First of all, let me explain something: Buddhism has not spawned any extreme sects in its historical development! Please see the following explanation:

1. The White Lotus Sect has nothing to do with Buddhism:

Although the White Lotus Sect’s leaders entrust Maitreya and Mingwang, the teachings of the White Lotus Sect are two sects and three worlds. This theory of two sects and three realms is a typical Manichaean teaching.

Anyone who knows something about Chinese history knows that because Buddhism and Taoism are deeply rooted in China, anyone who comes to China in the future to preach will wear the clothes of the two, such as Christianity and Islam. They are all the same, and the so-called "foreign monk" is a vivid reflection of this situation.

2. Buddhism comes from ascetics:

In ancient India, ascetics were suitable for practitioners who were opposed to Brahmins. Brahmin practitioners believe in many gods, and the overall tone is optimistic; while Samana practitioners are pessimistic about the world in general, and believe that tranquility is the true happiness. They do not pursue material life, do not perform sacrifices, believe in reincarnation, and do more asceticism.

It is generally believed that Brahmanism is an Aryan belief. As a new invading nation, it is expected that it will be high-spirited and positive. However, Samana is generally believed to originate from the local area and suffer more from reality. blow, so the pessimistic tone is to be expected. Buddhism comes from Samana. In fact, Buddhism transcends Samana and replaces Samana to become the new Samana.

The emergence of Buddhism had an obvious blow to Brahmanism, but it was a victory in doctrine and dissemination. As a recluse, Buddhism possesses all the good qualities of a recluse. It does not pursue material life and does not practice asceticism. It does not engage in sacrifices and theoretically points out that such things as gods (creator gods and dominating gods) do not exist at all. Even if There are ghosts and gods, but they are just living beings similar to us. We believe in reincarnation, but we further point out that it is reincarnation without a subject and a selfless reincarnation.

So Buddhism comes from Samana, transcends Samana, and renews Samana. Because of this, Buddhism is peaceful from the moment of its birth. It is not unreasonable for the non-violent non-cooperation movement to appear in India. India has this tradition.

The nature of Buddhism determines that Buddhism will not become an extreme sect.

3. Weird Buddhist sects:

But this does not mean that Buddhism will not give birth to some weird things.

Buddhism spread north to Afghanistan, and then eastward, from Xinjiang to Chang'an to Luoyang along the Silk Road, and then from Chang'an to Japan, or to spread Buddhism to Goguryeo in an active way. After that, Buddhism in other places actually sounded pretty decent, but some rather bizarre sects emerged in Japan.

For example: Jodo Shinshu, this sect is regarded as a cult in mainland China, but in Japan it is a huge sect. This sect pioneered the idea that evil people can be reborn in bliss even if they believe in Buddhism, and that monks and laypeople alike can marry wives, eat meat and have children. These are the masterpieces of this sect.

The most important thing is that this sect intentionally or unintentionally promotes that as long as you chant the name of "Amitabha Buddha" and rely on the power of Buddha, you can decide to be reborn in the West. These are actually Japanese practices during the militaristic period. The spiritual support of soldiers. Do you believe that any Japanese soldiers during the Nanjing Massacre chanted Amitabha after killing everyone? This is the masterpiece of this sect. Therefore, this sect is unanimously regarded as a cult by monks in mainland China, and any Chinese monks who have any involvement with this sect will be severely dealt with.

There is also a rather strange Japanese Buddhist sect: Nichiren Buddhism. The practice of this sect is to worship the "Miaoho Lotus Sutra". Oral recitation of "Myoho-renge-kyo" or "Namo-myoho-renge-kyo" is its practice. This sect later gave rise to evil branches such as the Soka Gakkai - of course, this is a heretic who adheres to Buddhism.

To be honest, this kind of practice would probably make the Chinese monks angry. However, Japan is the soil for cultivating strange things. Japan’s Dongmi style is well developed. Soto and Linji are among the two sects. Japan is also thriving, but there are still weird things.