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[…]

BIRTH. DEATH. REPEAT: KALACHAKRA, SHAMBHALA, AND THE FUTURE

By: Alexander BerzinSource: rubinmuseum.org In Shambhala, the land of bliss, a battle rages between karma and ignorance. Is Time Our Enemy? Buddhism defines time as the measurement of change. The Kalachakra system presents three cycles of time, and its teachings assert that change can be measured by the motion of the heavenly bodies or the Read more about BIRTH. DEATH. REPEAT: KALACHAKRA, SHAMBHALA, AND THE FUTURE[…]