By Dafa Practitioner in Taiwan
(Clearwidom.net) Canadian Falun Gong practitioner Zenon Dolnyckyj went
to Taiwan in mid-February to promote his new book Coming for You. During
his stay, he visited two jails and one juvenile detention center. He talked
about his positive turnaround after practicing Falun Gong and his experience of
visiting China to the inmates and presented books to the jails for the inmates
to read. After the speech, the guards of the jails and the director of the
detention center greeted Mr. Dolnyckyj and praised the contributions of Falun
Gong to purify people's minds and benefit society. They also said they were
pleased to invite Falun Gong practitioners to teach the inmates the practice
periodically. The program included the video Long Yuan showing how Zenon and other
Western practitioners unfurled banners and declared, "Falun Dafa is
great!" on the Great Wall and Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. After the
speech, Zenon and Taiwan Falun Gong practitioners sang in Chinese the songs Coming
for You and Be Saved. Some inmates were moved to tears and many
applauded following the songs. Before saying good-bye, some inmates asked where
they could learn Falun Gong after they are released. In his speech, Zenon said that he used to smoke, abuse drugs and alcohol and
had many harmful habits. Once, he was so desperate that he left his family to
live alone. However, in 1998 he discovered Falun Dafa and after a few months of
practicing, he successfully quit drugs and started a new life. He said that he used to take advantage of other people out of selfishness,
but harmed many people in the process, including his best friend and family
members. Actually, the person he hurt most was himself, he said. After
practicing Falun Gong, he always thinks of others first and has become truly
happy. Instead of being angered by those who wrong him, he follows Truthfulness,
Compassion, Forbearance. Zenon learned Taiji, martial arts, I Ching, Chinese herbs and acupuncture. He
said that he intended to benefit from studying things from ancient China, but
did not understand the broad cultural connotation behind the essence of it.
After practicing Falun Gong, he truly began to know the broadness and
profoundness of Chinese culture. Since then, he reveres Chinese culture even
more. He loves China and pays attention to the life of Chinese people. However,
Jiang's regime fabricates lies to slander Falun Gong and deceives the Chinese
people. Many people do not know the truth of Falun Gong and some even assist in
the persecution. After learning Falun Gong, Zenon understood what true
compassion was. In November 2001, he and other Western practitioners decided to go to Beijing
to expose the Jiang regime's lies. He said that before he left for Beijing he
was a little afraid. For the sake of the Chinese people, he was determined to
go, in spite of the danger. On Tiananmen Square, 35 Western Falun Gong
practitioners unfurled a banner with the words Truthfulness, Compassion,
Forbearance. Within thirty seconds, police and police vans encircled the
practitioners. Zenon shouted "Falun Dafa is great!" with all his
strength to let tourists on the square know the greatness of Dafa. During the visits to these prisons, Zenon also received invitations from
other jails. Due to his schedule, he could not visit them this time. Before
leaving, Zenon visited a senior police officer in the Headquarters of Garrisons,
Taiwan. The officer had read Zenon's book Coming for You. He expressed
his appreciation for the contribution of Zenon and Taiwan Falun Gong
practitioners to Taiwan inmates and Taiwan's people.
Zenon recounts
his experience of practicing Falun Gong to the inmates
Falun Gong practitioners
sing for the inmates
Zenon handshakes with
inmates
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/2/20/68032.html