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| type = {{ublist|class=nowrap |[[Community|Community Living]], [[Intentional community|Commune]], [[Taoism]]}} |
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'''New Oasis for Life Commune''' ({{zh|c=生命禅院|p=Shēngmìng chányuàn {{noitalic|{{pronunciation|Zh-weixìn.ogg|listen|(|help=no}}}}|l=Life Zen Temple}}), also called '''Lifechanyuan''' was a community founded in April 2009 by ''Xuefeng'' in Yunnan province, China. From 2009 to 2016, it was also called “the Second Home”. |
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Between 2016 and 2021 the organization was forcibly disbanded by the Chinese government, which has since declared the group an illegal organization. Xuefeng moved to Canada and set up a new community. |
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Lifechanyuan is the integration of Christianity, Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, science, and Mao Zedong. It is not a religion. Rather, it is a way of life through communal living and through preserving the environment. Lifechanyuan follows the path of the Greatest Creator, and the core values of Lifechanyuan are to revere the Greatest Creator, revere life, and revere nature. It requires that its members read the [https://www.scribd.com/document/87670493/Lifechanyuan-Chanyuan-Corpus-The-Greatest-Creator Chanyuan Corpus] and follow the [http://www.smcyinternationalfamily.org/category/800-values/ 800 values for the new era human beings]. There is no marriage allowed in the community. |
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===Chanyuan Celestial's=== |
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In order to become a Chanyuan Celestial you must be: |
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1. a civilized person. |
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2. a kind person. |
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3. a wise person. |
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4. a diligent person. |
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5. a person with great ideals. |
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6. a person wanting to be a celestial being. |
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7. a person who keeps promise. |
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8. a person who loves to bring delighted, joyful, free, and happy life to others. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Xuefeng was born Zhang Zifan in 1957 the son of a local cadre in Lianhua Township, Gansu Province. They later moved to Hetan in Gansu. In 1995 he was sent to Zimbabwe by the Gansu Geology and Mineral Resources Bureau. After living and doing business there for some years, he claimed to have a near-death experience in which he was reborn with the same spirit that had run through other key figures in world religion. He took the name Xuefeng and started Lifechanyuan in 2005.<ref name="Anonymous-2024">{{Cite web |last=Zhu |first=Chenzi |date=2021-07-28 |title=自称上帝使者，鼓吹性爱自由，裹挟成员聚居，"生命禅院"非法组织被依法取缔！(Claiming to be a messenger of God, advocating sexual freedom, and forcing members to live together, the illegal organization "Life Zen Temple" was banned according to law!) |url=http://www.pazjw.gov.cn/fxfx/qdxj/202107/t20210728_22872169.shtml |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=www.pazjw.gov.cn}}</ref> <ref name="Introvigne-2022">{{cite journal |last=Introvigne |first=Massimo |date=2022-01-01 |title=Religión, "sectas" y control social en la China de Xi Jinping |trans-title=Religion, "sects" and social control in Xi Jinping's China |url=https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/riea/article/view/49606/49729 |journal=Revista Internacional de Estudios Asiáticos |language=es |publisher=[[University of Costa Rica]] |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=30–68 |doi=10.15517/riea.v1i1.49606 |doi-access=free |trans-journal=International Journal of Asian Studies |accessdate=2024-04-29 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429000529/https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/riea/article/view/49606/49729 |archivedate=2024-04-29}}</ref> |
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In 2009 Xuefeng set up a commune in China's southwestern Yunnan Province, a "rural communal utopia".<ref name="Introvigne-2022" /> The commune claimed to have about 150 members, to share property in common, and to reject marriage.<ref name="nytimes-2023-03">{{Cite news |date=2023-03-12 |first1= Dan |last1=Levin |title=Communism Is the Goal at a Commune, but Chinese Officials Are Not Impressed |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/world/asia/communism-is-the-goal-at-a-commune-but-chinese-officials-are-not-impressed.html |access-date=2024-04-29 |archive-date=2023-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324005520/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/world/asia/communism-is-the-goal-at-a-commune-but-chinese-officials-are-not-impressed.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sigley |first1=Gary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MAeJCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA240 |title=Asian Highland Perspectives 40: Research Articles, Folklore Collections, Reviews |date=2016-02-09 |publisher=Asian Highlands Perspectives |pages=240–41 |language=en}}</ref> The commune was blockaded by police in 2014 and eventually broken up.<ref name="nytimes-2023-03" /> Further raids occurred in Guizhou in 2021.<ref name="Introvigne-2022" /> As of July 2021 Lifechanyuan is classed as an illegal organization in China.<ref name="Anonymous-2024" /> |
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===Founding of Lifechanyuan=== |
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Xuefeng moved to Canada, and those who could not follow him may be in hiding in China. There are also followers in Thailand.<ref name="Introvigne-2022" /> In 2017 the organization claimed to be building a new community in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-03 |title=Let Us Unite as One – Lifechanyuan International Family Society |url=https://www.smcyinternationalfamily.org/lets-unite-as-one/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=en}}</ref> As of 2024 the organization claims to invite new members who are "under 58 years old, and wish to become immortal."<ref>{{Cite web |author=EIN Presswire |date=2024-04-15 |title=Lifechanyuan Canada's New Home Awaits Residents |url=https://myfox8.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/703099813/lifechanyuan-canadas-new-home-awaits-residents/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=FOX8 WGHP |language=en-US}}</ref> According to Chinese sources, the organization had about 2,000 members in 2021, of which about 100 were active.<ref name="Anonymous-2024" /> |
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In 2009, Xuefeng came back to China and established "The Second Home of Lifechanyuan" people group. It had been growing great, with an excess of one hundred and fifty (150) individuals on three ranches in Yunnan Province before it got disbanded by the Chinese government in 2017. In January 2017, in foresight of a promising future, Xuefeng changed the group's name to "Lifechanyuan International Family Society". |
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==Life in the Community== |
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Lifechanyuan claims to integrate thought from Christianity, Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, and other sources.<ref name="Anonymous-2024" /> |
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==References== |
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There is no marriage allowed as they view it as patriarchal and Xuefeng views marriage as an outdated concept. However, committed relationships are allowed. |
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{{reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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Each member works for six to eight hours a day (farming, cleaning, or cooking) and share meals together. Each member gets his or her own bedroom but shared common space. |
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*{{Official website|https://www.smcyinternationalfamily.org/}} |
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[[Category:Religious syncretism]] |
[[Category:Religious syncretism]] |
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Latest revision as of 04:19, 20 May 2024
| Formation | 2009 |
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Key people | Xuefeng (founder) |
| Website | www |
New Oasis for Life Commune (Chinese: 生命禅院; pinyin: Shēngmìng chányuàn (); lit. 'Life Zen Temple'), also called Lifechanyuan was a community founded in April 2009 by Xuefeng in Yunnan province, China. From 2009 to 2016, it was also called “the Second Home”.
Between 2016 and 2021 the organization was forcibly disbanded by the Chinese government, which has since declared the group an illegal organization. Xuefeng moved to Canada and set up a new community.
History[edit]
Xuefeng was born Zhang Zifan in 1957 the son of a local cadre in Lianhua Township, Gansu Province. They later moved to Hetan in Gansu. In 1995 he was sent to Zimbabwe by the Gansu Geology and Mineral Resources Bureau. After living and doing business there for some years, he claimed to have a near-death experience in which he was reborn with the same spirit that had run through other key figures in world religion. He took the name Xuefeng and started Lifechanyuan in 2005.[1] [2]
In 2009 Xuefeng set up a commune in China's southwestern Yunnan Province, a "rural communal utopia".[2] The commune claimed to have about 150 members, to share property in common, and to reject marriage.[3][4] The commune was blockaded by police in 2014 and eventually broken up.[3] Further raids occurred in Guizhou in 2021.[2] As of July 2021 Lifechanyuan is classed as an illegal organization in China.[1]
Xuefeng moved to Canada, and those who could not follow him may be in hiding in China. There are also followers in Thailand.[2] In 2017 the organization claimed to be building a new community in Canada.[5] As of 2024 the organization claims to invite new members who are "under 58 years old, and wish to become immortal."[6] According to Chinese sources, the organization had about 2,000 members in 2021, of which about 100 were active.[1]
Doctrine[edit]
Lifechanyuan claims to integrate thought from Christianity, Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, and other sources.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Zhu, Chenzi (2021-07-28). "自称上帝使者，鼓吹性爱自由，裹挟成员聚居，"生命禅院"非法组织被依法取缔！(Claiming to be a messenger of God, advocating sexual freedom, and forcing members to live together, the illegal organization "Life Zen Temple" was banned according to law!)". www.pazjw.gov.cn. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ a b c d Introvigne, Massimo (2022-01-01). "Religión, "sectas" y control social en la China de Xi Jinping" [Religion, "sects" and social control in Xi Jinping's China]. Revista Internacional de Estudios Asiáticos [International Journal of Asian Studies] (in Spanish). 1 (1). University of Costa Rica: 30–68. doi:10.15517/riea.v1i1.49606. Archived from the original on 2024-04-29. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ a b Levin, Dan (2023-03-12). "Communism Is the Goal at a Commune, but Chinese Officials Are Not Impressed". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Sigley, Gary (2016-02-09). Asian Highland Perspectives 40: Research Articles, Folklore Collections, Reviews. Asian Highlands Perspectives. pp. 240–41.
- ^ "Let Us Unite as One – Lifechanyuan International Family Society". 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ EIN Presswire (2024-04-15). "Lifechanyuan Canada's New Home Awaits Residents". FOX8 WGHP. Retrieved 2024-04-29.