(Minghui.org) In 1997 my niece, who practices Falun Dafa (aka Falun Gong), visited, and asked me to attend a wedding at her home. Because I had heart disease I hesitated to go, but my niece had a positive attitude and insisted I would be fine.
Learning Falun Dafa
After my niece left, I kept feeling something spinning in my body, and also felt that the flesh on my forehead was tightening, and thrusting inward. I wondered what was happening. The feeling remained the same whether I was lying down or sitting up. It felt weird, but my body was feeling more at ease each day. Later, through studying Falun Dafa, I learned that these sensations were an indication that Master Li was adjusting my body.
I went to my sister’s home where two dozen practitioners were studying the Fa together, then doing the exercises. My sister told me they were practicing Falun Dafa, which is a Buddha Law practice that requires its practitioners to follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. It also heals people’s illnesses and makes them healthy. She gave me a copy of Zhuan Falun, and encouraged me to start practicing.
I opened the book and saw Master’s kind image. It appeared familiar. I eagerly read the book, and the more I read the more I wanted to read. I thought, wow, isn’t this true cultivation? This is exactly what I wanted. I finished the book in two days. I felt my whole body becoming light, and all my illnesses disappeared. Fellow practitioners said that I had a predestined relationship with Falun Dafa, and told me to be diligent. I studied and did the exercises with fellow practitioners every night and was immensely happy. My journey of cultivation thus began.
I found a local Falun Dafa practice site after coming home from my sister’s house. It turned out that many people in my area had already started practicing, so I felt I was a bit late. We studied the Fa, did the exercises, watched Master’s lecture videos, and shared experiences. Practitioners from the entire region gathered at the square to do the exercises on Saturdays, and to promote Dafa. The scene was spectacular. Many people stopped to watch, and some began cultivation.
I felt so lucky. I recalled that my grandfather, who believed in Buddhism, often told me stories of Buddhas and deities. He was so kind, and was never harsh. He liked to help people. He would tell people the principle of what goes around comes around, to stop them from doing bad deeds. I adored him. I developed an aspiration to cultivate. I didn’t expect that my wish would materialize. Master has chosen me and let me become a Dafa practitioner. How lucky I was to have such a benevolent Master. I was determined to be steadfast all the way to the end and never give up.
Appealing for Falun Dafa
Jiang Zemin started the persecution of Falun Dafa on July 20, 1999. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) smeared Falun Dafa and Master with bogus lies. As practitioners, how could we not counter the lies? We were all concerned, and decided to go to Beijing to appeal, to tell people that Falun Dafa is good, and Master is the most righteous. We were not deterred by imprisonment, being put in forced labor camps, or any other hardships.
Master later published “Your heart should know,” and showed us a golden path. We will definitely follow this path to help Master rectify the Fa and save people.
Telling People the Truth About Dafa With a Kind Heart
Thinking of Master’s Fa reminded me of the difficulty Master had in saving people while spreading Dafa inside and out of China in the early days. I sometimes listened to a practitioner’s article, “Recalling Master’s grace.” It felt like I was right there. Master’s demeanor among ordinary people touched me greatly. I was moved by Master’s huge capacity and his seemingly ordinary but great deeds.
Master’s Fa gave me wisdom. I knew that only if I studied the Fa well and told people the truth with a kind heart, could I move them. Only then would the power of the Fa display itself and dissolve the evil behind people. So I studied the Fa more and looked inward when facing problems. Because of good Fa study, thinking of others came naturally to me. I often went to the market to tell people about Dafa. People were happy to take my pamphlets and quit the CCP and its affiliates.
I once met an older man selling vegetables in the winter. I greeted him, “It’s not easy to sell vegetables here. It’s so early, have you had breakfast?” He said no and asked me to buy it for him. I agreed, but told him he should pay with his own money because I didn’t want to strengthen his selfishness. I told him I was a Dafa practitioner and wouldn’t cheat him.
He said, “Are Dafa practitioners so good? I’ll give you the money after you buy it. I want steamed buns. It’s sold at this place.” I walked my bike and bought fried buns for him. He said, “This is not what I wanted. I want the steamed kind sold at this place.” He told me the address. I went again, and bought the steamed buns and soy milk for him.
He was happy. I told him that he just needed to pay me the money for the steamed buns and soy milk, and that I would pay for the fried buns. I told him about the wonders of Dafa and asked him to quit the CCP and its affiliates. He said, “Falun Dafa is so good. I want to learn it and cultivate.”
I also told people the facts about Falun Dafa at smaller markets. The vendors and I are familiar with each other now. I don’t bargain, nor do I pick and choose. One tofu vendor called me from afar, and said, “I was positively rewarded. A truck hit me from behind when I was riding my bicycle home the other day. The bike was thrown two meters, but somehow I ended up standing on the roadside without being hurt at all.”
An old man next to us heard this, and said, “So did I. Six of us were riding a tricycle. It flipped into a ditch next to the road. They were all injured, but not me. I carry the protection amulet every day. I think it was Dafa’s Master protecting me.” I told them they should thank Master, as it was Master who saved them. Master has countless fashen, and there are also Falun which can protect people all the time. They said they did thank Master at the time.
Dissolving Evil’s Persecution With Righteous Thoughts
A practitioner and I went to tell people the truth about Dafa in a community, and we were reported and taken to a police station. I thought of Master’s Fa, “The Fa gained, you now stand divine...” (“Salvation Far and Wide,” Hong Yin)
I sat on the bench and crossed my legs in the lotus position to send forth righteous thoughts, to clear up all the evil spirits in the room. A police officer wanted to stop me. I asked him whose rule it was. He soon left.
In the afternoon, they asked us to go to a room and sign a document to renounce Falun Dafa. I said, “You don’t need to go to that much trouble. I will not tell you any thing. I will only tell you that Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. It will save you.” They became quiet. A policewoman came to take my picture when I came out of the room. Another young officer also came. She came close and told me that we practitioners all had bright halos over our heads, and they were very pretty. I told her it’s because we cultivated in Buddha Law.
They took us to the detention center after taking us to the hospital for physical exams. There were a few youngsters at the gate who were imprisoned for drugs. I thought, “I am Master Li’s disciple and my mission is to help Master rectify the Fa. This is not where I should be.” Because of my righteous thought, the detention center was told by the hospital that they could not accept me. They bargained back and forth a few times and finally took me back to the police station.
I calmed down, studied the Fa, and looked inward after being released. Why did I have that tribulation? Where was my omission? I enlightened that when our mindset agrees with Dafa’s requirements for us at different levels, that is when we have no selfishness and think entirely from the point of rectifying the Fa. Then the outside environment will change accordingly. Wow, it is this fake self that causes the trouble, plus my attachments of doing things, along with fear, discrimination, and different concerns. All these attachments are interfering with my ability to save people.
Another incident occurred when I was walking out of the building. A selfish thought came to me, “I want to save sentient beings to my world.” Then I thought, “Master, I am wrong. I am so selfish. But this thought is not from me. It is a selfish thought. I will clear it away completely. I don’t want it.”
Clarifying the Truth to the Justice Bureau
People in the justice bureau repeatedly asked me to write a report. I wrote one which told the truth about Falun Dafa. I handed it in and left. One of the staff commented, “You even come here to tell people the facts about Dafa.” He asked me to come take it back a few days later. But I know he had read it. That was all I wanted.
When this bureau started training classes, they notified me to attend one. My first thought was I will not be intimidated. I need to face it, clarify the truth, and save these people who are being harmed by the CCP’s lies. They commit crimes against Dafa, so what will happened to them when the Fa rectifies the human world in future?
I went to the justice bureau. The chief knew that he could not do anything. He said, “I’ve reported you to the superior. They will be here soon.” I sat in the hallway and sent forth righteous thoughts for two hours. The class ended and all the people left.
I was called into a small office, where the bureau chief and people from the prosecuting office were all sitting. Several police officers were standing on the side. One person was doing the recording. They asked me to sit on a big couch. The person from the prosecuting office said, “The high court made a decision on the nature of Falun Gong.” I stood up immediately and solemnly said, “Only the national assembly has the power to legislate and explain the law. No other organization can do that. So the high court’s ruling was against the law. Furthermore, it did not specifically mention Falun Dafa. Why are you applying this rule to Falun Dafa specifically?
“Also, that judge fabricated a document without my knowledge, or any video or audio recording. Who has committed a crime? The state department and the police department published a list of 14 cults, which did not include Falun Dafa. This means cultivation in Falun Dafa is legal.
“Jiang Zemin’s personal speech is not the law. I had all sorts of illnesses before I began practicing, and Master cured them all. What’s wrong with that? Persecuting a true Buddha Law is a big crime. Do not follow the footsteps of Zhou Yongkang, Bo Xilai, or Wang Lijun.”
The chief was moved by the speech. He said at the end, “You can leave now. How did you get here?” I said by bus. He said, “Be careful. Go home now.” The tribulation was resolved. I know it was because of Master’s help. My thoughts were clear and my speech was powerful.
I will continue to be diligent.
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