"Remarkable!" - Introducing Falun Dafa in California's Capital on Chinese New Year

By a practitioner from Sacramento, California

(Clearwisdom.net) California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) in Sacramento, the capital of California, greeted the largest annual Chinese New Year celebration on February 4, 2006. Falun Gong practitioners have been invited to take part every year, bringing the beauty and wonder of Falun Dafa to the people.

The practitioners' booth is different from most other booths. It does not have a commercial purpose, but teaches the Falun Gong exercises freely, and offers many elegantly made VCDs, video tapes and picture books to help people learn about Falun Dafa. Practitioners also volunteered their time.

During the one-day activity, many predestined people learned about the blessings of Falun Dafa and were deeply moved. Many people sincerely thanked practitioners for receiving the present--The Story of Cultivation.

• A businessman who has a close contact with mainland China saw Falun Gong practitioners' booth, and said earnestly, "You are really remarkable! I'm from Northeastern China, and my friends in China said that your leaflets have reached every household!"
• A middle-aged woman had a conversation with a practitioner which helped her resolve many puzzles. She felt the wonder of Falun Dafa and repeatedly said she was fortunate.
• A visitor took truth clarification materials and said he would help display them in the library and he also gave practitioners suggestions on how to introduce Falun Dafa.
• An active person from an association, after having a talk with practitioners took a Falun Dafa introductory flyer, and then walked up to a practitioner to express his admiration by giving a thumbs-up.

Some people quietly watched the video of the staged "Self-immolation Incident in Tiananmen Square." Some had a peaceful conversation with practitioners, and some eagerly asked for information about the local practice site so as to come to learn the exercises. Many children were attracted by the elegant bookmarks.

This year's Chinese New Year celebration was composed of 16 Chinese associations, and associations from overseas and mainland China were also invited to jointly organize the celebration. The celebration not only attracted thousands of Chinese, but also many westerners who love Chinese traditional culture. Be it artistic performances, commercial booths, garden visits, calligraphy, painting and posters competition, or delicious food, crowds of people could be seen enjoying all this to their hearts' content.

The Falun Gong booth was among all other booths, but was quite unique. Peacefulness and beauty, along with the music "Pu Du," gently permeated the entire hall, naturally flowing into people's hearts.

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