Taiwan: Tranquility in the Rain (Photos)

By Chen Jiayu

(Clearwisdom.net) Memorial Hall of the Founding Father of the Nation is a famous tourist spot in Taiwan located in the busy east district of Taipei. It was a rainy day on September 10, 2005, but despite the weather about 150 Falun Gong practitioners in yellow T-shirts held a group exercise session to introduce Falun Gong at 3:00 p.m.

Tranquility in the rain

Falun Gong practitioners spread the Fa

Young practitioners also hold their positions to the end of the exercise

Young practitioners also help spread the Fa

A seventy-eight year old man participates in the group exercise

Mr. Bai, who organized this activity, said Falun Gong is a great cultivation system. Many people in Taipei have learned it. Practitioners occasionally hold large-scale group exercises, rain or shine, to introduce the practice to more people.

According to an incomplete calculation, there are more than one hundred Falun Gong group exercise sites in Taipei. Among those who came to this exercise session were a baby and a seventy-eight year old gentleman whose nurse brought him in a wheel chair. He said he used to be bedridden after having a stroke, but his health improved after he listened to the recording of Master Li's lectures, even before he started doing Falun Gong exercises.

Mr. Bai has been practicing Falun Gong for eight years. He enjoys more energy and a relaxed mental state under a stressful work schedule and complicated relationships. One time he was reprimanded aloud for ten minutes by his department director for something he didn't have control over. Everyone in the office heard it. But Mr. Bai didn't lose his temper. Instead, he explained what had happened calmly and tactfully. The director apologized to him later. They've had a much better working relationship since then.

Mr. Xu is a bricklayer. He quit smoking, drinking and gambling after starting cultivation. His hot temper has changed too. He goes to morning exercise from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. Within three months, his stomach problem and bone spur on his spine were gone. He now has more energy than when he was young.

His wife previously had depression and insomnia. Visiting many doctors and spending a fortune on medical bills didn't help. But she started sleeping well one week after she started practicing Falun Gong. Her depression went away as well.

Their three children became more self-motivated after practicing Falun Gong. They take good care of their own school work, avoid conflicts with classmates, and help with chores at home. Mr. Xu is very grateful for the happy life that Falun Gong has brought to his family.

Mr. Li, a school teacher, said Falun Gong teaches "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." It helps upgrade morality and has been spread all over the world. More than one hundred million people are practicing Falun Gong. However, it is persecuted in its home country by the Chinese Communist Party. Jiang Zemin was envious of Falun Gong for gaining people's hearts, and he launched the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in 1999.

During the past six years, Falun Gong practitioners in China and overseas have been clarifying the truth of Falun Gong peacefully and rationally. Practitioners in Taipei gathered today to show the benefits of Falun Gong, to introduce it to more people, to expose the lies contained in the Chinese propaganda, and to help stop the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China.

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