(Clearwisdom.net) After the Chinese New Year, I attended a one-week
tour to Thailand arranged by my work place. The foreign scenery didn't leave
much of an impression. Instead, the fellow practitioners I encountered in
Thailand are what made my trip meaningful and memorable. My heart was touched
and warmed by them.
When I take trips abroad, what concerns me most is whether I will run into
fellow practitioners at tourist destinations. When I was wandering on the wharf
near the Grand Palace in Bangkok, I somewhat expected to see practitioners.
Then, somehow, I indeed saw a practitioner in her 30s. She kept running back and
forth to distribute brochures to passersby. She also briefly spoke in loud
voice, "Please take a look at the truth of persecution of Falun Gong in
China." I was deeply moved by what I saw - in the stream of people, she
was alone working hard to save sentient beings. I truly felt the greatness of
Dafa. How many lives have been awakened by Dafa, and in turn, these awakened
lives did their best to awaken others.
I encountered fellow practitioners a second time at Walking Street, next to a
wharf in Pattaya. A woman in her 40s was holding a Falun Gong poster. Two women
in their 50s were distributing newspapers about the persecution of Dafa. One of
them had an accent from Northeastern China, and was the main speaker to
clarify the truth. In the boundless dim light of night, in a foreign
country, I was again moved by the scene of practitioners saving people.
As I was in a tour group, I could only support the practitioners in Thailand
with righteous thoughts. After our group toured the wharf, it was about 10pm. We
returned to the wharf and were above to leave. It was very hot and humid.
However, I noticed that the fellow practitioners were still standing there! They
clothes were drenched with sweat, but they held fast to their position to
distribute materials and clarify the truth to the passing-by tourists without
rest. Then, interestingly, a tourist in his slippers took a newspaper from them
and shouted "Heaven is eliminating the CCP." After that, over a dozen
people walked towards the practitioner holding the poster and began to read the
poster and listened to practitioners with great interest. Some courageous ones
took the materials and read them when they walked back. Some even brought the
materials back to the tour bus.
How much I wanted to stand next to these practitioners! Before we left the
wharf, I kept sending forth righteous thoughts in the crowd. When I passed by a
practitioner, I said to her, "[Thank you for the] hard work!" She
responded, "Thank you." I was quite emotional at the time. I wondered
if she knew that it was a greeting from a practitioner from mainland China.
Exactly because of the work done by the practitioners outside China, the
persecution suffered by the practitioners in mainland China can be relieved, and
more people can be saved.
After I returned to the harsh environment in China, I not only felt moved by
the deeds of practitioners in Thailand, but also felt guilty. Practitioners in
Thailand strive to save the sentient beings even though they have very limited
manpower. Practitioners in mainland China form the main body of the Fa
rectification. However, I didn't have a strict requirement on myself. In the
environment of being persecuted, I often slacked off and became indifferent, and
couldn't always keep righteous thoughts. As a practitioner in China, I realize
the great responsibilities, however, I slack off in my determination to
cultivate diligently in various periods of time and situations.
Regarding the truth-clarification activities at tour sites in Thailand, I
also would like to share some of my thoughts.
When Chinese people take tours abroad, they most often choose Thailand. In
each tour site, ten thousand or even tens of thousands of tourists from mainland
China visit every day. In my one-week tour, I saw only four practitioners in the
major tour sites, as I have mentioned above. In one site, only one practitioner
was there. She was busy distributing materials and talking to people. Without
any practitioners to assist her, sometimes it's hard to clarify truth
thoroughly. In a lot of major tour sites, I didn't see any practitioners.
My overall feeling is that there are few practitioners in the major tour
sites in Thailand to clarify the truth to Chinese tourists. Is it possible for
practitioners in Thailand to coordinate the truth clarification activities in
major tour sites where Chinese tourists visit most often? Also it may be helpful
to be more versatile in the arrangement. For instance, perhaps there can be
someone to explain the posters, someone to send forth righteous thoughts,
someone to distribute materials and someone to talk. In addition, I would
suggest the talking points be more direct and easier to remember, so as to get
more attention from the tourists.
I also feel that the local people do not have enough understanding of the
evil persecution of Dafa in China. The local tour guide once attacked Dafa. I
sent forth righteous thoughts, so he changed the topic. However, I have the
strong feeling that many local people do not understand the truth. So I would
suggest practitioners in Thailand to do more to clarify truth to local tour
guides, as they directly influenced the Chinese tourists.
The above is just my personal understanding.
I would like to thank the overseas practitioners. Let's all be more diligent
in our divine path!
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