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This chapter examines the reasons for the decline of the Maitreya School. It suffered first from a series of unfortunate historical happenstances: the devastation of World War II, Taixu’s untimely death in 1947, and the Communist revolution of 1949. Under the Communists on the Mainland, there was no space for further development or propagation of the cult. Under the Nationalists on Taiwan, things were not as dire, but the cult suffered there too. Yinshun, Taixu’s most prominent follower, developed Taixu’s Maitreyan thought in ways that diffused its underlying values while making their radical roots explicit. Under martial law, this provided the pretext for rivals to bring Yinshun down, which had a chilling effect on potential proponents.
Title: Future Interrupted
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This chapter examines the reasons for the decline of the Maitreya School.
It suffered first from a series of unfortunate historical happenstances: the devastation of World War II, Taixu’s untimely death in 1947, and the Communist revolution of 1949.
Under the Communists on the Mainland, there was no space for further development or propagation of the cult.
Under the Nationalists on Taiwan, things were not as dire, but the cult suffered there too.
Yinshun, Taixu’s most prominent follower, developed Taixu’s Maitreyan thought in ways that diffused its underlying values while making their radical roots explicit.
Under martial law, this provided the pretext for rivals to bring Yinshun down, which had a chilling effect on potential proponents.
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