The Best Gift for Parents: Letting Them Know Falun Dafa Is Good

By a Dafa disciple from China

June 4, 2002

(Clearwisdom.net) When I was still very young, my mom suffered from some mental disturbances due to the death of my younger brother from a serious illness. She ran around wildly and endured many hardships. Later, after treatment in a mental hospital, her situation gradually improved. Since my mom had suffered tremendously in her life, whenever she told me about her past, both of us would have tears in our eyes. My mom said that she lived for nothing but her children. I often made vows that after I grew up, I would treat my mom well in return and give her a happy life.

In February 1999, I started practicing Falun Dafa. Then, I came to understand that my mom's sufferings were caused by her karma. From then on, I gave her even more care and did my best to serve her so that she could have a touch of happiness in the rest of her eventful life. Sometimes mom felt tired of life and would talk of committing suicide. Upon hearing that, I would have a talk with her, and explain that suicide is sinful, and suffering hardships is not bad; rather, only after one repays karma in this lifetime, can he/she have happiness in the next lifetime. Sometimes mom couldn't help smiling at my words and would say, "One cannot even commit suicide after learning Falun Gong?!" After I started practicing cultivation, I found that my mom was happier than before. She noticed that both my illness-stricken son and I became healthier and healthier, and that I became more considerate to others than before. She realized Falun Dafa was really good and wanted me to teach her the exercises. However, since mental patients or people with a history of mental disease are prohibited from practicing the exercise, I did not teach her.

After July 1999,under the influence of the lies and smear campaign against Dafa and Dafa practitioners by the Jiang regime, my mom began to feel hatred towards Dafa. She even interfered with my cultivation and limited my physical freedom. After I clarified the truth and explained Dafa to her with great care and patience, her attitude began to change. She thought what I said was reasonable and began to be sympathetic towards those Dafa disciples under persecution. She regretted that the public could not prevent the persecution campaign. Mom took good care of Master's picture and the Dafa books that I left at home, and stopped speaking ill of Dafa. She told me that her years-long vasculitis seemed to be cured and the pain on her feet had also disappeared somehow. I told her that's the reward for her supporting Dafa. Though supportive of Dafa, my mom still could not understand why Dafa disciples risk their lives distributing flyers and clarifying the truth. She often told me not to participate and not to do so and so. However, one day she said to a neighbor: "With the crackdown being so desperate, there are still people continuously distributing flyers. This Fa must be something miraculous." After my patient explanations, little by little she began to understand the purpose of distributing the flyers. Whenever I gave the truth-clarification flyers to my relatives or friends, my mom would tell them before I had a chance to speak, "No matter whether you believe in Falun Gong or not, don't slander it and don't tear up the flyer. It's good for your future." Whenever my relatives and friends talked about my practicing Falun Gong, mom would also patiently tell them how I had changed since practicing Dafa, and the fact that my son had remained healthy without taking medication. Noticing the seriousness when my mom clarified the truth, I couldn't stop shedding tears. I'm glad that she has positioned herself well for her future.

Mom, do you know that no matter how much money or material wealth I give you, they cannot solve your fundamental problem; nothing can be taken away after death. Instead, letting you know that Falun Dafa is good is the best gift I can give you, because only the righteous thoughts towards Dafa will bring true happiness to your life.
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2002/8/24/35482.html

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