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((short description|Founder and spiritual leader of the True Buddha School))
((distinguish|text=Dharma Drum Mountain's [[Sheng-yen]]))
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((Infobox religious biography
| background         = #C11B17
| name               = Lu Sheng-yen
| native_name        = 盧勝彥 (蓮生活佛)
| image              = 
| caption            = Lu in 2004
| birth name         = 
| alias              = Living Buddha Lian Sheng<br />Grand Master Lu<br />Huaguang Zizai Fo<br />White Lotus Padmakumara
| dharma name        = 
| birth_date         = ((Birth date and age|1945|6|27))<br /><small>(5th month, 18th day of the Lunar Calendar)</small>
| birth_place        = [[Tainan Prefecture]], [[Taiwan under Japanese rule]]<br />(now [[Chiayi County]], [[Taiwan|Republic of China]])
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| nationality        = [[Taiwanese people|Taiwan]]<br />[[American People|United States]]
| religion           = [[Buddhism]]
| school             = True Buddha School
| lineage            = 
| title              = Grand Master
| location           = Redmond, Washington State
| education          = 
| occupation         = 
| teacher            = 
| predecessor        = 
| successor          = 
| students           = 
| spouse             = Lu Li-hsiang (Lian Hsiang)
| partner            = 
| website            = [https://en.tbsn.org TBSN]
))
((family name hatnote|Lu|lang=Chinese))
'''Lu Sheng-Yen''' (((zh|t=盧勝彥|p=''Lú Shèngyàn''|poj=''Lô Sèng-gān'')), born 27 June 1945), commonly referred to by followers as ''Grand Master Lu'' (師尊), is a Taiwanese-born American Buddhist teacher who is the founder and spiritual leader of the [[True Buddha School]], a [[new religious movement]] with teachings from [[Buddhism]], [[Confucianism]] and [[Taoism]].<ref name="journal.equinoxpub.com">((Cite journal |date=2022-11-25 |title=Re-examining the True Buddha School: A 'New Religion' or a New 'Buddhist Movement'? ((!)) South and East Asian Religions Collection |url=https://journal.equinoxpub.com/SEARC/article/view/24089 |language=en))</ref> Lu is known by the sect as ''Living Buddha Lian Sheng'' (蓮生活佛, ''Liansheng Huófó'') and is revered by his disciples as a ''[[Tulku#International terminology|Living Buddha]]''.

Lu’s sect claims to have more five million followers worldwide, of whom the majority hail from [[Taiwan]], [[China]], [[Macau]], [[Singapore]], [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], and [[Hong Kong]].<ref>((Cite web |last=Administrator |title=Ling Shen Ching Tze Temple Seattle - The lineage root guru of True Buddha School: Living Buddha Lian-Sheng |url=https://www.tbsseattle.org/english/content/view/15/32/lang,en/ |access-date=2017-09-09 |website=www.tbsseattle.org))</ref> Lu Sheng-Yen holds dual American and Taiwanese citizenship, and often travels between the two countries.((cn|date=November 2023))

== Life ==
Lu Sheng-Yen was born in [[Chiayi County]], [[Taiwan]] in 1945. Lu was raised a [[Christianity|Christian]] and attended a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] school. He graduated from [[Chung Cheng Institute of Technology]] with a degree in Survey Engineering.((citation needed|reason=no source of dgree|date=October 2023)) In his early twenties he was both a survey engineer for the Taiwan military and a Sunday School Bible teacher. Though his parents were not Christians, he had joined Kaohsiung New Presbyterian Church, in which he became an active member.<ref>((Cite journal|last=Melton|first=J. Gordon|date=2008-03-16|title=The Affirmation of Charismatic Authority: The Case of the True Buddha School|url=http://www.equinoxjournals.com/ojs/index.php/ARSR/article/view/4160|journal=Australian Religion Studies Review|volume=20|issue=3|pages=286–302|doi=10.1558/arsr.v20i3.286|issn=1744-9014))</ref>

In a biography, Lu wrote that he had a Zen-style instant awakening to the first stage of enlightenment by the [[Queen Mother of the West|Golden Mother of the Jade Pond]] in 1969, who opened his [[third eye]] during a visit to a Taoist temple, revealing to him his true nature and purpose. She directed him to follow the instructions of Reverend Liao Ming 清真 (of the Taoist Ching Zhen Sect, also a lineage holder of the [[Kagyu]] school of Vajrayana Buddhism)<ref name=":0">((Cite web|last=Net|first=True Buddha School|title=關於蓮生活佛-真佛宗TBSN|url=https://ch.tbsn.org/index.php/page/index/%E9%97%9C%E6%96%BC%E8%93%AE%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E4%BD%9B.html|access-date=2021-02-16|website=True Buddha School Net - TBSN|language=zh-TW))</ref> and the [[Trikaya|Three Mountains]] and Nine Marquis.

((anchor|writings))Lu is a prolific author and has produced a large body of work over a span of 40 years. This has resulted in 240 books published in Traditional Chinese.<ref><li>((cite book |last=Tam |first=Wai Lun |editor1-last=Gray |editor1-first=David B. |editor2-last=Overbey |editor2-first=Ryan Richard |date=2016 |chapter=The Tantric Teachings and Rituals of the True Buddha School: The Chinese Transformation of Vajrayāna Buddhism |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f5SCCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA308 |title=Tantric Traditions in Transmission and Translation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f5SCCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA309 |location=Oxford |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |via=[[Google Books]] |pages=309–313 |isbn=978-0-19-976368-9 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199763689.003.0009 |accessdate=2023-11-21 ))<p></ref>

== Personal life ==
Lu Sheng-Yen is married to Lian Hsiang, who is also a vajra master, and is referred as Shimu in Chinese, which translates as Grand Madam in English, the standard Chinese title for a woman married to a Grandmaster. Prior to becoming a monk, the couple already had two children.<ref>((cite web |author=Rev. Pi Yan |year=2006 |title=Grand Master and Grand Madam visited LSCT Temple Chicago Chapter on Nov 11, 2006 |url=http://www.tbsn.org/english2/news.php?id=30&classid=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214012214/http://www.tbsn.org/english2/news.php?classid=1&id=30 |archive-date=February 14, 2007 |access-date=January 5, 2007 |website=True Buddha School Net))</ref>

== Controversies ==

=== Differences between teachings and other Buddhist sects ===
In 2007, the Buddhist Federation of Malaysia, the Malaysian Buddhist Youth Association, the Malaysian Buddhist Dharma Promotion Association, the [[International Buddha's Light Association]] Malaysian Association, the Ceylon Buddhist Advancement Association, [[Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Association]] and [[Malaysian Vajrayana Buddhist Association|Malaysian Vajrayana]] issued a joint statement, criticizing the True Buddha Sect as a heretic Buddhist group, and questioned Lu Shengyan´s claim to be a [[Buddha]] and the supreme power of Dharma. They argue that these claims are misleading, and his personal behavior is not in line with the Buddhist system.<ref name="org"/> 

=== Allegations of money-making fraud ===
In 2007, seven Buddhist groups in Malaysia criticized Shengyan Lu's gatherings for conducting monetary transactions in a statement. For example, the Buddhist hat worn by Shengyan Lu was priced at 300,000 [[USD]], and the [[cassock]] worn by Mr. Lu was priced at 100,000 USD. Moreover, the proceeds from the auction were handed over to Lu Shengyan himself.<ref name="sinchew_26973">((cite news |title="True Buddha Sect is a cult attached to Buddha". The seven major Buddhist groups list six illegal evidences |url=http://news.sinchew.com.my/node/26973 |accessdate=2016-03-07 |agency=Sinchew.com|date=2007-10-25 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130111223758/http://news.sinchew.com.my/node/26973 |archivedate=January 11, 2013|url-status=dead ))</ref> In 2012, in [[New Taipei City]] [[Banqiao District (New Taipei City)|Banqiao District]], a church leader from the True Buddhist Sect promised to help believers invest in [[stocks]] and guaranteed that the investment would be profitable. Lee, accused of violating [[Banking Law]].<ref>((cite news|title=Promote Dharma and speculate in stocks?! The leader of the True Buddha Sect has made hundreds of millions of dollars|url=http://news.cts.com.tw/cts/society/201211/201211021132670.html |accessdate=2016-03-07 |agency=China Television Corporation|date=2012-11-02 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20160307134956/http://news.cts.com.tw/cts/society/201211/201211021132670.html%23.Vt2G8-KIbK4 |archivedate=2016-03-07 |url-status=live ))</ref>

===Collective cash donation to then-Governor Gary Locke===
Lu made headlines during an investigation by the [[Washington State Public Disclosure Commission]], prompted by media reporting, into a collective cash donation to then-[[Governor of Washington|Governor]] [[Gary Locke]] after a speaking engagement at the Ling Shen Ching Tze Temple.<ref name="archive.seattletimes.com">((Cite web|title=Untangling The Locke Campaign-Fund Probe -- Confusing Series Of Events Began At Buddhist Temple ((!)) The Seattle Times|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19971212&slug=2577642|access-date=2021-02-16|website=archive.seattletimes.com))</ref> Lu hoped Locke might eventually run for the [[White House]]. Locke was cleared of any wrongdoing by the commission in 1998. Further, this did not affect Locke in his pursuit for confirmation as [[U.S. Secretary of Commerce]].<ref name=weekly>((cite news |first=Anderson |last=Rick |url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/2001-09-05/news/sex-and-the-buddha/ |title=Sex and the buddha |website=seattleweekly.com |date=2001-09-05 |access-date=2023-11-18))</ref>

=== Criticism ===
In 2007, the Buddhist Federation of Malaysia, the Malaysian Buddhist Youth Association, the Malaysian Buddhist Dharma Promotion Association, the [[International Buddha's Light Association]] Malaysian Association, the Ceylon Buddhist Advancement Association, [[Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Association]] and [[Malaysian Vajrayana Buddhist Association]] issued a joint statement, criticizing the True Buddha Sect as a [[Buddhist heretic]] rather than orthodox Buddhism, and stating their view that Lu Sheng-yen [[List of Buddha claimants#Lu Sheng-yen|claimed to be Buddha]] and claimed the supreme power of Dharma.<ref name="org">((cite news |date=2007-10-25 |title="True Buddha Sect is a cult attached to Buddha". The seven major Buddhist groups list six illegal evidences |agency=Sinchew.com |url=http://news.sinchew.com.my/node/26973 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2016-03-07 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130111223758/http://news.sinchew.com.my/node/26973 |archivedate=January 11, 2013))</ref>

Prof. Wai Lun Tam of the Chinese University of Hong Kong has conducted on-going research into True Buddha School and his studies question the use of the term "new religion", finding instead that it was simply "a new Buddhist movement".<ref name="journal.equinoxpub.com"/>

== Notes ==
<references />

==See also==
*[[List of Buddha claimants]]

== References ==
* Lu, Sheng-yen (1995). ''A Complete and Detailed Exposition on the True Buddha Tantric Dharma''. San Bruno, CA: Purple Lotus Society. ((ISBN|1-881493-04-0))

== External links ==
* ((official website|http://www.tbsn.org/))
* ((YouTube|PGjo2H7xn9c|The Legend of Living Buddha Lian Shen))

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