December 17, 2002

(Clearwisdom.net) A woman of nearly 70-years was a mother and born into a large family. From a very young age, she was asked to light adults' cigars, and so she gradually started smoking. She smoked for fifty years, but after practicing Falun Gong, she quit. She had a traditional Chinese woman's manner about her. She loved her husband and took care of their children, always giving the best things to her children, and helping them through difficulties. She never asked for anything back, and never complained about the hardships of life. She remembered every person who had ever helped her. People saw her as a very happy person.

She, her husband and their daughters have being practicing Falun Gong for four to five years. She did not have much education, and as a result had difficulty reading Zhuan Falun at the beginning. She wrote down every word that she did not know, and asked people about them whenever there was a chance. Now she is able to read the book thoroughly by herself. Even her daughters could not tell exactly when she became able to read.

She read the book very sincerely. When others pointed out a place she had read wrong, she would immediately read it again correctly. She loved to read Zhuan Falun with her husband and their daughters. Since practicing Falun Gong, all of the diseases she had disappeared, and she became very healthy.

Since the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, the mother went with her daughters to appeal for Falun Gong to their province's government. The daughters had been to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong six times. Three of the daughters were detained, imprisoned and sentenced to "re-education through forced labor." When faced with the sudden persecution of her family, she did not complain or cry. Instead, she continued to practice Falun Gong. When she visited them, and saw the wounds and cuts her beloved imprisoned daughters had received from being tortured, she encouraged them to be determined in their belief in Dafa, and to not give up. Some friends and relatives who did not know the truth of Dafa blamed her, but she faced the blame with a calm and open heart. Later, a forced labor camp refused to admit one daughter and sent her home. Another daughter, however, was tortured to the verge of death. The persecutors were afraid that she would die and sent her home, attempting to avoid any responsibility for her condition. The mother took care of her daily, and helped her with her cultivation. With her firm belief in Teacher and the Fa, the daughter fully recovered and looked younger than before. The final daughter managed to walk out openly from the labor camp. A family was back together again.

September 14th is the mother's birthday. This year, she went to Beijing to validate the Fa. She sent out righteous thoughts to eliminate evil, posted Dafa banners on Jinshui Bridge and cried out loud in the public "Falun Dafa is good," "Falun Dafa is Righteous." A policeman tried to stop her but she avoided him through her righteous belief in Dafa. She took three days to realize the great wish in her life: to validate the Fa in Tiananmen Square. She was back from the Square, safe and sound, that same day. She had had a photo taken in the Square. We saw the instant photo: she was dressed very neat and looked very nice, calm and confident. She told us that she had clarified the truth of Dafa to a female student from Hunan province. That student said she would never forget her.

When she heard that we were praising her for her greatness, she responded very humbly, and said that there were many things she wanted to do better. She is great as a practitioner, and as a mother of practitioners. She used her righteous thoughts and behavior to validate the magnificent power of Teacher and the Fa.