By practitioner Mingzheng in China

(Clearwisdom.net) In March 2002, policemen searched my home. They then took me to the local police station. They tried to extort a confession from me through torture. After about eight hours of torture, they asked me, "Will you continue to practice Falun Gong if we release you?" I told them, "I have the truth in my hands. Of course, I will continue practicing Falun Gong." So the policemen sent me to the detention center.

Once I got to the prison, a group of criminals came up to me and prepared to give me the normal beating for a newcomer. When the leader of the gang realized I was a practitioner, he asked me to show the Falun Gong movements to them. I sat in the lotus position and did the movements for the fifth exercise. After watching me do the exercise, they applauded. The gang leader also praised my posture with the double-crossed legs. Later, when two criminals were rude to me, the gang leader immediately sent somebody to stop them. The gang leader asked me, "What is good about Falun Gong?" I told him, "Falun Gong is the Buddha Law. It emphasizes virtue and teaches people to be truthful in their actions and deeds by assimilating to the characteristic of the universe, which is Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance. Falun Gong teaches us to improve ourselves by always considering others first and becoming truly selfless."

The gang leader nodded and told me, "I had to wait months for you. Once you walked in the prison, I recognized you." I was puzzled. How did he recognize me?

The gang leader then told me, "When I was born, two old monks came to my home and told my parents, 'Your new son is our master, who has reincarnated in your family. Remember to bring him to the temple to forge a relationship when he is five years old. The boy will have tribulations and spend six years in jail when he is 25 years old. In jail he will meet an older man who is the reverse of his age, which is 52. That man will tell him the most important thing. You must make sure the boy remembers this.' Today everything the monks said has come true. I'm 25 years old and you are 52 years old."

I suddenly understood that the gang leader had a predestined relationship with me. He had ended up here to learn about Falun Dafa. He had come for the Fa. The gang leader also believed we had a predestined relationship. He told me, "Here you don't need to do any of the various duties. You can sit in meditation or do the practice. Without my say so, nobody would dare touch you."

The prison was monitored very strictly. The gang leader asked me to tell them stories when I wasn't practicing the exercises. I would remember a story with a good moral to promote Falun Dafa and gradually, one by one, the inmates accepted Falun Dafa. I also helped them understand the principle of karmic retribution, and they eventually gave up their habit of resolving things with physical violence.

When the inmates realized that Falun Dafa was great, the gang leader was sent away to a forced labor camp. Because the predestined relationship had ended, I realized that I shouldn't be detained there anymore. Two days later my detention ended.

I gave all my personnel belongings to the criminals and told them to remember Master's teachings. All the criminals shook hands with me to say good-bye.

The local policeman who came to bring me back witnessed this scene and said, "You are so good at getting along with them. They all respected you very much." I responded, "Falun Gong taught me Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance. Good is rewarded with good." After all the paperwork was done, the policeman told me to write a statement renouncing Falun Gong. I said, "Even if you shot me right now, I would not write such a statement!" The policeman relented and said, "It's ok. You don't have to write it. But remember not to talk casually about this after you get out. I really admire your character." I said, "That comes from Master's teaching."

In the company of relatives and friends, I left the prison in a dignified and upright manner.

Posting date: 12/2/2004
Original article date: 12/2/2004
Category: Cultivation in Persecution
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/11/7/88578.html

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