Cooperating with the Entire Body to Save Sentient Beings

(Clearwisdom.net)

Practitioner A told me the following story:

Practitioner A went out to clarify the truth with several other practitioners. They met a person fishing. Practitioner A went up to the fisherman to tell him the truth about Falun Dafa. After a few sentences, A grew impatient with the fisherman and left. After that, practitioner B went and talked to the fisherman for about an hour. The fisherman not only came to understand the truth, but also exclaimed that he wanted to study the Fa.

Practitioner A told B, "You're great. I did not cultivate as well as you."

Practitioner B said, "Please don't say that. What happened was that you started the "truth-clarification," and I finished it. We practitioners are one body. You did the groundwork, and we cooperated well with each other to save one more sentient being."

Although I have been cultivating without being able to see anything in other dimensions, I have firm faith in the Fa. My understanding of this event is that, although practitioner A did not continue the truth-clarification he started, his kindness, righteous mind, and supernormal capabilities still had a good effect. What he said carried powerful energy, which diminished the evil factors behind the fisherman, making it easier for practitioner B to skillfully continue the truth-clarification.

From this event we can see that many of practitioners' "accomplishments" are the result of hard work on the part of the whole body and not just one single person. As another example, a few days ago my wife persuaded four colleagues to withdraw from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). Before their withdrawal, they had often heard the facts from two other practitioners. Because of the groundwork done by those two practitioners, it was much easier for my wife to persuade them. Their withdrawal was not a result of my wife's efforts alone; it was just that she finished the job. Those two practitioners had paved the way for her.

Another practitioner said to me, "I persuaded someone to withdraw from the CCP. I really appreciate that a certain practitioner had already talked to that person about withdrawing from the Party and about the Nine Commentaries. When my turn came, it was very easy."

These scenarios demonstrate the importance of the coordination of practitioners as one whole body. For Dafa work, no matter how big or small, we should just do it. Even a tiny thing, a quick word, or handing out a simple flyer will not be done in vain. If one practitioner does a little, and another practitioner does a little, with all of them combined together, more and more people will then to able to know the truth and withdraw from the CCP with a clear mind.

August 24, 2005

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/8/25/136403.html

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