The White Lotus Sect
By: Ulrich Theobald Source: chinaknowledge.de The Bailianjiao 白蓮教 “White Lotus Sect” was a millenarian movement with Buddhist traditions that several times in history ignited large-scale popular uprisings against the ruling dynasties. The religious background of the White Lotus Sect goes back to the Pure Land School (Jingtuzong 淨土宗) whose oldest patriarch, Huiyuan 慧遠 (334-416 CE), founded White Lotus Societies (bailianshe 白蓮社 Read more about The White Lotus Sect[…]