Their life is challenging. Their demanding and peculiar lifestyle radiates a quiet beauty.
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Inside Lifechanyuan. 5. Heaven, Earth, and the New Era: Xuefeng’s Eschatology
The community’s teachings describe multiple levels of afterlife heavens and hells, and a coming New Era on Earth.
Inside Lifechanyuan. 4. Xuefeng Communism in Practice: Daily Life in the Second Home
The abolition of private property and a radical criticism of the family are rooted more in the idea of the spiritual community as a living entity than Marxism.
Inside Lifechanyuan. 2. A Journey Across Time, Spirit, and Borders
Persecution hit the movement after Xi Jinping came to power in China, leading many members to seek asylum in Thailand and Canada.
Inside Lifechanyuan. 1. A Community of Light in the Shadows of Persecution
I was the first scholar to visit the “Second Home” in Thailand of a unique spiritual family that combines Buddhism, esoteric traditions, and religion-based “communism.”
Sanctuary Denied: USCIRF Documents How Host Countries Fail Religious Refugees in Asia
They fled persecution only to be criminalized. A report exposes the legal void and moral vacuum in South and Southeast Asia’s refugee policies.
The European Parliament Condemns Thailand’s Deportation of Uyghur Refugees to China
A resolution was adopted in Brussels. Bangkok’s surrender to China starts producing international consequences.
Thailand Will “Visit” in China the Uyghurs It Deported There: It’s Just Theater
We know from precedents that when China allows foreigners to visit prisoners, all is carefully staged to portray a fake picture.
China Wins Again: 48 Uyghur Refugees Repatriated by Thailand
For more than a decade, they have been kept in horrible conditions by Thai authorities. Now they will meet their fate in China. How long can the international community tolerate this?
Thailand, China’s United Front and the “Buddha Teeth Diplomacy”
Bringing abroad Buddhist relics kept in China is used as a tool for Chinese propaganda and for spreading the lie that the CCP promotes religious liberty.