Cynthia Chao

Cynthia Chao received her B.A. in 1972 in English Literature at Fu-Jen University, Taiwan. She came to United State as a merchant in 1975 and has been residing in New York since then. She is one of the founders of World Young Men Buddhist Association(WYMBA), a leading Buddhist organization in the Chinese community in New York City. The WYMBA is well-known for its open-minded approach to Buddhism. It has sponsored talks and free discussions on many different Buddhist Schools.

Cynthia founded a Chinese Buddhist magazine, <>, and was its editor from 1986 to 2000. She is also a translator of many Buddhism-related articles. "The Zen Teachings of Jesus," a book originally published in English, was translated by Cynthia into Chinese and was published in Taiwan in April 2004. In recent years, Cynthia has been traveling to the "Roof of the World" to explore and document the Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, and study the lifestyle on the plateau.

Cynthia returned from Qinghai in August 2004 and brought back documentary images about the lifestyle ofa group of teenager monks who live in a faraway village in the valley of Qinghai-Tibetan plateau wherethe Yellow River was originated."

An Evening of Tibet: En Route to Lhasa & A Village on Qinghai

October 1, 2018March 18, 2005 By Cynthia Chao and Thomas Tam

En Route To Lhasa – In 2000, a group of Chinese American Buddhists participated in a pilgrimage to Nepal and Tibet. They crossed the Himalaya and visited many rarely seen temples and caves where famous Buddhist practitioners stayed. The video is a montage of this memorable journey, to a place where his holiness, the Dalai … Read more