(Clearwisdom.net) Accompanied by harmonious music, Falun Gong practitioners practice the exercises gently and peacefully in a group. Such a scene is not rare. From Russia to Greenland, from Northern Europe to South Asia, from North America, South America, Australia, to Africa, whatever the language or nationality, you can find Falun Gong.
Falun Gong (Falun Dafa) spread from China in 1992. Because of its marvelous effect on purifying one's heart and its abilities in healing and fitness, Falun Gong spread throughout China, and about one hundred million people practiced it within seven years. However, on July 20, 1999, Jiang's regime launched the brutal persecution against Falun Gong. The whole world was startled by the news. The peaceful, low-key Falun Gong practitioners were thrust upon the world's stage.
Truth cannot be changed by power and violence. People with kind hearts were moved by the principles of Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance. Falun Gong was not crushed by torture and lies, but instead spread throughout the world along with practitioners' peaceful efforts to resist the persecution. During the last more than five years of persecution, Falun Gong practitioners have persevered, like plum blossoms in the snow.
"Dafa is being spread far and wide. Those who hear about it are looking for it. Those who have obtained it are delighted with it. The number of cultivators is increasing daily and becoming countless." (Seeking Discipleship with Teacher, Essentials For Further Advancement)
We would like to share the following set of photos, which will hopefully provide the reader with a glimpse at the wide spread of Falun Dafa across the world
South America
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Group practice in Peru
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Group practice in Panama City, Panama
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Group practice in Mexico
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Falun Dafa in Mexico
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Spreading the Fa at the capital city, Paraguay
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Europe
Photos taken on December 26, 2004 in front of a mermaid statue at the seashore of Copenhagen, Capital of Denmark.
Photos taken in May 2004 in front of Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany
Russian practitioners' outdoor practice
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Group practice in Monaco
Africa
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On May 13, 2004, practitioners in Ethiopia celebrating World Falun Dafa Day
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Demonstrating Falun Gong exercises in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Demonstrating Falun Gong exercises in Johannesburg, South Africa |
Demonstrating Falun Gong exercises in Johannesburg, South Africa |
Watching Master Li's Nine-Day Lecture Videos in Johannesburg, South Africa |
