The issue is further complicated by organizations with unique sets of beliefs-such as Supreme Master Ching Hai's organization-that have all the characteristics of a new religious group, yet don't admit to being religions.
如果以教義來看，某些獨樹一格的信仰團體如清海無上師領導的教團，明明具有鮮明的新興宗教特質，卻又不願意承認自己是一種宗教。