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Leaving Behind an Upright Legacy: A Practitioner's Recollections of the Early Years of Falun Dafa in China (Part 2) By Yuan Lu, a Dafa practitioner from Northeast China (clearwisdom.net) Part 1: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/8/16/51428.html In the spring of 1992, Teacher began to spread the Fa and teach the exercises
around the country. Each time Teacher gave a lecture, he always sincerely and
tirelessly taught practitioners the following principles: "Falun Gong
cultivation directly targets one's mind," we cultivate "Zhen, Shan,
Ren" simultaneously, and cultivators should care less about
"reputation, material interest and sentimentality" in order to
transform de (virtue) into gong (cultivation energy) and to continue true
cultivation and maintain xinxing (mind-heart nature, moral character). Falun
Gong has great power and cultivators' gong develops very quickly. Teacher made
it possible for each practitioner to cultivate, a priceless treasure which
cannot be bought with money, no matter how much money one is willing to pay!
Because of this, Falun Gong has attracted countless predestined people to join
in cultivation practice. I am one of those predestined people who saw and heard
many real miracles. I have witnessed many moving scenes and I have seen
firsthand how Teacher's miraculous cures gave many seriously ill practitioners a
second life. These recollections cannot ever be removed from my memory. It was not easy when Teacher began to teach the Fa (Law and principles) and
the exercises, because most of the people attending the classes were ill and
came for healing their illnesses. During the class they didn't understand much
about the Fa-principles that Teacher taught, but they felt that the teachings
were good and reasonable. At every lecture, practitioners' bodies were changed a
lot, and they felt free from illness and benefited a great deal. Therefore, no
matter where he gave lectures, there were always many people who followed
Teacher and listened to the lectures one after another. Only when they finally
understood the Fa-principles that Teacher taught did they really start on their
path of cultivation, beyond the basic concerns of healing and fitness. A relative of mine lived in Changchun City in the same area as Teacher. In
the summer of 1992 my relative suffered from intestinal adhesions and was sent
to the hospital. The doctor said that it would be very hard to cure him by
surgery because he had already had surgery twice before. Medicine didn't have
any effect on him, and there were no other treatment options, only waiting
for death. His family members were very worried and looked everywhere for
treatment. A Falun Gong practitioner from my relative's workplace told him,
"There is a qigong master in Changchun. Master Li is giving lectures to
teach the Fa and exercises. In the lectures many practitioners suffering from
difficult and complicated illnesses and even critical illnesses have fully
recovered after being adjusted and purified by Master Li. Now the fourth class
is over and Master Li is going to Beijing in two days." My relative heard
about it and asked this practitioner to beg Master Li to treat him. After this
practitioner introduced the situation to Teacher, Teacher agreed to the patient
coming to his home. My relative's family carried the patient by taxi to Teacher's home. Teacher
was very welcoming. As he was talking to the patient, he opened the window and
moved his hand toward the position of the patient's ailment. He then grabbed
that being and then threw it out the window. Then Teacher brought over a dish of
fruit and gave the patient a banana to eat. The patient said, "I dare not;
I haven't eaten anything for seven days." The practitioner immediately
said, "Teacher let you eat, you just eat; don't worry." The patient
then ate some banana, no pain; then he ate some more, still no pain. At this
moment my relative's wife understood and kneeled down to thank Teacher for
saving her husband's life. Teacher helped the woman to her feet. My relative
tried to give Teacher money to express his thanks. Teacher said, "I don't
want a single penny; just go home and practice!" Afterwards, back at home,
my relative could eat and drink normally and could also walk and ride his
bicycle. With gratitude for Teacher, my relative's whole family attended the
fifth set of classes that Teacher gave in Changchun City. After the lectures, my
relative experienced great changes in his body and heart, and his understanding
of the world also changed greatly. Later on, this practitioner devoted himself
to assisting Teacher in promoting Dafa and saving more predestined people, and
voluntarily sent Dafa books to his hometown and helped more people to learn Dafa.
He firmly practices Falun Dafa and believes in Teacher, following Teacher on the
path of cultivation. In June of 1993, Teacher gave the sixth lecture series in Changchun City. My
relative picked up his younger sister from another city and planned to attend
the class. His younger sister suffered from heart problems and it was very
difficult for her to walk. Once again the practitioner from my relative's
workplace introduced the situation of the younger sister to Teacher. The day
before the class, Teacher came to my relative's home by taxi and adjusted and
purified her body and made her walk freely. The hospital treatment for her
problem would have cost over 100,000 yuan (1), however Teacher cured her for
nothing. My relative's family was incredulous. Teacher said with smile, "Go
to the hospital to check, if you don't believe it!" With awe and gratitude
for Teacher, his family brought her to the hospital for a check-up; her problem
was mended, and everything was normal. Afterwards my relative brought his
younger sister to attend Teacher's classes. After ten days of lectures, all her
illnesses disappeared. When she went back home, she could care for herself and
she could do some simple housework. She had saved over 100,000 Yuan, and had
miraculously gotten well without any pain. Through this experience, his younger
sister's friends all highly praised Falun Gong saying, "Falun Gong is such
a miracle!" All of them expressed their interest in listening to Teacher's
lectures and practicing Falun Dafa. It was exactly as Teacher says, "Those
who really have a predestined relationship and can enlighten will come one after
another, entering the Dao and obtaining the Fa." (Essentials for Further
Advancement - Enlightenment) At the end of 1992 and 1993, Teacher participated in the Oriental Health Expo
in Beijing. During the Expo, Teacher voluntarily adjusted and purified the
bodies of predestined people and in doing so, he spread Falun Gong in society.
After my relative heard about Teacher being at the Expo, he brought his
neighbor, who was suffering from cancer, and other friends to Beijing. In the 1993 Beijing Oriental Health Expo, Mr. Li Hongzhi received the highest
honor by being issued the "Fringe Science Progress Award," and the
Expo's "Special Gold Award." In addition, Mr. Li Hongzhi was called
"Most Welcomed Qigong Master." Mr. Li Hongzhi received the most awards
of anyone at the Expo. During the Expo Teacher performed many miracles. For example, the hometown
friend who suffered from cancer couldn't walk and had to be carried by his
family to the Expo site. After being adjusted and purified by Teacher, right
then he could walk around. Another example is of a woman, Sun Baorong from
Beijing, who was disabled in a bus accident; she lay in a hospital bed for one
year. Her family carried her on their backs to the Expo. After being adjusted by
Teacher, she stood up miraculously and walked around. From then on, no matter
where Teacher gave classes, she would follow and listen to Teacher's lectures.
When Teacher gave the seventh class in Changchun City, I saw her in good health
and she looked very young. There was also a male practitioner who was in his
thirties and was bent over with his back at a 90-degree angle. After being
adjusted by Teacher on the spot, along with a cracking sound in his vertebra, he
straightened his waist slowly and looked the same as anyone else. Teacher's Fa
power and gong potency are incomparably miraculous. During the Expo, Teacher
cured many such patients with critical illnesses or suffering with difficult and
complicated diseases, and was well received by the masses. Therefore Teacher
received the highest honor by being issued the "Fringe Science Progress
Award," and was called "Most Welcomed Qigong Master." Teacher
donated all the income of his second lecture to the China Jianyi Yongwei
Foundation [foundation under the administration of the Ministry of Public
Security, for rewarding people who voluntarily combat crime out of conscience
and morality]. On December 27, 1993, the China Jianyi Yongwei Foundation conferred on Mr. Li
Hongzhi an honorary certificate. Ten years have passed in a flash. The things I've experienced, one after
another, remain fresh in my memory. Teacher has been saving sentient beings with
compassion and is protecting all predestined people. Teacher has done so much
for us; however Teacher doesn't want any repayment but only that practitioners
have a heart of cultivation. Although we have encountered great hazards along
our cultivation way, they cannot shake our resolve in following Teacher. Our
belief has grown steadfast and firm. (To be continued) (1) Yuan: the unit of currency in China; 500 yuan is equal to the average
monthly income of an urban worker in China. Posting date: 8/29/2004
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