|
The Cultivation Experiences of a Young Practitioner from a Taiwan Minghui School By Yang Shanchun, a Young Taiwan Dafa Practitioner
July 16, 2004 (Clearwisdom.net) My name is Yang Shanchun, and I am a young Falun Dafa practitioner. I have
been practicing Dafa for over three years. Three years ago I was still in
kindergarten. One morning my mother got up at a little past four. I heard her
getting up so I woke up also. (I went to sleep at 11pm to 12am the previous
night). Mom said she was going to practice. I wanted to get up and go with her.
This is how I got started practicing Falun Dafa. Mom often plays the recording of Master Li's Lectures to me. I also like to
recite Hongyin (Master Li's poems). Later on I started to read Zhuan
Falun when I was in first grade. I often went with my Mom to Falun Dafa
study sessions and participated in Fa study and experience sharing. Because I
didn't know too many words, I would repeat after the grown-ups sentence by
sentence. Very soon, I was able to read the book, Zhuan Falun [main book of
Falun Dafa teachings]. Many grown-ups were very surprised at how many
characters I recognized. I think that was because I practiced Dafa and Master Li
gave me wisdom. Therefore I learned very fast in many things. I finish my
homework on my own and do not need my Mom to remind me. Therefore I achieved
very good grades in school. I remember once a classmate hit me without stopping. I asked
him whether it was because I had hurt him and if so I asked him to forgive me.
He then said, "Sorry I shouldn't hit you for no reason. I was wrong."
Master Li said in Zhuan Falun, "There is this saying, "When an average person is
humiliated, he'll draw his sword to fight." For an everyday person, it is
only natural that if you swear at me I will swear at you, and that if you hit
me I will hit you back as well. That is an everyday person. Can he be called a
practitioner? As a practitioner, without a strong will and self-restraint, you
will not be able to do this." (Lecture Nine) I did not hit him back and therefore maintained my xinxing.(1)
This was because Dafa cultivation changed me. In the past I would have hit him
back to take revenge! Currently Master Li asked Dafa practitioners to do three things well every
day: studying the Falun Dafa teachings, sending forth righteous thoughts and
clarifying the truth about the persecution to the public. I study at least one
lecture in Zhuan Falun almost every day. Sometimes I send forth righteous
thoughts every hour. Once in a while I would get on the Internet or make phone
calls to clarify the truth because there are many Falun Gong practitioners in
mainland China who are being detained, tortured or severely persecuted. Many
young Dafa practitioners' parents are being detained in labor camps and jails
illegally. Let's think about it: how do they live their lives? Therefore, the
purpose of clarifying the truth is to let more people understand what is
happening in Mainland China and hope that everyone in the world can help them
and stop this persecution against the cultivation of Truthfulness, Compassion
and Forbearance. I often go to Clearwisdom net, Pureawakening net or Minghui
school to read fellow practitioners' cultivation experiences so that I will
continue to strive forward vigorously. Sometimes my Mom will also take me to
another country to clarify the truth so that more young friends can cultivate
Dafa like me and know that Falun Dafa is good. (1) xinxing: heart or mind nature, moral character
Posting date: 8/6/2004 |