2002 Eastern United States Experience Sharing Conference Solemnly Commences in Philadelphia, Master Li Gives Fa-Lecture in Person
(Clearwisdom.net) On November 30, 2002, the Eastern United States
Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held at the Pennsylvania Convention
Center near Chinatown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Two thousand Falun Gong
practitioners from the Eastern United States and all over the world attended this
momentous occasion. At a little after 2 pm, Master Li came to the conference
site to give a Fa-lecture. Amidst the thunderous applause from the
practitioners, Master Li opened the lecture with two lines from a famous Tang
poem:
More than a dozen practitioners from Pennsylvania, Washington DC, and New
Jersey of the United States, as well as practitioners from Taiwan and Canada shared their papers at
the conference. A Washington DC practitioner shared experiences about clarifying
the truth to Chinese people at tourist hot spots, and a group of Taiwanese
practitioners discussed their progression from not daring to call Mainland China
to proactively calling China to clarify the truth. The "Rescue Our Family
Members and Bring Them Home" team shared their understandings on the
effects of the rescue effort on the Fa-rectification. American practitioners
also shared their experiences during the Fa-rectification activities in Chicago
and Houston. Other practitioners discussed more topics such as how to balance
the relationship between cultivation, work and daily life, and how to be in
harmony with society while validating Dafa. Practitioner Wang Yuzhi, who was
recently rescued from the United Arab Emirates to Canada with the assistance of
the Canadian government, talked about the cruel persecution she endured in
China, and her experiences in using a Dafa practitioner's extraordinary
determination to pass the test of life and death and to validate Dafa in the
most brutal conditions.
This conference received more than twenty proclamations and congratulatory
letters from government officials, including Pennsylvania's US Senator Arlen
Specter, the Philadelphia Mayor, the Pennsylvania state senate, numerous state representatives of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and various levels of
government in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Mayor John F Street sent a congratulatory letter to welcome the
conference's attendees. He pointed out in his letter that many people all over
the world accept Falun Gong, which can lead to inner peace and improvements in
behavior. He expressed that no matter where someone lives, he should not be
persecuted for his beliefs or expressing these beliefs. He conveyed his sincere
wishes that this conference will deliver a message of hope to everyone who is
making a contribution to making this world a better place.
The experience sharing conference concluded at around 7 pm. The next day, the
practitioners plan to hold several group discussions focusing on clarifying the
truth to the precious Chinese people, introducing Dafa to Western society, and
how to elevate as a whole and keep up with the progress of Fa-rectification. The
practitioners also plan to hold a press conference between noon and early
afternoon and a large-scale walk with the theme of "Rescue Our Family
Members and Bring Them Home."
"On either shore the gibbons' chatter
He told the disciples, "After three years of persecution, the evil has
already exhausted its tricks, and Dafa disciples have already become mature
after going through the tests." Master Li's Fa-lecture lasted approximately
35 minutes.
sounded without pause
While my light boat skimmed past
ten thousand somber crags."
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