What is Lu Sheng-yen?
{{Orphan|date=May 2012}} {{Buddhism}} '''Lu Sheng-Yen''' (盧勝彥, Lú Shèngyàn) (27 June 1945), is the founder and spiritual leader of the [[True Buddha School]], which is a religious group with teachings taken from [[Taoism]] and [[Buddhism]]. He is called '''Master Lu''' by his followers. Within his [[sect]], he is also known as ''Living Buddha Lian Sheng'' (蓮生活佛, ''Liansheng Huófó''). He is worshipped by his followers as a ''[[Tulku#International terminology|Living Buddha]]''.<ref>Lu, Sheng-yen. [http://www.tbsn.org/english2/gm1.php Who is Sheng-Yen Lu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024144937/http://www.tbsn.org/english2/gm1.php |date=2007-10-24 }}</ref> His organization says that over five million students have taken Buddhist [[refuge (Buddhism)|refuge]] under Lu. There are also more than three hundred local chapters of the True Buddha School, including thirty major temples, such as the Ling Shen Ching Tze Temple in [[Redmond, Washington]], where he lives now. Many of his followers are from [[Taiwan]], [[Singapore]], and [[Malaysia]]. Lu is married to Lian Hsiang, who is also a [[Vajrayana|vajra]] master. She is referred as ''Grand Madam Lu''. Lu and Lian Hsiang have two children.<ref>Rev. Pi Yan (2006). [http://www.tbsn.org/english2/news.php?id=30&classid=1 Grand Master and Grand Madam visited LSCT Temple Chicago Chapter on Nov 11, 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214012214/http://www.tbsn.org/english2/news.php?classid=1&id=30 |date=February 14, 2007 }}</ref> ==Life== Lu was born in [[Chiayi County]], [[Taiwan]] in 1945. He was raised a [[Christianity|Christian]] and attended a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] school. He went to [[Chung Cheng Institute of Technology]] and got a degree in Survey Engineering. In his early twenties he was both a survey engineer and a Sunday school Bible teacher. Lu has written that he had a [[Mysticism|mystical experience]] in 1969. This led him to seek out a total of twenty-one human [[guru]]s in [[Taoism]], [[Sutra]], and [[Tantra]]. In