In 1989, Li Yuan-sung founded the Modern Zen Society, the predecessor of the Amitabha Pure Land Buddhist Association. He advocated spiritual cultivation amidst daily life and, without denying the presence of human passions and desires, stressed the everyday cultivation of morality. Li sought a religious faith that was compatible with science, democracy, and humanitarianism.
淨土宗彌陀念佛會的前身是「現代禪教團」，由李元松居士創立於 1989 年，提倡學佛應在日常世俗中修行，對七情六慾並不排拒，重視現世的安居樂業與倫理道德，並且講求符合現代的科學、民主與人道原則。