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Dafa Banner Unfurled in Labor Camp Dining Hall
(Clearwisdom.net) In 2000, I was illegally sent to a labor camp for going to Beijing for
appeal. At that time, the persecution of Falun Gong was rampant and guards
brutally tortured Dafa practitioners every day in order to
"transform" them. Some practitioners were tortured to death. Despite
the vicious persecution, determined Dafa practitioners still maintained their
righteous thoughts and righteous actions. There were dozens of practitioners
who went on hunger strike together to appeal. One day when we went to the dining hall, there were already many Dafa
practitioners, inmates and guards present. The practitioners on hunger strike
stood in front of the table and refused to eat. At that time, I took out the
banner that I prepared earlier and resolutely held it above my head. Upon
seeing this, a practitioner started to recite Lunyu. Immediately,
all of the practitioners in the dining hall started to recite "Lunyu,"
and the loud voices suppressed everything in the dining hall. The guards were
shocked. They hurriedly pushed me out and said, "I really admire your
courage." At that time, I was very calm and did not have any fear. The
guards left me there, and then returned to the dining hall to stop the other
practitioners. No matter how they tried, practitioners were not intimidated
and finished reciting "Lunyu." A guard called me to the office and asked me, "Why did you hold the
banner in the dining hall, and not in your room?" I said, "The room
I stay in is really tiny. The dining hall is very good. Once the banner is
unfolded, 'Buddha's light shines everywhere'." She then asked me,
"Where did you get the banner?" I did not tell her. In fact, it was
made from an old red cloth, and I wrote, "Falun Dafa is good" on it
with toothpaste. I did this behind a quilt so as not to be seen by the
monitor. The guard sent me back to the cell. Practitioners asked if I had been
beaten. From their expressions, I was able to see their deep concern. The
guard had asked them to go to sleep. They said they would not go to sleep
until I returned. Practitioners in other cells did the same and kept asking
the guards to send me back. When the guards told them several times that I had
returned, they finally went to sleep. One day, a labor camp official asked all of the Dafa practitioners and
inmates to the exercise area to watch a show. When it was clear that this was
a performance that defamed Dafa, a practitioner called out, "Falun Dafa
is good!" Immediately, all of the practitioners also called out, "Falun
Dafa is good!" While calling out, we walked away from the exercise area.
Everyone began to walk away, and nobody wanted to watch that performance. The
guards could do nothing about it. In 2000, I was illegally detained in a detention center for going to Beijing
to appeal. Other practitioners and I kept doing the exercises and reciting
Teacher's articles every day in the labor camp. When New Year's Eve was
approaching, we decided that practitioners should validate the Fa under any
circumstances, so we decided to call out "Falun Dafa is good" on New
Year's Eve. On that day, we were very calm and had no attachment of fear.
Together we called out "Falun Dafa is good." The next morning, we
continued to shout this out. The police did nothing to us in both cases. This
was because we were calm and did not have the attachment of fear. August 4, 2005 |