Tag: Buddhism

An Almighty Con? Taiwan’s ‘Purple Shirts’ and their Master – The News Lens International Edition

An Almighty Con? Taiwan’s ‘Purple Shirts’ and their Master – The News Lens International Edition Master Miaochan (妙禪師父), founder of Rulaizong (如來宗), is netting yearly membership proceeds of NT$72 million (US$2.4 million), coupled with monthly donations of as much as NT$86 million (US$2.8 million), the former members say.   The organization, which claims to practice…

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The Inner Kālacakratantra

The Inner Kālacakratantra The yogic practices of the ‘Kalacakratantra’ are a form of inner sacrifice, in which regenerative fluids, sometimes called ‘soma’, are the inner offering to the deities dwelling within one’s own body. Likewise, in this rite of inner sacrifice, ‘candali’, or the fire of gnosis, is a purifying fire to which all of…

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中國佛教人物(下冊)

四七、李通玄(635—730) 四八、善無畏(637—735) 四九、慧能(638—713) 五○、法藏(643—712) 五一、慧苑(約七、八世紀間) 五二、慧沼(650—714) 五三、實叉難陀(652—710) 五四、智周(668—723) 五五、菩提流志(?—727) 五六、神會(668,一說686—760) 五七、慧日(680—748) 五八、一行(683,一說673—727) 五九、鑒真(688—763) 六○、希遷(700—790) 六一、蓮華生(約八世紀) 六二、不空(705—774) 六三、道一(709—788) 六四、湛然(711—782) 六五、懷海(720—814)