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Analysis of the Deceptive Logic Used by the CCP with the "Self-immolation" Fabrication
(Clearwisdom.net) Since the fire on the eve of the Chinese New Year in
Tiananmen Square four years ago, the CCP media has had a new topic for
"exposing and criticizing" Falun Gong. With the Chinese New Year right
around the corner, the Xinhua News Agency and CCTV is focusing once again on
this old news, which it repeats every year. The purpose of all this propaganda
is to repeatedly emphasize the lie that the "self-immolators" are
Falun Gong practitioners, and that Falun Gong teaches people to commit suicide. This is such strange logic, not to mention the fact that the Chinese
government absolutely refuses requests from overseas Falun Dafa practitioners to
have third parties interview those victims of the incident independently and to
investigate their motives. Although the Xinhua News Agency, as well as other Chinese media sources, have
repeatedly and falsely claimed that actions of the "self-immolators"
were influenced by the Falun Gong founder's article "Towards
Consummation," the censoring of all internet sources and the
destruction of Falun Gong books has made it impossible for people to learn what
"Towards Consummation" is actually about. This is not too
difficult to explain now in hindsight, because once people can read the article,
they can tell for themselves who is lying and who is not. Another example is
that at the beginning of the persecution, CCTV used heavily edited quotes from
Mr. Li Hongzhi's Dalian lecture as "evidence" that Falun Gong does not
allow people to visit their doctor. In fact Mr. Li Hongzhi was telling
practitioners to not use qigong to cure others because they might harm their own
body. CCTV edited the entire paragraph, creating the impression that the lecture
was instructing people to not go to the hospital. Consummation is an old concept from ancient Buddhism and Daoism, the goal of
which is for cultivators to reach a high realm which is selfless, opening a door
to extraordinary wisdom, enlightening to the truth of the universe and life. For
instance Sakyamuni in ancient India and Dharma, a monk in Shaolin Temple, both
reached consummation during their time while still alive, showing that
consummation does not come with death. Furthermore, Falun Gong clearly forbids
killing and suicide with the belief that killing and suicide are extremely
serious sins. Anyone committing such an act would almost inevitably bring their
cultivation to ruin. It is impossible for anyone to achieve consummation by
killing or suicide. According to a report by Xinhua News Agency on August 17, 2001, the notion of
reaching "consummation" by suicide came from one of the planners of
the incident, Liu Yunfang (male). The report said, "Liu Yunfang, Wang
Jindong (male), and Xue Hongjun (male), and others gathered in Jubaozhai (a
store) on Yu Street, and Huaxia Painting Store on Pu-an Street in Kaifeng City,
Henan Province, to spread the evil theory of reaching consummation by
self-immolation. Liu Yunfang even printed booklets called 'Consummation,' and
passed them out at the gathering to practitioners. Liu was sentenced to a life
sentence in prison for this crime." However, the true details are still
waiting to be investigated by an independent third party. Based on the report of
the Xinhua News Agency, Jiang and his regime admitted in 2001 that it was Liu
Yunfang's "Consummation" idea that guided practitioners to reach
"consummation" by self-immolation. Assuming that Liu Yunfang did
practice Falun Dafa, his personal writings can only reflect his own beliefs and
can never be considered as Falun Dafa teachings. There are tens of millions of
Falun Dafa practitioners in China. Why have none of these other followers of
Falun Dafa committed the act of self-immolation? It is patently obvious that
self-immolation has nothing to do with the teaching of Falun Dafa. According to legal procedures for providing evidence, whoever accuses Falun
Gong must provide convincing evidence to prove that "self-immolation"
is taught by Falun Gong. We have not seen any such evidence being provided by
Jiang and his regime in the past four years. We want to ask the Xinhua News
Agency this question: which part of the Falun Gong teachings directly or
indirectly hints at self-immolation or suicide? If the evidence exists, why not
publish it in the Xinhua News Agency's reports? The Chinese government-controlled media has repeatedly used the
"self-immolation" incident as propaganda, but it is not concerned
whether those "self-immolators" have any connection with Falun Gong
teachings. Their focus is on inciting Chinese people's hatred of Falun Gong and
paving the way for the persecution.
Posting date: 1/29/2005 |