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Lu Sheng-Yen (, born 27 June 1945), commonly referred to by followers as ''Grand Master Lu'' (師尊) is the founder and spiritual leader of the True Buddha School, a New religious movement with teachings taken from Sutrayana and Vajrayana as well as Taoism. 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 ''Living Buddha''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tbsn.org/english2/gm1.php )〕 Over five million students have taken refuge under Lu. There are also more than four hundred local chapters of the True Buddha School over the world. The majority of his disciples hail from Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Hong Kong. He has dual American and Taiwanese citizenship, and often travels between the two countries. Lu is married to Lian Hsiang, who is also a vajra master, and is referred as ''Grand Madam Lu'' in Chinese. Before Lu became a monk, the couple already had two children. == Life == Lu was born in Chiayi County, Taiwan in 1945. Lu was raised a Christian and attended a Protestant school. He graduated from Chung Cheng Institute of Technology with a degree in Survey Engineering. In his early twenties he was both a survey engineer and a Sunday school Bible teacher. In a biography, Lu wrote that he acquired invisible vision in 1969, and had a mystical experience, leading him to seek out a total of twenty-one human gurus in Taoism, Sutra, and Tantra. In 1982, Lu and a small following of his disciples moved to the United States, and lived in the state of Washington. To date, Lu has written more than 232 books in Chinese on various topics, including Feng Shui, spirituality, and profound dharma teachings. Approximately 10-15 these books have been completely translated to both English,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Grand Master Lu's Book )〕 Thai, French and Spanish. He went into retreat for six years starting late 2000, spending most of his time in Taihiti, as well as some in Taiwan. Today he predominantly lives in Taiwan, while spending a few months in Redmond, Washington. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lu Sheng-yen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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