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Criminals Become Good People and Nobly Resist Persecution after Learning Dafa in Jail
(Clearwisdom.Net)
In the detention center I had been sent to, over one thousand Falun Gong
practitioners have been locked up there. Through persistently clarifying the
truth to people there, most of the cellmates have obtained positive
understandings about Dafa. Some of them even started practicing Falun Gong. In
this detention center, seeing a few cellmates studying the Fa or practicing
Falun Gong together with Dafa practitioners was prevalent. Those people
(cellmates) said that after they got to know Dafa, they had truly learned how to
be a good person and would never do anything illegal again. Even the police in
the center had to admit that it was Dafa that changed those cellmates for the
better!
Ms. Luo, a young lady, was in jail for a money related crime. She was able to
study the Fa and practice Falun Gong with us everyday. She could also recite
many of Teacher Li's articles. She had been detained in the center for more than
a year. During this period of time, she was beaten four times for practicing
Falun Gong. She said, "After I leave here, I want to go to Beijing and
appeal for Falun Gong. I'd like to tell people how 'Falun Dafa is Great' using
my own personal experiences." She also said that she would tell people how
she -- a person who had committed crimes -- became a good person. One day Luo
joined a few practitioners to practice Falun Gong in public. As a result, she
was handcuffed and beaten. Since then, she has been released.
Ms. Qi, also a young lady, was sentenced to jail for selling fake cigarettes.
She joined in Fa study and practiced Falun Gong. She also helped practitioners
deliver Teacher's articles and provided pens or paper to practitioners. Whenever
she found some practitioners in financial difficulties, she would always try her
best to help them.
Ms. Fan was sentenced to jail for the second time for drug trafficking. Her
husband had divorced her and she nearly lost the will to live. However, during
her detention period, Dafa practitioners changed her mind. She joined in our Fa
study and practice of Falun Gong. She also paid much attention to her own
improvement of Xinxing (moral standards). She never quarreled with
others; instead, she often helped others around her. She said to us, crying,
"If I hadn't met you and studied the Fa, I would certainly have gone back
into selling drugs upon my release. Back then, before I had been introduced to
Dafa, I would not have cared if I were sentenced to death. But now, I would
never have such thoughts. After I am released, I will never do such flagrantly
wrongful things, though I may live a poor and rough life. I will be a good
person; a practitioner."
Ms. Yu, 23 years old, was given a death sentence, based on the law, due to
her extensive involvement in drug trafficking. When she was sent to this
detention center, she had a mental breakdown. By practitioners clarifying the
truth of Dafa to her, she developed more peace of mind. She was able to listen
to cultivation stories and also joined in Fa study and exercise practice. Her
entire spiritual outlook changed as a result. When the police attempted to
forbid her from practicing Falun Gong, she said to them, "I am unable to
live without Falun Gong." On the night before the sentence was going to be
pronounced, she dreamed that she was wearing white clothes and lying on a bloody
road. A gentleman came and helped her up. He told her that she would not die.
The next day at the sentencing she was granted a reprieve. This sentence was out
of everyone's expectation. She told all the people she met that "It was
Falun Gong that had saved my life!"
Ms. Zu was sentenced to a 5-year jail term for theft. She said she obtained
Dafa in the detention center while waiting to be transferred to prison. On the
first day she was sent to the prison, she started to publicly practice Falun
Gong immediately upon unpacking her baggage. The police ordered cellmates to
kick and beat her. They forced her to bend over at a 90-degree angle, with her
head touching a wall, keeping her in this position for an entire day and night
without any sleep. She was also required to carry out heavy labor everyday.
However, no matter how late she returned to her cell, she never forgot to study
Fa and practice the Falun Gong exercises. One day the police found out that she
was distributing one of Teacher Li's articles to other practitioners. They
searched her cell and confiscated all articles, as well as her meditation mat.
She was locked up in a confinement room. They hung her up with both of her hands
tied behind her back. She was pressured to admit her 'fault' and write a
statement slandering Dafa. As she firmly refused to cooperate with the police,
they brutally beat her.
She said to them, "There is nothing wrong in following 'Truth,
Compassion, Tolerance.' I have been a bad person who had committed illegal acts.
It's because of studying the Fa that I have become a good person. So I can't do
anything against my conscience. No matter how you are going to treat me, I will
never write such a statement."
The police left her hanging up and beat her face repeatedly until it was
completely distorted. She went on a hunger strike to protest such persecution.
On the third day, the police were afraid that she would die so they sent her
back to her cell. Ms. Zu has strictly obeyed the standards of a practitioner.
She was able to clarify the truth to people under any circumstances. Whenever
she saw someone was persecuting practitioners, she would try to stop them. She
told them, "Falun Gong practitioners are not guilty at all. Why do you want
to beat them?" When many cellmates tried to convince her not to do this,
she said, "I would practice Falun Gong even if they threaten to add 5 years
to my term." Because she acted righteously, her cellmates even regarded her
as a good, amazing person.
Among this special group of people, many obtained Dafa in the jail like Ms.Zu.
It is the Lord Buddha's compassion and the magnificent power of Dafa that have
saved those lives.
September 13, 2003
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