Lu Sheng-yen

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Lu Sheng-yen
盧勝彥 (蓮生活佛)
Statue of Living Buddha Lian Sheng
Title	Grand Master
Personal life
Born	(1945-06-27) June 27, 1945 (age 80) (5th month, 18th day of the Lunar Calendar) Tainan Prefecture, Taiwan (now Chiayi County)
Nationality	Taiwanese American
Spouse	Lu Li-hsiang (Lian Hsiang)
Other names	Living Buddha Lian Sheng Grand Master Lu Huaguang Zizai Fo White Lotus Padmakumara
Religious life
Religion	Buddhism
School	True Buddha School
Senior posting
Based in	Redmond, Washington State
Website	TBSN

Lu Sheng-Yen (Chinese: 盧勝彥; pinyin: Lú Shèngyàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lô Sèng-gān, born 27 June 1945), commonly referred to by followers as Grand Master Lu (師尊), is a Taiwanese-born American Buddhist teacher who is the founder and spiritual leader of the True Buddha School, a new religious movement with teachings from Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism.^[1] Lu is known by the sect as Living Buddha Lian Sheng (蓮生活佛, Liansheng Huófó) and is revered by his disciples as a Living Buddha.

Lu’s sect claims to have more five million followers worldwide, of whom the majority hail from Taiwan, China, Macau, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Hong Kong.^[2] Lu Sheng-Yen holds dual American and Taiwanese citizenship, and often travels between the two countries.^{[citation needed]}