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Story of An Old Pagoda (Clearwisdom.net)
In the summer of 1994, some of my co-workers and I went on a tour to Mount
Qingcheng in Sichuan Province. There was an old secluded temple on the
mountaintop, dating back to the Jin Dynasty (265~420 A.D.). The people of that
place were simple and unsophisticated, preserving the virtue of the east.
I can still remember a story told to us while we were on the temple tour. On
the hill behind the temple, there was a unique old tower. A local resident
approached us and explained, "This is a tower where an accomplished monk
achieved nirvana. During the Cultural Revolution, three Red Guards broke into
the tower and saw the unspoiled flesh body of the monk sitting there upright.
Seeing that the Red Guards wanted to destroy it, the local people told them,
'Please don't move the old monk's body. If you hurt him, you will receive
retribution.' Those Red Guards did not listen and called the locals
superstitious. They insisted on pulling the body out of its sitting place in the
tower and destroying it." The local people could do nothing to prevent this
atrocity, which made them very sad. The ignorant Red Guards made a huge mistake
by refusing to heed the advice. Some time later, all three Red Guards either
died suddenly or from a strange disease. The Gang of Four, the leading criminals
of the Cultural Revolution were also put on public trial and received sentences.
The outcome that evil will receive retribution never fails.
After reading that Yuan Jiang, a Falun Gong practitioner in Gansu Province,
was detained for a month and died from brutal police torture. It was then that I
recalled the story of the tower. Police, military police and other officials
deluded by Jiang Zemin into persecuting Falun Gong practitioners, has it
occurred to you that your persecution of those Falun Gong practitioners who
"do not fight back when beaten or sworn at" is against the law of
heaven and will receive retribution?
The "610 Office" is another organization whose purpose is to carry
out persecution of the same style as during the Cultural Revolution. The orders
it issues are all illegal and unable to stand public exposure. What kind of law
would allow for orders such as: "Take no responsibility for beating people
to death and beating to death will be considered suicide?" Whoever kills
other people should pay with his life and whoever owes debts should pay with his
money. This is the generally acknowledged axiom throughout the ages and from
which no one is exempt. Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan issued orders through the
"610 Office" without signatures, provoked people to persecute 100
million Falun Gong practitioners and their families, created the biggest
injustice in human history, committed huge crimes and will soon become extinct.
Persecutors should think about the story of the old tower. Even if some of them
are deluded into committing wrong doings, heavenly law will still not permit
their deeds. Please choose a bright future instead of being buried with Jiang
Zemin.
Posting date: 12/30/2001
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