Venerable Hang Truong (Heng Chang) is one of the influential Vietnamese monks in the Vietnamese communities all over the world. Born in Vietnam, grown up during the war, educated in United States, ordained under the Chinese tradition and educated in the Dharma under the direct tutelage of Master Hsuan Hua, the world’s enlightened Master of the Chinese Zen lineage, Master Hang Truong has worked and served multi-ethnic communities across Asia, America and Europe. The Master embodies, teaches, and lives by multicultural, multi-disciplined, global centric values. He is very well known for his holistic, integral approach to modernize and integrate Buddhism into the fast changing world.

In 2002, he created Compassionate Service Society, a non profit organization that helps heal the body, mind and spirit. In 2003 he co-founded Hana Spiritual Retreat in Maui, Hawaii, aspires to be a spiritual center to bring key leaders of the world religions for dialogues and cross-cultural understanding.

Venerable Master Ce Hang Truong teaches the practice of Bodhisattva ideals and holistic living. The integral model for holistic living is to develop all four dimensions of our life (spiritual, emotional, intellectual, and social) within the four contexts of living/life conditions (body, nature, culture, and social system). With this model, Master Hang Truong integrates various modules of practice including: meditation, integral taichi, service and the 5 core values (kindness/compassion, forgiveness, self-awareness, harmony and openness).