GUO GU (Dr. Jimmy Yu) is one of the late Master Sheng Yen's (1931-2009) closest and most senior students. He was the guiding teacher for the Western Dharma Teachers Training course in the Dharma Drum Lineage and is the founder and guiding Chan teacher of the Tallahassee Chan Center (www.tallahasseechan.com). He is also a professor of Buddhism and East Asian religions at Florida State University, Tallahassee.