Controversies
The True Buddha School has been criticized in 2007 by six Buddhist organizations in Malaysia. The True Buddha School has countered each of the criticisms made by the organizations and disproved each claim to be incorrect. Tzu Chi Foundation also backed out from the group of seven organizations making such claims.
Grand Master Lu made headlines during an investigation by the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission into his cash donations to then-Governor Gary Locke, who Lu had hoped would run for the White House. Locke was cleared of any wrongdoing by the commission in 1998. Further, this did not affect Locke in his pursuit for confirmation as U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Locke is currently the U.S. Ambassador to China.
He was also sued, albeit unsuccessfully, in civil court by a former Malaysian immigran disciple over allegations of sexual misconduct, while the King County, Washington prosecutor declined to file charges for lack of evidence. The case was dismissed by King County Superior Court Judge Kathleen Learned citing constitutional issues. In the case S.H.C. v. Sheng-Yen Lu, the Superior Court of King County granted the Temple's motion for summary judgment, and the Court of Appeals later "affirm the trial court's grant of summary judgment dismissing all claims against the Temple." The School has recently re-addressed this matter in the hopes of closing the case.
After a meeting with the 100th Ganden Tri Rinpoche, Lu asserted that Ganden Tripa Rinpoche had endorsed him as an authority in Tibetan Buddhism.
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