In early 2008, Venerable Master Miao Tsan, the current abbot of Vairocana Zen Monastery, relocated to Los Angeles at the earnest requests of many dharma practitioners in California. During a short time span of several months, many dharma students who had the opportunity to connect and practice with Master Miao Tsan experienced great benefit from his teachings and therefore made repeated requests for the establishment of a permanent location of formal practice for the benefit of all beings. Seeing that the causal conditions had matured, master finally gave the consent to being the search for an appropriate site for a monastery. Due to the strong faith of the lay practitioners and the blessings bestowed by the Triple Jewels and protector deities, the search culminated in the acquisition of a church property located in the City of Garden Grove of Orange County that possessed all the ideal characteristics for establishing the Vairocana Zen Monastery.

Through the collective dedications and supports of disciples from Taiwan, China, Mexico, California, and many other cities in the United States and after raising the necessary capital through donations and loans from various sources, the purchase and title transfer of the monastery property was completed in September of 2008. Besides offering dharma talks and receiving visits, efforts to obtain housing and construction permits are still on-going, furthermore additional funds still need to be raised for the completion of various monastery facilities.