Anfu Monastery
ebook: When Buddhism Meets AI
We check our phones before we’ve even opened our eyes. AI writes our emails, answers our questions, maybe even finishes our sentences. It’s fast, it’s convenient, and somehow, many of us feel more unsettled than ever. Sound familiar?
This free ebook started as a Dharma talk Venerable Master Da Zhao gave at UCLA in March 2025 — and it asks the question a lot of us have been circling without quite naming: what does artificial intelligence have to do with our inner life?
July Schedule | 7月課程及共修
新課程：《普賢菩薩十大願王》—— 玄正法師
Teaching: The Ten Great Vows of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva
Who We Are
Anfu Monastery is a Buddhist temple of the Tiantai sect of Mahayana Buddhism. Operated by the monastic sangha, the temple promotes the Buddha’s teachings, cultivates loving-kindness and compassion, and seeks to benefit all living beings. Read more.
Superintendent: Ven. Ze Xu
Venerable Zexu is a well-known Buddhist music singer. In 2008, he became a monk and began his studies under Master Da Zhao. In 2011, he earned a Master of Arts degree from Kelenia University in Sri Lanka. In 2023, he obtained a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of the West in California. In 2019, he began to establish Anfu Monastery in Los Angeles, California. Read more.
Our Lineage
The Tiantai sect (天台宗), also known as Fahua sect (法華宗), is one of the sects of Chinese Buddhism, which began in the late Northern and Southern Dynasties. It is called Tiantai Sect because of its founder, Zhiyi 智顗, who lived and taught the Buddhist teachings in Tiantai Mountain, Zhejiang Province. With The Lotus Sutra of Wondrous Dharma as its fundamental classic, it is also known as the Fahua Sect.
Because it attaches great importance to the study of Buddhist teachings and combines the actual practice of shamatha and vipassana, it is famous for “the double beauty of teaching and vigilance”.
