Wang Hao-te, also known as Wang Hao Demir, was the founder of the Great Way of Maitreya (). Wang was born on August 31, 1921, in a small village called Zhang Gu in
Shandong
Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...
. He went to Taiwan when he was 17 years old during the Second World War, and he was introduced to
Yiguandao
Yiguandao / I-Kuan Tao (), meaning the Consistent Way or Persistent Way, is a Chinese salvationist religions, Chinese salvationist religious sect that emerged in the late 19th century, in Shandong, to become China's most important redemptive ...
in 1948. He was the only person appointed to take care of Sun Su Zhen, or "Shi Mu" (Chinese: 師母), the great mistress of Yiguandao, for 11 years until her death on April 4, 1975. Wang died of CO
2 poisoning on December 25, 1999, during his mission to
Chiang Mai
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.
In 1987, Wang set up the Providence Maitreya Buddha Institute () in
Hsinchu
Hsinchu (, ), officially Hsinchu City, is a city located in northwestern Taiwan. It is the most populous city in Taiwan that is not a special municipality, with estimated 450,655 inhabitants. Hsinchu is a coastal city bordering the Taiwan ...
, Taiwan. According to a survey done in 2004, this religion has 1,000,000 members and 2,000 temples all over the world.
See also
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Yiguandao
Yiguandao / I-Kuan Tao (), meaning the Consistent Way or Persistent Way, is a Chinese salvationist religions, Chinese salvationist religious sect that emerged in the late 19th century, in Shandong, to become China's most important redemptive ...
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Zhang Tian Ran
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Sun Su Zhen
Sources
*Clart, Philip. 2000. Opening the Wilderness for the Way of Heaven: A Chinese New Religion in the Greater Vancouver Area. Journal of Chinese Religions 28: 127-144
*Soo, Khin Wah. 1997. A Study of the Yiguan Dao (Unity Sect) and its Development in Peninsular Malaysia. Ph.D. dissertation, University of British Columbia.
台灣地區宗教簡介: 彌勒大道 ''Introduction to religions in the Taiwan territory: Maitreya Great Tao'' Department of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Interior, Republic of China. 2001. Accessed February 7, 2006.
External links
Maitreya Great Tao websiteThe Life of Wang Hao Te according to his follower
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1921 births
1999 deaths
Chinese religious leaders
Founders of new religious movements
People from Shandong
Yiguandao