Sweden: Folding a Thousand Paper Lotus Flowers (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) Earlier this year, twelve year-old Elvelina joined the Northern European Falun Gong practitioners' Easter holiday activities together with her mother. She had a dream in 2005, in which the persecution of Falun Gong could be stopped if a thousand lotus flowers were folded. After waking up, she told another girl of the same age about her dream, and they started folding lotus flowers immediately. Over the course of several months, many Swedish children helped to fold the lotus flowers, spreading "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance" and simultaneously telling people about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China.

Below are some of the children's hopes:

A six year-old girl exercising in the rain. She says, "My mum and I are doing exercises in front of the Chinese Embassy. The persecution has been going on for six years and it is not good. My good friend Fadu's father was killed by those wicked police in China. I would be heartbroken if I couldn't see my father."

Here my mother and I are exercising in front of the parliament in the city center. There is an information board in front of me, which tells a story of a baby and his mother. They were both persecuted to death. How horrible! I really like China. But I am very sad when I think about the Falun Gong practitioners and their children who were beaten there by unprincipled people. They shouldn't do it any more.

I really like lotus flowers. You should fold them with compassion and also think about 'Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance'. My classmates learned how to fold lotus flowers and they really enjoyed it. They are going to teach their friends as well. When people learned Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance, they could do things more patiently. Truthfulness means that no lies are allowed, Compassion is to treat others nicely, Forbearance means for example, while I am playing on the swing, and my brother wants it as well, although I really want it, I think about Forbearance, and I let my brother do it.

Nine year old Antong said, "When my dad asked me what is Forbearance I told him it is to think about others."

Nine year old Mumu said, "I really like lotus flowers. It's hard to fold them at the beginning. However, I can do it very well now. The people are happy when I give them to others. Dad told me to have compassion."

When I think about Falun Gong, what am I thinking about? I hope the persecution ends immediately.

http://clearharmony.net/articles/200511/29673.html

Chinese version available at http://yuanming.net/articles/200510/46294.html

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