Bliss & Wisdom Foundation of North America (北美福智基金會)
Identity Snapshot
- English: Bliss & Wisdom Foundation of North America
- Chinese: 北美福智基金會
- Era: Contemporary
- Geography: Taiwanese American community
- Core roles: Community organization (TAH directory)
The Bliss & Wisdom Foundation of North America is the North American arm of the Bliss & Wisdom organization, a Buddhist community rooted in the teachings of Lama Tsongkhapa’s Lamrim Chenmo (The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment). The broader Bliss & Wisdom organization encompasses a monastic community, Buddhist educational enterprises, cultural and educational initiatives, compassionate agriculture (Cixin), and virtuous business endeavors. Founded under the guidance of Master Jih-Chang, the organization emphasizes spiritual cultivation as the foundation for life education and the development of human potential. Following Master Jih-Chang’s passing in 2004, disciples have continued his mission of fostering a healthy, harmonious world where all beings attain genuine well-being.
Role in the Community
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Documented in the TAH Foundation encyclopedia as entry 39. Bliss & Wisdom Foundation of North America 北美福智基金會 (2016), published in the story corpus 2016-06-09 (Band B).
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Southern California chapter activity: the community’s 南加福智讚頌合唱團 (Bliss and Wisdom Insightful Praises Choir) is recorded in TAH entry 54. Bliss and Wisdom Insightful Praises Choir 南加福智讚頌合唱團 (2017) (published 2017-02-10), showing the organization’s presence in the Taiwanese American community through its praise-choir (讚頌) cultural ministry; in the corpus index that entry sits alongside 53. Los Angeles Melody Chorus 洛杉磯心悅合唱團 from the same batch, placing the choir within the wider Taiwanese American choral scene.
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Re-check (deepen-x 2026-09-17 / 2026-09-19 / 2026-09-20 / 2026-09-21 / 2026-09-22 slice 09212352-23 / 2026-09-23 slice 09221200-32): corpus re-grep (Bliss Wisdom / 福智) still returns only the org’s own TAH entries #39 and #54 plus the harvest index; the only extra ‘Bliss’ hits are false positives (Fort Bliss 布立斯堡 in a US-army news item, clarinettist Julian Bliss in a music essay) — no memoir or community material beyond the two linked records above; section remains current, SKIP (verified-saturated).