Longquan Temple, located at the east foot of Fenghuang Ridge in Haidian District, Beijing, was accused of failing to obtain planning permits for many houses in accordance with the law.(the Internet) Shi Xuecheng was once the youngest and most educated abbot in Chinese Han Buddhist monasteries.(Internet) Longquan Temple, located at the east foot of Fenghuang Ridge in Haidian District, Beijing, was accused of failing to obtain planning permits for many houses in accordance with the law.(Internet)

China's State Administration for Religious Affairs has begun investigation and verification work on a lengthy report exposing the abbot of Longquan Temple in Beijing and president of the Buddhist Association of China Shi Xuecheng suspected of sexually assaulting female disciples.The report accused Shi Xuecheng of using mind control to sexually assault several female monk disciples.

A lengthy report exposing the abbot of Beijing Longquan Temple and the president of the Buddhist Association of China Shi Xuecheng (Master Xuecheng) suspected of sexually assaulting several female monks was circulated on the Internet the day before yesterday. Longquan Temple issued a statement denying the allegations that night.China's State Administration for Religious Affairs announced yesterday that it has received the materials that reported Xuecheng's issues and has begun investigation and verification work.

There are many illegal constructions in the temple, and the whereabouts of huge sums of money are unknown

On August 1, Shi Xianjia and Shi Xianqi, who had served as the governors of Longquan Temple in Beijing, released a 95-page report accusing Shi Xuecheng of using mind control to sexually assault several female monks.Longquan Temple has disadvantages such as illegal construction and unknown whereabouts of huge funds.

According to the report, Shi Xianjia, whose common name is Liu Xinjia, received a Ph.D.Precepts practice affairs.Shi Xianqi, commonly known as Du Qixin, received a doctorate in engineering from Tsinghua University in 2000. He was ordained as a monk at Longquan Temple in 2006. Until January 2018, he served successively as the deacon, supervisor, and governor of Longquan Temple.He is currently the abbot of Puji Temple in Yongchun County, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province.

The report hopes that the government will intervene as soon as possible, remove Shi Xuecheng from all social and religious organizations, help Shi Xuecheng retreat and reflect, improve the protection of monks' rights, establish a cult research institution for traditional religions, and establish an anti-cult rehabilitation institution.

Analysts pointed out that although Master Xuecheng has many believers and is an important figure in the Chinese Buddhist circle, this report is full of information, sufficient arguments, and rigorous logic, and both authors have long assisted Xuecheng in Longquan Temple.It may not be easy for Venerable Master Xuecheng to prove that these allegations are all forged, provided he has first-hand information.

Both the author of the whistleblowing report and Longquan Temple have requested official intervention. Analysts believe that the incident has become a big one. It is difficult for the official to quell the incident by blocking relevant news, and it is also difficult for the official to stay out of it. They must send people to investigate.

However, religious affairs are always sensitive in China. In addition, Shi Xuecheng is not only the president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, but also the deputy director of the Ethnic and Religious Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Before the basic facts are clarified, the official will not encourage the media to report relevant news.Related topics on the Internet may also be blocked.

Longquan Temple claimed that the evidence was forged and maliciously framed

The statement issued by Beijing Longquan Temple last night pointed out that the reporting materials are based on forged evidence and the illegal purpose of maliciously framing Master Xuecheng, which has been suspected of constituting a crime.The background of this matter is complicated and the intention is sinister.

The 52-year-old Shi Xuecheng has a postgraduate degree. He was the abbot of Guanghua Temple in Putian, Fujian Province at the age of 23. He was once the youngest and most educated abbot in Chinese Han Buddhist temples.In 2005, Shi Xuecheng served as the abbot of Longquan Temple in Beijing. In 2015, he served as the chairman of the Chinese Buddhist Association. He also served as the executive vice chairman of the China Religious Peace Committee, the vice chairman of the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament, and the chairman of the Fujian Buddhist Association., the abbot of Famen Temple in Fufeng, Shaanxi, and the deputy dean of the Advanced Research Institute of Humanities and Religion of Beijing Normal University.

Adapting to the transformation of modern Chinese society and advocating the concept of Humanistic Buddhism

According to People's Daily Overseas Edition, in April 2015, Master Xuecheng chose the new era, new mission, and new responsibility as the title of his inaugural speech when he became the president of the Buddhist Association of China, emphasizing once again the concept of humanistic Buddhism that he has always advocated.He explained: Chinese Buddhism and the value pursuit of the Chinese Dream have a deep fit in many dimensions.Chinese Buddhism requires Buddhists to "repay the fourfold kindness", that is, the kindness of parents, the kindness of all living beings, the kindness of the country, and the kindness of the three treasures.The proposal and practice of lsquo;Buddhism for the Human World rsquo; is a new development of Chinese Buddhism to adapt to the transformation of modern Chinese society.

However, the report not only published a large number of sexually provocative text messages that Shi Xuecheng sent to several female disciples, but also pointed out that since Shi Xuecheng became the abbot of Beijing Longquan Temple, he began to guide monks and lay disciples to build a stage for him day and night.From 2005 to the present, all the buildings built in Longquan Temple are illegal buildings.

In addition, according to the announcement issued by the official website of Beijing Haidian District Urban Management Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau in December 2017, from 2008 to 2016, the total construction area of the five houses built by Longquan Temple was 13,721.61 square meters, including Sanhui Hall and material circulationOffice, Yunshuitang, storeroom, teaching building, library, have not obtained the construction project planning permit in accordance with the law.