Why Did Zhou Chunsheng Die So Suddenly? Karmic Retribution
(Clearwisdom.net) A man named Zhou Chunsheng lived on the 11th floor of No.3 hostel, Shandong
Teacher's Training College, Shandong Province. Zhou was in his sixties and had
been doing casual work for a long time. On February 8th of this year,
he suddenly died. Zhou's death surprised many people. He had been very healthy all along, so
why did he die so suddenly? In fact, Zhou was infamous for his way of life. He had indulged in eating,
drinking, womanizing, and gambling, and he had also been picked by the police to
do all the dirty work for them when they offered him a part time position as a
security officer. Abusing the authority that this position gave him, Zhou often
took food and other goods from shops without paying for them. His life hit rock
bottom when he started helping the local police to persecute Dafa practitioners
by removing posted Dafa materials and unlawfully arresting the practitioners. He
often boasted of his 'achievements', such as when he and a few other scoundrels
arrested four practitioners for putting up Dafa posters on New Year's Eve of
2003. He and the others received a large reward from the police. Yet in
obtaining money through such foul means, Zhou had forgotten the heavenly
principle of "good is rewarded and evil is punished." Shortly after the 2003 Spring Festival, a lot of Dafa posters were put up on
electrical posts along North Street near Shandong Teacher's Training College.
Zhou took it upon himself to tear down the posters and turn them in to the
police. When one practitioner tried to talk him out of doing more damaging
things to Dafa, he simply turned a deaf ear and said, "I will see that
those Falun Gong practitioners are caught and sent to prison." In
seriousness, the Dafa practitioner warned him, "If you continue to do so,
heaven will punish you." Some time later, the practitioner went to see him again and asked him not to
continue doing those damaging things to Dafa. After that, Zhou seemed to control
himself for a while. But, enticed by lucrative offers by the police, Zhou again
involved himself with persecuting practitioners for money in autumn 2003, and
was once again paid a large sum. When winter came, he discovered that he was
seriously ill. In early 2004, he had a check-up and found that he had cancer. His hospital
stay drained away all of the money obtained from arresting Dafa practitioners.
Since he was without money, the hospital discharged him and did not continue his
treatment. The police also refused to cover his medical costs. Zhou realized
that this was his own karmic retribution, but by then it was already too late.
On February 8, Zhou died, and after wasting away to nothing but skin and bones. [Editors' Note: In both Western and Chinese culture, the principle of karmic
retribution, that is, being held ultimately accountable for one's own actions,
is widely accepted. The fundamental teaching of Falun Gong is the characteristic
of the universe, "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." The universe
will reward actions that are in harmony with this principle, while actions such
as beating, torturing and murdering people will incur karmic retribution. Stated
another way, good deeds will be rewarded with good, while evildoings will meet
due retribution. Articles such as this one are meant as a compassionate reminder
of this principle to those who would commit wrongdoing. While many of those who
persecute Falun Gong are merely "following orders," the universal law
requires that they, too, be held responsible for their actions, and that only by
reversing their course of wrongdoing may they escape retribution.]
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/3/15/70016.html
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