Jun Hong Lu

Jun Hong Lu (, born 4 August 1959) is the leader and the founder of the organisation Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door along with several other religions organisations owned by himself. Controversially, the Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door created by Lu was denounced by Malaysian Buddhist Community and Singapore Buddhist Federation.
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 organized 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. The Dharma Convention held by Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door allows visitors to enter for free. The discipleship initiation ceremony is conducted for free. In December 2013 Lu was invited to give a speech at Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD).
Publications.
Lu has authored the following books:
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.
Views.
Mahayana Buddhism.
Lu claims that Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door belongs to the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and he encourages believers to recite the Buddhist scriptures (Sutras and mantras) on a daily basis, practice life liberation (that is, saving the lives of beings destined for slaughter), make great vows to help more people. Lu claims that these three "golden practices" lay a solid foundation for improved physical and mental well-being.
Organization.
On Jun Hong Lu's official Chinese-language blog, he emphasizes the importance of Guan Yin Citta followers' abiding by the rules and regulations in their respective countries and regions when practicing Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door. 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."
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 organizations 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."
Criticism.
Malaysia Buddhism organization's reaction.
On 28 December 2018, 9 Buddhism organizations from Malaysia publicly declared that Lu Jun Hong's Guan Yin Citta belief does not match Buddhism's teaching, and urged the public to avoid attending Lu's Guan Yin Citta religious event. The 9 organizations are Malaysian Buddhist Association, Young Buddhist Association Of Malaysia / YBAM ATC, Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia, Buddhist Maha Vihara Malaysia, Theravada Buddhist Council of Malaysia, Vajrayana Buddhist Council of Malaysia, BLIA, and Malaysian Buddhist Kulapati Association. Lu Jun Hong self-claimed he has the ability to conduct Totem reading, to see a person's previous life and the doings, and as well as communicate with the Buddhist god, the GuanYin. The Buddhism organizations pointed out that Lu's Totem reading, uses and burning of the "Little house" does not exist in Buddhism. They also declared that their actions of promoting a cult of personality for Lu Jun Hong are also not part of the Buddhist practice.