Guanyin Famen
| Guanyin Method 觀音法門 | |
|---|---|
| Type | New religious movement |
| Classification | Buddhist New religious movement |
| Orientation | Mahayana |
| Supreme Master | Ching Hai |
| Origin | 1984 Neihu District, Taipei |
| Other name(s) | Meditation Society of ROC, Ching Hai World Society |
| Official website | www suprememastertv |
Guanyin Famen or Quan Yin Buddhism (Chinese: 觀音法門), the teachings of Meditation Society of ROC (Chinese: 中華民國禪定學會) or Ching Hai World Society (Chinese: 清海世界會), is a new religious school of Mahayana Buddhism founded in 1988 by the ethnic-Chinese Vietnamese teacher Ching Hai.
Guanyin Famen is one of the religious organizations officially banned in the People's Republic of China due to its legal status as a "heterodox teaching" (Chinese: 邪教; pinyin: xiéjiào). This designation was first given to the organization in 1995 and was re-affirmed in 2014 and 2017. The China Anti-Cult Network xiéjiào website lists Guanyin Famen as one of eleven "dangerous" groups, a more serious designation than merely appearing on the list of twenty banned groups.
As such, it has made the leap to cyberspace and become a kind of cybersect.
Guanyin Famen advocates daily meditation and a vegan lifestyle.