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Brainwashing Should not Exist By Jingang Dafa practitioner in China Teacher talked about "Buddha's infinite grace" when teaching the Fa: "...What does "Buddha's infinite grace" mean? Think about it, when a
person is being saved, how much will the Buddha who saves him have to give?
For all those beings in the infinite microcosms who correspond to the
person, he has to--just like what's done during your cultivation
process--adjust their bodies well at the beginning, allow them to obtain the
Fa, make them able to handle it, and deal with their karma. What a huge,
involved task that is! Could that possibly be achieved without compassion?
So how could everyday people understand the phrase "Buddha's infinite
grace"? Think about it, when one person succeeds in cultivation it means
that a gigantic, immense system is successfully cultivated. I said earlier,
and it sounded like I was kidding, that if only one person succeeded in
cultivation, then I would have that person become the cosmos. No matter how
big his cosmic body was, I would have all the structures of the cosmos exist
within the scope of his body."(Teaching and Explaining the Fa at the
Metropolitan New York Fa Conference). I realized that during the Fa-rectification period, at a time when the
immeasurable and boundless firmament, and even the entire cosmos itself, are
facing calamity, a true Dafa practitioner will never compromise with the evil.
Even less so would he or she be brainwashed or turn into his opposite to assist
the evil in destroying the Fa. The requirement for every Dafa practitioner is to
be firm and steadfast in the Fa. This standard must be met. If a practitioner
has respect for Teacher and the Fa, they will never give in under any pressure. What Dafa practitioners are doing is eliminating the evil and saving sentient
beings. There are differences in the forms we use to harmonize the Fa, but no
matter what a practitioner is doing -- whether distributing flyers, producing
truth-clarification materials, transporting materials to other practitioners, or
broadcasting the truth about Falun Dafa by wired or wireless methods -- the
standard for all Dafa practitioners' steadfastness in the Fa is the same.
But many practitioners have not treated themselves as Fa-rectification
practitioners with regard to many issues, creating large differences between
Dafa practitioners. Our great and merciful Teacher has taken upon himself and
destroyed all our essential tribulations. Dafa practitioners are only left with
superficial hardships. However, practitioners fully possess the character of
"Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." When facing the cosmos' calamity and the
salvation of all sentient beings, true Dafa practitioners should treat these
issues with the standard of a great enlightened being at higher levels, since
the Buddha Law is infinite, and every positive being should respect Teacher and
the Fa. Dafa practitioners fully possess the character of
"Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." So it is absolutely impossible to give in
to the evil, not to mention to become brainwashed. What happens during the Fa-rectification period will serve as a reference and
model for the future cosmos. So any kind of brainwashing should not happen to a
Dafa practitioner. As for the so-called phenomena of brainwashing, it should be
thoroughly solved during the Fa-rectification process. The Fa has different requirements for cultivators at different levels, but
the differences in one's xinxing (1) level never makes brainwashing or
compromising with the evil something that is acceptable. My personal
understanding is that it refers to differences in our ability to save sentient
beings, to root out the evil, and to be responsible to all positive elements in
the cosmos. This is the most basic and fundamental requirement for Dafa
practitioners in the Fa-rectification period. Although some fellow practitioners
made mistakes on some issues, their steadfastness in the Fa must ultimately
reach the standard. Sometimes I hear practitioners say that someone's endurance
or xinxing is limited or that he undertook too much, so he was
brainwashed against his will, as if it were an inevitable occurrence. My personal understanding is that this is an evil doctrine for a Dafa
practitioner during the Fa-rectification. To speak seriously, the elements
underlying this mentality are just evil elements, which destroy the
practitioners' belief in the Fa. These elements should be eliminated. Actually,
in the view of steadfast fellow practitioners, a true Dafa practitioner's
brainwashing is hardly believable. For a Dafa practitioner, no element or any existing life can shake his
steadfastness in Dafa. Fellow practitioners can harmonize and reinforce each
other. We must maintain the principles of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance,"
and harmonize the Fa together in the Fa-rectification period. (1) xinxing: Mind or heart nature; moral character. Posting date: 4/22/2004 |