White Lotus

White Lotus (白蓮教 Pinyin: báiliánjiào Wade-Giles: Pai-lien chiao) was a type of Buddhist sectarianism that appealed to many Han Chinese, who found solace in worship of the "Unborn or Eternal Venerable Mother" (trad.: 無生老母, simplified: 无生老母), who was to gather all her children at the millennium into one family.

The doctrine of the White Lotus included a forecast of the imminent advent of the future Buddha Maitreya.

Read more about White Lotus:  Origins, White Lotus Revolution, Later Rebellions

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