“Aum Shinrikyo” (full name – “Religious corporation Aum Shinrikyo” or “Doctrine of AUM Truth”) – a syncretic sect, based on Vajrayana Buddhism. Name in Japanese means “The path to true knowledge of energy” was renamed to “Aleph”
. Since 2000.
Established by the Japanese Shoko Asahara (real name Tadzuo Matsumoto) in July 1987 , after eight years of practicing Buddhism in the Himalayas.
The dogmatic position of “Aum Shinrikyo” is based on the personality of Asahara, who are called by the Spirit of truth, and is regarded as Buddha, Christ, Indra, the king of the asuras, the builder of the world’s pyramids, the founder civilization stone age, the embodiment of all human knowledge, Shiva’s servant.
In addition, the revered Buddhist and Hindu deities, among which stands out Shiva.
The doctrine of the sect there are elements of other directions of Buddhism, as well as Taoism and Christianity. The doctrine is based on the works of Shoko Asahara “Initiation”, “Mahayana Sutra,” “The doctrine of the truth”, “Tathagata Abidamma”.
The spiritual practice, basically, is the awakening of the mystic kundalini energy, which, according to the teaching , dormant in every human being in the vicinity of the corresponding chakras.
The cult has a secret, esoteric, main truths carefully hidden from outsiders and from the uninitiated adherents of the cult. There is the so-called “inner circle” of adherents monks. 20 initiation steps have been developed. To go to the next level you need to dial, unpaid labor on Asahara, a certain number of points or make a tidy sum in cash.
The sect is based on the principle of strictly centralized. The structure is realized the absolute subordination of the subordinate adepts higher.
There is a deep conspiracy, secrecy within the cult and total surveillance among adepts. Everything that is happening with the adherents of the cult counted and recorded. To join the sect, it is required to complete a very detailed questionnaire and pay solid “donation”. Every new follower of the cult is stored in a computer directory, it is assigned a personal number, and after the initiation of the new name. Just received membership number sectarians can begin the path of spiritual development. Moreover, leaving the house, according to the teaching, accelerate progress in religious studies and recommended, above all, the young followers of the teachings.
For the organization is characterized by the use of narcotics and psycho-energetic resources in the process of establishing and maintaining control of the adepts of consciousness .
The sect Asahara was registered as a religious entity in 1989 under Japanese law, the group had a candidate in elections to the Japanese Diet in 1990.
during the entire existence of the sect its number reached according to various estimates from 30 to 50 thousand people (of which more than 10 thousand – in Russian)
Prior to the ban sects in Japan, it was in the center of Tokyo, the headquarters -. Fuji. There were also branches in major cities in Japan, Ceylon, in the US, Germany and Russia.
“Aum Shinrikyo” became known worldwide after the attack March 20, 1995, when sectarian sprayed sarin in the Tokyo subway. As a result of this terrorist attack killed 13 people (according to other sources – 12) and 6.3 thousand received poisoning of varying severity. May 16 the same year, police detained the head of the sect Sekou Asahara, and about 30 of its leaders. The investigation revealed that members of the sect established its own production of nerve gas, as well as develop biological weapons.
On March 1995 the activities of the sect banned in all countries of the world.
In December 1999, Japan’s parliament passed a series of laws aimed at the severe restriction of activities is not only the “Aum Shinrikyo”, and other similar structures
In 2000, the sect revived under a different name -. “Aleph”, and continued to act, led by former head of the department of “Aum Shinrikyo” in Moscow Fumihiro Dzioyu.
in February 2004, the Tokyo district court sentenced the head of the sect “Aum Shinrikyo” Shoko Asahara.
Asahara and 12 other members of the leadership were sentenced to death, five people – to life imprisonment. The death penalty has not yet been enforced.
“Aum Shinrikyo” tried to lead an active missionary and economic activity in Russia. The history of the sect in Russia began in March 1992, when the Kremlin Palace of Congresses held the lecture “Teacher” Shoko Asahara, accompanied by the “astral” music and educational films
At the same time began a massive campaign in the media -. Regular broadcasts on the radio “Lighthouse” and the TV channel “2×2″. By 1995, in Moscow, there were seven offices – large premises, where he not only held lectures and workshops, but also live Russian “adobe” – monk who left the home and family, for the sake of the sect have sold the property and apartments.
March 20, 1995, after the terrorist attack on the Tokyo subway, the court banned the sect “Aum Shinrikyo” in Russia, but the sect went underground. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the number of Russian members of this sect may now be about 30 thousand people.
in the Russian summer of 2000 a group of young people had been detained in the Primorye Territory, calling themselves disciples Shoko Asahara, and planned to spend a series of terrorist attacks in three cities -. Tokyo, Sapporo and Aomori to force the Japanese government to free Asahara from jail
in January 2002, the Primorye regional court sentenced the members of the sect. Together, the three members of the sect received 19 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony, one participant received a suspended sentence. It is also one of the sect was declared insane and sent for compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital.
In 2011, as suggested by consequence, unidentified persons set up in Moscow and St. Petersburg Association of followers “Aum Shinrikyo” in the form of religious group. The organizers of the association used the physical and psychological pressure on the citizens in order to obtain their property. From 2012 to 2014 the sect collected donations through the Internet. Also, meetings were held of the participants in the Moscow and St. Petersburg.
In October 2015, in relation to the founders of the territory of Moscow and St. Petersburg followers of a religious association “Aum Shinrikyo” was a criminal case. The case was filed under “creating a non-profit organization, encroaching on the person and the rights of citizens”.
5 April 2016 it was reported that Russian Investigation Committee opened a case on the fact of illegal activities of the sect “Aum Shinrikyo” in Russia. According to the UK data, the case was filed in connection with “the creation of associations, whose activities involve violence against citizens and other injury to their health”.
The material is based on information RIA Novosti and open source
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