White lotus

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White Lotus

The White Lotus (simplified Chinese: 白莲教; traditional Chinese: 白蓮教; pinyin: Báiliánjiào; Wade–Giles: Pai-lien chiao) was a religious and political movement that appealed to many Han Chinese who found solace in worship of Wusheng Laomu ("Unborn Venerable Mother" (simplified Chinese: 无生老母; traditional Chinese: 無生老母)), 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.

Origins

The White Lotus originated as a hybrid movement of Buddhism and Manichaeism that emphasised strict vegetarianism and permitted men and women to interact freely, which was socially shocking. Like other secret societies, they covered up their unusual or illicit activities as "incense-burning ceremonies". The first signs of the White Lotus Society came during the late thirteenth century. Mongol rule over China, the Yuan dynasty, prompted small yet popular demonstrations against its rule. The White Lotus Society took part in some of these protests as they grew into widespread dissent.

White Lotus (album)

White Lotus is the fourth full length album by Tempe, Arizona post-hardcore band Eyes Set to Kill. The album was released on August 9, 2011. This is the first album to feature the screamer, Cisko Miranda. It is also the first full length not to feature ex-guitarist, Greg Kerwin. Furthermore, it's their first and only album to be released under their own record label, Foresee Records. Pre-orders for the album went up at 12 P.M. PST on July 7, 2011. Polly was given as a free download with the pre-orders and Harsh was streamed on sound cloud on July 8th. Track 6, "Erasing Everything" is a remake of their song "Pure White Lace", which was originally released on their 2006 EP When Silence is Broken, the Night is Torn.

Track listing

Singles

The Secrets Between is the first single that was released from the album. It was streamed on revolvermag.com and released on the Warped Tour Compilation on June 7 and it was given as a free track on June 10. Harsh was released as the second single from White Lotus.