Buddhist cult? Bliss & Wisdom, PEI, Canada

(Spoke Media) Are Taiwanese Tibetan Buddhist monks taking over Prince Edward Island?

What is this, a cult, a club, a sect?

Bliss and Wisdom (Chinese 福智, Pinyin Fúzhì) is a Taiwanese Buddhist [that practices Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism] organization operating in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island.

Founded in 1991 by Master Jih-Chang, the organization arrived in the Canadian province in 2008 and has come under scrutiny for its significant acquisitions of land.

• Buddhism in Taiwan
• Buddhism in Canada

A citizens group estimates that Bliss and Wisdom has acquired over 17,000 acres of land in crowded Prince Edward Island, contravening the province's land protection legislation.

• Bliss & Wisdom, largest Tibetan Buddhist group in Taiwan faces crisis (Tibet Post International)

The provincial government of Prince Edward Island launched an investigation into Bliss and Wisdom's landholdings in February 2025.

The organization has extensive business holdings in the areas of jewelry, electronics, organic farming, translation, and exporting. They operate a natural foods retailer based in Taiwan called Leezen, which opened its first overseas store in Charlottetown in 2016. More: Bliss and Wisdom: Buddhist organization

• Spoke Media, Jan. 19, 2026; CC Liu, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

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