Czech Republic: Practitioners Introduce Falun Gong at a Health Festival (Photos)
By a Czech practitioner
(Clearwisdom.net) On the Czech national holiday of 28th October 2002, a group
of Czech practitioners took part in a Health Festival in Pilsen, in
the west of the Czech Republic, and introduced Falun Dafa to the public.
On this special occasion, a lot of people stopped by our site and looked
carefully at the pictures and corresponding descriptions about Falun Dafa and
its worldwide spread. We put up a banner that read, "Truthfulness -- Compassion
-- Tolerance" and pictures of Chinese Falun Dafa practitioners. Passersby could
see the contrast between the peaceful exercise movements and the violence
employed by those who persecute Falun Dafa in Mainland China.
We demonstrated the exercises, answered people's questions, and talked with
all those who showed an interest. There were some people who wanted
to learn the exercises on the spot and to read the book Zhuan Falun, the
teachings of Falun Dafa. Most of the people who stopped by took materials of
each kind that we provided. One young lady asked if it would be possible to go and
live at a permanent Falun Dafa practice center and practice the exercises every
day with other practitioners! She felt that Falun Dafa is
something really special and remarkable. Another woman said she had been looking
for a form of Chinese exercise for a long time and she realized that she had
just found it. She was surprised to discover that it is free of charge and she
could learn the exercises on the same day that she found out about them.
There were many people who had already learned about Falun Dafa either from
the TV or while we were practicing the exercises in different Czech cities. Some
people silently watched practitioners doing the exercises. Some were very happy
when they heard that they could learn the exercises at a seminar that was
scheduled on the afternoon of the same day.
The seminar went on in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Everyone learned
the exercises very quickly. Some of the participants had learned Falun Gong at
last summer's festival and had been practicing the exercises ever since. One
lady was very enthusiastic as she talked about how she likes to practice Falun
Gong exercises and how well she feels while practicing. Another young woman
commented, "I am very happy to be here. I feel sheer harmony." One participant
asked us to come to her village and introduce Falun Gong there. After they
finished learning all 5 exercises, people asked where they could buy the book
Falun Gong [introductory text to Falun Gong practice]. Their faces lit up
when they learned that they could immediately obtain both the book and Falun
Dafa exercise music at the seminar.
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