Clearwisdom HomeNews & Media ReportsOpen ForumPractitioners' InsightsTruth Clarification
About Falun EmblemFalun Dafa WorldwidePersonal CultivationFa-Rectification StoriesScientific Findings
Welcome Note...
 
To Fellow Practitioners
on September 7
 
Article Selections
Cultivation Within Fa Rectification
Righteous Beliefs and Actions
Opposing Hong Kong's Enactment of Article 23
Rescue Charles Li
Prosecuting Jiang Zemin
Exposing the Crimes of Jiang Zemin
Exposing China's Cover-up of SARS
Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts
Audio: Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts Formulas
Staged Tragedy: Tiananmen Self-Immolation
Prophecies
Articles with Master's Comments
Announcements
 
Recognition & Support
Worldwide Support
Awards and Recognition
 
Photo Archive
Clearwisdom Photo Sitemap
Journey of Falun Dafa
Evidence of Persecution
 
The Persecution
754 Practitioners Killed in Persecution
SOS! Urgent Rescue
Latest News from China
Eye Witness Accounts
Solemn Declarations
Good is Rewarded, Evil Provokes Retribution
How to Help
 
Download Materials
Flyers & Handouts
Publications
Information Packages
Audio/Video
Links to Other Libraries
 
Important Links
FalunDafa.org
FalunInfo.net
PureInsight.org
ClearHarmony.net
PureAwakening.net
Falun Dafa Australia Information Centre
Rescue Our Families
SOS! Global RescueWalk
FGM TV
 
Third Party Supporters
Friends of Falun Gong
 
Contact Us
Editor
Web Team
Submissions Welcome
Daily Posting Subscription
Clearwisdom Fax
 
Search - Help
  
Advanced Search
 
A Brief Suggestion About Quoting from Teacher's Articles

(Clearwisdom.net) The articles on Clearwisdom are published throughout the world, not just for us Falun Gong practitioners, but also for all people. Therefore I suggest that when fellow practitioners write experience-sharing articles, to add "Teacher said" whenever they quote Teacher. Alternatively, they may add a footnote to correctly identify the quotation. We have to identify "Teacher" as the author of a quote because I think this is also one aspect of respecting the Fa as Falun Dafa practitioners.

If we quote Teacher's words without specifying that they are Teacher's words, but simply add quotation marks, it should be clear to Falun Dafa practitioners but not to everyday people that these are Teacher's words. It would be easy for non-practitioners to confuse these words with common words, since people routinely put quotation marks around quotes of well-known people, especially when they are important to make people pay attention. Thus, quoting Teacher's words without specifying would imply lack of respect for the Fa, and some people may easily take fragments of sentences, or copy or change the original wording, thus changing the Fa. The consequences may be serious.

More importantly, we are Falun Dafa disciples of the Fa-rectification period, and what we are doing today is creating the future and setting a standard for the lives of the people in the future. And so we must listen to what Teacher says and set a high standard for ourselves all the time and everywhere. Every thought of ours should be based on the Fa. The Fa requires us to walk the most righteous path. We must adjust as soon as we find any inadequacy.

Additionally, I also found that many practitioners made mistakes while quoting Teacher's articles. The reason could be that they are trying to quote from memory instead of copying word by word. This is understandable if it comes from a practitioner in China who may not have a book. However, it is not acceptable if it comes from a practitioner overseas. At the very least it implies that the practitioner does not seriously study the Fa. Therefore I suggest that everybody should copy exactly from the original article without missing one word when quoting from Teacher's books. The practitioners outside China can directly copy and paste from the web site containing the Falun Dafa books.

Furthermore, the Falun Dafa books web site also has a "search articles" function. If you cannot remember Teacher's original words, or if you are unsure about the origin of the words, you can search using this handy function.

The web site containing the "article search" function is located at http://www.falundafa.org/eng/search_eng.htm

The above is only my own understanding; please correct me if it is incomplete.

June 10, 2003

Posting date: 7/16/2003
Original article date: 7/15/2003
Category: Practitioners' Insights
Translated on 7/9/2003
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/7/1/53252.html

 Yearly Archive  Printer Version


We welcome your comments and suggestions, please email:
feedback@clearwisdom.net


Related Articles