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"Falun Gong Is the Pillar of Our Village"
(Clearwisdom.net) "Falun Gong is the pillar of our village."
This is a favorite saying a village Party cadre in Wuxue City, Hubei Province,
told a Party representative who was sent to investigate Falun Gong in April
2004. The story is still widely told in the 10 to 15 kilometers surrounding the
village. There were over 20 Falun Gong practitioners in the village before the
persecution started on July 20, 1999. These practitioners persevered in
following the principles of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" and
the teachings of Master Li to "...consider others first, so as to attain
the righteous Enlightenment of selflessness and altruism."...
("Non-Omission in Buddha-Nature," Essentials for Further
Advancement), and to become good people. In the village, practitioners are
widely praised with favorable comments due to their model behavior in
participating in the repayment of the village contract with the central
government, the village's cooperative medical bill, and various other social
public welfare undertakings. In April 2004, during the rice planting season, the long road that lead into
the village had deteriorated due to lack of maintenance and the rain. The road
was over 100 meters and had developed a ditch one meter wide. It was very
inconvenient for the villagers to go in and out of the village and for the
school-age children to go to school. Over ten practitioners in the village
brought their own tools and began to repair the road. What they did inspired the
other villagers to join in the repair work which was completed in one week. They
not only repaired the hole, they overfilled it about a foot or two higher. About one month later, the higher authorities sent people to investigate
Falun Gong. The village Party cadre pointed to the repaired pavement and told
the investigator, "Falun Gong is the pillar of our village. Look at this
road. It was they who took the lead to repair it. They've always taken the lead
to tend to village matters, including the repayment of the contract between the
village and the central government, or paying for the village cooperative
medicine. The only matter they do not take the lead in is their own rice fields.
The quality of the cotton they sell is top-notch because they choose only high
quality cotton. They make sure that the cotton is dried properly. The other
thing is that over the past few years, we haven't seen any of these young or
elderly practitioners become sick or have to visit doctors. This saves a large
amount of medical expense for the village. Falun Gong is really great! As much
as I've tried, I can't find fault with them. Honestly, if everyone behaves like
these practitioners, society will be peaceful and happy. It will be an easy job
for you leaders too, right?" The investigator could not say anything but
kept nodding his head. The higher authorities never send any more investigators. It has been over ten years now. The practitioners in the village continue to
work quietly and contribute to the village and society. October 1, 2007 Posting date: 10/14/2007 |