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On July 21, 1974, at a joint meeting of the general membership of the Sino-American Buddhist Association, Inc., and the Bodhi-Dhamma Center, Inc. of Seattle, a proposal to merge the two organizations was enthusiastically endorsed by a unanimous resolution to affiliate the Bodhi-Dhamma Center with the Sino-American Buddhist Association (later renamed the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association).
The aim of the Center was to provide a place for the study and practice of the Buddhadharma in the Seattle area, including a city center and a mountain meditation center and monastery to be constructed on land on the Skagit River near Marblemount, Washington. The city center and mountain land were the generous donation of Upasaka Takping Pong, founder of the Bodhi-Dhamma Center. A fifteen-member Board of Directors was elected at the joint meeting including Venerable Master Hua as Chairman of the Board.
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