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Belated Wedding Reception Provides Opportunity to Clarify the Truth on a Large Scale Written by a practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) My daughter was married when SARS was rampant in China,
so we did not hold a reception. On China's National Day, "October 1," my daughter and new
son-in-law were planning to come home to visit. When neighbors, relatives, and
friends heard the news they all asked me to hold a reception for the newlyweds.
At first I did not think it was necessary, but people kept calling one after
another. They seemed to be pleading with me, "Please give us a chance to
all see each other." My daughter and I both practice Falun Dafa. Suddenly we realized: Although we
had clarified the truth of Falun Gong to them in the past, many still did not
have upright thoughts in their minds. It was their true selves longing to learn
the truth. Why not use the reception as an opportunity to clarify the truth to
them! Therefore, we began to make preparations. Some fellow practitioners helped to
make truth clarification material. They burned compact discs and made colored
gift bags to hold the materials for each guest. We also discussed that every
practitioner who attended the wedding banquet would send forth righteous
thoughts together at set times and sit at different tables, making it convenient
to clarify the truth on a wider scale. On the day of the wedding banquet, we arrived at the restaurant ahead of
time. As we received the guests, we clarified the truth to them. In the banquet,
I went around proposing toasts to the guests and used the opportunity to chat
with them a bit. I told them that Zhen-Shan-Ren (Truth-Compassion-Tolerance) was
good, that they would have a good future if they believed this. I also told them
the news that because Jiang Zemin persecuted Falun Gong, he has been sued
overseas. Everybody listened and nodded in agreement. Some even thanked me from
their hearts. Some retired government officials said in good humour, "This
banquet is only a pretense for promoting Falun Gong!" Other government
officials said, "I really admire and envy your Teacher, who has such good
disciples using this chance to promote Dafa. Please feel relieved. I support
Dafa and am in no way against you!" When the wedding banquet had ended, everyone agreed that it was still Falun
Gong practitioners who had good personal relationships with other people. They
enjoyed the meal and the company. My family and the other practitioners were
even happier, because more people learned the truth about Falun Dafa. 2004-1-13 Posting date: 2/3/2004 |