By Tong Xin, a Falun Dafa practitioner in China

(Clearwisdom.net) The day before yesterday, a fellow practitioner handed me 100 yuan and said, "A fellow practitioner in the countryside raised 150 yuan by recycling her own hair. She was thinking about using it all to produce truth-clarifying materials. Her elder sister said, "New Year's Day is approaching. Your family is living on a shoestring. Your child is in school, and your husband is ill. You should leave 50 yuan to purchase some clothes for your child."

When I took this 100 yuan in my hand, I felt like I was holding a glittering heart. My eyes were wet. What a great Falun Dafa practitioner! How precious is her heart! To offer salvation to sentient beings is our sacred duty. However, a country woman, who has no income, uses her own hair to help save people in the world. Her dedication surely will be felt by the gods.

In history, when Sakyamuni was teaching the Dharma, there was an elderly woman who did not have a penny. She exchanged a small oil lamp for her hair, which was most sacred in those days. She carried this lamp to listen to the Dharma taught by Sakyamuni. Wicked, strong winds extinguished the lamps of all the other people. People stood up and started looking around in panic. Only this elderly woman knelt on the ground and did not budge while listening to the Dharma taught by the Buddha. And only her lamp stayed lit. That was a genuine heart! Isn't this the compassion and benevolence that Master wants?

However, I have an income of 400 yuan each month. And it has never occurred to me to spend some of it to save sentient beings. I am indeed too selfish and too self-centered. Time waits for nobody. Let me think less of myself and seize every opportunity in saving worldly people.

January 18, 2005