(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners in Bucharest organized an informational event on Râmnicu Sărat Square on Saturday, May 27, 2023. They also raised awareness of the ongoing Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution. The persecution has continued for the past 24 years. 

The practitioners provided informational materials, demonstrated the exercises, and answered questions from passersby. Passersby stopped to chat with the practitioners about Falun Dafa, also called Falun Gong, and the persecution. Many of them showed their support for the practitioners in China, and some others praised the peaceful and calm energy emanating from practitioners who demonstrated the five sets of exercises. 



Practitioners distributed brochures about Dafa, the educational book The Lotus Story, and origami lotus flowers at the Falun Dafa booth on Râmnicu Sărat Square on May 27, 2023.



Passersby chat with practitioners to learn about Falun Dafa.

Bucharesters Encourage Practitioners in China to Continue Their Efforts


Tatiana and Viorica talk with a practitioner. 


Tatiana and Viorica stopped by out of curiosity to see what the event was promoting. Tatiana was interested in understanding particulars about the Falun Dafa practice. When she was told about the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong in China, she was surprised that a spiritual practice could be considered a threat to the Chinese government. 

“I don’t agree with [the persecution], because after all, this is a leisure activity, where people with common interests meet. From the interaction with practitioners I don’t see any possible threat to the Chinese political regime,” she said. 

To Tatiana, the atmosphere around the practitioners’ booth was “peaceful and quiet, where people who share common values meet and do some exercises.”

“Neurochemically, meditation is a very good and healthy thing that can positively impact the human body,” she added, pointing out that the practitioners were simply trying to improve their health. 

Tatiana’s message to the practitioners who face persecution in China was for them to “continue on the path they have started, because it is the right one.” 

At the end of her conversation with the practitioners, she expressed her hope that the conditions will improve for Falun Gong practitioners in China. 

“[I hope that] the persecution in China will end soon and that any communist indoctrination in the people will be swept away and be replaced by goodness, kindness and fairness,” she said. 



The two women left while holding miniature lotus flowers and Falun Dafa fliers. They said that they would scan the QR code on the flier to learn more about the practice, and also expressed interest in joining the Bucharest practitioners’ weekly practice in King Michael I Park.




Practitioners raise awareness of the persecution to the passersby. 

Mihaela listened to a practitioner telling her about Falun Dafa. 

Mihaela, 57, stopped at the Falun Dafa information booth to find out more about the event. 

When she learned about the CCP’s persecution, and that religious minorities in China, such as Falun Gong, are victims of the CCP’s forced organ harvesting, she became upset. 

“What are the governments of the world doing?” she asked. “Why don’t they unite and do something so that innocent people are no longer tortured and killed?” 

A practitioner told Mihaela that she could take action by writing letters to the Romanian government, and another to the Chinese Embassy, requesting an end to the unjust persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Mihaela expressed strong interest in doing so. 



A Romanian manager of a private company in Canada

 in his 50s also visited the booth. He came to Romania for a visit, and he was interested in learning why Falun Gong is persecuted in China. After hearing details, especially about illegal organ transplants, he was impressed and said he would like to talk to his colleagues in Canada because he has many Chinese colleagues. 

The man was eager to be told more information and possibly get in touch with Falun Dafa practice when he returns to Canada. 

One young man said he was interested in the subject of persecution against Falun Gong. He had heard about it previously and wanted more details. He asked for more brochures that he wanted to give to acquaintances.

 

Nicolas, a teenager, encouraged practitioners to educate children in moral qualities—like the values of Falun Dafa, Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. He said he has a group of friends who would be open to such exposure, and expressed that the practitioners would be a good influence in the park where they met. 

“I Felt Energy” 




One elderly woman remarked regarding the music that practitioners played while doing the exercises, “It seems to have some special effects on the human body.” She asked if it was possible to get a DVD of the music, and a practitioner told her that she could download it for free online, just as could be done with all the other Falun Dafa materials. 



Another woman walked past the Falun Dafa information booth and took a brochure offered by a practitioner without stopping. After a few steps, she stopped abruptly and turned her gaze to the practitioners performing the exercises. 

“I felt it (energy), you know, oh, I really felt it!” she said.

She described how she felt the energy, “I took the brochure with an almost mechanical gesture, but continued on my way. After taking a few steps I suddenly felt something stop me in my tracks. It felt like as if an energy, a pleasant warm feeling enveloped me. I turned my gaze, watching the practitioners performing those movements, and listening to the calming music.” 



The practitioner told her information about Falun Dafa and its principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. He also recommended the original teachings about Falun Dafa which she could access for free on the official website falundafa.org.

 At the end of the discussion, the woman thanked him for the information she received.

“Even now I can feel that energy, and my feet are warm, it’s unbelievable! I wish you good luck. I’ll definitely check out the website!" she said.



“You Can Feel Energy Emanating”

At the exercise site in King Michael I Park the practitioners found a lot of people becoming interested in the cultivation practice and its exercises. 

One woman, who had imitated the movements of the practitioners from a distance, was invited by the practitioners to try out the fourth exercise of Falun Dafa, Falun Heavenly Circuit. 

She remarked about how the exercise looked so simple, yet was so powerful.
“It’s very interesting how you can feel energy emanating from inside you,” she said.