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Falun Dafa Minghui.org www.minghui.org PRINT
July 18, 2002 |
(Clearwisdom.net)
"What exactly is Falun Dafa?" As we clarify the truth to
governments, media and society, we often hearpeople asking this
question. Even many of those people who already know the truth
about the persecution areinevitably puzzled by this question.
The following is a brief explanation of Falun Dafa from the
concept of "cultivation."
Cultivation is one of the aspects of human civilization, and its
origins date far back into history. Genuinecultivation methods
usually include two components: a set of teachings or "the
principles" and "the practice,"and their scope far exceeds the
domains of philosophy and fitness. The second component of
cultivation, "thepractice," usually refers to the part that is
applied to cultivation of the physical body. The first component,
the
spiritual aspect, is the key that enables the elevation of one's
spiritual level.
Throughout time, cultivation has never been popular or even
public in society, but because of its broad andprofound inner
teachings, it has left various traces of its existence in both
Eastern and Western civilizations.Taiji, Hetu, Luoshu and the Eight
Trigrams, all from ancient China; Indian Yoga and some Western
meditationmethods, all have subtle references to the mysteries of
various cultivation ways. Yet as history progressed, theprinciples
of mind cultivation have gradually been lost, so it has become very
difficult for today's people tounderstand the original meanings of
those cultivation methods.
Falun Dafa is one of the high-level cultivation ways of the
Buddha School (not to be confused with theBuddhist religion), based
on the principle of the most basic characteristics of the universe:
Truthfulness,
Compassion, Forbearance. It includes five sets of gentle,
beautiful exercise movements, and was first madepublic to the
Chinese society in 1992. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is the
most fundamental natureof the universe, and it is also the sole
criterion for determining what is good and bad in the universe.
Thecultivation of Falun Dafa includes studying the teachings in
Zhuan Falun , with a calm mind. Also, apractitioner strives to
improve his/her xinxing [ mind or heart nature; moral character ]
by diligentlyfollowing the standards of
Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance as addressed in the book. One
alsosupplements this with the practice of the five sets of qigong
exercises.
Falun Dafa follows Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance as its
cultivation standard. It cultivatescompassion; it is peaceful; all
activities are free, open to the public and arranged by volunteers.
Everypractitioner is an active member of society. Practitioners
come from all walks of life and include men, womenand children of
all ages. For an individual, the cultivation of Falun Dafa can
purify the body and keeps onephysically and mentally fit, enabling
one to become honest, kind, tolerant and peaceful. Cultivation
alsoexpands one's consciousness and wisdom, so that one gradually
reaches a clear-minded and aware state whereone thoroughly
understands the mysteries of life and the universe. For society,
the cultivation of Falun Dafacan improve social stability,
tolerance and harmony, and will improve the quality of the peoples'
spiritual livesas a whole.
After Falun Dafa was first introduced in China, it spread mainly
by word of mouth, from heart to heart, andthe number of people
practicing it has significantly increased. In ten years from 1992
to 2002, Falun Dafaspread throughout China and to fifty other
countries around the world, receiving numerous awards andsupport
from many governments, and from various groups within different
countries. Currently, the number of
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practitioners all over the world, from different nations and
various ethnic origins, is estimated to be over onehundred
million.
Since July 20, 1999, to advance his own personal political
ambitions, the Chinese dictator initiated thesuppression against
Falun Gong. He used his power to force the national propaganda
machine to spreadrumors and fabricate lies to defame Falun Dafa,
and to create terror, disharmony and hatred. For the pastthree
years, innocent Falun Dafa practitioners have been brutally
persecuted. Over one hundred thousandpractitioners have been sent
to prisons, forced labor camps and mental hospitals, and more than
one thousand
people have been tortured to death. This kind of persecution
still continues, targeting not only the ChineseFalun Dafa
practitioners, but also impacting all people who voluntarily
believe and follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. This
persecution is a ruthless destruction of human justice, morality
andconscience. Therefore, Falun Dafa practitioners from all over
the world have all been trying their best to letthe people and
governments of the world know the truth about the degree of the
evil nature of thispersecution.
For the past three years, amidst this extremely cruel
persecution, the large group of Falun Dafa students havenot only
steadfastly upheld their righteous belief, but they have also
become more rational and mature in theircultivation, and in
clarifying the truth to the people of the world. This large, but
loosely organized body of individuals has displayed spectacular
courage and peacefulness throughout this enormous tribulation. This
has
brought forth a positive effect of utmost importance in
improving the global moral standard.
Falun Dafa created the true courage, tolerance and compassion of
practitioners. With their own conduct,practitioners have been
diligently validating Falun Dafa to the entire world, helping more
people tounderstand Falun Dafa, and enabling people to seize this
precious opportunity of cultivation, so they canbegin their journey
of returning to their true origin.
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