By Dafa practitioner in China

(Clearwisdom.net)

Dafa practitioners have a lot of work to do every day in validating Dafa, clarifying the truth, exposing the evil and offering salvation to countless beings that are deceived by the evil. Sometimes practitioners don't even have time to eat or sleep. In these circumstances, practitioners may subconsciously overlook studying the Fa and practicing the exercises. Many practitioners often feel tired after a busy day, and only study the Fa reluctantly at bed-time as though finishing an assignment. Though we understand that Teacher wants us to study the Fa no matter how busy we are, in actuality we fail to follow through and mistakenly regard the speed with which we complete Dafa work and the amount of Dafa work we can accomplish as cultivation. We have not put studying the Fa as the number one priority and have not regarded doing Dafa work as a process to genuinely cultivate and improve ourselves.

The specific consequences of this mentality is that work cannot be carried out smoothly, and when fellow practitioners have different opinions, they cannot genuinely search inward, but invariably look at each other's shortcomings. We would rather talk about practitioners behind their backs rather than point out their shortcomings to them with kindness. This is irresponsible. Some practitioners try to avoid contact with each other in order not to have conflicts, rather than viewing conflicts as the best chance to improve their own xinxing (moral character). This type of behavior has brought big losses to Dafa work.

A few days ago, because we were overanxious to expose the evil's lies, a copy of truth-clarifying material was sent for printing without being proofread. When we were about to distribute it, one responsible practitioner discovered many typos in the literature. The most serious mistake involved two typos in a quotation of Master Li's Fa-teachings. We had to destroy all the materials because of this. We had failed to be responsible to Dafa and to ourselves. This painful lesson suddenly awakened us and made us realize that not only must practitioners validate and safeguard Dafa during truth-clarifying activities, but also in all other environments as well. We now have a deeper understanding of what Master Li told us in his "Lecture on the Fa at the Washington, D.C. International Conference:"

"Under any circumstance, in any period, and no matter how busy you are with your work, you can't stray from your Fa-study, as this is what fundamentally ensures that you'll continue to improve and reach Consummation. You can't do Dafa work without studying the Fa, or it would be an everyday person doing Dafa work. It has to be Dafa disciples who do Dafa work--this is something required of all of you."

Therefore, we have to be Dafa disciples in the first place in order to do Dafa work well; otherwise, we are just everyday people doing Dafa work, and losses will be impossible to avoid. Now, we have made the adjustment to study the Fa first and then do Dafa work.

At this great moment of impending Fa- rectification in the human world, all Dafa practitioners should cherish the precious opportunities created by our revered Master through his tremendous suffering, use our purest thoughts for the most sacred Dafa work, offer salvation to more innocent beings, and cultivate to become solid great enlightened beings.

Fellow practitioners, please compassionately point out anything in my understanding that is inappropriate.

Posting date: 1/28/2002
Original article date: 1/27/2002
Category: Views on Cultivation
Translated on 1/8/2002
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.cc/mh/articles/2002/1/5/22611.html

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