Finland: Spirit of Falun Gong Practitioners Undeterred by Cold Weather
A Falun Dafa Practitioner in Finland
Jyvaskyla, Finland During the weekend of December 29th-30th, some Falun Gong practitioners from
Finland met in Jyvaskyla, a city in central Finland. There were seven
practitioners altogether, including one Chinese practitioner who lives in
Finland. We began the weekend by doing the exercises and then studying some Falun Gong
articles. It was --25oC (-13oF) outside and the snow was piled high. After
reading, we sent forth righteous thoughts; then, shortly after 10 o'clock, we
headed into the city. Everybody spread out through the centre of the city to
hand out flyers. Some of the people we talked to hurriedly took a flyer and went
inside the shopping centre to escape from the cold weather. Two young men
listened with interest about the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese
government. They nodded their heads and seemed surprised that this could be
happening. One man said that Falun Gong is a good thing. Many other people made
similar positive remarks. Later on we visited the unemployed people's activity centre where we held a
class to teach the five exercises. After teaching the exercises we played the
exercise videotape. For the first time, Zhuan Falun [the main book of Falun Gong] is now
available in Finnish. A Finnish practitioner from Sweden had some printed in
Sweden and bought them along with her. This practitioner shared with us her
experiences in Beijing and at Tiananmen Square in November 2001 where she had
gone to appeal peacefully. The programme for Sunday was mostly the same as on Saturday. Again, despite
cold and windy weather, we handed out flyers in the city centre. The temperature
was below --20oC (-4oF). In the afternoon we held the first meeting of the Finnish Falun Dafa
Association, which we had just registered shortly before Christmas. During both days, important issues arose that could change one's life as a
practitioner. My own understanding of the Chinese people's suffering was
elevated to a new level. Determination to do more has made me increase my own
share in clarifying the truth as a responsible practitioner. Source: http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/2590.html
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