Another path
to happiness.
In a world dominated by daily pressure, work, and success measured in possessions, Ru-Yi offers a different way — meditation and dharma, taught freely to everyone willing to learn.
Mind precedes all things; mind is their chief, mind made are they. If with a pure mind one speaks or acts, happiness follows like a never-departing shadow.
Your mind shapes your life. Act from a clear, kind mind and peace follows you.
— Dhammapada, v. 2Life is short.
Most of us spend our lives running. Daily pressure, work, the next thing to acquire — and a quiet sense that something is still missing. Ru-Yi exists to offer another path: one where success is something you define for yourself, and meaning is something you cultivate, rather than something you buy.
We do this the simplest way we know how — by sharing what meditation and the dharma have taught us. Our classes are free, open to anyone, and welcome the complete beginner as readily as the long-time practitioner. There is no enrollment, no fee, no entrance test. Come learn how to calm a busy mind, and think honestly about what you actually want from your life.
Our hope is to grow a community of practitioners who keep each other honest — bringing the wisdom of the Buddha to bear on the questions that actually matter today: how we work, how we treat each other, how we face uncertainty and our own mortality. If any of that calls to you, you are already welcome here.
Three doors into the practice.
Calm the mind.
心智清明
Move beyond daily stress and work pressure. Learn techniques to calm the mind and find internal peace.
Begin with the columns →Walk together.
社群陪伴
You do not have to journey alone. Join our study groups focused on holistic well-being to grow with others.
About the center →See more clearly.
嶄新視角
Develop the critical thinking needed to navigate modern life with wisdom and fresh ideas.
Enter the Dharma →Choose your starting point.
Three places to enter Ru-Yi, depending on what you're looking for today.
The Columns
Buddhist wisdom meets contemporary life
Essays by Executive Director Luke Lin and a circle of contributors, holding ancient teachings against the questions that actually trouble modern life: AI, family, mortality, the news cycle, career, climate.
Browse all columns → Discourses · Treatises · MethodsThe Dharma
The Buddha's teachings, in plain English
The discourses of the Pāli Canon and the treatises of the Mahāyāna masters, gathered in one place. Begin with the Majjhima Nikāya or Nāgārjuna's twenty-five methods for forbearance — each with a reading guide, full text, and a self-check quiz.
Enter the Dharma → Lessons · 24 weeksThe English School
English for the mind and the heart
A bilingual curriculum that weaves English learning together with the cultivation of the heart. Vocabulary you can hear and say, sentence patterns, a story, a Buddhist principle, and a self-check quiz — one week at a time. For our students, and seekers everywhere.
Enter the English School →"A supportive, welcoming community of meditation practitioners — to help improve the quality of our own lives and the lives of those around us."
From the columns.
The most recent essays from the center. The full archive of 60 pieces — by Luke Lin, Jennafer Duerden, Emily Hogle, and Quentin Gooch — is one click away.
Beyond the Cheaper Aisle: What My Daughter's Wallet Taught Me About the Reach of Compassion
May 17, 2026
The Pilgrim's Table - A Buddhist Reflection on Taiwan's Mazu Pilgrimage
May 2, 2026
The Wisdom of the Pause - Knowing When to Speak
April 18, 2026
More Than Just "Blood" - Why Your Family Is Bigger Than You Think
April 13, 2026
The Living Vessel: Why the Heart of Buddhism Beats in Traditional Characters
April 10, 2026
Finding the Middle Way: The Alchemy of Effort and Emptiness
April 6, 2026
Visit us, or write.
Our center sits at 800 metres on Fengguidou mountain in Nantou's Xinyi Township. Mandarin-speaking visitors can also find us through our Chinese sister site, 如意精舍 · ruyi99.org, where event schedules and video archives live.
ruyi@ruyimeditation.org