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Richard Jun Hong Lu (Chinese: 盧軍宏; pinyin: Lú Jūnhóng, 4 August 1959 – 10 November 2021) was a Chinese-born Australian Buddhist leader and the founder and leader of the Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door religious movement, as well as several other religious organisations. During his lifetime, the Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door drew criticism from orthodox Buddhist organizations, such as the the Malaysian Buddhist Community and the Singapore Buddhist Federation.[1]
Jun Hong Lu | |||||||
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卢军宏 | |||||||
 Lu in 2012 | |||||||
| Born | 4 August 1959 | ||||||
| Died | 10 November 2021 (aged 62) | ||||||
| Cause of death | Illnesses | ||||||
| Nationality | Chinese Australian | ||||||
| Bildung | UNSW Business School | ||||||
| Known for | Founding the Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door religious movement | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 盧軍宏 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 卢军宏 | ||||||
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| Website | richardjunhonglu | ||||||
Early life
Lu was born on 4 August 1959 in Shanghai, China. He later migrated to Australia and obtained Australian citizenship in 1995. In 2010, he launched the Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door organisation and created his own religious beliefs, named as the Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door.
As a Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door leader
Founding of Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door
Since the creation of Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door in 2010, Lu also set up Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door offices in several countries. He and his propagating team organised public talks in Australia; New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston in the United States; and Toronto and Vancouver in Canada; Brussels in Belgium; Madrid in Spain; and Rome in Italy. Lu also delivered speeches in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, UK, France, Germany, Denmark, Thailand, New Zealand, and Taiwan.[2][better source needed] The Dharma Convention held by Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door allows visitors to enter for free. The discipleship initiation ceremony is conducted for free.[3][better source needed] In December 2013 Lu was invited to give a speech at Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD).[4]
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Mahayana Buddhism
Lu claimed that the Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door was an orthodox Mahayana Buddhist practice, encouraging his believers to recite the Buddhist scriptures (sutras and mantras) on a daily basis, practice life liberation (saving the lives of beings destined for slaughter), and making great vows to help more people. While such practices are upheld in the mainstream, Lu claimed that these three "golden practices" laid a solid foundation for improved physical, mental, and psychological well-being, with many followers attesting to have been healed through practice.[5]
Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door practices
Lu created the following practices for the Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door:
- Reciting Buddhist Sutras/mantras: Guan Yin Citta believed that reciting Buddhist sutras and mantras on a daily basis helps one benefit from the blessings of Buddhas and Bodhisattva. Recitation will not only help eliminate one's negative karma; it will also bring strength, wisdom and inner peace, so that one can overcome all kinds of obstacles. The three major sutras and mantras recited by Guan Yin Citta followers are: the Great Compassion Mantra, the Heart Sutra, and the Eighty-eight Buddhas Repentance. A few optional sutras and mantras are Cundi Dharani, Mantra to Untie Karmic Knots and Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra.[6]
- Practicing life liberation: that is, Release of animals, especially those in grave danger of being killed, is a popular practice performed by all schools of Buddhism. Guan Yin Citta believed that setting animals free helps one cultivate compassion towards all beings, and deepens the understanding that all living beings are all interdependent.[7]
- Making great vows: When one makes a vow, he or she will be motivated to fulfill the vow. The vow then becomes very strong energy; it can overcome countless obstacles. This is especially true when one makes a vow out of compassion. Seeing the suffering and hearing the cries of sentient beings, Bodhisattva bring forth immense compassion and vow to benefit all sentient beings.[8]
Organization
On Jun Hong Lu's official Chinese-language blog,[9] he emphasised the importance of Guan Yin Citta followers abiding by the rules and regulations in their respective countries and regions when practising Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door.[10] The main principle of Guan Yin Citta is to love respective country and people, abide by the laws of the country, in achieving a harmonious society. The secretariat further state that, "The Guan Yin Citta practitioner must cultivate compassion for other people, must love respective country and the people, must protect respective country and cultivate harmony in the society; these are the basics of the Guan Yin Citta Buddhist practice, be a pillar of strength for society and respective country."[11]
Death
Lu died on 10 November 2021 at the age of 62, due to undisclosed illnesses.[12][13][14]
Publications
Lu authored the following books:
- Buddhism in Plain Terms Vol. 1-11
- Words of Wisdom Vol. 1-9
- The Proverbs
- Buddhism: Your Questions Answered
- Insightful Wisdom-Proverbs from Master Lu
Awards
On 31 March 2014, Lu was awarded honorary visiting professor by the University of Siena, Italy. The visiting professorship is under the Master Program in Global Governance and Cultural Diplomacy of the University of Siena.[15][better source needed]
Religions
In an interview with Radio France Internationale, Lu stated that: "The reason of having 84,000 Dharma is to accommodate all beings and creatures to understand One's self in order to create a soulful world. It will be good enough as long as you have the heart and soul to create a better place for all beings. That is why I respect the Dharma. It doesn't matter which Dharma you choose; it will still be the path that you have to proceed. This is a very important point. Therefore, Chinese in Sydney will practice vegetarian during the first and the fifteenth of the Chinese calendar. There are also a lot of Chinese worshiping the Buddha during festive seasons. Some even know how to practice loving kindness. A few organisations in Sydney such as the Tzu Chi Foundation, Pure Land Buddhism by Master Chin Kung and also Master Hsing Yun's Nan Tien temple are all well established with the same priority, and that is to carry forward the Buddhism Teaching in order to unite everyone physically, mentally and soulfully. Hence, I believe that every Buddhist Chinese from all over the world should continue to practice Buddhism as it will benefit in the cultivation of One's mindset, and also to create a peaceful and harmonious world."[16]
Criticism
Malaysia Buddhism organisation's reaction
On 28 December 2018, nine Buddhist organisations from Malaysia publicly declared that Lu Jun Hong's Guan Yin Citta belief was not orthodox Buddhist teaching, and urged the public to avoid attending Lu's Guan Yin Citta religious events. In their declaration, they claimed that Lu proclaimed he had the ability to conduct totem and tarot reading, to foresee a person's previous and future lives, and as well as being able to communicate with Guan Yin Bodhisattva. The Buddhism organisations pointed out that Lu's totem reading and the usage and burning of "little house" cards, an essential practice in keeping track of mantra counts, does not exist in Buddhism.[17] They also declared that their actions of promoting a cult of personality for Lu are also not part of Buddhist practice.[1]
The Hong Kong Buddhist Association's reaction
On 30 June 2016, the Hong Kong Buddhist Association published a statement on its official website revealing that Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door does not fall in line with orthodox Buddhist doctrines, rarely citing or even contradicting sutra texts, and that the Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door also added many of Lu's own interpretations to the sutra texts that had never existed before. The association also declared their stance on Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door is in line with Buddhism associations from Malaysia and China.[18]
See also
References
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- ^ "Events". Guan Yin Citta. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ Facts, Dharma. "Guan Yin Citta Convention - Free Entrance".
- ^ "CD-N.ORG |". Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door. p. 4. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door. p. 7. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "救彼命，救己心——放生的重要性".
- ^ "Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door - Dharma Wheel". www.dharmawheel.net.
- ^ "东方台卢军宏台长的博客". Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "中华文化普利众生指导人生 佛法精髓救度众生觉悟人生 ——2016年香港卢军宏台长世界大型弘法活动盛大开幕 : 东方台卢军宏台长的博客".
- ^ "About "Guan Yin Citta" and "Master Lu Jun Hong"". sites.google.com.
- ^ "心灵法门创办人 卢军宏逝世". sinchew.com.my. 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Suspected Cult Leader Jun Hong Lu Passes Away Peacefully At Age 62". Hype Malaysia. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "卢台长逝世！【内附音频】|中國報". 中國報 China Press. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Master Lu Awarded Honorary Visiting Professorship by University of Siena in Italy". Guan Yin Citta. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ "中华世界 - 自度渡人-采访澳洲华人佛教学会卢军宏会长". RFI - 法国国际广播电台. 18 July 2012.
- ^ "九大佛教团体联合声明 吁民众勿出席卢台长见面会". 光华网. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "香港佛教聯合會 - 弘法活動". www.hkbuddhist.org. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
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