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Some Thoughts On Recurring Tribulations and Rationality Versus Fear
2003-08-05
Here I would like to remind fellow practitioners that whenever our hearts are impure, we must look within ourselves for the causes, be strict with our thoughts and behaviour, and not let our righteous thoughts falter even a bit. At the same time, we need to understand that only through improving our xinxing [moral character, heart-mind nature] fundamentally can we validate Dafa and help save more sentient beings. Avoiding tribulations alone cannot be our motivation for improving xinxing. -
Remembering 100% Pure Iron Ore
2003-08-05In the past I had taken part in a discussion with some of my fellow practitioners about using the metaphor of “forging Iron Ore into 100% pure Iron Ore’s. Forging Iron Ore into 99% purity is a very involved, difficult and trying process. Yet forging the last 1% to make complete 100% purity is harder then forging the previous 99%. It is said to be quite to be a difficult process. This sentiment was shared amongst practitioners in the past as we felt each new level’s higher requirement on us getting more and more difficult. -
Clarifying the Truth to Chinese Students at a Scottish University (UK Fa Conference 2003)
2003-08-03Clarifying the truth to the Chinese is a really important area of Dafa work, but I rarely had the chance to talk to everyday Chinese people face to face. Whilst I had no problem with handing out fliers, I didn’t feel particularly comfortable about approaching Chinese strangers in the street and attempting to start a conversation about Falun Gong. I would prefer to introduce the subject within a context that felt more natural. -
Falun Dafa: My Path Back to the Origin
2003-08-03Always when I read Zhuan Falun, I had a feeling of relief and lightness and I wanted to learn more. I didn’t read anything else than Falun Gong and Zhuan Falun. MY understanding of myself and the world changed a lot, and I noticed more clearly my own shortcomings and weaknesses. The sense of right and wrong, good and bad became much more clear as I read Zhuan Falun again and again. I knew in my heart that this was the only way in the world today to go back to one's origin. -
Overcoming Great Tribulations, Striding Towards Brilliance
2003-08-03July 20 of four years ago is a day we will never forget. On that day, the evil Chinese government started its brutal and bloody persecution against Falun Gong. The dark clouds were overwhelming when the storm came. On that day, Dafa disciples across North America came to Washington DC. They gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy and on the grass in front of Capitol Hill. They stood shoulder to shoulder under the shining sun. -
Validating the Fa Without Words
2003-08-02A man approached me and told me in an enthusiastic tone, “It is really a surprise to me. I have been walking behind you for a while. I noticed that you were in a hurry. Instead of spitting the gum on the pavement, however, you walked for a long distance to spit it (out into a rubbish bin). Why did you do so?” I smiled and explained to him that I am a Falun Gong practitioner, that we always use Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, the principles of the cosmos, to guide our morality. -
Validating the Fa in the State of a True Cultivator
2003-08-02Zhuan Falun is the book that systematically explains how to cultivate ourselves. In order to get rid of all sorts of attachments, we need to continually study Zhuan Falun so we can use the standards of the Fa to judge ourselves, to expose our shortcomings, and to improve our xinxing as a whole. So, we must focus our Fa-study on Zhuan Falun if we want to steadily and rapidly make progress in our cultivation. -
Admirable Fellow Practitioners
2003-07-30I clarified the facts to him and said; "Everything is fine, and I don't need to go to the hospital. I am a Falun Gong practitioner. This is actually a stroke of luck. Do you know Falun Gong?' He replied, 'I do. My family received truth clarification literature, but I've never read it.' I told him, 'That's a shame. Falun Gong teaches people to exercise compassion. You know the severity of today's accident, but I won't take your money or compensation. Our Master teaches us to consider others at all times. I only want you to bear in mind the words of Zhen, Shan, Ren (Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance), and that Falun Dafa is good..." -
Validating Dafa As One Body In the Days Leading Up to July 20th
2003-07-30In order to help end this inhumane, malicious and evil persecution sooner, to help more people learn the truth about Falun Dafa and the persecution, and to frighten the old forces and make them see that their evil persecution will eventually end up in failure, on July 18th, all practitioners in our local area, as one body, courageously stepped forward. This is another action to validate Dafa as one body following the previous action on February 4, 2002 for our local "Falun Dafa Day." -
Persecutors of Falun Dafa Practitioners in China Continue to Receive Karmic Retribution for their Evil Deeds
2003-07-29In both Western and Chinese culture, the principle of karmic retribution, that is, being held ultimately accountable for one's own actions, is widely accepted. The fundamental teaching of Falun Gong is the characteristic of the universe, "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." The universe will reward actions that are in harmony with this principle, while actions such as beating, torturing and murdering people will incur karmic retribution. Stated another way, good deeds will be rewarded with good, while evildoings will meet due retribution. Articles such as this one are meant as a compassionate reminder of this principle to those who would commit wrongdoing. While many of those who persecute Falun Gong are merely "following orders," the universal law requires that they, too, be held responsible for their actions, and that only by reversing their course of wrongdoing may they escape retribution. -
A Letter to a Friend by a Practitioner from Northern Europe
2003-07-29It is treated as understandable that so many nice citizens are locked up in prison and suffering from cruel torture, some of them having even lost their lives. People are so insensitive and cold as long as they are not involved. When everything falls within the excuse of “for the need of obeying politics” and “for the need of power”, the general public can only yield to authority however low the morals of a man in power; or it is said to be “against the government” or “making trouble with the government”. Thus, the man in power can start a fight using every possible method. When people accept such things, people’s hearts have already been deeply hurt. It is because what people have lost at this time is the root nature of benevolence, and justice. -
A Father's View of How to Be More Responsible To Young Dafa Practitioners During the Fa-Rectification Period
2003-07-29With our children's improvement in Fa study, their Xinxing [heart nature] dramatically improved at the same time. They participated in lots of spreading Fa and clarifying truth activities with their pure hearts. Now the boys study the Fa and send forth righteous thoughts everyday, and also share some truth-clarifying work. -
Cherish the Opportunity of Fa-Rectification, Walk Each and Every Step with Perseverance
2003-07-27When I made progress and became experienced in clarifying the truth, then my attachment to complacency would pop up. On top of all this, I had such a slack demand on myself, and easily forgave my shortcomings, which made each of my remaining attachments become a stumbling block to my progress. Looking back, I felt my cultivation path was not solid and steady. -
Suggestion To Practitioners Outside China: Pay Attention to Practising the Exercises in Public to Validate Dafa
2003-07-27Dafa practitioners are very busy. We feel that there is not enough time to do what we want to do. But we still need to practice the Falun Gong exercises. If each of the Dafa practitioners overseas could practise Falun Gong at a tourist location once or twice a week, the tourists who see Falun Gong may tell their friends and relatives back home about what they saw, thus taking with them the truth about Falun Dafa to various parts of the world. If we practise Falun Gong outdoors in public, the predestined people will definitely be led to us. -
Party Propaganda Framing Falun Gong in China: Another Mental Patient Murder Case and CCTV's Updated Version of the Story
2003-07-26The Chinese Communist Party's control of all media created quite a stir in the case of some panhandlers that were murdered in Zhejiang Province. Once again, the authorities manipulated a mental patient, the homicide suspect, Chen Fuzhao, to fabricate lies claiming his involvement with Falun Gong. On the Party's anniversary at the beginning of July, Xinhua News Agency highlighted the murder story, which was ridiculed by readers and viewers around the country right way due to its self-contradictions. A few days ago CCTV's "Focus Topic" program also aired its own version of the homicide case that was completely different from that of Xinhua News Agency. Compared with the previous one, the updated version is even more absurd.
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