Dressed in exquisite workmanship and gorgeous cassocks, living in a luxury villa of thousands of square meters, surrounded by thousands of disciples, it is no one else who enjoys these high-class luxury configurations, it is the fake living Buddha Wang Xingfu. Before becoming a living Buddha, he was just an ordinary person who made a living by teaching qigong.
After becoming a living Buddha, Wang Xingfu did things that hurt nature and reason under the banner of immeasurable Buddhism. How can he be called a living Buddha? Where does his money come from to maintain his pampered and privileged life?
Filled with lust, the qigong master turned into a living Buddha in the world
Qigong is a form of health and fitness in traditional Chinese medicine on the mainland, which has a history of thousands of years. Most of the audience of Qigong are middle-aged and elderly people suffering from stubborn diseases, and the general education level is not high, and they regard Qigong as a life-saving elixir.
People can often spend a lot of money for good health, and some informal qigong institutions or individuals on the market have seized the gimmick of "qigong cures diseases" to make money.
Zhang Baosheng, a "national treasure-level qigong master" who once had many followers in the 80s of the last century, is actually a factory worker who graduated from junior high school, and Zhang Baosheng at his peak was fighting for gold every day, but the swagger and deception will one day be debunked, and he made a big appearance during a public performance and fell off the altar since then.
Zhang Baosheng's deeds spread throughout the country, and many people followed his example and used qigong to make profits.
One of them is Wang Xingfu, who began his career in the prison system in Jinan, Shandong Province, carrying an enviable iron rice bowl. Wang Xingfu is not satisfied with receiving only a fixed salary every month, he has been openly holding classes outside as early as 1996, and his so-called "resurrection" qigong classes are very popular.
In 1997, when the prison system in Jinan dismissed Wang Xingfu from public office on the grounds that he was absent from work for no reason and could not contact him for a long time, Wang Xingfu began to concentrate on running his image as a qigong master, riding the "qigong tide" east wind Wang Xingfu was prosperous.
In order to crack down on lawbreakers who used qigong to make profits, the state began to ban harmful qigong circulating in society, so Wang Xingfu's qigong class closed its doors, and he began to find another way after losing his wealth weapon.
After disappearing for a period of time, the "qigong master" Wang Xingfu reappeared in the public eye as a Buddhist layman.
Ordinary acts of spreading the Dharma could not satisfy Wang Xingfu's goal of making a profit, and he needed to carve a higher level of identity in front of the public.
Wang Xingfu chose one of the most supreme identities in Tibetan Buddhism: the Living Buddha, and the first prerequisite for this identity was Tibetan identity, which he obtained through illegal means and changed his name to Lobsang Danchen.
Lobsang is a very common Tibetan name, meaning good and pure, but the name is false, and Wang Xingfu is not as kind to people as his Tibetan name.
Becoming a Tibetan Buddhist lay lay man was only the first step for Wang Xingfu, whose goal was to become a living Buddha. In order to open the event in this capacity, an indispensable process is to hold a traditional Tibetan Buddhist bed-sitting ceremony, and only by completing this ceremony can real power be obtained.
Wang Xingfu's bed-sitting ceremony was very solemn, wearing a robe and high boots, he looked like a profound Dharma only for all sentient beings, at that time he completely did not have the appearance of the original qigong master, and Sven's harmonious appearance was very confusing.
The proud Wang Xingfu burned his bed-sitting ceremony into a CD-ROM, which he swaggered and named "A Record of the Bed-Sitting Ceremony of the Living Buddha of Lobsang Danzhen".
One disciple who saw the CD later recalled: "His video was very grand, and there were many local lamas in monk's robes who went to greet him, and we thought it was real. ”
What is ironic is that in order to show the loftiness of the living Buddha's status, Wang Xingfu ordered his disciples to worship his bronze statue every day, and every time Wang Xingfu led his disciples to practice at Oruo Temple, the temple would hold a high-standard welcome ceremony for him.
Seeing such a scene, the believers became more convinced of Wang Xingfu's identity as a living Buddha, and obeyed Wang Xingfu's various requests. The truth of the matter is that the monks in charge of the welcoming ceremony were Wang Xingfu's "own people", and they had long been complicit.
The other party creates the identity of a living Buddha for Wang Xingfu, and Wang Xingfu is responsible for providing a steady stream of money and taking what each needs from each other. Wang Xingfu took the title of living Buddha to the extreme, and he regarded Buddhist believers as inexhaustible ATMs.
Hidden in laughter, behind compassion is the heart of a femme fatale
After the identity of the living Buddha was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Wang Xingfu set up his own dojo in many cities across the country while the iron was hot, and he began to use his influence to recruit disciples, and in a short period of time, more than 3,000 people were conquered by his living Buddha identity.
All of Wang Xingfu's disciples had to hand over a certain amount of money every month to honor him, and he proclaimed to his disciples that the money was not given to him for personal use, but to plant good causes for their own future, and the more money they paid, the more Buddha could feel their sincerity to the Buddha.
The money paid by the disciples gradually began to satisfy Wang Xingfu's inflated material desires, and he came up with a new way to accumulate wealth.
Wang Xingfu announced that in order to better spread Buddhism, he would build many temples, and after the news was released, Wang Xingfu's disciples took the initiative to donate money to the Buddha.
They used their private property to add "sesame oil money" to Wang Xingfu, but they did not know that only a small part of the money they contributed was used for the cause of Buddhism, after all, Wang Xinghua had to make a show for everyone to see, most of the money was deposited by Wang Xingfu into his small treasury, and no one dared to check the accounts of living Buddhas.
Wang Xingfu began to amass wealth wildly and unscrupulously. He clearly marked the price of various items such as worshiping teachers, giving names to the law, ordination, and requesting instruments, and only one of the ordination required to pay 400 yuan, not to mention other various processes with various names, and it would cost thousands of yuan to complete a complete set.
The aura of the living Buddha makes all the items that have been opened by Wang Xingfu's method double their value, and a 100-yuan vase purchased online can become a Buddhist holy relics, and in order to sell these items throughout the country, Wang Xingfu also specially established a stationery company.
Even praying to disciples Wang Xingfu has to charge a fee, depending on the size of the blessing ceremony, the average amount is 3,000 yuan to 5,000 yuan each time.
Wang Xingfu was always unscrupulous when he amassed wealth, and just a week before his arrest, he had stolen more than 470,000 yuan from his disciples.
Wang Xingfu usually met his disciples in an old house in Jinan, and his disciples thought that his master disdained worldly wealth and devoted himself to penance.
The interior of this small house in the tube building is simple, with Buddhist motto hanging on the walls and cabinets decorated with items used to promote Buddhism.
They didn't know that this was not Mr. Wang's real residence, and that his properties were spread across the country. The police officer of the special case team responsible for investigating Wang Xingfu's case revealed: "He has a whole building in a high-end community in Chengdu, nearly 1,000 square meters, and a large courtyard. ”
In addition to loving money as much as life, Wang Xingfu is also full of courage.
He often used the name of "double cultivation" to coax or force female disciples to have sex with him, exercising complete physical and mental control over the victim, and he ordered the disciples to make a poisonous oath to promise never to betray him, and if he broke the oath, he would never be allowed to live beyond life.
When Wang Xingfu was preaching, he beautified his obscene subscriminence as purifying the body of female disciples: "The master blesses you in order to purify you, you actually have secular differences between men and women, does the master rarely touch you?" ”
This fierce rhetoric, which reversed black and white, intimidated the believers who regarded Wang Xingfu as a god.
Wang Xingfu began to intensify his assault on female disciples, and during his travels around the country to preach the Dharma, female disciples were "served" every night.
Under the compassionate face of this fake living Buddha is a devil's heart, he has illegally amassed nearly 200 million yuan in ten years, with an average of 20 million illegal income every year.
As the saying goes, it really can't be fake, and it can't be fake, Wang Xingfu, a god stick with many crimes and evils, more and more victims at the same time, more and more people awakened, they began to see through Wang Xingfu's true face, determined to seek justice for themselves.
Retribution was unhappy, and after the deeds were revealed, he was finally discredited
There are no impermeable walls in the world, and Wang Xingfu's unscrupulous behavior has caused some people to question his identity as a living Buddha. Many victims came forward to identify Wang Xingfu, who scolded Wang Xingfu as a rogue who insulted Buddhism and a criminal who defrauded money and color.
Unfortunately, this time the people's grievances did not make much waves, and they were soon suppressed by a statement from the Russian Ruosi People's Management Committee, and as soon as this credible statement came out, Wang Xingfu's true face was temporarily covered.
The temple's civil management committee, usually established with the approval of the religious administration, is responsible for managing the affairs of the temple in accordance with the laws of the country, and this institution is trusted by all, but its rulers are not six pure and empty.
This statement was actually obtained by Wang Xingfu who spent 30 million yuan to bribe Lu Rong, who is the director of the Soroka Temple Civil Management Committee, and when it comes to Wang Xingfu's illegal behavior, he has to be mentioned.
Lu Rong has a lot of rights in the Oruo Temple, but he does not want to painstakingly cultivate Buddha and become a Taoist monk, but is devoted to the flower world outside the temple.
Lu Rong could not bear the poor life of eating the Buddha, and was extremely eager for yellow and white things, and after knowing Wang Xingfu's plan to accumulate wealth, Lu Rong took the initiative to find an errand for Wang Xingfu in the People's Management Council, in fact, he was creating momentum for Wang Xingfu to become a living Buddha in the future.
He even publicly presented a so-called "bed-sitting certificate" in the name of the temple people's management committee, claiming that Wang Xingfu was a living Buddha, that there was no help in the world for no reason, and that Lu Rong was helping out just to get a piece of the pie.
Wang Xingfu was not such an ignorant person, and he gave part of the money he had obtained to Lu Rong.
The two have had huge money exchanges all year round, and Lu Rong, who got the money, spared no effort to serve Wang Xingfu.
Often walk by the river, where there are not wet shoes. Wang Xingfu's arrogant behavior attracted the attention of relevant departments of the mainland's management of religious affairs, and after investigation, Tibetologists exposed Wang Xingfu's identity as an illegal living Buddha who entertained himself and determined that his so-called bed-sitting ritual was hype.
In fact, Wang Xingfu has nothing to do with Tibetan Buddhism, and the various crimes he committed violate the basic code of conduct of Buddhism, "observing the five precepts and doing ten virtues".
Perhaps it is the Buddhism often said that karma plays a role, Wang Xingfu was arrested according to law, until this time, the disciples who had followed Wang Xingfu to cultivate Buddha suddenly realized that the living Buddha that everyone has been pursuing for so many years is just a full-fledged divine stick!
The proverbs of the Buddha that he told his disciples in the past were all fabricated and had no historical basis. He had purified the selfless behavior of female disciples, but he was actually committing illegal acts. All the money he received in the name of spreading the Dharma was used for eating, drinking, and having fun.
After Wang Xingfu was arrested, the police immediately mastered a large amount of criminal evidence, the evidence chain is very complete, in order to obtain leniency, Wang Xingfu truthfully confessed all his accomplices, among which the most contributor was Lu Rong, second only to Wang Xingfu.
Because the relationship between interests is bound to break down because of interests. After Wang Xingfu and Lu Rong were arrested, they mercilessly blamed each other. One said he was a victim of deception, and the other insisted that he had no knowledge of the other party's illegal behavior.
The law will not spare a bad person, and no matter how much prevarication is the end of the crossbow. The Jinan City Procuratorate in Shandong Province filed a public prosecution with the court for Wang Xingfu's crimes of organizing and using cults to undermine the implementation of the law, illegal business operations, and forcible molestation of women.
In February 2021, after a trial by the court in accordance with the law, it was decided to sentence Wang Xingfu to 25 years in prison.
Wang Xingfu slapped himself and confessed at the time of trial: "I don't want to face myself, I regret it very much now" The mistake has been made, and it is too late to repent.
Lu Rong, who worked for the tiger, was also punished and sentenced to six years in prison by the court, uprooting this criminal gang that had been cheating for more than ten years.
Once sitting on the lotus platform, now in prison, every wrong choice on the road of life will pay the price in the future. Religious belief should not become a tool for lawbreakers to make profits, but should redeem ordinary people from boundless suffering.