True Exposition of True Buddha School Founder Sheng Yen Lu

• Luna Wei

  21 Mar 11, 20:01

  Correction in violet, my recall...

  - TUMO/serpent fire cultivation and acts like an expert. When people challenged her knowledge and real experience in that, she exclaimed, “我根本没å�«ä½ åŽ»è¯»ï¼Œæ˜¯ä½ è‡ªå·±è¦�去读的。难é�“你读什么东西都è¦�我负责å�—？我为什么è¦�对我所贴的文章负责？这是别人写的，ä¸�关我的事ï¼�è¦�怪去怪写这些文章的人。所有的因果是你跟他之间的事ï¼�我å�ªæ˜¯å¥½å¿ƒè´´ç»™äººçœ‹çœ‹æœ‰ä»€ä¹ˆèµ„料或其他修行方法罢了ï¼�”Therefore  it is extremely important, don't follow any cultivation articles that are created/pasted by Wiser aka Arica Lim. 你若照ç�€å¥¹çš„文章去å�šçš„è¯�，出了事，她会转过头æ�¥ç¾žè¾±ä½ çš„，虽然她自己都å�šä¸�到。

   

• Luna Wei

  21 Mar 11, 20:23

  WY， she will not change, this became her habit, for deccades. I also chanted for her recovery, a few others chanted on their own, dun know whether that took effects or not.

  People saw her struggling up the stairs step by step with tremendous efforts along the Ghim Moh 3-room flats, there was another woman by her side helped her going up the stairs patiently, she is one of the TBSer, look like she was taking care of her that time.

  6 months later, she regained the ability to walk normally, and that woman went disappeared. Shall ask that TBSer what problems did Arica went through and share with others, I mean how she helped Arica to regain the ability to wallk again...

• Luna Wei

  22 Mar 11, 08:43

  Originally posted by Wiser:

  在�佛宗臥底的日�
  一�八六年，我在尖沙咀�部的一家很大的�身會�為會員，�識關�利大律師，關大狀還是精武体育
  會迷蹤羅漢拳的教練，是真正�元甲的傳人，那時候本人也熱愛武術，曾學習泰國拳�跆拳��中國武術等
  等，所以跟關大狀甚為投契，無所�談。
  
  關大狀亦研究佛學，為天�宗門人。而我那時候�佛法則一無所知，在一次閒�中，關大狀談�佛法，並談
  到��有一�盧�彥寫了很多書，自誇神通廣大�元神出竅�醫病�魔�神算風水�基�教��法�佛法�
  顯宗�密宗�天文地��無所�知�無所�曉。全世界皈�徒弟幾佰�人，蓮花童�化身，自�紅冠�冕金
  剛上師，創宗立派，�為居士，後來在徒弟果賢法師剃了光頭，但沒有�據漢傳佛教��傳佛教��傳佛教
  等方�出家。自稱蓮生活佛，亦正亦邪，眾說紛紜。
  
  我在好奇心驅使下，去書局買了很多盧先生的著作去看，接近一百本。好�什麽《�魔平妖傳》�《黑教黑
  法》�《湖濱別有天》�《無上法王�》�《啟�學》�《真佛秘中秘》�《密�奇中奇》等等。天馬行
  空，神通�常厲害，媲美蜀山�俠，�這�盧先生�期然產生欽佩。據書中所寫，盧先生還跟隨了很多�師
  學習，�六世大寶法王�大錫�巴�波切�普方上師��登��上師�薩迦證空喇嘛�了鳴和尚�清真�
  長�無形�師三山�侯�還得密宗祖師蓮花生大士�身親傳，厲害厲害�很巧�，�身會其中一�會員湯馬
  士的師父，原來是盧先生的徒弟�剃度師果賢法師。而這�果賢法師亦�常入世，以一介出家人身份跟湯馬
  士跑來�身會�觀，�知��身會是男女�混�的。�單男女士穿背心短褲，有些女士更穿性感的�美舞衣
  走來走去。( 這家�身會甚多�人明星，如梅艷芳�楊紫瓊�許冠傑�任���鄧光榮�劉德��甄�丹�
  周啟生�狄�等等，香港大部份明星。而當時的�美舞�師，就是�在著�的美容�業家�安���，亦是
  我的朋�，���後來亦信奉佛法。)
  
  在湯馬士引介之下，�識了果賢法師。跟他交談，覺得這�出家人也挺�代化的。基本上沒有代�，雖然法
  師一臉�鬚，但年紀也�很大。他說當�出家是開開心心的去出家，�是好�電影�電視劇那樣，�念俱�
  �去出家。學的是襌宗，但後來�為師父後，竟去皈�居士身的盧�彥為師。大家�談起他的上師，亦�蓮
  生活佛盧�彥，我說看�他的著作，亦有想皈�的想法。果賢法師就�我若�皈�，他剛準備去美國西雅圖
  見盧活佛，�代我轉交信件，我說��麻煩法師�信了，自己寄去就�以，後來我就寫信去美國皈�了。
  �久美國西雅圖雷�寺回信，收到皈�証書��我去旺角信法堂學法的信件，我就在信件指示那天去了信法
  堂學法。當天也有幾�人�時上課，那��師是盧活佛的香港徒弟劉易榮，是盧先生所�的香港第一批上師
  其中之一。他是居士，以����風水為生。劉易榮神情木�，說話也��利。粗略講了修上師相應法的方
  法，就是這個宗所尊崇的修蓮生活佛�本尊的，蓮花童�相應大法。因蓮生活佛盧先生自稱是白蓮花童�化
  身，學�基�教��教�佛教顯密�宗。學法於無形�師三山�侯�清真�長，創立了�仙宗。�學佛法顯
  密�宗，後改為�仙真佛宗，最後改為真佛宗。
  
  之後一段時間，我確實有點沉迷。一有空就去信法堂�加�修法會，沒有法會時也跑去自修。更看了蓮生活
  佛盧先生的書，啟�法去自己啟�練�。啟�後我會自動打出�種手�甚至武功，變化多端，神奇異常。內
  氣游走全身，全身是�的�晶体，那時感覺甚為奇妙，也感�到外氣�動。而一起學的�修�學都沒有�以
  啟�打手�的，感覺好��他們一籌。( 後來我知�這啟�法�是盧先生所創，是一般�教都有練習。有些
  教派則用來求僮，�請師公上身。有了僮身就等如身体有了容器，請神上身��能。也跟自發動功的氣功練
  法有點相似，我�來的動作亦似少林易筋經�武當養生功。這些動作是因人而異，亦有人啟�後身体�精神
  出��題，好壞�能一概而論。其後我因為�跟漢地演教者-劉銳之金剛上師學習毘盧七支�，想到氣路�
  �，自己決定�止練習啟�練�法。)
  
  特別强烈的�動，確實有點誇張，但那時候就真的那麽强烈。感覺身体是有强大的能�，在修法時會演化�
  種手�加�別人。�者見有光發出，引起一些人的說話，�為我走�入魔。但我自覺良好，身体好精神好。
  當然內心也想�清楚是好是壞，是�入魔等�題。
  
  於是約了果賢法師，去到他沙田的寺院，並上到他的�人禪房亦是密壇�觀。密壇的主尊是阿彌陀佛，地上
  是白色的羊毛地氈，佛壇�樣�飾�用�都是上等的。果賢法師說我的精神很好，��走�入魔。其後�我
  用手摸他的頭，看看是�有開頂的洞。我就用手摸他的頭，頭頂確有一個凹下沒骨如嬰孩的洞，那時候�知
  �有什麽作用，他說是開頂，將來往生，就在這里飛出去淨土，並摸到他後腦也有這個沒有骨的洞，他說是
  後門，方便走人。
  
  於是開始去�宗�派，�種宗教去�學。見�很多具德正�的活佛�上師�法師，�家法術高人，國際著�
  的傳�牧師，當然一定去了解盧先生所�稱的師父�學。�漸�盧先生�其所�的上師所說言行，明白大部
  分是錯誤的。盧先生所說皈��六世大寶法王，法王在1981年在美國示�圓寂，盧先生則在1982年由��
  移民去美國，時空上並�符�。就算之�能�加法王一些�緣�頂，也並�表示是法王的秘密心��。更何
  �親近學習，都需�極長時間，有人說大活佛轉世�需�太多修行�學習，在看�『大寶法王傳�就知�這
  是�真實的。歷代法王�其他活佛都在�証後，經�正統�全�的顯教密續訓練，修行學習更比一般人多，
  絕�托大，�會自以為什麽大根器什麽先天來歷�用修，這樣�能為眾生立好榜樣。
  
  至於書中所寫的大錫�巴�波切，正�應該是大�徒�波切。大�徒�大寶法王皆是明�的明�祖所冊�的
  大活佛，�稱是中文，�是�文。而盧先生實質並沒有見�大�徒�波切，�是由香港的高安民帶著他的照
  片�加�緣�頂，拿照片給�波切加�，並�是親授�頂，�能算是�頂。更沒有親近學習密法，�能算是
  徒弟。( �波切是國語音，廣�音是寧波車，�文原�是人中之寶，�在通常是指乘願�來渡眾生的化身
  佛�化身�薩，漢人所�的活佛。這�詞在��上�通，因佛�生�滅，�存在活佛死佛之別。)
  
  full article

   

  http://shcstory.com/web_opensound.html

  This article sells SHC orgaz away and admit that they employ "specialists" to enter various groups/organization as undercover so as to seek opportunities for their business.

• Luna Wei

  22 Mar 11, 08:52

  Originally posted by An Eternal Now:

  Btw just a clarification: wiser is not the person you claimed, having checked with her personally, she never claims enlightenment nor kundalini awakening at 22.

  An Eternal Now, checking with a liar, you will get lies in return.

  Check for her height, she is near to 1.8M tall, WY is right.

  Check where she stays. She stays at Ghim Moh.

  Check for her marital status, she likes to claim as SINGLE! Because her husband divorced her.

  If you want photo, I can provide you also. She is wearing glasses, short hair but kindda little.

  Her voice is loud, by nature, with vibrating hollow sound.

  Alternatively, you can call for a meet up with her, then bring her to a place full of TBSers. Immediately, the TBSers will greet her, "Hi, Arica, long time no see...."

  Got it?!

   

• Luna Wei

  22 Mar 11, 08:58

  Originally posted by Wiser:

  any way Lu Sheng Yen created a sutra called the true buddha sutra that all his followers must chant by heart.  He told everyone he is the Amitabhava buddha in this sutra.

  He also told everyone he is the 6th matriach, the mirapa, and some more dun know who la.  He only short of telling everyone he is shakyamuni buddha in previous life.

   

  六祖慧能还用他的å�£è¯´å‡ºäº†ä¸€æœ¬“六祖å�›ç»�” 哦，因为他ä¸�识字，你ä¸�能å�«ä»–把“六祖å�›ç»�”写出æ�¥å�§ï¼Œä½ æ²¡è¯»è¿‡å�—？

   

• Luna Wei

  22 Mar 11, 09:18

  Originally posted by Wiser:

  
  True Buddha School can con many and some of them may be in the government post and protecting TBS.  Like this Wang Yin, slandering a person so badly on a open forum. Tsk tsk...don't know what kind of buddhism they teach in this cult.

  Many people do not understand why TBS is a cult , lack of information. And with this kind of die hard supporter like Wang Yin using all tactics to slander another person,

  who dare to speak up and tell others the truth of TBS.

   

  hahahaha....only the brave and the one who cares enough for others.

  Then prove that your are not near to 1.8M tall, you are not staying at Ghim Moh, you are not a divorcee. If you can't, then you are slapping yourself with your own words, and whats more, you call yourself a what? A BULLDDHIST?

  Oh I see, you are so brave to the extend that you don't even dare to admit your own surname! The Surname that you grreat great grand grand ancestors passing on to your ah gong, your father then to yourself.

  So please prove that you are really really WARY BRAVE!!! Please show your photo here... eh, wait a minute, you used to abuse internet chatroom avatars as your own to create many slander IDs, no no no, is better that I PROVIDE YOUR PHOTO here, right? I guess you will not stop me from showing your photo here, because YOU ARE SO BRAVE TO TAKE ON TBS, so no point to hide behind your virtual ID right?

  Sherry Chua ?! What a BIG LIE!!!!

  WY told the audience here to go to a 3rd party database, The US Law Database to do readup on their own, because the audience here are LACK OF INFORMATION! And is YOU, are the ONE to stop them from accessing useful information with your own selfish and ill intention to confine them within your LIES!.

• Luna Wei

  22 Mar 11, 09:43

  Originally posted by An Eternal Now:

  All buddhist organisations know True Buddha School is a cult and lu sheng yen is a con man

  All legitimate mainstream Buddhist organisations do not receognise TBS, this is a fact.

  攻击真佛宗的马�西亚7大团体，本�应有8大团体。其中一个在记者招待会之�紧急退出，并�出�悔。

  Hello, 至少西马还有一个没有排斥真佛宗的哦，很�错哦。

  所以，并没有ALL啦，至少在大马是如此。

• Luna Wei

  22 Mar 11, 09:57

  Originally posted by Wiser:

  are you sure ? Lu sheng yen can create so many lies, he can also create this.  May be someone 's relative get another monk to bless the ex-con but nobody mentioned only.

  
  

  Any way true buddha school laughed at others when they don't know many other traditional buddhist organisations have so many of these miracles but people don't use this to sell their school leh.

   

  Just another marketing tactic of lu sheng yen. 

  Nobody mentioned it, because he says NO LIES! Then how to mention ?!

  Who will act like you and SHC, to CREATE SOMETHING TO MENTION ABOUT WHICH in fact, are all LIES!

  Oh? TBS laughs at others for no miracles? Reported by Wiser aka Arica Lim?

  Why need to laugh when they could not have any miracles? Anyway TBS is not selling miracles, unless someones felt that their egoes are beaten by those fact of miracles of TBS, such that they can't take it anymore and plot to attack TBS and even gang up to announce that THE LEGITIMATE MAINSTREAM RELIGION OR GROUPS SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY MIRACLE.

  Wow... like to confine people within their lies, same feathers flock together !!! Eh, this is also their kind of miracle what?...Creation of many many many lies !!! But in fact, for a Buddhist group to deny miracles of Buddhism, that group will never have any miracles.

  Any group with such thought, already fail to serve the community as a religion body, and those who slander TBS on this miracle case, do not hold Buddhism in heart.

   

• Luna Wei

  22 Mar 11, 13:17

  Wiser aka Arica Lim,
  
  With you such a GREAT PERSON, with such a GREAT PERSONALITY and GREAT COMPASSION, with GREAT CONCERNS about the raped victims, with the PAINs you feel for SHC, and being so BRAVE to take on cults on SHC's behalf, aren't you too selfish not to make basic introduction of yourself?
  
  why you dare not show your face here?
  
  why you dare not use your dialect name or Chinese name here?
  
  why you dare not show your cancers histories and treatments here?
  
  why not you show your address here to everybody so that people with Kundalini problems or people being raped by bad guys and especially for SHC organization, to pay a visit to your home and seek for your EMERGENCY helps and VALUABLE cum COMPASSIONATE advice.
  
  A, no sincerity at all ! Hello, show your sincerity leh...
  
  You claimed yourself to be filthy rich in TBS forums that you have lots of lots of antiques （宋�明�清代�董和�窑�一大堆破铜烂�）available for auction at home, and yet you refuse to donate to SHC and provide her with financial supports for battling with Mr. Lu ？Errrh, really strange leh, why harh?? I thought you really CARE about SHC worh, but yet why you refuse to help her up financially?
  
  ** Sorry everybody, I know you all must be at a lost because one moment she claimed herself very rich and another moment she said she had no money to eat. We too very confuse at first... So, in the end we realize, no point to pick up some sense from her statements.
  
  Otherwise, just doing talk shows and cut and paste jobs will not SHOW YOUR SINCERITY in whatever you have claimed on yourself.
  
  Silence means consent. Perhaps, you want someone else to do these jobs for you?
  

• Luna Wei

  22 Mar 11, 13:31

  Wiser aka Arica Lim,

  你�用你一贯的作风�压贴了。

  林家è�Šï¼ŒArica Lim，现在没有auction你家的æ±�窑啦，还是è¦�等到大家都“相信”你了之å�Žï¼Œå�ˆå¼€å§‹åœ¨ç½‘站上å�–å�¤è‘£äº†æ˜¯å�—？

   

• Luna Wei

  22 Mar 11, 13:37

  Wiser aka Arica Lim, 林家�，除了SHC stories, 你还是贴 SHC story.

  唉。。。

• Luna Wei

  22 Mar 11, 13:44

  哎哟，�是这个法师他自称为「附佛外��的真佛宗，干嘛一直有�利�的神迹嘞？
  
  很奇怪哦���
  
  人家的死囚犯弟�臭臭都有�利�嘞，哎哟，怎会「附佛外��附到这么厉害？？？

• Luna Wei

  22 Mar 11, 13:58

  「附佛外��的��是，copycat 是�？

  copy 佛教是�？

  哇，连�利��就法都有办法copy过去，�是普通的copy版了咯，是正版的咯�

• Luna Wei

  22 Mar 11, 19:16

  Originally posted by Wan Ying:

  The so called legitimate mainstream Buddhist organisations are accredited by themselves.

  In ancient India, nobody gave that kind of "Legitimate Recognition" to Buddha too.

  However, there is one thing TBS outweight the rest of legitimate mainstream Buddhist organisations, that is,

  In 1999， TBS enabled 新加�的10�死刑犯，皈�莲生活佛�，诚心�悔，10人�求�早行刑。10人上��化�得到�利�和�利花。这10人之�都没有信仰，他们的家人都跪在活佛��泣谢�

  TBS真正的å�šå¾—到，åŠ�化世人，“放下屠刀，立地æˆ�佛。”

  Which is the so called "legitimate mainstream Buddhist organisations" failed to do that for decades.

  这些��，如果你们觉得麻木的�，我还有��说。

  这些死囚犯的真佛宗弟�，有些�康者立誓在死��出器官。在真佛宗法师的加�之下，一步一步的步上刑�。

  有几级�阶，在上第一阶之�就倒地了。�是�普通的死囚犯，一看到绞环就两脚瘫软在地，尿液马上�出�，需�狱官两边挟扶上刑�，�是的。

  而是他们的�魂在上�阶之�，就离体了。��就是，没有痛苦的死去。

  所以之�抬上刑�，套上绞环和行刑的过程�痛苦，他们已�毫无知觉。

  刑�隔�摆了一张手术床，两边�站了一排医生。仵作把�刑尸体急速�上手术床，医生们�刻动手割除器官，连骨头都�了出�，剩下的丢出�的，�是一张�破布的皮肉而已。时间几乎在几秒内完�。原��个医生都有他们�自下手的目标，速度�常快。

  所以，这些�献器官的死囚犯真佛宗弟�，是以一张皮肉去�化的。就是以这张皮肉，烧出了�利�，甚至有些得到七彩�利�。

  Well， 当然有批评的声浪，犹如海啸一般翻江倒海的声势，冲�真佛宗，大势批评一番。说什么�了化学物质太多，�了豆质�太多，就会有很多钙质残留物在骨头里 bla bla bla一大堆废�。就连什么团体�加上Arica Lim以�弟�的声势�助�，一起�抨击真佛宗。

  �过我们问了他们一�，那为何这些钙质残留物还会�断的生�babies(��利�）呢？

  �我�想说得太难�。�正对�上�的对方，哪会说出人�呢？

  我想说的�点是，尽管历�上有许多�化得到�利�的神迹，但是�有人想过，在现世纪的今天，以一个死囚犯的身份，�烧出�利�，而且是七彩�利�，是���能的事。为什么？

  人体在死�的几秒内就被支离破碎，这在佛教的处��体仪�中（7天内��移动尸体）是一大�忌。因为死者会痛或心烦得的无法安心往生。无法往生的人，还谈什么烧出�利�呢？

  当然，烧出�利��是真佛宗的专利。�是别人是以全尸去烧，包挂骨头在内哦，也�能修了很久哦。而死囚犯是以皮肉去烧，而且�修几年而已。�是一个死囚犯，�管有�器官还是没�器官的，�时间上�的，�化�皆得�利�。

  为何真佛宗这�触动人心的世纪大救渡，会��如此巨大的排斥呢？

  是宗教�由�？

  哈哈哈哈�笑死我了�

  �信？�������

   

• Aik TC

  22 Mar 11, 20:38

   

  I attended twice Lu Sheng Yen’s talks in Singapore, once in IMM many years ago and a more recent one around 3 years ago at the Expo. The attendance at the Expo, I believe were around 20,000 to 30,000 from all over SEA with some I notice, even from Japan.  Some of his followers were even following him on his tour of SEA including Taiwan. There were also many monks of the School present in these gathering. It goes to show how established this school has become.

  As an outsider, I have also notice how committed and devoted these followers are to him. Statues of him are also available for sale to the followers to worship. They have their own chants and offer many type of services to its members. You can also find group of this School even in small towns in Malaysia.  

  Whether main stream Buddhists like it or not, or agrees with their teaching, they are here to stay for a long time to come.

   

• An Eternal Now

  22 Mar 11, 21:04

  yes there is no doubt that tbs is a large organisation and thus all the more we must educate the public about how strayed tbs is from the the true authentic dharma that leads to enlightenment

  as crowds usually attract crowds resulting in more being blindly misled

• Luna Wei

  22 Mar 11, 21:06

  So, Aik TC, for the IMM that session, did you realized that the corridor leading to toilets at the back of stage was flooded with water?

• Aik TC

  22 Mar 11, 21:13

  Originally posted by Luna Wei:

  So, for the IMM that session, did you realized that the corridor leading to toilets at the back of stage was flooded with water?

  
  No, too long ago. Only remember that the vest he was wearing was auction off, believe for more than $40k on the last day.

• Luna Wei

  22 Mar 11, 21:33

  Perhaps that area was blocked out due to slippery. But for ladies who queued up for the restrooms at that area would know because fewer people would take a long distance to those toilets.

  那些水，是用æ�¥æ•‘ç�«æ—¶ï¼Œç´§æ€¥æ´’到地上的。有3个年轻人在那边大喊大å�«ï¼Œ“烧死你们ï¼�这些附佛外é�“çš„é­”å­�魔孙ï¼�”

  I agree with "An Eternal Now", because no proper education was given to the so called "true authentic dharma" followers, thats why millions of people have swamped into TBS within short period of time! Perhaps after they realized how TRUE AUTHENTIC DHARMA can be used on the innocents....

  在冷气大厦内放�，�管几万人的死活。真佛宗人士之外，商家�顾客�工作人士将无一幸�。其心之毒，让人胆寒。其行之毒，�无�者。如此狭�的胸襟，你们真的�好好的管教他们哦�

  Aik TC, then do you remember which party recieved this $40K? Who/Which is the reciever who went up onto the stage for photo session?

   

• Aik TC

  22 Mar 11, 21:43

   

  No idea, only know he wasn't any VIP, as he was sitting somewhere at the back of the hall. 

• Wiser

  22 Mar 11, 21:49

  Originally posted by Luna Wei:

  Perhaps that area was blocked out due to slippery. But for ladies who queued up for the restrooms at that area would know because fewer people would take a long distance to those toilets.

  那些水，是用æ�¥æ•‘ç�«æ—¶ï¼Œç´§æ€¥æ´’到地上的。有3个年轻人在那边大喊大å�«ï¼Œ“烧死你们ï¼�这些附佛外é�“çš„é­”å­�魔孙ï¼�”

  I agree with "An Eternal Now", because no proper education was given to the so called "true authentic dharma" followers, thats why millions of people have swamped into TBS within short period of time! Perhaps after they realized how TRUE AUTHENTIC DHARMA can be used on the innocents....

  在冷气大厦内放�，�管几万人的死活。真佛宗人士之外，商家�顾客�工作人士将无一幸�。其心之毒，让人胆寒。其行之毒，�无�者。如此狭�的胸襟，你们真的�好好的管教他们哦�

  Aik TC, then do you remember which party recieved this $40K? Who/Which is the reciever who went up onto the stage for photo session?

   

   

  Prove it !  any police report ?  you people just create stories and blame on the traditional buddhist schools.

  another lie of TBs

   

• Wiser

  22 Mar 11, 21:57

  Originally posted by An Eternal Now:

  yes there is no doubt that tbs is a large organisation and thus all the more we must educate the public about how strayed tbs is from the the true authentic dharma that leads to enlightenment

  as crowds usually attract crowds resulting in more being blindly misled

  
  you are absolutely right on that. Many bring along their unsuspecting friends and relatives, family members for blessing. 

  The crowd made up of people who attended just for blessing pulled along by their friend/family yet TBS boasted that they had so many followers.  TBS just loved to make up stories to market the school.

  The truth is many had left disappointed, hurt, abused and cheated quietly. Cos they are fearful of the threats made by TBS people ( like you will get cancer, you will be punished by Gods etc ).  Typical behaviours of a cult.  Using threat to shut people up.

   There are a few ended up in the mental hospital. I met someone who told me a real story of his friend. 20 years of youth wasted in the mental hospital after his childhood friend started to follow tbs and became mad. His friend was given the clearance after 20 years but the family would not want to hear a single word of TBS. He wasted 20 years in IMH/

   

• Luna Wei

  22 Mar 11, 22:13

  Originally posted by Aik TC:

   

  No idea, only know he wasn't any VIP, as he was sitting somewhere at the back of the hall. 

  Ok, never mind.
  
  All auction has a purpose. There will be some items to be auctioned off, which is mostly donated by some ones. There will be a target party, receiver/beneficiary, and this receiver is not necessarily TBS related, it could be hospital, NKF, community chest etc. After the auction, photo taking for donor and receiver is a must.
  
  Most of the time, there will be minimum 2 auction items, I observed. One is for social benefits and responsibilities and another one will be used to source for funds to pay for the hefty expenses.
  
  Like the Expo session, the rental is over one million, just for the 5 halls, not including equipments, transportation, setups, advertising, project management costs etc. There is never a session that TBS could made money from gigantic ceremony. Backend there are always rich men willing to absorb the outstanding. The truth is, whatever they sponsored, they managed to recover it from their businesses. Thats why they are able to support in long term.
  
  Any donation solicited from the public, it has to be spent within a financial year. Over a year, the money belongs to the government, thus the temple needs to source for donations for the coming year expenses from scratch again and again.
  
  There are lots of rules and regulations set by local government. What you see, is not what you imagined.
  

• Wiser

  22 Mar 11, 22:17

  1/3 will go to the Seattle temple (into lu sheng yen pocket), 1/3 to the masters and 1/3 to the chapter/temples.  Standard distribution listed in TBS news.  Every TBS temple and chapters have to follow.

  To put up a show, they will donate some to charity.

• Luna Wei

  22 Mar 11, 22:20

  Nonsense.