News and Events Around the World

• New York: Photos from the NTDTV "Holiday Wonders" Show
• Ukraine: The Persecution of Falun Gong Receives Attention at an International Conference in Ukraine (Photo)
• Russia: On International Human Rights Day Russian Falun Gong Practitioners Hold a Rally to Expose CCP Crimes (Photos)
• Germany: "You Have My Moral Support!" Practitioners Appeal at the Chinese Consulate in Munich (Photo)

Facts of the Persecution

• Everyone in My Family Was Persecuted
• Ms. Zhao Yuhua and Her Husband Forced Into Homelessness; Young Daughter Dies in Grief
• Mr. Xi Shun, 70, Suffers a Mental Collapse from Repeated Harassment by CCP Officials
• Ms. Wang Suxiang from Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province Died as a Result of Persecution
• Four Practitioners from Sichuan, Shanghai, Liaoning and Hunan Died Due to Persecution
• The Relentless Persecution of 63-year-old Ms. Wang Yunliao
• Additional Persecution News from China - December 14, 2006 (36 Reports)
• 153 People Declare that their Words and Deeds Under Forced Brainwashing are Null and Void

Investigating Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong Practitioners

• Kyodo News: Asia Group Calls for China to Allow Investigation of Organ Harvesting

Bearing Witness to History

• Recalling the Days When Master Li Gave Lectures in Wuhan

Practitioners Exchange Insights and Experiences

• Fa-Rectification Has Entered a New Stage
• Using Every Opportunity to Save More Sentient Beings
• Never Forget To Rescue People While Imprisoned
• Overcoming the Demon of Drowsiness
• "Falun Dafa Is Miraculous" -- Spreading the Fa in Taiwan Jails
• Helping Fellow Practitioners Write Experience Sharing Articles
• My Experience Using Teaching Materials Containing Facts about the Persecution

People's Hearts Determine Their Futures

• Head of 610 Office In Fengjie County, Chongqing City, Receives Karmic Retribution and Dies Suddenly

Traditional Art and Culture

• Life Is Like a Dream

(Clearwisdom.net) The NTDTV "Holiday Wonders" show runs from December 19 through December 24 at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. The programs are wonderful with deep inner meanings, with several grand dance performances bringing the show to peaks of artistic excellence.

"The Vows of Old": Compassionate divine being vows to descend to the human world to save people and celebrates the opportunity for the world's people to be saved

Feitian (flying beauty): pure and beautiful Feitian in heaven

(Clearwisdom.net) On December 5, 2006, an international conference on the topic "The Media Opposes Terrorism and Extremism" was held in Donetsk City in Ukraine by the Kiev Diamatik Social and Economic Research Center, the Humanitarian Policy Office of the Department of Defense of Ukraine, the European Atlantic Cooperation Department, the International Security Scientific Information Center at Donetsk National University, and the Politics Analysis and Social Research Institute subordinate to the Kiev NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Information and Literature Center.

The persecution of Falun Gong received attention at the international conference

During the conference three major topics were discussed: terrorism, extremism, and genocide. The conference also discussed how to prevent terrorism, as well as co-operation between government and society to oppose terrorism together. The conference also discussed large scale state terrorism launched by the Chinese government against Falun Gong practitioners in China.

Many representatives gave speeches at the conference, including Uriy Grebenchuk, the general manager of Kiev Diamatik Social and Economic Research Center; Vladimir Kipen, the president of Donetsk Politics Analysis and Social Research Institute; and An Sagaydak from the department of International Relations and Politics at Donetsk National University. Representatives from NATO headquarters to Ukraine and the Russian Political Relations and Security emphasized in their speeches that "co-operation among countries is an important condition for eradicating terrorism."

The speech given by Ms. Rosina Milostnova, chief editor of The Epoch Times newspaper, which is registered in Ukraine, aroused the conference delegates' attention. She said that terrorism can occur at the level of the state and that today this kind of terrorism is happening in China. The CCP's persecution of Falun Gong is actually state-terrorism. The CCP controls all state machinery including the army, the media, public security offices, armed police, the state security system, the judicial system, the national people's congress, diplomacy, and so on. All of them exist to persecute Falun Gong. The CCP army and police are directly involved in abducting and arresting Falun Gong practitioners, and the media spreads lies on behalf of the CCP. The CCP implemented the policy of "destroying their reputations, bankrupting them financially, and annihilating them physically" against Falun Gong practitioners who believe in "Truthfulness Compassion, Forbearance." This persecution has lasted for over seven years. Since July 1999, there have been at least 3000 documented cases of Falun Gong practitioners persecuted to death. At the conference she also exposed the CCP's crime of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners.

NTDTV reporter Vladimir Yasinskiy gave a brief speech. He also mentioned the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong and then showed a video recording of an independent investigation of organ harvesting. The investigation was conducted by David Kilgour, former president of the Canadian Human Rights Committee and the former Secretary of State (Asia Pacific) of Canada, and David Matas, international human rights lawyer.

After seeing the video, delegates at the conference were shocked. Many people asked questions such as why a matter like this was unknown to them until today. The organizer of the conference hoped that this report would still be presented at the next similar conference in Krim.

Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200612/37102.html

(Clearwisdom.net) On December 9 and 10, to coincide with International Human Rights Day, Russian Falun Gong practitioners held a rally in Budyonnovsk, Stavropol, to expose the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong, which has lasted over seven years. The rally was to expose the CCP's crimes. People signed the petition to condemn the CCP and to voice their support for Falun Gong practitioners' efforts to stop the persecution.

Many passers-by were attracted by the practitioners' display boards with photos about the story of Falun Gong. Meanwhile, practitioners staged an anti-torture exhibition. Those present were touched by the scenes in which practitioners in China, portrayed by Russian practitioners, were persecuted by the CCP. Local residents inquired about details of the persecution. After being informed of the facts, they condemned the CCP's evil crimes and then signed the petition in support of Falun Gong practitioners' righteous, yet peaceful, deeds to protest against the persecution.

Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200612/37102.html

(Clearwisdom.net) The winter weather came late this year in Europe, but the temperature in Munich plummeted suddenly on December 19, 2006. An elderly lady stood transfixed, fascinated by the sight of Falun Gong practitioners sitting on the ground in a row in the freezing weather.

"Beautiful. It's so beautiful," the woman sighed as she watched the practitioners demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises. In front of her, practitioners had erected a display board reading "Organs Harvested from Living Falun Gong practitioners by the CCP," "Supporting Sixteen Million Withdrawals from the CCP," and "Denouncing CCP's Secret Trial of Attorney Gao Zisheng." The brutality of the persecution formed a strong contrast with the peaceful Falun Gong practitioners sitting in meditation.

Falun Gong practitioners protest at the Chinese Consulate in Munich against the CCP's atrocities and in support of the Chinese people who quit the CCP.

The lady sighed. She couldn't understand why the Chinese Communist regime would persecute such a peaceful group. A practitioner explained that the evil nature of the CCP means it cannot tolerate people who follow Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance. It was recently revealed that the CCP has been harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. It is an evil that has never before been seen on this planet.

After hearing the facts, the lady wanted to help practitioners with a donation, but a practitioner told her, "We don't accept donations. We just need your moral support." She replied, "You have have my just and moral support."

The Chinese Communist regime has been persecuting Falun Gong and its practitioners for seven years. Facing more and more condemnation from the international community, the CCP has now chosen to detain them secretly and destroy the evidence in a bid to deceive the world. They continue to intensify the persecution. They are also persecuting Attorney Gao Zisheng, who spoke out for Falun Gong. Initially the CCP detained Attorney Gao, harassed his relatives, and tried him secretly. Meanwhile, they injured Gao's wife and his 12-year-old daughter.

All the CCP has done is to hasten its own end. With the widespread dissemination of the "Nine Commentaries on the Chinese Communist Party," an editorial published by The Epoch Times newspaper, more and more people have seen the true face of the CCP. Currently more than 16 million Chinese people have quit the CCP and its related organizations. Every day 30 to 40 thousand people announce their resignations from the CCP and its various organizations. "Heaven will eliminate the CCP" is not a myth. It's is happening before our eyes.

Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200612/37155.html

(Clearwisdom.net) My name is Zhang Decai. I'm a Falun Dafa practitioner from Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province and I work for the hot-water section of the Xinjian Coal Mine. In early 1996, my father Zhang Shouxin was fortunate enough to learn Falun Dafa. We witnessed the amazing effect of Falun Gong as his many illnesses vanished. After that, our entire family started to practice together. More than ten of us benefited a lot from our practice of Falun Dafa. However, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its former chairman Jiang Zemin started to brutally persecute believers of Falun Dafa, all of us were subjected to persecution.

On July 22, 1999, fellow practitioners and I went to the provincial government to appeal for Falun Dafa, but we were beaten by armed police and public security officers and forcibly sent to a stadium. On July 25, Xu Shenli, Yu Shijun, and Qu from the security section of the coal mine questioned me about the situation of other Falun Gong practitioners and closely questioned me as to why I did not go to work on July 22. They asked me to hand in my Dafa books and threatened to fire me from my job. Under intense pressure, I did as they asked and said some things that I did not mean.

On November 2, 1999, my wife Liu Shuhua went to Beijing to appeal with fellow practitioners. At night, when practitioners Zhang Min and Zhu Junhe (later tortured to death) came to my home to share their understandings, over ten policemen including Chief Cao and Chief Qu from the Political Security Section of the Xinxing Sub-bureau, Chief Li Qiubo of Xinfeng Police Station, and local policeman Pan Ren broke into my home. They searched my home and videotaped everything. They confiscated Teacher's picture, two sets of videotapes of Teacher's lectures in Dalian and Guangzhou, a set of lectures in Jinan on cassettes, six Dafa books, some Dafa materials, a video player, a music player and mats for doing the exercises, among other things. They turned my home upside down and left behind a wreck. Our two young children watched in horror as Zhang Min, Zhu Junhe and other policemen took me away.

Policemen from Xinfeng Police Station then interrogated me. Police officer Pan Ren beat and verbally abused me. When I explained the benefits of practicing Falun Gong to him, he punched my chest even harder. Then he handcuffed us and forced us to squat in an icy-cold corridor. We were so cold that our entire bodies trembled. On the following day, they put us into detention for fifteen days with the charge of "disturbing social order." Practitioners who had gone to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong returned one after the other. Because the administrative section of the detention center was small, we were transferred from there to the No. 2 Detention Center. Over 100 Falun Dafa practitioners were locked up together. My father, my second eldest sister and her husband, my nephew, my younger sister and my wife were detained at the same time. When I was transferred to the detention center, they confiscated all my property. After I returned home, they forced me to pay an extra 240 yuan for meal expenses.

The police forced my nearly 70-year-old father to squat next to the window and interrogated him. Fellow practitioners took every opportunity to tell the guards about their experience of practicing. Some police did not listen at all. One police officer that was surnamed Kou brutally attacked practitioners Pan Shixing and Zheng Shuzhong. Because all of my family members had been arrested, nobody could assure the police that we would not go to Beijing to appeal again. Therefore, I was detained for an extra day, until Xu Shengli from the security section of the mine gave the assurance in the name of workplace cadres. Then I was allowed to go home.

My wife Liu Shuhua and fellow practitioners arrived at the Office of Appeals in Beijing, but nobody took them in to hear their appeal, so they went to Tiananmen Square. At that time, policemen from every province and city in China were in Beijing to arrest appealing Falun Dafa practitioners. My wife was arrested and taken to the Tiananmen Police Station. Many practitioners were detained there and then handed over to police from their areas. Most police in the office were from Qitaihe City. The police took away the only 116 yuan cash that my wife had. She was sent to Xinfeng Police Station in Qitaihe on November 18. Deputy Chief Ma Jianhua interrogated her and handcuffed her to a heater pipe. On the following day, policeman Pan Ren sent my wife to the No. 2 Detention Center. At the end of the 15 days, Chief Li Qiubo refused to allow her to go home. He created obstacles in every possible way. Her elder sister-in-law knelt down and begged Li Qiubo, who was about the same age as her son. Only then did he sign for her release.

Before and after December 15, 1999, some Falun Dafa practitioners sent letters explaining their experiences in practicing Falun Dafa to the 610 Office to clarify the truth. But, this only incited the Qitaihe 610 Office and public security bureau to begin a new round of persecution against practitioners who had been to Beijing. They forced the practitioners to answer whether they still practiced. If they answered yes, they would be taken away. If they answered no, and wrote a "guarantee statement", they were released. On the night of December 16, police officers Liu Yi, Pan Yinggui, Li and others colluded with neighborhood party secretary Sui. Using the excuse of wanting to chat, they deceived my wife and practitioners Zhou Chunmian and Han Yuxia to go to the police station, where they were sentenced to three months for "disturbing social order."

Because my parents refused to denounce Falun Dafa, they were detained by policeman Wang Dawei of the Hongqi Police Station. Hongqi Township ordered the city committee to dismiss my father from the communist party and to announce it on TV. My second eldest sister Zhang Yujie and younger sister Zhang Dehua were detained for three months by Xinhua Police Station and Dongfeng Police Station. This time, over 200 Falun Dafa practitioners were arrested in the entire city. Around the 2000 New Year, some practitioners were released.

After the New Year, workplace secretary Zhang Wenjiang talked to me. He advised me not to do anything against the CCP and to stop practicing Dafa. I introduced Falun Dafa to him and told him the benefits of practicing. I also told him that to appeal is a citizen's right. As a result, he told Xu Shengli from the security section to detain me for one night. On the following day, the secretary and the section chief asked me to sign a guarantee that I would not go to appeal, otherwise they would send me to detention. I thought about my wife being in detention and our two school-age kids having no one to care for them and provide a living for them. So, with the attachments of affection and sentiment, I wrote the guarantee. Afterwards, I saw even more practitioners suffering from persecution. I wanted to go to Tiananmen to validate the Fa several times, but my wish did not come true due to the high pressure.

Prior to the Two Congress Meeting in March 2000, some local practitioners wrote a joint letter to our representative to clarify the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong and they were discovered. Xinfeng Police Station Chief Li Qiubo and policeman Liu Yi forcibly arrested me from my workplace. They detained me for 15 days and forced me to pay 300 yuan for meal and book expenses.

In May 2000, the No. 2 Detention Center detained my wife and more than ten other practitioners beyond their term. They forced them to till the land and do odd jobs for the detention center. Frequently they were faced with curses from guards and torture if they were found doing the Falun Gong exercises. Chief Ren Zhongliang directed policeman Wang Shandong to kick female practitioners. In order to protest the extended detention, the practitioners began a hunger strike. On May 13, the director in charge, Zhang Heping, decided to collect meal expenses before releasing the practitioners, but Li Qiubo from Xinfeng Police Station refused to release them. In addition to charging them 1,850 yuan in meal expenses, Li Qiubo also forced me to pay 1,000 yuan in bail for the release of my wife. I said, "I have no money. I even had to borrow to pay for the meal expenses." Li said, "Sell your TV if you have no money, otherwise do not even think about bringing her home." After 7:00 p.m., I went to see the chief again. I asked him to let my wife go home to change clothes and that I would send her back the next day. Li reluctantly agreed. After we returned home, my wife said, "Director Zhang had agreed to release them because they conducted a hunger strike. If Li Qiubo refused to budge, then you go to see director Zhang." On the next day, my wife and I went together to the police station and met with Li Qiubo. He was very angry and said, "From now on, report to Liu Yi every day. Do not go out and do not get together with others. Watch how I will fix you."

In June 2000, some practitioners from Qitaihe City went to Tiananmen Square to validate the Fa. Several of us shared experiences together on June 2, and we were reported. Xu Shengli from the security section of the mine rushed to the practitioner's home and put Xu Zhenhua and me under arrest at the security section. Several policemen monitored us all the time. On July 3, they sent the two of us to the detention center of the public security bureau. Several more practitioners from the mining bureau who had gone to Beijing were brought in. The police madly tortured us and cursed at us. They interrogated us about who had spread Teacher's articles, who had coordinated the Beijing trip, etc. Practitioners who did not cooperate with the interrogation suffered cruel beatings, tortures like "flying the airplane" and being force-fed with salt. Big and small police cars and policemen were busy persecuting Falun Gong. Because Xu Zhenhua and I had not gone to Beijing, on July 7, my family signed a statement and the workplace cadre bailed the two of us out of the detention center.

My father Zhang Shouxin, my mother Tang Shaorong, and my eldest sister-in-law Zhao Hong were brought back from Beijing and put in the Qitaihe City No. 1 Detention Center. My eldest brother Zheng Deming and my third younger brother Zhang Dehui went to Beijing and were detained at the public security bureau. My elder brother-in-law Li Changshan and my elder sister Zhang Yujie were taken from their home and sent to the No. 2 Detention Center.

My father unfurled a banner at Tiananmen Square and suffered a brutal beating by the police on the square. Though he was injured and in pain, the guards still ordered prisoners to watch him and not let him practice the exercises. They forced him to sit on a wooden board all day and memorize prison rules, and they beat him if he did not remember them correctly. While there, my father was only given steamed buns dipped in salt to eat. Father endured both physical and mental torture. After three months of detention, his healthy body reverted to the illnesses he had before practicing Dafa. He had difficulty urinating and had to have a catheter. His body was covered with extremely itchy and painful scabies. It wasn't until my father was at his last gasp that the police allowed him to go home with my mother. My elder brother and sister-in-law were still in prison. After my parents returned home, the neighborhood chief, secretary and area police often came to harass them, so they did not dare to study the Fa or practice the exercises. Our close friends were also poisoned by the CCP culture. They blamed my father for the children being in prison. Facing such great pressure, my father's health situation deteriorated, and he passed away on May 8, 2001.

At noon one day in early August 2000, I received a call from a person pretending to be a fellow practitioner's relative. He wanted to deliver a letter to me and asked to meet me at the workplace. Actually, it was an agent from the Qitaihe Security Bureau. He attempted to use deception to make me say something against my will. He threatened me and said that if I said what he wanted, I would be dealt with leniently, otherwise I would be put in forced labor camp. With a friend's mediation, it did not come to pass.

Prior to the 2002 New Year, practitioner Xu Zhenhua and I visited a practitioner who had just come back from forced labor camp, and former practitioners that had turned against Dafa happened to visit her at the same time. We told them the harm of going against Dafa and suggested that they return to assisting Teacher in Fa-rectification. Instead, they reported us to the 610 Office. Xinjian Police Station Chief Liu Qiudong, Yin Xiuquan and policeman Zhang received orders to take us to the police station, and they ransacked my home without a search warrant. They confiscated some truth-clarification cassettes and Dafa materials and sent us to the No. 2 Detention Center.

Facing repeated persecution, we held firm to our righteous thoughts and did not cooperate with them. Policemen led by Ren Zhongliang pulled off Xu Zhenhua's cotton-padded jacket and covered him with snow in the freezing temperature of minus 20 degrees Centigrade. Xu's whole body trembled and his lips turned purple. Only then was he let inside. The head of the cell pulled off all my clothes under orders of the guards and poured 30 buckets of cold water on me. We were frequently beaten and verbally abused. We kept clarifying the truth to prisoners around us about the beauty of Dafa, talked to them with kindness, and strived to create a good environment. We were released two months later.

After the 2003 New Year, the Qitaihe 610 Office and public security bureau began a new round of persecution against local practitioners. The workplace cadres protected us on the surface, but actually monitored us in secret. Policeman Liu Yi and Chief Liu Shuhong monitored us at home and watched our visitors.

In early March 2003, a Dafa truth-clarification materials production site in Qitaihe was destroyed, causing a financial loss of more than 100,000 yuan. More than thirty people were arrested and more than ten others became homeless to avoid persecution. Falun Dafa practitioner Zheng Libo was beaten to death within two days of his arrest. All in all, 21 people were sentenced and six were sent to forced labor camp. My elder brother Zhang Deming, my elder sister-in-law Zhao Hong, and my wife and I were all forced to become homeless. My younger brother Zhang Dehui was sentenced to two years; my younger sister-in-law Li Xiaojie (a non-practitioner) was beaten and injured by police when she tried to prevent them from arresting my brother. My 71-year-old mother kept practicing and relying on her faith in Dafa and Teacher. She told others that all these problems were caused by the persecution. No one helped care for my mother. She had to cook and do all the housework for herself and the two kids. Meanwhile she was suffering from the pain of being separated from her sons and daughters. On top of that, she faced scornful looks from her relatives and neighbors, who had been poisoned against Falun Dafa by the CCP. However, my mother did not break down, because of her faith in Dafa.

My eldest son Zhang Liang suffered tremendously. The arrest of his parents, the ransacking of our home, being forced into homelessness for several years in order to avoid being persecuted, and being harassed by the police placed ever-increasing pressure on him, until he finally had to quit school. When he lost the peaceful environment for practicing Falun Gong and encountered the unreasonable persecution, he became afraid of practicing Falun Dafa. He was diagnosed with leukemia in 2005, and left the world at the age of 12.

Everything that has happened to us is only a very small amount of what has happened to over 100 million innocent Falun Gong practitioners suffering from the persecution. We want to send our appreciation to the just organizations abroad and kind people around the world for their care and assistance during the persecution.

(Clearwisdom.net) Practitioners Mr. Meng Qingzhen and Ms. Zhao Yuhua, a married couple from Fengjia Village, Longjiang County, Heilongjiang Province were arrested, sent to forced labor camp, hounded by the police, and eventually forced to stay away from home. Their teenage daughter suffered a heart attack when they were being persecuted and died in sorrow, as her parents were not able to take care of her.

Ms. Zhao and her husband were fortunate to obtain Dafa in 1998. Mr. Meng had been suffering from an ulcer, migraine headache, kidney disease, arthritis and other illnesses. All of his illnesses disappeared within three months of his starting cultivation practice. Ms. Zhao had heart problems, a blood vessel infection, and other illnesses, and she was in great pain. Her illnesses also went away within one month of her beginning cultivation. She was elated. The whole family enjoyed a happy life and became more steadfast than ever in their cultivation. They followed the requirement of Dafa and worked hard to improve their moral character and be good people.

On October 9, 2000, Ms. Zhao and her husband Meng Qingzhen took a bus to Tiananmen Square to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. But before they could unfurl the banner that they had brought with them, 7 to 8 policemen rushed up and snatched it away. The policemen knocked them down and kept beating them. One policeman savagely kicked Mr. Meng's private area. The police dragged them into the police car and kept beating them, all the way to the Tiananmen Police Station.

Later, the Longjiang County Police Department brought them back and continued to persecute the couple locally. Ms. Zhao was illegally detained for forty days. Mr. Meng was held for eight days and then sent to the forced labor camp in Fuyu County for a year.

In mid-October 2000, when Ms. Zhao and Mr. Meng were illegally detained, Fengjiang Village Chief Sun Chengyi, Qing Li and others went to Ms. Zhao's home and took away 150 pounds of soybeans. They also extorted several hundred yuan from Mr. Meng's father.

After Ms. Zhao returned home after being held for forty days, the town secretary Gao Baomin and others went to her house to harass her. They demanded 1,000 yuan from her to bail out Mr. Meng. When she refused, she was arrested and detained for a month, and was subsequently sent to Shuanghe Forced Labor Camp in Qi City for one year. Her two kids, a nine-year-old and a twelve-year-old, were left behind with no one to take care of them. A few weeks after Ms. Zhao was taken away, the village secretary Gao Baomin secretly sold ten acres of her land.

In May 2001, Ms. Zhao was released, but the police came right away to harass and threaten her. Ms. Zhao insisted on telling the facts about Falun Gong to people. The police put her on a wanted list, and she was forced to stay away from home starting in 2002.

Because of the continuous persecution, the couple's children lived in a state of constant terror. They were under tremendous stress. Their daughter suffered a heart attack due to the anxiety and fear she felt for her parents. She was unable to see her mother before passing away. Hearing the news of her death, the police took it as a good opportunity to arrest Ms. Zhao. They waited near her house around the clock. Forced away from home and enduring the loss of a daughter, Ms. Zhao is exhausted both mentally and physically. Although she is only in her thirties, all of her teeth became loose and eventually fell out.

(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Xi Shun, 70, is a retired worker. He used to suffer from various illnesses such as coronary heart disease, brain arteriosclerosis and prostatitis. He had taken many medicines throughout the years, but still did not recover from the illnesses. After he started practicing Falun Gong in 1996, all of his illnesses were cured. Since then, he told everyone he met about the greatness of Falun Gong. He established a practice site at home and residents in the same village went to his house to do the exercises and study the Fa together. As they experienced the many benefits of practicing Falun Gong, it was a very happy and peaceful time for the whole group.

On July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began the persecution of Falun Gong. On October 1, 2000, Mr. Xi and several Falun Gong practitioners went to Beijing to appeal to the government and to explain the truth about Falun Gong. However, as soon as he arrived in Beijing, and before he had a chance to do anything, Mr. Xi was illegally arrested by the police. They threatened him before the town government, took him away and detained Mr. Xi in a basement. There was no bed to sleep on and there was only one stool. They did not give Mr. Xi any food nor did they notify his family. Mr. Xi's family had to explore a variety of channels before they found out that he was detained in the basement. The mayor and secretary of the town harassed him often and Mr. Xi was both physically and mentally abused.

Mr. Xi's body and mind weakened. His family asked the mayor and secretary to release him and after they extorted five thousand yuan from Mr. Xi's family without providing any documentation, Mr. Xi was finally released after fifteen days. For those fifteen days, the only food Mr. Xi ate was some food that was sent in by his family. After Mr. Xi was released, the mayor and secretary said, "He has money. Fining him five thousand yuan is too little. Let's go to get a drink."

Since then, Mr. Xi was so scared that he no longer dared to practice Falun Gong. There were people monitoring him and the police station constantly sent people to harass him. Mr. Xi was traumatized and his blood pressure increased after the constant harassment. In 2001, the police forced him to sign the three statements during a brainwashing session. They also forced Mr. Xi to go on trial and harassed him using various means. During this period (from 2000 to 2004), Mr. Xi's daughter, who is also a Falun Gong practitioner, was placed under house arrest twice, detained twice and sent to brainwashing classes twice.

In November 2004, Mr. Xi went to his daughter's house and witnessed his daughter being arrested and put into the brainwashing classes. The police broke into the house and forcibly dragged Mr. Xi's daughter away. He was severely traumatized. Since that day, he cried in his home every day and cried at whomever he saw. One month later, his daughter went to visit him after her release. He cried very hard and begged his daughter not to leave his home and said to his daughter that it was not safe for her to return home. His daughter comforted him and left. Mr. Xi suffered a nervous breakdown. He became afraid of people mentioning anything about Falun Gong. He always felt there were people outside monitoring him. He lay in bed and screamed, "Mommy, mommy." He was terrified and his family could not sleep with him screaming every night.

Now, Mr. Xi lies confined to his bed. He is mentally disturbed and his consciousness is unclear. He does not talk and shivers whenever he hears knocking on the door.

This is all due to the persecution of the evil CCP. An elderly man who had regained his health after practicing Falun Gong was reduced to such a state as a result of the persecution. His father was also persecuted to death by the evil party during the Cultural Revolution. Good is rewarded with good and evil is met with karmic retribution. The final day of the evil party is not far away. Let's welcome a new China without the evil CCP.

(Clearwisdom.net) The family of Wang Suxiang from Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province has been constantly harassed and persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party. Ms. Wang's son was arrested several times, and her daughter was sent to a forced labor camp four times and nearly tortured to death. Under severe mental and physical strain, Wang Suxiang and her husband often had to go to police stations, community committees, and public security bureaus to find their detained children and secure their release.

On the night of October 31, 2006, CCP members from the community committee went to Wang Suxiang's home to harass the family again. Overwhelmed by the accumulated mental and physical pressure, seventy-three-year-old Wang Suxiang fell ill and passed away on November 29, 2006.

Wang Suxiang started to practice Falun Dafa in 1996. Soon after practicing, she recovered from diseases such as tracheitis [inflammation of the trachea], and she also benefited greatly both physically and mentally. After July 20, 1999, when the CCP started to persecute Falun Gong, her son and daughter-in-law were illegally arrested and detained. They had just married, and their home was raided several times. Her daughter was placed under surveillance and was arrested and detained later on.

In July 2000, Ms. Wang's daughter was sentenced to three years in the forced labor camp in Kaiping District, Tangshan City, where she was subjected to torture. The labor camp launched a bloody campaign against Falun Dafa practitioners from January 16 to January 19 of 2001. Her daughter was hung up on a tree for as long as ten hours. In June 2001, she was on the verge of mental collapse because of the torture and became severely emaciated. Her weight dropped from 60 kilograms to 35 kilograms. The labor camp authorities didn't release her until she was on the brink of death. On November 10, 2004, she was arrested again and her home was raided. This was the fourth time that she was sent to the forced labor camp in Kaiping District, and she suffered severe torture. She contracted heart disease and kidney function failure, and her mind was sluggish and unresponsive. Her husband had to take her home from the Kaiping Hospital in Tangshan City.

On the morning of October 30, 2006, Lu Xueyue, Director of the Wenhua Road Police Station at Haigang District, Qinhuangdao City (previously the Renminli Police Station), led five or six policemen to Wang Suxiang's home and harassed the family. Lu asked her son where he worked and threatened him not to get involved in any Falun Gong activities. Lu told him that he would give him a job at the police station. Ms. Wang and her husband were not swayed; instead they clarified the truth about Falun Dafa to them and exposed the persecution. They told the police that they would rather go to the street to beg than go to the police station to persecute Falun Gong.

Wang Suxiang's son was fired from his job by the CCP four years ago. As soon as he found an odd job, the CCP members came to harass him. This was the second time that they have done this to him. In November 2005, he was deprived of work due to the pressure the community committee put on his work unit.

On October 31, two ladies from the Yingqiuli Community Committee came to harass Ms. Wang's daughter. Her daughter exposed their persecution against her and the fact that she had to stay at home without work for the last seven years.

On the same night, Ms. Wang's son had just come back from work and they were having a meal. After the CCP members left, Wang Suxiang fell severely ill and never recovered. She passed away on November 29, 2006.

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Mr. Xia Pinhua was from Fangting Township, Shifang City, Deyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Before learning Falun Dafa he suffered severe asthma attacks and other illnesses. All of his illnesses became less severe within a short time after practicing Falun Dafa. On New Year's Day 2000, he went to Beijing to clarify the truth of Falun Dafa. He was abducted and detained for 15 days and then taken to Majing Brainwashing Center of Shifang City for further persecution.

Mr. Xie was arrested and detained when he went to Mianyang Forced Labor Camp to visit a fellow practitioner in May 2000. He was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor. On returning home his old illnesses recurred, and he became bedridden. Director Ye Wanhua and Deputy Director Chen Chao of the Office of Tackling Problems came frequently to Mr. Xia's home to harass him. They told him to give up his belief in the principles of "Truthfulness, Comparison, Forbearance." The wicked officials even threatened to take him to a forced labor camp again if he did not renounce Falun Gong. Mr. Xia was physically injured and mentally harmed. He died on November 22, 2006.

Mr. Yan Guangyuan, 76 years old, was a practitioner from Pudong New District, Shanghai. He was formally an employee of the Shanghai No. 3 Iron and Steel Complex. Mr. Yan began to practice Falun Dafa in 1996. In July 1999 when Falun Dafa was persecuted by the Chinese Communist regime, Mr. Yan was frequently harassed by officials from the 610 Office of various jurisdictions, including his former work unit, the sub-district office and the neighborhood committee. The evil doers also pressured Mr. Yan to give up his cultivation and hand in his Falun Dafa books, as well as banners and other truth-clarification materials.

In December 2000, Mr. Yan clarified the truth to people. He was reported and arrested when posting the slogan "Falun Dafa is Good." He was first taken to Beicai Police Station and then transferred to Chuansha Detention Center for further persecution. As a result of torture he suffered massive spleen hemorrhaging and was in critical condition. Because police from the Pudong New District Police Department were afraid that he might die in the detention center, they released him on bail for medical treatment.

In 2001, Mr. Yan was sentenced to a two and a half year prison term by the Pudong New District Court, but was instead held under house arrest. He was under surveillance and was continuously harassed. Mr. Yan was injured and mentally affected by the harassment he suffered. He died on January 31, 2006 without having his reputation restored.

Ms. Zhang Guizhen, 56 years old, was from Yinzhangzi Village, Chengguan Township, Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province. She suffered many illnesses before she practiced Falun Dafa. After she learned the exercises in 1995 her health improved tremendously and all her illnesses disappeared. She was arrested in 2000 when appealing for Falun Dafa in Beijing. She was held at the Lingyuan City No. 2 Detention Center for half a year. (The Head of the Detention Center is Sun Liansheng).

In 2004 Ms. Zhang Guizhen was abducted when going to Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia to clarify the truth. She was sentenced to forced labor, but released for home detention. Staff from the Ningcheng and Tongyuan County Police Station collaborated in going to Ms. Zhang's house many times to harass her. Her home was ransacked and she was intimidated and threatened. Ms. Zhang's physical and mental health deteriorated. Her old illnesses recurred. She died on July 26, 2006 without having her reputation restored.

Ms. Huang Jing'e, 63 years old, was from Baishi Village, Dafu Township, Anhua County, Hunan Province. She was abducted by policemen from the Anhua County 610 Office, Anhua County Police Station and the Dafu Township Police Sub-station. She was taken to the Anhua County Detention Center for not renouncing Falun Dafa. She was detained for more than half a year before she was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor. She was transferred to Baimalong Forced Labor Camp in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province.

Ms. Huang Jing'e escaped in April 2004 with righteous thoughts and righteous actions. On returning home she continued to practice Falun Dafa. Being poisoned by the Communist Party's propaganda, her family was horrified to see Ms. Huang continue to practice Falun Dafa, so they put her under a lot of pressure and often harassed her when she was practicing the exercises. Mr. Huang Jing'e was forced to leave home and live deep in the mountains. She died in February 2006. The cause of her death is still unknown.

(Clearwisdom.net) Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the Minghui.org website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).

Ms. Wang Yunliao, 63, is from Litun, Xijin Village, Desheng Township, Dalian City New Economic Zone in Liaoning Province. At the end of the year 1999, when she told people about the benefits of practicing Falun Gong at a train station, police officers arrested her and kept her at a detention center for two weeks. Her family was forced to pay 2,000 yuan to get her released.

In the spring of 2003, police officers from the Desheng Police Station and the head of the Xijin Village Public Security office went to Ms. Wang's home to coerce her to give up practicing Falun Gong, threatening that otherwise they would arrest her. She was thus forced to live away from home, moving from place to place to avoid the persecution. Ms. Wang Yunliao went home during the autumn harvest time and was arrested and sent to the Dalian Environmental Protection Guesthouse. Two people monitored her day and night. They took turns intimidating her in an attempt to force her to give up Falun Dafa. Every practitioner imprisoned there had to pay 120 yuan for their cost of living. Ms. Wang was released after three months.

In April 2006, public officials went to Ms. Wang's home and harassed her again. Township officer Zhong Wen had also gone to her home numerous times to harass her.

On October 8, 2006, 610 Office personnel from the New Economic Zone, Deputy Party Secretary of Desheng Township Xiao Chengyu, Township official Zhong Wen, and Xijin Village Party Secretary Wu Houzheng went to Ms. Wang's home yet again to coerce her to give up her practice.

At about 10:00 a.m. on November 17, 2006, several people from the New Economic Zone 610 Office illegally arrested Ms. Wang and detained her again at the Dalian Environmental Protection Guesthouse. Her current situation is unknown. Her family went to deliver some clothing to her, but were not allowed to see her.

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On October 16, 2006, practitioner Ms. Wang Yingyi was taken into custody by the State Security Division of the Mouping District Police Department in Yantai City. Recently she has been transferred to the No. 8 Division at the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp in Zibo City. Ms. Wang has been on a hunger strike for 59 days protesting the persecution. She has been force-fed each day.

On December 12, 2006, the labor camp authorities called Ms. Wang's family asking them to come since her health had deteriorated so drastically that she faced the danger of amputation.

Telephone number of the forced labor camp: 86-533-6680420

Officers who participated in the persecution of Ms. Wang Yingyi are Zhang and Luo
No. 8 Division at Wangcun Forced Labor Camp: 86-533-6689191, 86-533-6689227
Office of the labor camp director: 86-533-6689507

Ms. Cheng Wenting, 34, is a practitioner from Hengshan, Jixi City. At around 4:00 p.m. on December 12, 2006, officers took her into custody at her home and conducted an unlawful search. She is being held in the Jixi Detention Center.

In addition, practitioner Ms. Liu Guiqin from Jixi City, who was taken away on the evening of November 27, 2006, is being held at the Jixi City Detention Center in Heilongjiang Province.

Recently, officers from various police stations affiliated with the Chaoyang Police Department in Changchun City went to practitioners' homes in their jurisdiction and harassed them. They unlawfully searched practitioners' homes as soon as they entered. Practitioners were then arrested and sent to the labor camps.

Qian Xuezhong (male), deputy director of the Chaoyang Police Department: 86-431-88521410 (office), 86-431-88971601 (home), 86-13904316161 (cell)
State Security Division: 86-431-88521473, 86-431-88521412
Jiangshe Plaza Police Station: 86-431-85655012, 86-431-85668611, 86-431-85633012
Ding Dayong (male), director of the Qinghe Police Station: 86-431-88523142, 86-431-88567007, 86-431-88526130

At around 11:00 a.m. on December 13, 2006, officers from the Qinghe Police Station in the Chaoyang District, Changchun City, broke into Ms. Luo's home by prying open the door. During the unlawful entry, Ms. Luo, 56, fell from the fifth floor where she lives. The police dialed the emergency medical response telephone number 120 to take her away. Her whereabouts remain unknown.

On the morning of December 9, 2006, four officers including Wang Qinghong (male), director of the Ziyoudalu Police Station in Changchun City, went to practitioner Ms. Bai Shuqin's home. They pretended to be collecting utility fees. Ms. Bai's family opened the door, and the police rushed in and started an unlawful search. They claimed they were going to take Ms. Bai away with them. Due to Ms. Bai and her family's condemnation, the police made up an excuse and left empty-handed.

At around 7:00 p.m. on November 24, 2006, officers led by Yang Dashuai (male) from the Dongsan Police Station in Gongzhuling City accompanied by officers from other areas, climbed over the garden wall and then broke into practitioners' homes for unlawful searches. Five practitioners were taken into custody. One managed to escape with righteous thoughts. A driver that makes a living by renting out three-wheeled vehicles passed out for five hours after being mistakenly identified and terribly beaten by the police.

On October 6, 2006, Zhao Xichu (male), a residential police officer from the Shengli Police Station in Huadian City, led another officer to practitioner Ms. Li Chunshan's home. They were denied entrance by Ms. Li and her family. On October 8, Zhao led two officers and arrived at Ms. Li's home again. They pounded on the door but still did not get in. At around 6:00 p.m. on October 10, over a dozen officers from the Shengli Police Station arrived in three police vehicles. The officers pounded on the door until 10:00 p.m. and the neighbors were disturbed. At around 5:00 a.m. on October 11, when Ms. Li's daughter-in-law returned and opened the door, the police forced their way in. Without presenting any paperwork, the officers started searching Ms. Li's home. Internet security officers were also called in. After four hours of ransacking, the officers found a few copies of truth-clarifying materials and a copy of Zhuan Falun. The police did not leave until an elderly lady in Ms. Li's home suffered from a recurrence of heart disease symptoms.

On the morning of December 12, practitioner Mr. Xiao Wangqiang was at work in the supermarket when officers from the Xingye Street Police Station in the Kuancheng District of Changchun City took him to the police station. The officers then searched his home and confiscated DVDs of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, the Chinese edition of Clearwisdom Weekly, and handwritten recent articles by the founder of Falun Gong.

Gao Xuebing (male), police head: 86-15904405970
Telephone number of the Xingye Street Police Station in Kuancheng District, Changchun City: 86-431-82936614, 86-431-82939816

Practitioner Ms. Hui Ruiying, in her 70's, is a retired worker from a cardboard factory in Anqiu, Weifang City, Shandong Province. On the morning of December 5, 2006, she was clarifying the public the truth about the persecution in the Chengdong Farm Market in Anqiu when four or five police officers took her into custody. She remains in custody in the Anqiu City Detention Center.

According to internal sources, at the end of December 2006, the Sanhe City Court in the Langfang area, Hebei Province plans to unlawfully sentence eleven local practitioners to prison.

It has been learned that three practitioners who were arrested on October 15, 2006--Ms. Li Zegang, Mr. Chen Qiwei, and Ms. Sun Yuehua--have been officially placed under arrest. The authorities are planning on sentencing them to prison. The police have also stepped up the harassment, surveillance, and threats against family members of practitioner Ms. Sun Zhonghua, who managed to avoid arrest on October 15.

Qishan Police Station in the Zhifu District, Yantai City: 86-535-7923536
Ermalu Police Station in the Zhifu District, Yantai City: 86-535-6226241

On November 8, 2006, Mr. Yang, the owner of a bed and breakfast in the Baqiao District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, expressed his opinions on Falun Gong to guests who were dining. A police officer arrested Mr. Yang on the spot. Mr. Yang's whereabouts remain unknown.

Ms. Yang Yuying and another practitioner from Yantai City were distributing truth-clarifying materials in Laishan when they were taken into custody. They are being held in the Fushan Detention Center.

Between November 27 and December 3, 2006, several truth-clarifying materials production sites were sabotaged in Pingyuan County, Dezhou City, Shandong Province. The police took away personal computers, printers, DVD burners, televisions, Falun Dafa books, and materials. Several practitioners have been fined 10,000 and 20,000 yuan.

On December 8, 2006, officers from the local police station and the Yeken Police Department broke into the home of Mr. Du Ping, a practitioner from Regiment 162, Division 9 of Xinjiang Reclamation Army. The officers took Mr. Du to the police department and held him in custody. The officers also took possession of his personal computer and other valuables. It has been learned that Mr. Du has suffered brutal treatment and unlawful interrogation.

Mr. Yang Dejun is a practitioner who lives at Dehao Villas on East Linyuan Road in Futian District, Shenzhen City. On November 9, 2006, he was taken to the Luohu Detention Center on charges that his son had distributed truth-clarifying materials. On December 8, he was transferred to a different location for continued persecution. His family has been denied any visitation.

An elderly Falun Dafa practitioner, Ms. Liu Jinping, who lives in Changqing Garden, and practitioner Ms. Li Meifang, who lives in Minhang Neighborhood, went out together on the morning of November 29, 2006, and neither has ever returned. It is possible that they were arrested.

In March 2004, practitioner Mr. Liu Qingshui from the Qiaokou District, who has been arrested many times before, was sentenced to three years in prison by the Hanyang District Court and was taken to the Fanjiatai Prison located in Shayang City, Hubei Province, in June 2004. His family was deprived the right to visit him until October 2004, when they were allowed to see each other for 15 minutes through a window.

On October 23, 2006, Qiaokou District 610 Office agents took Mr. Liu Qingshui directly from Fanjiatai Prison to the Erdaopeng Brainwashing Center located in the Jianghan District. It was due to the recent disbanding of the brainwashing center that Mr. Liu Qingshui finally returned home after being detained since November 24, 2003, when he was last arrested.

On December 4, 2006, policeman Pi Jianjun from the Jinhe Town Station in Genhe City and another policeman stormed in the home of practitioner Mr. Gu Chuanlin, deceived him into going to the station, and had him detained. They also ransacked Mr. Gu's house and took his computer, printer, and other items. Mr. Gu Chuanlin is an employee of the Medium Density Wood Board Factory under the Jinhe Town Forestry. Policeman Pi Jianjun has also arrested practitioner Mr. Chen Jinbao before, causing him to be sentenced to three years of forced labor.

Jinhe Town Police Station Head Pan Changguo (male): 86-470-5472141
Station Office: 86-470-5472147
Policeman Pi Jianjun (male): 86-470-5472709 (Home), 86-13947067580 (Cell)
Genhe City 610 Office Deputy Chair Liu Wei: 86-13848907597 (Cell)

Three practitioners arrested on November 2, 2006 from a Falun Dafa materials center have all been secretly transferred. Among these three, Mr. Xiang Lin from Huaying City went on hunger strike on November 26, 2006, at the Huaying City Detention Center. He is now very weak. Police took him to the Chuanzhong Hospital located in the Gaoping District, Nanchong City, on December 11, 2006, without notifying his family. Mr. Xiang's life is in danger.

Practitioners Ms. Ding Yuerong and Mr. Zeng Geping, who are both from Guang'an City, have been taken to unknown places.

In November, practitioners Mr. Dai Hongxiang and Ms. Zhu Juan were arrested, and they are now detained in the Jiupu Detention Center in Hangzhou City. Recently, practitioners Ms. Lou Qinlan and two others were arrested. They are now detained in the Xiaoshan District Detention Center in Hangzhou City.

The guards in the Hefei Women's Forced Labor Camp are still severely mistreating detained practitioners. Practitioner Ms. Liu Yun, 46, who firmly holds onto her faith, was tortured by being deprived of sleep and insulted in front of a large group. She now has a blurry mind due to the brutal torture, but the guards refuse to allow her family to visit her.

Practitioner Ms. Chen Min, 55, often shouted "Falun Dafa is good!" Warden Li Yun (female) slapped her face and deprived her of sleep. Lin Yun also instructed other prisoners to slap Ms. Chen Min's face, causing her face to swell.

Hefei City Women's Forced Labor Camp: 86-551-5313254

Wuhan City 610 Office Head Liu Jusheng (male): 86-722-3264816 (Home), 86-722-3592299 (Office), 86-13986430666 (Cell), 86-13339895666 (Cell)
Suizhou City 610 Office Head Wang Ling (female): 86-722-3062299 (Office), 86-722-3329689 (Home), 86-13908669879 (Cell)

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Xiao Suqing, in her 60s, is from the Baiyun District, Guangzhou City. On December 7, 2006, she was arrested when clarifying the truth in the Sanyuanli Neighborhood, and she had her home ransacked by policemen from the Baiyun District Department, Jingtai Street Station, and the Jingtai Street Neighborhood Administration. She was taken to the Baiyun District Detention Center.

Baiyun District Police Department: 86-20-83590928
Baiyun District Government: 86-20-86579604
Jingtai Street Police Station: 86-20-86574921, 86-20-83111222

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Liu Shufen, in her 50s, lives in the Pudong District. She has been missing for more than one month, and her whereabouts are unknown.

On the early morning of December 11, 2006, policemen from the Xi District Mine Station in Panzhihua City arrested practitioners Ms. Hu Xiufen and Ms. Liu Xiuzhen. At 1:30 a.m. on the same morning, policemen Dou Tongqiang and three other officers ransacked Ms. Hu's home and took away her Falun Dafa books.

At 12:30 p.m., on December 12, 2006, policeman Dou Tongqiang lead six or seven officers to practitioner Ms. Nie Rongqin's home and took away her computer, printer, Falun Dafa books, and truth-clarifying materials. They arrested Ms. Nie Rongqin. Currently, all three practitioners' whereabouts are unknown.

After a long period of hiding and chasing, one day in the middle of November 2006, State Security Agents from the Anshun City and Xixiu District Police Departments drove about seven vehicles to arrest seven practitioners from Yunma Airplane Factory, which is one hour away from downtown Anshun City.

Among these seven practitioners, Ms. Zhou Zhijun was robbed of her photo of Master, Falun Dafa books, an MP3 player, 500 yuan in cash and 500 yuan worth of cigarettes from her family-owned store.

Practitioner Zhang's (first name and gender unknown) home was also ransacked, and policemen took away more than 20 Falun Dafa books, the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, and Who is Jiang. Practitioner Zhang is under custody in the Factory Security Office now.

Policemen ransacked the homes of practitioners Mr. Ma Lijie, Ms. Chen Xiuling, Mr. Li (first name unknown), Mr. Wu Jiafan, and Ms. Qiao Yingmin by deceiving them into opening their door and then pretending they were checking their residential registrations.

Yunma Factory Security Office: 86-853-3385062
Xixiu District Police Department Head Wang Huaian (male): 86-853-3502245, 86-853-3502246
State Security Division head Xu Xinghe (male): 86-13329638822
Anshun City State Safety Bureau Head Li Zhengrong (male): 86-853-3462611, 86-853-3462677, 86-13985316060

On December 8, 2006, practitioners Ms. Kan Xiujuan and Ms. Guan Fengxia were both taken from the Duli District Detention Center in Daqing City to the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp in Harbin City. They were both sentenced to 18 months of forced labor.

On December 11, 2006, police ransacked practitioner Ms. Peng Yunhua's home. Ms. Peng was not home, so she avoided being arrested.

On December 12, 2006, police arrested practitioners Ms. Liu Pinhong and Ms. Wang Lingyun and took away their computer, printer, and printing materials.

On December 11, 2006, practitioner Ms. Zhang Xinyi was expelled from the CCP and dismissed from her teacher's job as a government employee.

Xiong County 610 Office: 86-312-5561610
Chair Office: 86-312-5561616, 86-13315222838, 86-312-5862358

Practitioners detained in Jiangxi Province Women's Forced Labor Camp are forced to do heavy labor for more than ten hours per day. Sometimes they are only allowed to sleep three or four hours. This even includes practitioners in their 60s.

At around 8:00 p.m., on December 12, 2006, State Security agents from each District Police Department arrested many practitioners. We know that at least six practitioners on Beian Street, including Mr. Xiao Zuguang, were arrested.

Recently, practitioners detained in Dashaping Prison have gone on hunger strikes one by one to protest their illegal imprisonments. Mr. Yang Xuegui has been on a hunger strike since July 5, 2006, which was more than five months ago. He is being force-fed once or twice per day.

On December 11, 2006, the Botou City Court sentenced practitioner Mr. Wang Shuiyong to five to seven years in prison. The court did not allow Mr. Wang's family to defend him, nor did they allow them to display evidence on how Botou City State Security Agent Zhao Dongsheng fabricated evidence to frame the practitioner. The court threw his family members out of the courthouse.

Botou City Police Department Head Zhao Zengfu (male): 86-317-8187709 (Office), 86-317-5566101 (Home)
State Security Division: 86-317-5566152
Zhao Dongsheng (male): 86-317-5566150 (Office), 86-317-8191068 (Home), 86-13932771656 (Cell)
Botou City Court Deputy Chief Judge's Office: 86-317-8186972

December 13, 2006

(Clearwisdom.net) A "solemn declaration" is a person's public statement declaring to the world that whatever he or she has done or said under duress or deception that was against Falun Dafa is null and void. Most of these statements have come from Falun Dafa practitioners in China who wished to express regret that, in the face of physical torture and brainwashing, they had signed documents renouncing Dafa and guaranteeing not to practice again. Also, as more and more people in China learn the truth about how they have been deceived and lied to by the Jiang regime, many non-practitioners are also submitting "solemn declarations."

Here are some examples of the Solemn Declarations:

• Dafa Practitioners' Solemn Statements [10/16/2006]
• Solemn Declarations by Young Dafa Practitioners [8/26/2006]
• Solemn Declarations By People Who Have Awakened to the Truth about Falun Gong [10/16/2006]

Please click here for more Solemn Declarations

(Clearwisdom.net) The Kyodo News stated in a report published on December 19, 2006 that veteran Democrat Szeto Wah declared that a group looking into the alleged harvesting by Chinese authorities of organs of Falun Gong practitioners will deliver a petition letter to a Chinese official in Hong Kong, seeking permission to launch an investigation in China.

The report said that early this month, following the establishment of the Australia Branch of the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG), the establishment of the Asia Branch was also announced. Former Democratic Party Legislator Szeto Wah is the vice president of the Asia Branch.

The report quoted Szeto Wah, "We will submit a petition letter to the Central Government's Liaison Office Director Gao Siren on Dec. 20, demanding that China allow our team to investigate, without authorities' surveillance, allegations of for-profit harvesting of organs from Falun Gong practitioners."

According to Szeto Wah, the CIPFG (Asia Branch) also requested in the petition letter a meeting with human rights lawyers in the mainland, including lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who has been imprisoned by the CCP police since August this year.

The report said that a Canadian lawyer and former Canadian government official investigated over the testimonies provided by some Falun Gong practitioners who are currently residing in Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia, and released an investigative report this July which reached the conclusion that the CCP regime and the hospitals, detention centers and courts in the CCP system have killed numerous Falun Gong practitioners since 1999, but the specific number is still unknown.

The investigative report concluded that vital organs, such as hearts, kidneys, livers and corneas were harvested from Falun Gong practitioners. In fact, these organs have often been harvested and sold for a high bid. Many patients who bought organs are foreigners. If they wait for organs from voluntary donations in their own countries, the wait will be indefinite.

It is reported that the CIPFG (Asia) has 116 members, including professionals from all walks of life and people in academic fields from Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia, Macao and Hong Kong legislators.

Szeto Wah said, "We will give Beijing a month to reply to our petition. If Beijing still refuses to allow our investigative team to launch an investigation, we will consider taking other actions in a peaceful manner."

The report finally said that one of the two authors of the investigative report, former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia and Pacific David Kilgour, said that if the CCP does not stop its atrocities of harvesting organs, we will call for all countries to boycott the 2008 Olympic Games to be held in Beijing.

(Clearwisdom.net) In October 1993, I was fortunate to attend the 5th Falun Gong seminar given by Teacher in Wuhan City, Hubei Province.

As Teacher told us in "Enlightenment" in Essentials for Further Advancement:

"When he teaches the Fa, evil practices are bound to interfere. The Dao and the demonic ways are taught at the same time and in the same world. Amidst truth and falsehood, enlightening is important."

Fifty yards away from the auditorium, there was another seminar hosted by a fake Qigong master. It was a test to see which door we were going to enter.

During the first lecture, I was deeply attracted by Teacher's profound Fa, but at that time, I still had a lot of ordinary people's thoughts. I thought "Wow, the Teacher is so knowledgeable!" When I recall this, I am embarrassed to have had such low-level understandings.

From the second and third day on, Teacher began to purify our bodies. There were noises of coughs in the auditorium one after another. A fellow practitioner with his celestial eye open said there was lots of black smoke. Teacher told us to think of an illness we had, then said, "Ready, get-set, go." We were asked by Teacher to stomp our feet while simultaneously pushing on our ears. Some fellow practitioners did it slowly, so Teacher asked us to do it over again. I didn't have a serious illness, so I did not have the obvious feeling of my body being cleansed. I just remembered I had been sleepy for two days, so I listened to the class with my eyes closed, but I heard every word of Teacher's lecture.

Later on, a practitioner showed us the five sets of exercises on the stage, and Teacher came down to correct our movements. I saw that Teacher corrected movements for a practitioner near me who had come late. Teacher was really responsible to practitioners.

The last day was arranged for Teacher to answer questions. One practitioner asked, "What does 'guiding people to high levels' mean?" Teacher said (paraphrase), "If I have not made this point clear for you, I would be disappointed," Teacher added, "This question is from a practitioner who came late (missed the first classes)."

A practitioner asked, "I admire you so much, can I follow you wherever you go?" which caused laughter. Teacher responded with a smile, and said (paraphrase) "I was asked similar questions in other classes. If you cultivate yourselves well, it makes no difference where you are. If you really understand what I taught in the class, you would have no questions to ask."

I still remember one lady who was so excited that she shared her experiences with me when we were in the restroom. She had suffered from lumbar disc protrusion, which could not be cured by any conventional means. However, this severe illness disappeared after she began practicing Falun Gong. She specifically pointed out that she felt energized, as Teacher said in Zhuan Falun,

"...when you walk it'll be like treading on air. Before, maybe you'd get tired after just a short stroll, but now it's a breeze no matter how far you go. When you're riding your bike it feels like somebody is giving you a push, and you don't get tired no matter how many stairs you climb. I'll guarantee it. "

When another practitioner presented a banner which read, "Practice of Mighty Virtue," enthusiastic applause arose. An elderly woman said, "Our Teacher is a living Buddha!"

That class was held in an auditorium in Wuhan Steel Factory located in the suburbs of Wuhan City. The class ended at about 8:30 p.m. every evening, when all the buses were no longer in service. Thus it was very inconvenient for practitioners from downtown. Some practitioners who improved their xinxing noticed this problem and took it upon themselves to rent several buses to drop practitioners off downtown for free. Among Falun Gong practitioners, good deeds like this are too numerous to mention one by one. I felt that I had entered into a truly pure land.

A dozen years passed by in just an moment, and since I did not improve myself diligently, I'm afraid that I have wasted the predestined relationship I had with Teacher. However, I still have the responsibility to tell people the wonderfulness and sacredness of Dafa that I witnessed thirteen years ago, because I experienced Master's mercy and Buddha's infinite grace during those memorable days!

December 11, 2006

(Clearwisdom.net) I personally feel that the Fa-rectification process since 1999 can roughly be divided into the following several stages: from the time prior to Master's publishing of the "Knowing Heart", to Master's publishing "Towards Consummation," then a new stage at "Beyond the Limits of Forbearance," and another at "Eliminate the Dark Minions With Righteous Thoughts." The release of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party ushered in another stage, and when Master published, "Thoroughly Dissolve the Evil" at the end of October, I think this was the beginning of yet another new stage.

Master said in "Thoroughly Dissolve the Evil":

"In order to completely eliminate the persecution of Dafa disciples by the dark minions, rotten demons, and old forces, all Dafa disciples around the world--particularly the Dafa disciples in each region of mainland China--are to concertedly send righteous thoughts toward those evil places, thoroughly dissolving all evil beings and elements that persecute Dafa disciples, clearing away the evil circumstances under which Dafa disciples are persecuted in mainland China, and saving the world's people, [thereby] fulfilling the duties of a Dafa disciple and advancing toward godhood."

My understanding is that in the past, Master generally asked us not to focus on several targets while sending righteous thoughts, but instead requested us to comprehensively eliminate the evil. This time we should thoroughly eliminate the evil and get rid of it at its root!

I obtained Dafa in 1995. Although my celestial eye could not see into other dimensions frequently, I was sensitive to different fields; hence I knew when the evil was coming. From my personal experience, during the initial period of my sending righteous thoughts I even had difficulty breathing. It felt like I could not defeat the evil, and that somewhere in my body might get beaten by the evil to the degree that I could hardly endure the pain. Afterwards, I was gradually able to win over the evil, but if my target was an evil den of demons then I could only temporarily suppress it, and later on the evil would retaliate against me. This time is quite different, however. I feel that the old forces are unable to defend themselves.

Most Falun Dafa practitioners have become aware of the necessity to thoroughly disintegrate the evil and completely end the persecution. Practitioners from each area have made announcements of their plan to eliminate the evil on Clearwisdom. But I think some of these plans are not "god-like" enough and appear to be weighed down with the burden. In fact, the supernormal capabilities of a god are actually very powerful, and they can split and multiply infinitely, simultaneously aiming at many targets, and even simultaneously aiming at the entire universe which has innumerable targets. These capabilities are all living entities, they all know what to do and they are all included in the requirements of sending righteous thoughts. It's just that many Falun Dafa practitioners' human sides are not sufficiently clear about this. This time Master's article was to let us thoroughly become aware of the goal and responsibility of sending righteous thoughts and strengthen our thoughts in this aspect. But the main points of sending righteous thoughts have not changed. I enlightened to why after the article was published. Many practitioners requested the editorial department of Clearwisdom to update the main points of sending forth righteous thoughts, but Clearwisdom did not change the main points.

If everyone studies the Fa well (instead of being satisfied with just reading the books and listening to the audiotapes) and emphasizes sending righteous thoughts, before long the imprisoned Falun Dafa practitioners will all be released. Without manipulation by the evil in other dimensions, humans will not be able to persecute Falun Dafa practitioners. Fa-rectification has also truly reached this stage!

On December 15, 2006

(Clearwisdom.net) Some people don't know the truth, and don't know that they need to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to eliminate the factors of the Communist evil spirits. Practitioners need to clarify the truth in order to eliminate it. In order for people to realize that they need to withdraw from the CCP, practitioners must be diligent in clarifying the truth, and not omit anything, anywhere.

As practitioners during the Fa-rectification period, we have come to save sentient beings. As a particle of Dafa, I want to share my experiences of how I got rid of fear while persuading others to withdraw from the CCP and eliminate the scourge of the CCP. I started by talking with people with a pure heart, in order to spread Falun Dafa's bright future to sentient beings.

From Fa principles, I realized that all sentient beings are our Teacher's relatives so they are my relatives too. When I started to clarify the truth face to face, I met businessmen and elderly men on the street. I did my best to tell them that "Falun Dafa is good" and gave them Dafa literature. One time, I met an old man in the supermarket. I said to him in a low voice, "Remember, 'Falun Dafa is good,' and you will have a good future. The Tiananmen self-immolation incident is a complete hoax. The anti-Falun Gong news in the newspaper and on television is false." He said, "Eh? What are you talking about? Speak up!" I raised my voice and said, "Falun Dafa is teaching sentient beings to be good based on Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance." The man again asked me to talk louder. This situation was repeated several times until I finally understood that Teacher was helping me to get rid of my fear. With Teacher's help, I gradually got rid of my fear of speaking loudly.

I clarified the truth to my son's teacher. I should have clarified the truth to her earlier but my righteous thoughts were weak. As I studied Fa and sent righteous thoughts every day, I decided to clarify the truth to her. At that time, there were four or five teachers in the room. She let me sit down. I told her, "I want to talk about the truth of Falun Dafa. Do you know Falun Dafa is actually teaching sentient beings to do good things based on the Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance? The Tiananmen self-immolation incident was full of lies. Our Teacher Li is innocent. How can he be wrong to teach us to do good things?" Later, I told her that Falun Dafa has spread all over the world. Finally, she understood and told me, "I really admire Falun Dafa practitioners."

After the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party was published, my son voluntarily brought a DVD of the Nine Commentaries to his teacher. Then my son told me there would be a parents' meeting at 3:00 that afternoon. I arrived on time. His teacher told me, "The meeting will be 4:30. You may see the English teacher and the Math teacher first." I understood that Teacher used this chance to let the English and math teachers hear the truth. After I clarified the truth, the English teacher agreed to withdraw her membership in the Communist Youth League and the Young Pioneers. She said, "I am only a teacher. My survival is very important." The math Teacher understood the truth but she didn't withdraw. After my meeting, I asked my son's teacher, "The Chinese people want to save their own lives so they are withdrawing their membership in the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Won't you withdraw too?" She agreed quickly to withdraw. Now, I understand why she agreed so fast--because she already knew about the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. I hadn't given the math teacher the Nine Commentaries. That was my weakness in my cultivation.

There is a boss in a toy company. I gave her some truth-clarification materials and a Nine Commentaries DVD. I heard that she already had received over ten truth-clarification DVDs. Several days before, I told her about withdrawing from the CCP. She agreed quickly. Also, she helped her son withdraw from the CCP. Then, I talked to her about cultivation in Falun Dafa; she happily accepted. I gave her a copy of Zhuan Falun. Both she and her son appreciated my help. Several years ago, I used a third party to clarify the truth to a boss in a grocery store, because my righteous thoughts were weak. I told her about the "three withdrawals" again. She looked at me so harshly so I didn't give her the truth-clarification materials. The next time, I gave the materials directly to her and said, "I am a Falun Dafa practitioner. I was afraid before, so I didn't give you the truth-clarification materials. I am sorry." I gave her the book on the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and Falun Dafa truth-clarification DVDs. She could see that I was so serious and I earnestly told her about Dafa spreading all over the world; practitioners' organs being harvested by the CCP and other topics concerning the CCP's evil spirit and more. She asked me, "You clarified the truth so diligently. How much will you earn?" I told her, "My Teacher teaches us that no matter what people think of us, good or bad, we do not care. We only hope you will have a good heart. A Dafa practitioner's only responsibility is to save sentient beings." She understood.

This experience helped me realize that I wasn't righteous enough before, because I only clarified the truth to those sentient beings that looked nice rather than those who looked difficult.

During the day, I paid attention to clarifying the truth to the sentient beings that I came into contact with. I bought a new washing machine but it didn't work. A man came to repair it. When it was fixed he left. But the spin cycle didn't work, still. I had to ask for a repair again. Why didn't the new machine work? I realized it was a chance to clarify the truth to sentient beings that are predestined. The repair man came to my home and I clarified the truth to him and gave him a truth-clarification DVD after he repaired the machine.

As the Fa-Rectification period continues, I needed to access the Internet in my home. I hid Teacher's picture in case the person connecting the Internet saw the picture. While he was working, the serviceman needed to use my telephone. But the phone didn't display a number. I realized that Teacher once again was helping me to get rid of my fear and to let this sentient being know the truth. I understood, and I clarified the truth to him. As a result, my phone worked well. This experience offered me a chance to save a sentient being who was predestined and also got rid of my fear .

I needed to install a Suning air conditioner in my home. When I sent righteous thoughts, I found there were some black clouds over the top of the Suning electrical building. Only one serviceman came to my home to install the air conditioner. I clarified the truth to him and gave him a Dafa card. He told me that one man cannot install the air conditioner and only made a hole in the wall. Two days later, two men showed up. The newcomer held the ladder. I simply told him that Falun Dafa teaches sentient beings to do good things but I didn't tell him that the Tiananmen self-immolation incident was a complete hoax. He still didn't understand the truth. When the air conditioner was fixed, I realized that this was another chance provided by Teacher to clarify the truth to this worker. My apartment was on the second floor. This worker was working on the air conditioner outside the window. I said, "I know why the air conditioner still doesn't work. It is because I am a Falun Gong practitioner and my Teacher is giving me another opportunity to clarify the truth about the Tiananmen self-immolation incident to you. Now, let me tell you that the Tiananmen self-immolation incident is a complete fabrication. It was for framing Falun Gong." When he understood, the air conditioner started to work. He said, "Oh, my goodness! Falun Gong is really a miracle."

I have lots of examples. For example, my motorcycle broke down and I had to find a mechanic to fix it. But he couldn't find the problem. I clarified the truth to him and the motorcycle worked again. Compassionate and great Teacher helped me again and again to get rid of my fear and save sentient beings.

When the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party was published, I sent ten DVDs to others. I gave a Nine Commentaries book and a DVD to a Team Secretary. At the same time, I gave a bag seller in the mall a DVD. After that, I went to the mall twice. I intentionally avoided meeting the bag seller or pretended not to see him. When I studied the Fa, watched the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party DVD and viewed the Minghui website, I understood that Dafa practitioners should not slide over problems. Saving sentient beings is our responsibility. Now, the CCP's evil spirit fears sentient beings seeing the Nine Commentaries, as that will then eliminate the evil factors and evil influences. Therefore, I asked the bag seller, "What do you think of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party? Why don't you withdraw from the CCP's organizations in order to be safe?" After clarifying the truth three times to him, he happily withdrew from the CCP. I have found that just sending the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party is not enough, and I should find out peoples' response after they read it. I phoned that Team Secretary. When I met him next, he gave me his alias to withdraw from the CCP. I congratulated his choice for a bright future. I also told him to help his family members withdraw from the CCP.

My experience is telling sentient beings about Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and persuading people to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. I changed from being unable to speak directly to directly talking about this topic. Our Teacher used those sentient beings that are predestined to help me to get rid of my weakness.

Fifty meters away from my apartment, there is a small store run by a middle-aged lady. I passed that store every day but I hadn't told her the facts. Finally, I stopped in there and asked her. "Isn't your home in the country?" She said, "You can speak freely." I said, "Normally only you are here. When do you eat?" She said, "If you have something to say, you can say it frankly." I felt some worries. I was afraid she would recognize me but I knew I should clarify the truth. Then, I opened my bottle of water and sat beside her and said, "I want to talk about Falun Gong. Do you know Falun Gong?" She replied, "Oh, Falun Gong. Someone gave me a booklet about Falun Gong." Then, I felt better and told her about the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, Falun Gong's spread all over the world and I gave her some Dafa materials. She understood the truth and she now carries the Dafa card every day. She looks younger than before. I realized that compassionate and great Teacher used her words to eliminate the bad elements in my dimensional field.

From then on, whenever I meet predestined people, no matter who they are, as soon as I have an opportunity, I ask, "Do you know about the "three withdrawals" ? Have you seen the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party?" If someone says that they don't know, I then tell him or her about the Nine Commentaries and the influence of this book. I tell them that many people have used an alias or nickname to withdraw from the CCP, CCP Youth League and the Young Pioneers (the "three withdrawals") and that doing so will help them survive.

When they agree to withdraw, I let them choose a nickname or alias to withdraw from the CCP. I congratulate them on their choice for a bright future. I also tell them not to forget to tell their family members and friends to withdraw from the CCP. They thank me sincerely and take a copy of the Nine Commentaries, a DVD or booklet. They may also take them to their homes according their situations.

Even though I sometimes meet people who are not members of the CCP or its affiliated organizations, I also clarify the truth to them and persuade them to read the Nine Commentaries in order to eliminate the CCP's evil spirit.

Sentient beings have come into this world for the Fa. They need me to save them. I also clarified the truth to the cleaners. I told them that the gods would take care of them, but if they tear up the truth-clarifying materials, they would hurt themselves eventually. Most of these people came from the country. I brought them materials and let them take them to their family members, friends or other people in their villages. All of them will have a bright future if they know the truth.

One day, I clarified the truth to a Shanxi resident who sold food in the night market and told him of the "three withdrawals." I asked her, "Are you a member of the Youth League or Youth Pioneer?" She said yes. I then talked about the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and the "three withdrawals." At last, I said, "I can help you withdraw from the CCP." She agreed to withdraw. At this moment, my third eye saw a Falun spinning. I knew Teacher was encouraging me.

When I go out I always take several copies of the Nine Commentaries and DVDs and other truth-clarification materials along with me. If I meet someone who had already seen the Nine Commentaries I would give them a booklet. If someone hadn't seen it, I first tell them about the withdrawing from the CCP and then give them the Nine Commentaries books and DVDs. Some people have already read the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. They then agree to withdraw from the CCP very quickly.

Last Sunday, I was ready to go to a practitioner's home for group Fa study. I met an old man with a crutch, "It is so difficult to find this place. I got lost yesterday. I found the right place today." He said, "I am 83 years old. My chest is not good,. I said, "If you say 'Falun Dafa is good' from your heart sincerely, you will be rewarded." He asked me, "Would you please write it down for me. I can't remember. It will be better if the characters are large. I will ask my children to read it for me." I went back my home. I begged Teacher to let me find a Dafa card with large characters. I suddenly found a calendar for 2006, with "Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good," and "All family members are safe and all transactions are successful." I also took the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and truth-clarifying materials and put them in his basket and told him to bring them to his children.

From the old man's voice I could feel that sentient beings were waiting to be saved. I understood that all predestined sentient beings need us to save them. They are waiting for us to use our pure hearts to save them. Eliminating the CCP culture and the CCP's evil spirit is every Falun Dafa practitioner's duty. Teacher said in "Teaching the Fa at the Fa Conference at the U.S. Capital,"

"Sentient beings with predestined relationships and those who can be saved can be made to--made to by Master's Law Bodies, righteous gods, or the immense field that Dafa has formed in the world--appear right before you in any of a range of settings, providing them with a chance to learn the truth. But you have to carry it out, and it doesn't work if you're not out there doing things."

After our group study, fellow practitioners and I clarified the truth when we got back home. Six people agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. After the other practitioners went home, I saw two ladies in their 50's chatting and one of them talked about her son and some thing like consecration. I said, "Do you know how Chinese people can be really safe? Watch this DVD. Firstly, you should know Falun Dafa is good; secondly, you need to withdraw from the CCP in order to keep yourself safe." One of the ladies asked me about the "three withdrawals." I simply introduced the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party book and Falun Dafa truth-clarification materials. They withdrew from the CCP right then. I gave them the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and a DVD. They brought the materials to their family members. Additionally, I gave them two Dafa cards.

When I was about to cross the road, I saw a group of people. One of them prepared to ride her motorcycle. I asked her: "Why are so many people there?" She said, "Maybe there was a car accident." I said, "You see, nowadays, people are not safe. So many accidents and disasters. Do you know about the 'three withdrawals'?" She said, "I haven't heard about that." I told her about the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. She nodded. At last I said, "Chinese people should save their own lives. Are you a member of the Youth League? My family member already withdrew from the CCP. How about withdrawing from the CCP yourself? You can use your nickname or alias." She said, "I don't have a nickname." I said, "We met each other on the road. How about using 'Lu Lianhua.' I will help you withdraw from the CCP." She agreed. I congratulated her and wished her Falun Dafa's blessing on her family. This exchange took less than 20 minutes.

Once I picked up my son from school. A girl advertised English classes and asked me if my son wanted to attend. I used this opportunity to introduce the "three withdrawals" to her. She gave me a nickname to use, to help her withdraw. I once again realized that sentient beings are waiting to be saved. Teacher's Fashen provided me opportunities to save sentient beings. We only clarify the truth, and Teacher and righteous gods will help us save sentient beings.

Of course, while doing the three things, I also have some attachments, which I haven't fully realized, and I need to study the Fa more and practice the Falun Gong exercises well. As a practitioner during the Fa-rectification period, I feel that if I don't do well, I have betrayed Teacher's benevolent salvation efforts. But Teacher, I will do better.

I hope that fellow practitioners can share with each other and improve together to save more sentient beings.

November 15, 2006

(Clearwisdom.net)

Never Forget To Rescue People While Imprisoned

Right before the October 1st National Day of Mourning, lots of banners reading, "The Heavens are Extinguishing the CCP" (the Chinese Communist Party); "Quit the Party, the Youth League and the Pioneer's League for your own Safety;" "Falun Dafa is Good" and others appeared. They were posted at the overpass street bridge near the Xidan Shopping Complex and other busy streets in Beijing. The banners strongly shocked the evil. Local police authorities staged mass arrests of practitioners, focusing on males in their 30s. But with the help of gods, all of the surveillance video cameras were dead and the police were clueless.

Since the authorities lacked clues from the camera surveillance, they screened all practitioners against a list of names on October 24. Personnel from the 610 Office (usually six people at a time) broke into a home. The first sentence they spoke would be, "Do you still practice?" Those who answered in the affirmative would have their home ransacked. The persecutors stated that as long as they found any Dafa book or information about the "Nine Commentaries"... regardless of age, the practitioner would be detained for a month or immediately sent to a forced labor camp for two and a half years; if a CD were found, the practitioner would be sentenced to three to seven years of imprisonment.

After I mistakenly opened the door for the 610 Office personnel, it was October 24 that I was taken to a detention center that was known as an evil place. But I was touched by what I heard there. The inmates and guards constantly told me, "We respect you Dafa practitioners;" "You are all good people;" "You people who follow the teachings of 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance' are very nice people;" "You have a kind heart;" "You can bring us luck;" "I will try my best to help you..."

I realized from the bottom of my heart that this is the result of Master's Fa rectification, and also the result of many, many practitioners who had been imprisoned but had not forgotten to rescue people. This is also the result of practitioners in China and overseas sending forth righteous thoughts and cleaning out all the evil beings and elements in other dimensions that are behind this persecution.

I was immediately cognizant of my mission: Bring the list of names of those "quitting the CCP and it's affiliates" out of the detention center and post it on the "quit the CCP" website. This is to help rescue those awakened people, since previously sentenced and incarcerated practitioners had not had the opportunity to make the list public.

In the process of clarifying the truth to detainees I found that they have learned "Falun Dafa is good;" "'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance' is the law of the universe;" "Quit the CCP and it's affiliates for your own safety." They also knew some poems from Hong Yin, about sending forth righteous thoughts and it's formulas, and that practitioners are imprisoned for clarifying the truth and rescuing people, so they supported me actively in doing the exercises. They knew if we did the exercises they would benefit, too.

I helped the detainees quit the Party. Some of them have been there for three years. Nearly 30 persons lived in one room. There are several newcomers - even some Buddhists. They used to misunderstand and even slander Dafa. After more than ten days of communication, all of them except one stated that they wouldn't slander Dafa anymore and agreed to quit the CCP and it's affiliates.

Once done with helping them to quit, I was honorably released from the detention center. When leaving the cell, all the detainees in the cell ignored the regulations and rules, and came to the entrance of the cell to say farewell to me. I shouted out "Falun Dafa is good." The detainees followed with "Falun Dafa is good."

While I was detained, every once in a while you could hear practitioners' voices, "Falun Dafa is good;" "Cultivating 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is innocent;" "Stop the persecution!" The detainees in my cell would respond in kind.

By a Falun Dafa practitioner from Wuhan City

When I was held in a prison's B Ward I once received Master's new article, "Foretelling the Fa's Rectification of the Human World" and ever since thought how to pass the new article on to other practitioners.

One day I encountered an inmate from another prison ward. He was watching the clothes on the lines. On my way up there I asked him if there were any practitioners in his ward. When he replied in the affirmative I asked him if he dared to hand them a piece of paper. When he said yes, I gave him the article to pass on.

The Ward B guard came to me afterwards. I recited,

"Dafa is what you carry everywhere,
Zhen Shan Ren, rooted in the mind;
A great Arhat walks the earth,
Gods and demons fear with awe."

("Benevolent Might" in Hong Yin) (English Translation Version A)

Walking into the office the guard exploded when seeing me, "You even passed a message out to the other ward. They handed it to guard A, and that ward has found us!" I said, "I just showed our Master's article to the practitioners in that ward. This is our cultivators' business and has nothing to do with you! What's wrong with it?" The guard calmed down and then said that it is indeed not a big deal. But he said it had been reported by the other ward and it doesn't sound good, so don't pass messages anymore! Then he let me go back to the cell.

After that, guards put me under surveillance and forbade me to go downstairs. One of the surveillance persons is a most vicious inmate, known for beating up people. All the inmates are afraid of him. He pulled me over from the other side of the window and attempted to strike my chest with his boxing-practiced fist. "Boom!" He missed my chest and hit the plasterboard wall instead; chalk powder flew everywhere as his hand bled. I reminded myself that I am a practitioner, with righteous thoughts and righteous behavior. I have Master protecting me. The inmate thus could not hit me.

Then I looked inside for problems: It should have been fine to pass Master's article on to practitioners in the other wards; why would that person have handed it in to the guards? I discovered that I did it with a human mindset, with human pursuit. I had not cultivated myself in this regard, so my action did not follow the Fa.

In the past when I got one of Master's articles, I would make two copies, then send forth righteous thoughts for people with predestined relationship to come and get a copy. Soon another practitioner came, and I handed him the article without any trouble. The evildoers forbade connections between practitioners, even from the same ward. No practitioner could go to a different cell. The police would follow if someone left the cell, but that practitioner could go to other wards, and could come to our ward from other wards, open and aboveboard. I believe this is the power of Dafa; Master assigned him to come.

I realized that practitioners empowered with strong righteous thoughts could go to a different ward. Common human beings are unable to control a divine being, but if we don't follow the Fa, things can easily go wrong and we will easily have tribulations. But if we follow the Fa, a miracle will appear!

(Clearwisdom.net) Recently I gained some new understandings about overcoming drowsiness. One night when I was copying the Fa, I was overcome by drowsiness. I could not keep my eyes open and my brain felt like it was wrapped in a thick layer of cotton. I felt extremely uncomfortable and wanted to lie down to sleep. At that very moment, I had an idea and spontaneously decided to ask Master for help. I asked for Master to strengthen His disciple's thoughts so that the evil could be eliminated. I wanted to study the Fa and send forth righteous thoughts instead of sleeping. Then I repeated my request several times and could feel the thick layer of substance around my head dispersing. Soon, I was back to normal and felt energetic. It was just as Master says in Zhuan Falun,

"Cultivation depends on one's own efforts, while the transformation of gong is done by one's master. It is good enough if you have this wish. It is the master who actually does this, as you are simply unable to do it."

Through this experience, I understood that every aspect of our daily lives is determined by how much we believe in Master and the Fa. You will be rewarded according to how deeply you believe.

One practitioner says that if she feels sleepy during Fa study, she simply goes to sleep. After she wakes up, she will study the Fa well and the effect is very good. However, listening to her story, I think that she does not cultivate at all because she does not cultivate her will. If you strengthen your will instead of going to sleep, you will strengthen your master consciousness and build your confidence that you can conquer the demon of drowsiness. Although the effect may not be optimal at the time, if you have conquered the demon of drowsiness, you will have more time to study the Fa in the future and you will accumulate more merit. Master says in "Teaching the Fa at a New York Meeting" in Falun Buddha Fa Lectures in the United States:

"Sleep itself isn't a demon. It's a factor such that humans must rest. This is also one of the things, the factors, that make up the universe. But as a cultivator, if you sleep during cultivation it can play the role of a demon, keeping you from cultivating. It isn't a demon itself, but it can play that role. But on the other hand, it also has the effect of strengthening your will. Don't you need to cultivate your will? You need to strengthen your will, and restraining it is strengthening your will--it's also cultivation. Feeling sleepy while doing the exercises is itself also an effect of thought karma."

Only through increasing Fa study can we remove our attachments. As genuine cultivators, we must believe in Master and the Fa under all circumstances. My level is limited. Please point it out anything incorrect with kindness.

December 13,2006

(Clearwisdom.net) For the past five years, jails in Taiwan have welcomed the teachings of Falun Gong. One jail invited practitioners to give a nine-day class this March. Twenty-four prisoners took part in the class and benefited from Dafa. Below is the experience sharing of three prisoners after practicing Falun Dafa.

When the jail started offering Falun Gong nine-day classes, I thought it was another course for chatting and sports. However, after I started the class, I found I was wrong. What was Master Li talking about? I did not understand at the beginning. However, gradually I started to understand a little bit. What Master Li said is not something out of Arabian Nights (or myths), for there is evidence for it.

I was an atheist before. It was not because I did not want to believe in anything, but because some religion's words were not acceptable to me. After taking part in the Falun Dafa class, after studying and sharing experiences and listening to the senior practitioners' experiences, I gradually came to accept it.

After I came to this class, the biggest change was my attitude about getting along with other people. Before, within three sentences I would say dirty words, but not now. In addition, I have experienced many changes in my mind-nature. Now I have the standard of Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance in my heart, and I often use this ruler to measure my behavior.

The Falun Dafa class really helped me greatly. I think I should pass the goodness of Dafa on to more people so it can benefit more people.

When I started to have contact with Falun Gong, I heard that Falun Gong could cure all diseases. I could not understand, and I did not believe it. Later, I joined the nine-day class. After finishing Master Li's nine lectures, I came to know more about the Buddha Fa and the Falun Gong exercises.

Because I have spondylitis, a pressure on my right foot's nerve, I could not stand for long. Sometimes it was difficult to walk. I listened to practitioners' sharing, tried hard to study Dafa, and practiced the five sets of exercises often. Gradually I was able to stand longer, walk further, and my back could straighten up. I could not help asking myself, "Is Master Li helping me?"

Although I never believed in supernormal things, I now believe sincerely in the power of Falun Dafa. I feel lucky that I have the predestined relationship to acquire this Dafa. Although it is not convenient for prisoners to practice the exercises, I take time to study the Fa when I am free. We only have the opportunity to practice the exercises on Fridays. I treasure this time very much.

I sincerely hope that we new practitioners can also study Dafa hard so as to spread the practice from one to ten, and from ten to one hundred people. That way, all people could come to practice Falun Dafa. I hope that such a miraculous Dafa can spread further forever.

During my prison time, due to a kind of predestined relationship, and also due to my curiosity, I took part in the Falun Gong nine-day class. My first idea was to listen to what those volunteers would talk about so that I could have some activity and relax my body.

At the beginning of the class, I only had the thought of fishing in troubled water. After four to five days, my feeling gradually changed. I cannot express my new feeling. Above all, Falun Gong has melted into my life, and Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance have become the clear objective of my behavior.

As I continued to take part in the Falun Dafa seminar, I only have one word to express it, and that is "happiness." During discussions since the seminar, the words said by Falun Gong practitioners will always untie some knot in my heart. Thereafter, my emotional state will be much better for a whole week. Every day now I look forward to the coming of Friday. Maybe it is because Master Li gives excellent lectures, maybe it is because practitioners give good directions, maybe it is because I have an inborn wisdom quality, maybe ...

I wish the jail could extend the Falun Gong seminar. I sincerely hope that more prisoners with troubled hearts can come take part in the class. They will have unexpected gains.

Here I want to thank the jail for opening up this convenient door. I also thank Falun Gong practitioners' warm hearts and efforts. Finally, I want to say: Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance is good!

(Clearwisdom.net) For experience sharing conferences in the past two years, I wrote two articles for each conference -- one about my own cultivation experiences and the other was written about fellow practitioners' experiences. Both times, the other practitioners went to the stage to speak, while the articles I wrote for myself were not selected. Thus, those who are good at writing do not necessarily have good experience sharing skills, and conversely, those not good at writing or not having time to write may nonetheless have valuable experiences worth sharing. My personal understanding from this is that practitioners are one body, and those who can write articles carry the responsibility to write about righteous actions by fellow practitioners. If we do this, every experience sharing conference will indeed become a great meeting, encouraging improvement and strengthening righteous thoughts.

We often see diligent practitioners who have even displayed miracles. However, there are hundreds of thousands of practitioners in Taiwan, so why are we always short of articles when there are experience sharing conferences? This situation happens again and again. Is it because those practitioners who can write articles did not fulfill their duties? I think that we do not have to wait for experience sharing conferences to write articles. In our daily lives, when we see the righteous thoughts and righteous actions of practitioners, we can always help to write them down, then send them to corresponding Dafa websites. If we do this, the whole body of Dafa practitioners will become an environment that cultivates each other.

My personal understanding is that every practitioner has different capabilities, different conditions, and of course, different shortcomings. Veteran practitioners can help new practitioners, those with experience can help those who have no experience, those capable can help those not capable, and those who have time can help those who have no time. Even if it is just a correction of the exercise movements, or a kind reminder when seeing attachments from fellow practitioners, it is all harmonizing Dafa and helping the whole body. If fellow practitioners can help each other, and form an unbreakable one body, then gods and Buddhas will emerge, and the evil will be completely eliminated.

These are my personal understandings, if there is anything inappropriate, please correct me compassionately.

December 7, 2006

(Clearwisdom.net) My occupation is teaching English using the media. Before I obtained the Fa, I included news about Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioners' protests against the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution in my teaching materials. So although I didn't start practicing Falun Dafa until October 2002, I had already unknowingly begun to clarify the truth of the persecution through my teaching materials.

My obtaining the Fa was also related to my teaching. Among the students who attended my classes was a Falun Dafa practitioner. She once gave me a copy of Zhuan Falun, and six months later, this book became the turning point of my life.

Recently, while teaching in an airplane manufacturing company, a student recognized me as a Falun Dafa practitioner by my email address included in the teaching materials. After class, we became fellow practitioners.

The method I used to teach English in the media was to separate the news into different categories such as politics, economy, crime, natural disasters, keeping fit, sports and so on. After obtaining the Fa, I felt that every student who comes to my class should benefit from my truth-clarification. However, I could not take too much time from them or somehow turn them off to what I say. So to prevent this, the truth-clarifying materials that I used to expose the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong were put in the category of Crime News and given such a topic as "State Terrorism." Furthermore, those truth-clarifying films produced by Dafa disciples were listed as teaching materials for English in the media. Whenever I was in the university halls or companies' training classrooms, I spoke about the truth-clarifying materials in English to the students -- openly and above-board.

On the New Tang Dynasty TV station, there is a topic on the English News called "Asia Brief," where the materials are compiled very well. For each piece of news, there is not only the English text, but also video and audio files which can be watched for free or downloaded to watch later. This is good basic material for studying English, even better for Chinese people to watch and learn from than CNN or VOA. I listed New Tang Dynasty English News in my teaching program, and among the materials was the news about lawyer Gao Zhisheng being illegally detained by the Chinese Communist Party, and other important developments.

Besides teaching in classrooms with printed materials, I use projectors to show New Tang Dynasty's English News. The results are very good and it also makes my teaching more professional. All the students are grateful for my introduction to such a great website. Through watching NTDTV's "Asia Brief" program, students learn more about the truth-clarifying materials, the current situation of people withdrawing from the CCP, and other facts about mainland China.

In the beginning, "Asia Brief" was only a small topic on the NTDTV website and I was thinking about how to spread it well. I wrote up a series of articles under the topic of "Watching the News to Learn English" in the category of education on the Epoch Times newspaper's website. Up to now I have written almost sixty articles. I heard from the editor that the number of website viewers clicking on it is quite high. I spread the articles under the name of learning English to more friends and students in ordinary society, who find it very useful in learning English.

My real purpose is to help people learn the facts about Falun Dafa while studying English. After two years of practice, the topics in NTDTV's English News have increased, including News of the World, Weekly News, and the Economic and Financial Report. Each piece of news has English text, together with video and audio files, which is very convenient for students. I know that the good results come from the many Falun Dafa practitioners' hard work.

In recent years, I often went to Hong Kong for truth-clarification, especially when a big parade was held there. I would never miss it as long as time allowed. Since that place is the mouth of a tiger, a place under the CCP's control, it has a special meaning when we cry out, "Zhen-Shan-Ren [Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance] is good!" "Falun Dafa is good!" "Heaven will eliminate the CCP!" and "The CCP will soon be disintegrated!"

Once, I took part in a parade on a Sunday in Hong Kong. After flying back to Taiwan on Monday, the English paper, The China Post had cited the report by the APA on the Hong Kong parade. I took this opportunity to mention this piece of news to my students. I talked to the students about the English news in which I myself took part to validate the Fa. It was a special experience.

My level in practice is limited. If the way in which I understand something or took action is in any way improper, not suitable, or insufficient, please be generous and point it out.

(Clearwisdom.net) [Editors' Note: In both Western and Chinese culture, the principle of karmic retribution, that is, being held ultimately accountable for one's own actions, is widely accepted. The fundamental teaching of Falun Gong is the characteristic of the universe, "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." The universe will reward actions that are in harmony with this principle, while actions such as beating, torturing and murdering people will incur karmic retribution. Stated another way, good deeds will be rewarded with good, while evildoings will meet due retribution. Articles such as this one are meant as a compassionate reminder of this principle to those who would commit wrongdoing. While many of those who persecute Falun Gong are merely "following orders," the universal law requires that they too be held responsible for their actions, and that only by reversing their course of wrongdoing may they escape retribution.]

Yang Dacai, 58, was the deputy secretary of the law and politics committee and head of the 610 Office in Fengjie County. He suffered a bone fracture in his foot, and his wife developed cancer. Then a fatal blow struck him. On November 11, 2006, Yang Dacai died suddenly of a brain hemorrhage in Chongqing City. At the time of his death, he was at the place where his wife was having her surgery.

Yang Dacai and others had been aggressively persecuting local Falun Dafa practitioners since the persecution began on July 20, 1999. He also asked his wife, Ms. Liu, to eavesdrop on Falun Dafa practitioners. By doing so, Yang Dacai involved his family and dragged them into an abyss of misery. Ms. Liu is now suffering from terminal illness.

Yang Dacai controlled the Public Security Department, the court, the Procuratorate Court, and news media organizations. He conducted county-wide conferences to expose and illegally condemn Falun Gong. He illegally ransacked practitioners' homes, wantonly arrested them, forced them to write the three statements denouncing Falun Gong, and incarcerated and beat them. He paid high salaries to personnel who monitored practitioners, tapped their phone lines, ousted practitioners from their jobs and ranks, fired them, demoted them, and sent them to forced labor camps. He produced local television programs where he threatened and forced Falun Dafa practitioners to speak, against their wishes. He wrote documents that condemned and slandered Falun Gong. There was nothing that he would not do. In fact, he stopped at nothing.

During his term, out of the several dozen Falun Gong practitioners in the small county, seven were sent to forced labor camp, six were illegally sentenced, and thirty-plus practitioners were illegally arrested and detained in various prisons. The youngest practitioner was only 17 years old, the oldest, 73 years old. The longest prison term was eleven years. Amongst the incarcerated practitioners were outstanding teachers, units' key personnel, older cadres, and innocent civilians. Every Falun Gong practitioner who was persecuted, as well as their family members, suffered from unimaginable pain and inhumane torture. This was especially true in November 2002, when in order to gain politically, Yang Dacai secretly cooperated with the National Security Bureau of Wanzhou District, Chongqing City to carefully plan a "focal point interview" that shocked the nation and the world. The purpose was to frame Falun Gong practitioners.

One example of a persecution incident is as follows: On December 2000, Feng Chuanjia, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Fengjie county, visited Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and was illegally sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp. After his release, he wrote an article on how the wicked police and the criminals at the Xishanping Forced Labor Camp in Chongqing tortured Li Zetao, a 24-year-old practitioner from Jiangjin City, to death. The article also mentioned the electrical shocking and frightening water torture methods used. Because the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) blocked the Internet and all channels where the international community could obtain the truth about the persecution, Feng Chuanjia forwarded the news to Yuxiaoru, a Falun Gong practitioner who had relatives in Taiwan. The article then was sent to the practitioners in Taiwan and was published on the Internet. The exposure of the news shocked the world, and the case attracted attention from the international human rights organizations. An investigation was immediately started. As a result, Feng Chuanjia was illegally sentenced to ten years in prison and Yu Xiaoru, to eleven years in prison. Many other practitioners were arrested and their homes ransacked. The righteous act of exposing crimes was thus slandered and viewed as "disclosing state secrets, anti-Chinese, and destroying the unity of motherland." Yang Dacai and others manipulated the news content to produce television programs that slandered Falun Gong on an international level.

Yang Dacai and others who received karmic retribution for slandering Falun Dafa do not represent isolated cases nor coincidence. Let us take a look at the pitiful fate and the karmic retribution received by the following evildoing government officials and the policemen who persecuted Falun Dafa practitioners since 1999:

1. Zhu Taoyun, in her fifties, was the vice chairman of political consultation of Fengjie County. She had aggressively persecuted Falun Gong practitioners since July 20, 1999. She threatened and forced Falun Gong practitioners to appear on local television to slander Falun Gong against their wills, and to confuse the general public, who did not know the truth. Its influence was extremely negative. As a result, on October 2005, Zhu Taoyun had a car accident on the Yuwan freeway. She was the only one that was thrown out of the car, and she died immediately. Other passengers suffered different degrees of injuries, including Mr. Wang, the assistant deputy secretary of the County Party Committee.

2. Tang Yong, around forty, was the National Brigade chief of the Public Security Bureau in Fengjie County. He persecuted Falun Gong practitioners. Several times he brought a team to arrest, interrogate, and beat Falun Gong practitioners. Hence, on November 2002, on his way to interrogate Falun Gong practitioners Feng Chuanjia and Yu Xiaoru, he had car accidents in two consecutive days. Two people were injured. Later they did not dare to ride in the public security vehicles, opting to take public transportation instead. Currently, Tang Yong is no longer the chief of the National Brigade. He often uses sick leave and stays home, as he suffers from all kinds of illnesses and is in constant pain.

December 5, 2006

(Clearwisdom.net) Qian Yang, from Wuxi City, Jiangso Province, was a renowned scholar from the Qing Dynasty. He was very knowledgeable regarding classic and old stone tablets and made a living engraving notes and writings.

One day he had a dream. In the dream, he was in a mansion, and his servant boys, wife, and concubines came to greet him. They said, "Your two sons are in the capital taking the exam, and we just had three more grandchildren. Our entire family is extremely happy!" He walked into one room and saw gold pieces piled up like a mountain. Then an old servant ran in and said," Your two sons both passed the exam." He woke up, still enjoying his dream.

A few days later, he had another dream. In the dream, he was admiring treasures, paintings, and books with a nobleman. There was a pair of priceless jade mallard ducks that he could not help holding in his hand to see more closely. Suddenly the ducks fell and broke into pieces. The owner was enraged. Qian knelt in front of him and begged his forgiveness. He promised to compensate for the loss. He sold all his possessions, but it was still not enough. When he went to his old friends to borrow money, no one was willing to lend him any. Qian was in poverty and misery. His whole family was starving, and his wife looked pitiful.

After he woke up, he realized that he had experienced being both rich and poor, gain and loss. He wrote a poem to express his sentiment: "Life is like a dream until death when you awake. Why worry about gain and loss? You would suffer until you are out of shape."

Actually, in the eyes of cultivators, life is like a dream. Life after life, only the main consciousness continues to live. No matter what wealth and fame you have in this lifetime, they disappear like a puff of smoke. You are only hurting yourself physically and emotionally by the endless struggles, attachments, and suffering; you cannot change your fate one bit. The only things that follow you from one life to the other are your virtue and karma. That is why traditional Chinese culture emphasizes "following the course of nature" and "revering heavens and knowing one's fate."

What is the purpose of being a human being? What is the meaning of life? Perhaps only the Buddha Fa--Falun Dafa--can shed some light on this mystery. Teacher Li, the founder of Falun Dafa, said "One should return to one's original, true self; this is the real purpose of being human." (Zhuan Falun)