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Touching Story of An 80-Year-Old Practitioner in Rural China
(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Huang is in her eighties and lives in a remote
village in Sichuan Province. She started practicing Falun Gong in 1996 and has
been diligently following its principles of "Truthfulness, Benevolence,
Forbearance." Ms. Huang cannot read and studies the Fa by listening to
Teacher's lectures on a tape player. Ms. Huang still continues to study the Fa and do the exercises even under
pressure and threats from the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution of
Falun Gong. She does her best to clarify the truth to people as well. Having benefited so much from Falun Dafa, Ms. Huang wanted to give back in
return. However, being old, what could she do? She finally decided that she
would collect recyclable garbage. For the past few years, Ms. Huang has walked
12 miles every day to the recycling center in the township, and sells everything
she collects along the way. Then she walks back home and collects more
recyclable garbage. The rest of the time, she uses to study the Fa, do the
exercises and clarify the truth. When others ask her, "Why are you still doing this at your age? What do
you need money for?" She replies, "I am healthy because I practice
Falun Dafa. I don't want the money. I want to give it back to the people so they
can learn the truth." Ms. Huang donates all the money she gets from
collecting garbage to make truth-clarification materials. This year, Ms. Huang suddenly had severe pain in her body. Due to her old age
and some remaining human notions, Ms. Huang thought it was her time, so she
asked her children to go get local practitioners in the same village to her
bedside. She told them, "No matter what, I only feel that Dafa is good. I
know that Falun Dafa is the righteous Fa and Teacher treats me well. I have the
last 100 yuan from collecting the garbage. This is the last thing I want to do
for Dafa and Teacher. Please give them to the materials production site for me.
I will have peace of mind even if I die." After the practitioners left, Ms.
Huang laid down in bed and listened to Teacher's lectures. She had let go of the
attachment to life and death. Several days later, a miracle occurred -- Ms. Huang no longer had pain in her
body and she could again be seen walking with a basket on her back from her home
to the township recycling center. |