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"Journey of Falun Dafa" Photo Exhibition in the City of Irevsk, Russia
By a Russian Dafa practitioner
(Clearwisdom.net) We held a four-day photo exhibition called the "Journey of Falun Dafa"
from December 8th to 11th in Irevsk, an industrial city in
Russia. During the photo exhibition we held a press conference. Some media
reporters participated and took a tour of the photo exhibition. Things went
smoothly and successfully.
In the hall of the exhibition there were over 120 photos. Two TV's
continuously played Fa promoting and truth-telling videos, while Dafa music was
reverberating in the hall, displaying the immense compassion and greatness of
Dafa to the people. The following are some of the situations I encountered:
(1) The staff at the technology innovation center who provided the space for
us were our first batch of visitors. They had also organized the students of the
center to visit. Previously, the exhibition was for three days. But the number
of visitors were gradually increasing, so we requested one more day for the
exhibition. On the fourth day there was a research conference at the center with
over 200 participants, and thus we had the most visitors on the fourth day.
(2) On the first morning of the exhibition, an elderly lady said she enjoyed
listening to Dafa music. When seeing the photo of the evil forces destroying
Dafa books, tapes and videos, the elderly lady said, "Sinful, sinful,"
and hugged Dafa practitioners in tears. She said, "You are righteous, you
will definitely be victorious!"
(3) On the second day, a man wanted to talk with us. He had read Dafa books
before, but he thought he had too much sin and karma, and that he was unable to
be saved, so he felt very sad. We opened Zhuan Falun, and studied the Fa
together with him. Dafa had solved his puzzle. He gladly left. He again visited
the exhibition on the third day. During the exhibition, many people had their
own questions. After visiting and exchanging, many of them found satisfactory
answers, and said they wanted to cultivate.
(4) A photo exhibition is also a good chance for Dafa practitioners to
improve. Local practitioners who could squeeze in some time were all there.
Those who could not get time off during the day were at the exhibition during
after-hours. Practitioners actively introduced the photos to visitors,
collectively performed the exercises in the hall, and distributed materials to
the pedestrians on the street.
Before the exhibition, practitioners studied the Fa together and sent forth
righteous thoughts. After a day at the exhibition, we got together to study the
Fa and exchange experiences. One practitioner said that the photos are just
still pictures by themselves, and that we must actively explain and introduce
the pictures, and treat every visitor with a great benevolent heart. Another
practitioner said that when distributing materials on the street we must invite
people to visit our exhibition. Through experience sharing, practitioners all
showed initiative as Dafa particles, not waiting and depending on others, but
actively inviting friends, relatives and neighbors to visit the exhibition.
Consequently, the number of visitors grew each day.
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