Guanyin_Famen
Guanyin Famen
School of Mahayana Buddhism founded in 1988 by Ching Hai
Guanyin Famen or Quan Yin Buddhism (Chinese: 觀音法門), the teachings of Meditation Society of ROC (Chinese: 中華民國禪定學會) or Ching Hai World Society (Chinese: 清海世界會), is a new religious school of Mahayana Buddhism founded in 1988 by the ethnic-Chinese Vietnamese teacher Ching Hai.[1][2]
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Guanyin Famen is one of the religious organizations officially banned in the People's Republic of China due to its legal status as a "heterodox teaching" (Chinese: 邪教; pinyin: xiéjiào).[3] This designation was first given to the organization in 1995 and was re-affirmed in 2014 and 2017. The China Anti-Cult Network xiéjiào website lists Guanyin Famen as one of eleven "dangerous" groups, a more serious designation than merely appearing on the list of twenty banned groups.[4]
As such, it has made the leap to cyberspace and become a kind of cybersect.[1]
Guanyin Famen advocates daily meditation and a vegan lifestyle.[5]