abbot President attended a new book press release of His former Eminence Cardinal Paul Kuo-His Shan in the afternoon of 22 April 2012.

On the morning of the 5th of May 2012, Nung Chan Monastery held a prayer ritual and a gala party to celebrate Vesak Day and Mother’s Day and to arouse one’s awareness of environmentalism.