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A Story About Forty Yuan
(Clearwisdom.net) This is a story about a practitioner in his sixties
who began practicing Falun Dafa in April 1999 by attending the 9-day lecture
series. Shortly after the "Tianjin incident" the Jiang Regime initiated its
vicious persecution of Falun Dafa. However, this new practitioner not only
continued his cultivation practice, but also took responsibility for
distributing Dafa materials to faraway mountain villages. Through bitter winter
cold and intense summer heat, he distributed the information either by walking
to the villages or by taking a bus. He managed to squeeze the money for this out
of his daily living expenses. He has continued to distribute Dafa materials since 1999, a task that
requires constant vigilance to avoid being followed by the police and to make
sure that the materials reach their destinations safely. He often does not take
time to eat or drink so he can get to the destinations on time. He tells other
practitioners how very proud he is to be a Dafa practitioner during the Fa-Rectification
period. Although many mountain villagers began the practice of Falun Dafa before
1999, they did not know what to do after the Jiang Regime started the vicious
suppression. He told them, "We should prove that Dafa is good and clarify the
truth to others." Although one village is situated out of the way and getting to it is not
easy, the villagers do not escape frequent police harassment. The suppression of
Dafa and prosecution of Dafa disciples instilled fear in the minds of the
practitioners in the small towns. The practitioner who traveled from town to
town led everyone to read Master's lectures: "When you conduct yourselves righteously Master can do anything for you."
(Touring North America to Teach the Fa), "Get rid of any attachment you have, and don't think about anything. Just
do everything a Dafa disciple should do, and everything will be covered."
("Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. International Fa Conference"). The practitioners were touched and awoke to the fact that they needed to take
action. This is truly the power of Dafa and Master's compassion and endless
protection. Once again the practitioner took Master's lectures, articles from Minghui,
and Dafa VCDs to the village. This time the practitioners in the village were
very moved by his never-ending efforts. Although their financial situations were
far from affluent, several practitioners scraped together forty Yuan [Chinese
currency. The average monthly salary for a rural worker in China is about 200
Yuan.], and gave it to the visiting practitioner. They told him that he had
done so much for them and they realized all the inconveniences he had gone
through and the bus fares he had paid over all the years. The practitioners in
the village told him that they felt ashamed because they had begun the practice
before him, and yet they weren't as good as he was in applying the teachings in
everyday life. He said to them, "All your praises are testing my Xinxing and I
will use this money in the most useful manner. Please read and learn Fa more
diligently so you'll catch up with others." Posting date: 4/15/2003
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