By a practitioner from Vancouver

(Clearwisdom.net) On the occasion of the 3^rd anniversary of the persecution of Falun Gong, which began on July 20, 1999, Falun Gong practitioners from Vancouver held activities at the plaza in front of the downtown art museum to call on the international community to work together to end the atrocities that have been going on for 3 years. Major local media sent reporters to cover the event.

The theme was to call on people from all walks of life to come together to pay attention to this persecution of good people following the principle of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" and at the same time to display the beauty of Falun Dafa through our activities.

Large banners reading, "We End Persecution" and "Truth-Compassion-Tolerance" in both Chinese and English, as well as banners displaying the number of practitioners who have been tortured or beaten to death, were hung on the steps in the plaza. Falun Dafa posters were displayed on one side of the plaza. Photos and letters from a local practitioner's relative who was imprisoned and tortured to death in China were prominently displayed. Practitioners also set up a booth to hand out hand-made paper lotus flowers and practitioner-designed art cards. The entire plaza was filled with a solemn and peaceful atmosphere.

Most practitioners wore white T-shirts imprinted with "Falun Dafa" and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance" and white pants. They continuously demonstrated the 5-sets of Falun Gong exercises. Three practitioners did the fifth exercise (sitting meditation) on three large lotus flowers set out in front. Passersby came over to request Dafa information or stopped in their steps to watch the exercise demonstration. Practitioners introduced Dafa and clarified the truth to them.

The activities started at 9 AM and ended at 10 PM. Despite several days of continuous long-distance travel and parades, some practitioners who had gone to Edmonton and Calgary to join events there had driven overnight to get back in time for this event. Activities were to continue on July 21 in Chinatown.

Practitioners cooperated with each other harmoniously and took the initiative to allow more and more people to learn the truth about the persecution and at the same time, witness the beauty of Dafa.

During the activities, there were unfortunately some people interfering with us by constantly repeating slanderous words on the other side of the street. Practitioners did not pay attention to them, allowing passersby to see practitioners' peacefulness and righteousness in contrast to the evil. Practitioners sent righteous thoughts and the troublemakers left before we had even completed 5-minutes.

Posting date: 7/26/2002
Original article date: 7/26/2002
Category: Falun Dafa Worldwide
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2002/7/23/33722.html

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