Supporting data for “Inheriting and Continuing Master Sheng Yen’s Legacy – A Study of Dharma Drum Mountain as a Centre of Buddhist Learning and Practice”

This is a study of Dharma Drum Mountain (DDM), an international Buddhist order founded by Master Sheng Yen (1931-2009), investigating the mechanisms through which DDM inherits and continues the legacy of its late founder. It unfolds a case of institutional succession in modern Chinese Chán. By employing textual analysis and ethnographic fieldwork experience in Taiwan, Hong Kong, the United States and London, this study contributes latest empirical data and insights to examine how a large-scale Buddhist organisation addresses the challenges of leadership and legacy continuity following the founders' passing, amid evolving needs of the modern world.