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FDI: Falun Gong News Bulletin -- 1/6/2006

Weekly news about Falun Gong in China and around the world - www.faluninfo.net

FIVE FALUN GONG REFUGEES DETAINED IN THAILAND FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST
Five Falun Gong adherents who had escaped to Thailand after persecution in China have been detained in Bangkok for over two weeks now. The group was forcibly seized during a quiet protest outside Bangkok's Chinese Embassy condemning the serial rape of Falun Gong women by Chinese police. Thai government sources have cited as motives behind the arrests "strong pressure" from Chinese authorities. FDI is concerned that the group, of whom several were tortured or abused in China, will be returned to the mainland and face further violence for their dissident activities abroad. Despite an outpouring of concern by activists around the globe (including demonstrations outside Thai embassies throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia), the five Falun Gong remain at present in Thai custody. FDI is calling for the immediate release of the five Falun Gong and is asking Thai authorities to ensure their safety.

THE GUARDIAN: "HOW THE SANE ARE LOCKED UP IN CHINESE ASYLUMS"
In a recent article (12/24) The Guardian offered a riveting look at the world of China's ankang, or "peace and health," (criminal mental asylum) system--a system that the article said is run, shockingly, by China's notorious Public Security Bureau (PSB) and into which scores of healthy Falun Gong adherents have been banished. The article draws on interviews with Wang Wanxing, a political dissident recently released from the ankang system after thirteen years. "As in the old Soviet Union, China classifies dissidents as being 'mentally ill,' arguing that their activities against the state are a form of madness. Human rights campaigners believe some 3,000 'political' inmates are currently kept in the hospitals, though the precise figure isn't known. The numbers have been swelled in recent years with the jailing of numerous practitioners belonging to the Falun Gong dissident movement, as well as local activists who have complained about corruption or poor working conditions," the piece tells. While an estimated 25 ankang institutes are currently in place, Chinese authorities, according to The Guardian, plan to soon quadruple that number, putting an ankang in every city populated by 1 million or more. Wang Wanxing, like many Falun Gong, was "'diagnosed' as suffering from 'political monomania'--a condition that doesn't exist." Wang described conditions inside the system as "terrible," adding that, "The inmates would beat each other up. There was no safety." Wang described what amounts to "anarchy" where "treatment meted out to inmates included electric shocks, insulin shocks and forced injections." Wang witnessed multiple prisoners die from the medical "treatment" they received in custody there.

EPOCH TIMES: "TAIWANESE BUSINESSMEN BLACKMAILED INTO SPYING FOR CHINA"
According to a January 2nd report by the Epoch Times, mainland China's authorities are actively involved in coercing Taiwanese businessmen into espionage, much of which involves collecting intelligence on Taiwan's Falun Gong. According to testimony given in Taiwan by defector and former Chinese security official Hao Fengjun, over 2000 Taiwanese businessmen in China have been or are at present victims of these tactics. Hao described how while working for the office of China's National Security Bureau he "was ordered to masquerade as a city councilman or secretary who would win the confidence of Taiwanese businessmen... [and offer to] overlook crimes such as tax evasion, use of prostitutes, and adultery." Hao is quoted as saying that, "Many of the entertainment venues [in China] such as nightclubs and bars are actually traps to frame the Taiwanese businessmen as they engage in sexual acts with prostitutes." Hao would then enter the picture, acting as a sympathetic confidant to the Taiwanese figure who by then had been alerted to the illegality of his acts and the possibility of their being revealed back home, in Taiwan. Hao would pretend to "help" the businessmen out of their predicament by offering a deal: they could redeem themselves by covertly gathering information, "particularly on the activities of Falun Gong practitioners in Taiwan."

CHINESE OFFICIALS ATTEMPT YET AGAIN TO BRING DOWN ATTORNEY GAO ZHISHENG
Beijing attorney Gao Zhisheng has told the Epoch Times of attempts by Chinese authorities to "frame" Gao in recent weeks. (Gao's law firm was recently closed and Gao's license revoked by Beijing authorities for his defense of Falun Gong and others.) In one incident Gao received a call from a stranger who offered the attorney millions in cash, so as to avoid paperwork and taxes, for taking up his case. Upon turning down the caller Gao "heard laughter on the other end of the phone," and a voice saying, "He didn't fall for it." Gao also reports now receiving dubious text messages from women propositioning him. The machinations parallel reported investigations of Gao by CCP officials, who are apparently trying to find means to discredit the high-profile attorney. Persons close to Gao are reported to have been detained for questioning in recent weeks by the Beijing PSB.

THOUSANDS OF TAIWANESE GATHER FOR FALUN GONG, EXERCISE FREEDOM
On December 25 four-thousand-plus Falun Gong practitioners from across Taiwan gathered at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall square to form a Falun--or "Law Wheel," the symbol of Falun Gong. Previous formations of the sort had taken place only in mainland China. The event bespeaks of not only the popularity of Falun Gong in Taiwan, but, importantly, the freedoms enjoyed by those living in democratic Taiwan. In contrast to the violent persecution waged against Falun Gong in the Communist mainland, Falun Gong is widely supported and embraced in Taiwan, itself very much a Chinese society. From administrative departments of the government to the legislative yuan, members of the local legislature to attorneys, prominent figures from all sectors have voiced support. Taiwan's President has offered public words of encouragement to Falun Gong practitioners, while the Vice President has joined Falun Gong human rights rallies and events. "The contrast in how Falun Gong now fairs on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait is a powerful reminder that things could be otherwise--that what's happening in the Communist mainland is senseless, destructive, and terribly unfortunate," said FDI spokesperson Erping Zhang.

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: "CHINESE INTERNET VS. FREE SPEECH"
In a December 26 piece the San Francisco Chronicle reported on the continued, and perhaps growing, involvement of high-tech U.S. companies in the suppression of free speech in China. The piece writes that, "U.S. tech giants are helping the Chinese express themselves online--as long as they don't write about democracy, Tibet, sex, Tiananmen Square, Falun Gong, government corruption or any other taboo subject." (As reported in past FDI releases, a number of Falun Gong are serving prison terms for visiting Web sites deemed by Chinese authorities "subversive.") The Chronicle reports that even words such as "democracy" and "Dalai Lama" are banned, for example, by Microsoft's Chinese blog site. Yahoo meanwhile proved complicit in the recent arrest and jailing of one foreign correspondent in China. U.S. corporations have become active players in the control of expression in China by providing authorities with surveillance technologies, search filters, blocking tools, and other technologies of control. Concern over U.S. involvement appears to be growing. "Critics say that cooperating with governments to suppress free speech violates human rights, international law and corporate ethics... Both human rights groups and academics reject the companies' argument that they have no choice but to follow local laws where they do business," the piece reports. One source, Director of the doctoral program in ethics and law at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, Professor Tom Donaldson, compares "tech companies helping China squelch free speech with Polaroid's providing photographic technology for the passport system used under South African apartheid to control the movements of black citizens..." and has suggested "that what Yahoo, Microsoft and others are accused of doing is worse than merely selling technology to corrupt governments."


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Practitioner Mr. Luan Fusheng Tortured to the Brink of Death in Taiyuan Prison; Authorities Refuse to Release Him

(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Luan Fusheng from Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province was illegally arrested at home along with practitioners Ding Lihong (who was later tortured to death) and Wang Xinzhong in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. Luan Fusheng was illegally sentenced to 11 years in prison and is being held at a prison in Taiyuan City. Luan Fusheng is paralyzed and emaciated. He is extremely weak and is at the brink of death.

Years of illegal detention resulted in metabolic syndrome [manifesting in potentially severe heart and arterial disease]. Luan Fusheng was hospitalized several times. The prison authorities never told his family about his condition. Not until the hospital issued a Notice of Critical Condition was his family notified and allowed to see him in the hospital. He stayed at a police hospital where a dozen police officers took turns monitoring him. They forbid his family to talk to him. His family strongly urged the police to release him on medical parole, but they refused. Following is this practitioner's story:

Luan Fusheng is 55 years old. He had worked as an electrician for the Hebei Province Housing Administration Bureau. Mr. Luan went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. Police officer Wei Ming beat him savagely at the Xinghua Street Police Station, now called the Weiming Street Police Station in the Qiaoxi District, Shijiazhuang City. He was handcuffed to a second floor balcony railing and tortured. He was further held at the Beijiao Custody Center for 30 days.

In early December 2000, Luan Fusheng was arrested in Beijing for appealing. He refused to give his name and address and was released after a few days' torture. Later he was arrested at a friend's home in another city and was held at the No 1 Detention Center for over 60 days. The officials illegally sentenced him to one year of forced labor, which he served at home because of his high blood pressure. Personnel at the Xinghua Police Department extorted 1,000 yuan from him, calling it a "fine." These same people soon attempted to send him for incarceration again, this time to a labor camp. He left home and went to Shanxi Province to avoid persecution. Mr. Luan was arrested in Taiyuan City (another source says Taigu County) in mid-October 2002.

On October 1, 2002, the Wanbolin Police Department in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province founded a "101 Special Cases Group" consisting of 30 lawless police officers. They started spying on, following and arresting Dafa practitioners. These officials arrested more than 100 practitioners between the middle of October and the middle of November. The arrested practitioners included Luan Fusheng, Ding Lihong and Wang Xinzhong who were unmercifully tortured at the Taiyuan City Police Hospital. The practitioners were subjected to beatings, being shocked with high-voltage electric batons, the Death Bed Torture and force-feeding. The police savagely tortured Ding Lihong to extort a confession. They sent him to a police hospital to further persecute him and eventually killed him through brutal force-feeding. According to testimony from a police officer in Shanxi Province, a few other practitioners were tortured to death at the same time.

Organizations responsible for the persecution:
Shanxi Province Public Security Bureau: 86-351-4044778 (main switchboard)
Taiyuan City Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-351-2020178
Wanbolin Police Department: 86-351-6064083
Wu Changan and Wang Jian are police officers with the 101 Special Cases Group
Wanboli Detention Center, also called the No. 4 Detention Center of Taiyuan City
Address: Binhu Road, Taiyuan City
Phone number: 86-351-6075974
Taiyuan City No. 109 Hospital, a police hospital; Dafa practitioners who hold hunger strike are sent here to be tortured, 86-351-7042363
Xinghua Street Police Station, later changed its designation to Weiming Street Police Station in the Qiaoxi District, Shijiazhuang City
Address: Xinghua Street, Shijiazhuang City, 86-311-7888193,86-311-7888103,86-311-7882610
Wang Jianhua: head of the police station, 86-311-3035234 (Office), 86-311-3016048 (Home), 86-311-96777-2023 (pager)


Ms. Qing Guifang from Tianqin City Is Cruelly Tortured

(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Qing Guifang is 61 and a retiree from the Supply and Sales Office in Chengguan Town, Wuqing District, Tianqin City. On April 8, 1997, Ms. Qing began to practice Falun Gong. The practice helped her to cure the prolonged diseases she suffered from. Her heart disease, high blood pressure, leg pains and headaches were gone. Her children no longer worried about her health. They could focus on their lives and work. It was a case of "with one person practicing, the whole family benefits."

On July 20, 1999, Sun Dehua, Zhao Qingli, Tan Zhenrong and about six to seven other people from Chengguan Town Government broke into Ms. Qing's house. They placed her under close surveillance.

After breakfast on July 22, Ms. Qing took a walk down the road toward an elementary school. Official Li Hongliang of the town government took her by force to the government building. More than ten practitioners had been taken there by force around the same time. The practitioners were forced to stand in a line on the west side of the government building yard. They were not allowed to raise their heads or talk. He Shisong of the Wuqing District Criminal Police Squad arrived at the Chengguan town government center with several government officials. A policeman pointed an electric baton at the practitioners saying, "Now, tell me the truth! Who of you still practices Falun Gong? If you do, then step forward." Ms. Qing said, "I do!" Two policemen immediately came over, pressed her head down forcefully, twisted her arms, and ran to a police car while dragging her on the ground. Ms. Qing was then thrown into the car. Her shoes and socks came off, her slacks were torn apart and her legs were wounded and bleeding. Two more practitioners were put in the car the same way. They were taken to a police station.

The policeman ordered the practitioners to stand facing the south wall and not raise their heads. The station chief, Li Xiushan, asked a policeman to bring Ms. Qing to a room for interrogation. A policeman, with the last name of Zhou, grabbed her hair and began beating and cursing her. He used the wooden handle of a long broom to thrash Ms. Qing's head. The abuse lasted longer than an hour. Later, Ms. Qing and two other practitioners were sent to the Wuqing District Detention Center. They were detained for ten days and 90 yuan was extorted from each of them.

The Secretary of the Political Justice Committee, Tian Yijin, the detention center chief, Li Xiushan, and the resident district policeman, named Zhao, took turns going to Ms. Qing's house, after her release, to harass her day and night. This seriously disrupted her life.

Around February 19, 2000, district policeman Zhao took Ms. Qing to the police station. That night, they sent her to the Wuqing District Detention Center.

The detention center held 17 to 19 practitioners in each locked cell. Ms. Qing and many other practitioners went on a hunger strike to protest their detention. As a result, the Wuqing District Police Department extended Ms. Qing's detention period by 15 days for "disrupting social order."

Right before the Moon Festival of 2000, the Secretary of the Political Justice Committee, Tian Yijin, forced Ms. Qing and practitioner Han Yuzhi into a brainwashing center at the Chinese Communist Party School in Wuqing District.

On the afternoon of January 19, 2001, Tian Yijin called Ms. Qing and told her that something needed her attention in the town government building. When she arrived, they put her in a brainwashing center and detained her for a month.

On March 8, 2001, Tian Yijin sent Ms. Qing to the brainwashing center at the Plum Factory in the Wuqing District. The perpetrators extorted 2000 yuan from her husband. They threatened to have it deducted from his salary if he refused to hand over the cash.

The district Procurator, the Public Security Bureau, the Political Justice Committee, the Workers' Union, the Criminal Police Squad and students hired from the Sport School organized the brainwashing center. At the brainwashing center practitioners were forced to sit on small stools or stand facing a wall for 4 to 5 hours with their backs straight and their noses touching the wall. If a practitioner moved even a little bit, they were beaten. Practitioners were forced to run or march soldier-style. They were only allowed to sleep for two hours every day. Most detained practitioners were female, between the ages of 50 and 60. They used threats and curses to force them to run and march. Practitioners were forced to watch videos slandering Falun Gong, and subjected to other brainwashing techniques every day. If a practitioner protested, he or she would be detained alone in a separate room and suffer other persecution.

Ms. Qing Guifang was persecuted in the brainwashing center for 38 days. Then she was sent to Wuqing District Detention Center and detained for another 20 days. Later, she was sentenced to two and half years of forced labor and sent to the Banqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp in Tianjin City. There, she was forced to do hard labor and deprived of sleep. Ms. Qing was transferred to Jianxin Forced Labor Camp in Tianjin 20 days later.

The Jianxin Forced Labor Camp force-fed Ms. Qing with unknown drugs and put drugs in her food. Policewoman Liu Yuxia, as team leader, was in charge of her persecution. The collaborators were ordered to brainwash her, deprive her of sleep and force her to stand. Ms. Qing refused to yield to the pressure they placed on her.

During April 2003, Ms. Qing was shocked with electric batons, beaten, cursed, deprived of sleep and forced to do hard labor. The practitioners were separated into several groups and taken to the brainwashing center where they were beaten and forced to stand in metal cages. Some practitioners were tortured so severely that their bodies were maimed. Many were bent at the waist and could no longer straighten up. Many had their legs crippled. All the hallways were full of slogans slandering Falun Gong. Every day the labor camp radio broadcast slanderous lies about Falun Gong.

Team leader Liu Yuxia ordered Ms. Qing to receive "medical" care, because she would not cooperate. Liu Yuxia and ten other policemen and women held her down while they injected her with unknown drugs. They continued to force her to do hard labor every day. At night, she was forced to stand and was deprived of sleep. No matter how severe the persecution was, Ms. Qing did not give up her belief in Falun Gong. On May 23, 2003, Ms. Qing openly walked out of the labor camp. When she returned home, the new Chief of Police at the Chengguan Town Police Station, Li Guangshun, and the policeman with the surname Zhou went to her home many times to harass her. Team leader Liu Yuxia of the Jianxin Forced Labor Camp called Ms. Qing and sent policewoman Gao Lina to her house twice to harass her.

March 30, 2005, Ms. Qing's husband, Wei Quan was clarifying the truth about Falun Gong to people when the police arrested him. Ms. Qing went to the National Security Team to look for her husband. A policeman led her to a room and closed the door behind her. He then grabbed her hair, threw her on the floor and beat her violently. The noise from the beating and cursing was so loud that people very far away could hear it. After he beat Ms. Qing, he ordered her to sit in the hallway. Ms. Qing's legs were too weak from the beating and she fell on the ground. People walking by stopped to help her. One person said she looked all right when she arrived, but now she had been beaten into such a state. More and more people came to look at her, so the security team released her.


My Mother and Brother Suffered Unjust Deaths; I Was Persecuted for Six Years (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Wei Jianyu, a Falun Gong practitioner from Shaowu City, Fujian Province, was a lecturer at the Fujian University of Technology. Since July 20 1999, Ms. Wei has had her home ransacked on many occasions and has suffered brutal persecution. In April of 2000, she was illegally arrested and detained for her belief in "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance." She was sentenced to four years in prison at the Fujian Province Women's Prison. In November 2003, Ms. Wei became very skinny and emaciated due to the torture at the prison. In November of 2004, after she had been home for about half a year, Ms. Wei was once again taken from her home, simply because she practiced the Falun Gong exercises outside. She was detained in the Fuzhou Forced Labor Camp for a year.

Ms. Wei's eldest brother, Mr. Wei Jianhui, gained a second chance at life after he started practicing Falun Gong. However, after the persecution of Falun Gong began, the police continuously harassed him and detained him. He died in September 2004. Their mother, Ms. Yu Meiying, who was once also detained for appealing for the right to practice Falun Gong, died in December of 2004 from the shock of her son's death and her daughter's re-arrest after having already suffered four years of forced labor.

The following is Ms. Wei Jianyu's account of the recent persecution she suffered. In regards to her previous persecution, please refer to Clearwisdom reports: "An Appeal By Practitioner Ms. Wei Jianyu from the Fujian Engineering Institute, Who Continues to Suffer Persecution after Four Years in Prison" and "Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Yu Meiying Dies after Son Wei Jianhui is Tortured to Death"

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My name is Wei Jianyu. I am 40 years old and from Zhaowu City, Fujian Province. I was a lecturer at Fujian University of Technology, but because I firmly insisted on practicing Falun Gong after the persecution started in July 1999, I have been illegally detained, sentenced, and had my home searched many times. Because of the pressure and terror, my husband divorced me. On April 18, 2004, I returned to my hometown after four years in prison, but only half a year later, on November 4, 2004, when I went to a park to practice the Falun Gong exercises, I was reported to the police who searched me and my home and detained me under the charge of "disrupting social order." I went on a hunger strike to protest and was set free on the sixth day. However, at noon on November 15, the police suddenly came to my home and took me to a detention center. Early the next morning, I was sent to Fuzhou Forced Labor Camp for one year of forced labor.


After I started practicing Falun Gong, both my body and mind became better and I started doing better at work. Every morning I would go to the park to practice the exercises to keep fit, but because I persisted in practicing Falun Gong, and believed in the principals of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance," I was thrown into a labor camp. In order to peacefully express my thoughts, I felt I had no choice but to go on a hunger strike. However, after four days, the labor camp even deprived me of my right to reject food. With no regard to the condition of my health, they force-fed me using all sorts of cruel methods.

(1) First, they used a device to pry open my mouth and inserted a thick medical stomach tube. My mouth was cut and bleeding from the contact with the device and it became swollen. When the stomach tube was inserted, I felt horrible and vomited out all the food they force-fed me.

(2) The mouth-opening device was used to pry open my mouth and they forced a stainless steel soup spoon deep into my mouth while five to six camp personnel clamped my nose, cheeks, head, hands and feet to keep me from moving. They even randomly scratched my armpit and the private and sensitive parts of my body. Sometimes, they would shove spoonful after spoonful of food into my throat. Food overflowed and flew all over my body until I vomited.

(3) They also force-fed me with a tube inserted through my nose and kept it inside of me for days. Each time they force-fed me, they would insert very little food, but they kept the tube in for a long time.

In February 2005, I became all skin and bones from the torture. The special team of the labor camp was afraid that I might die, so they told the duty staff that monitored me during the day to scrutinize my every movement. The staff was even put on duty at night to check whether or not I was alive. I could not sleep well at night and often woke up. I was even forced into hospitalization twice, costing me several thousand yuan. In order to make my family pay the money, they asked my little sister to visit me, although they always refused her visits previously.

Because I refused to submit to the persecution they put me through, I was often punished. They made me stand for a long time, and I was subjected to "physical training." For a long time, I was force-fed twice a day. I was also scolded and cursed. Government officials from the special team and an individual medical guard cursed at me at will and the labor camp personnel went along with the officials and doubled the abuse. Some even started beating me.

Since the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, over the course of the last more than six years, I have been unlawfully detained, put into various prisons and suffered all sorts of brutal torture. However, no matter how harsh and brutal the torture methods, our principles and beliefs should not be cast aside.

The power of Dafa has no boundaries. Even after severe torture and abuse, my body healed over the course of one year, almost as if it had been completely remolded. I became kind hearted and open minded, I had a better posture, and I became stronger. I was not easily fatigued.

On October 24, right before they were going to let me out of the forced labor camp, they stopped force-feeding me [while I was still on hunger strike]. Captain Wu Pinyu said to those that had been "transformed," "Look at her now. Wait three to five days, and see what she will look like. Everyone is a witness." However, what happened was completely contrary to what she expected. Several days later, I looked exactly the same as I had before. Not even the doctors understood why. They force-fed me once on October 27, then they stopped for three days. From October 31 to November 3, they force-fed me once a day. After those 11 days, however, I had not changed at all.

Modern medicine can't explain what happened to me. Falun Dafa is supernatural, and countless practitioners have gained healthy bodies and minds.

My younger sister came to pick me up on November 4. It was then that I learned that my mother could not bear the shock of my second arrest and passed away towards the end of December 2004.

My mother was also a Falun Gong practitioner. After the persecution began in 1999, she became overwhelmed with grief.

(1) My second eldest brother was deeply poisoned by media propaganda, and upon seeing me being persecuted and helpless with nowhere to go, it caused him to become hostile and belligerent towards Falun Gong and its practitioners. In the years I was in prison, my brother blamed my mother as the cause of the persecution. My mother tried reasoning with him but he refused to listen, so she silently endured, trying her best to do housework for him, and hoping that he and his wife would become clear-headed.

(2) Towards the end of 2001, my mother and eldest sister-in-law (also a practitioner) went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. The plainclothes police at Tiananmen Square asked mother whether she was a Falun Gong practitioner. As soon as she answered "yes," they arrested her. My sister-in-law was arrested afterwards. They were detained at the Shaowu Detention Center for 15 days. The police extorted more than 2,000 yuan from each of them.

(3) After my eldest brother started practicing Falun Gong, his terminal liver cancer disappeared without any medical assistance and he understood that his life was extended for his cultivation in Falun Gong. Since childhood, he had been weak and feeble, constantly relying on medicine to stay alive. After he started practicing Falun Gong, he no longer took medicine and his body gradually recovered. However, less than two years after he started practicing Falun Gong, the persecution began. During the years of persecution, my brother suffered many hardships. He was arrested and tortured for telling people the truth about Falun Gong. The torture he went through was far beyond his endurance. After he came home, the local police constantly harassed him. When they saw him reading Falun Gong books, they searched his home without a warrant and took him to the police station for interrogation. His wife was also interrogated and cuffed and hung up many times for refusing to answer questions. After the police searched for and confiscated his precious Dafa literature, my brother, who suffered mental and physical harm, became nervous and terrified. On the morning of September 2, 2004, when he was fighting his illness with all his strength, three police officers came again. After 5 p.m. that day, my eldest brother passed away. His death devastated my mother.

(4) I have been arrested many times since the persecution began. While my eldest brother and I were being persecuted in prison, our mother was constantly worried about us. Before she died, when I was forced to stop eating, my mother still worried about my safety. Before my 70-year-old mother started practicing Falun Gong, she was emaciated. After she started practicing she became strong and healthy again. The evil Communist Party's brutal persecution of Falun Gong eventually caused both my mother and eldest brother to pass away.

After I walked out the iron gates of the labor camp on November 4, 2005, I had to clean up my home, which was riddled with litter like a dumpster. Upon seeing the situation I was in, my kind-hearted relatives and neighbors cared for me and tried to help. Despite everything, my second eldest brother blamed me for our parent's deaths. My father was terminally ill and died in June 1999, at the age of 75. When he was alive, he approved of Falun Gong for teaching people to be good. Not only did my brother break our father's will, deprive me of all the property I was to inherit, and seize all property, he even turned nothing into something in order to curse me over it, treated me with belligerence and even threatened to kick me out. From my brother's actions, I realized the agonizing suffering my mother went through when I was in prison. The lies the Communist Party mobilized to carry out the persecution consumed my second brother, destroying his conscience and basic sense of humanity

The evil party caused the death of my family members and shattered those remaining. Practitioners oppose the persecution and stand by the truth. Dafa gave me a new life. The truth is eternal; the turning tide of history is inevitable; Falun Dafa will be one day be praised by all beings.

Attachment: Wei Jianyu's personal information


Wei Jianyu's lecturer certificate

Wei Jianyu's "Outstanding Teacher in Charge" award


Practitioner in Her Seventies Given Four Year Sentence in Rong County, Sichuan Province

(Clearwisdom.net) Since April 2005, 610 Office agents in Rong County have arrested 11 Falun Dafa Practitioners, including Zhou Ziping, Zhu Ronggui, Xia Simei, Xu Guihua, Xu Da, Xu San, Lu Guifang, Ding Qungeng, and others. The 610 office agents also ransacked over 20 homes. Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Lu Guifang, in her seventies, was sentenced to four years of incarceration.

The officers arrested the elderly Ms. Lu Guifang, detained her and tortured her. During the trial, she made a simple statement: "I did not do anything wrong. Our Falun Gong is to save sentient beings; we did not do anything bad." She was given a four-year sentence. The forced labor camp refused to admit her, and she was sent to a brainwashing center. The authorities subsequently transferred her to the Detention Center of Zigong City for further persecution.

On November 24, 2005, villains from across the province held a meeting in Rong County to secretly plot their strategies to persecute Falun Dafa practitioners. On November 25, the 610 Office of Rong County unlawfully sentenced Zhu Ronggui to 6 years, Xia Simei to 6 years, Luo Yuecheng to 4 years, and Zhou Ziping to 4 years. Xu Da and Xu San escaped with righteous thoughts after a hunger strike of 15 days. Ding Qungen was placed under house surveillance and became homeless in order to avoid further persecution. Two other practitioners were also forced to become homeless.

On December 1, 2005, practitioners Xu Yanping and Zhang Tianxiu from Changshan, in Rong County were arrested on the road. They are being held and persecuted in the Detention Center of Rong County.

Related Phone Numbers:

National Security Brigade of Rong County: 86-813-6201342
Ding Defang, the 610 Office of Rong County: 86-13198208999(Cell)
Dan Jun: 86-813-8835230
Wang Xianglin, Wang Ping, Wang Ronghua
Staffs involved in the case: Li Yong and Zhang Zeqiang
The Changshang Police Station of Rong County: 86-813-6700110(Office)
Wu Yufei, a police from Dujia Town, Rong County: 86-813-6690119


More Information on the Torture Death of Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Du Jinglan in the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison

(Clearwisdom.net) 55-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Du Jinglan lived in Harbin City. She was tortured for a long time at the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison and died from torture on October 23, 2005. In order to cover up the facts, the authorities from the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison lied to her family. Below is additional information on the torture of Du Jinglan during her illegal incarceration.

The guards, especially the ones at Ward No. 8 at the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison, are extremely cruel to Dafa practitioners. Zheng Jie, Zhang Chunhua and Zhang Xiuli are the three division heads who often order inmates to torture Dafa practitioners. Zheng Jie said to the practitioners, "If you die [from torture], we'll throw your body over the wall and tell people that you died from natural causes."

Practitioner Du Jinglan was illegally sentenced to seven years in prison in April 2003. The charge was "conspiring to commit a crime," and she was held at the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison. In November 2003, Du Jinglan insisted that she is a Dafa practitioner and not a criminal, and therefore should not have to perform manual labor. Four inmates dragged her by her feet from the prison dorm on the third floor. Her head banged against the ground; her clothes were torn and her body was cut and bruised in the process. They dragged her to the workshop on the third floor, and the inmates banged her head against the staircase. At the workshop, they tied her hands behind her back, attached her to a rope and pulled the rope up so that she was lifted off the ground. Then they released her and forced her to squat without moving. She sometimes could not squat without moving, so the inmates tortured her with "flying the airplane," where she is bent over and her arms are pulled up from behind her, and she is forced to hold that painful position for long periods of time.

Beads of sweat dripped from her face. She was tortured this way until the inmates got off work late in the evening, which was either midnight or 2:00 a.m. Afterwards, Du Jinglan was tied up again and not allowed to sleep. She was forced to sit on the cold floor and was tortured the same way the next day until she agreed to work. Du Jinglan was tortured for about two weeks.

In September 2003, the guards in four sections persecuted the practitioners at Ward No 8 for 11 days. They denied the practitioners sleep throughout this period and forced them to run constantly.

Du Jinglan was chained to the workshop floor and later forced to run. Other practitioners were shocked to see her walking with her back bent at a 90-degree angle. Her blood pressure measured 280 mm Hg, at the very top of the sphygmomanometer, so it's unknown what her true blood pressure was. She was forcibly injected with a blood pressure-lowering drug. Then the inmates dragged her out and forced her to run and do exercises. She did not have the strength to run, so the inmates beat her.

For another type of torture, about 40 guards and inmates stood in a circle, each holding an object such as an electric baton, police baton, a piece of white plastic tubing, a water bottle, a bamboo stick, a wooden stick, or a metal rod. They struck the practitioners' heads and bodies. Some inmates refused to hit the practitioners, and the guards beat these inmates until their faces were covered with bruises. In this way, they forced the inmates to persecute Dafa practitioners.

Du Jinglan and other practitioners were badly injured from the beatings. The labor camp doctor and the three division heads laughed at the practitioners' injuries. Some inmates hung the practitioners from a metal railing and said they were "treating the practitioners' illness" this way. They also poked the practitioners' private areas with metal rods. Zhang Chunhua said, "We'll treat your back pain this way."

At least seven practitioners were suffering from high blood pressure exceeding 220 mm Hg. They were given injections and forced to run. They were not given water and not enough food for 11 days.

Du Jinglan could not straighten her back and suffered from high blood pressure. The guards didn't make her run when her blood pressure was at 280, but instead tortured her with "flying an airplane." She was soaked with sweat. In the evening, they forced her to sit on the concrete floor and didn't let her use the toilet. She spoke up, "I need to use the restroom." The inmates cursed her and said, "You can wait until tomorrow morning." She was forced to relieve herself on the spot and soiled her pants. She sat on the concrete floor for a whole night.

One evening in September, she sat on the cold concrete floor with her hands and feet tightly bound behind her, wearing only a sweatshirt and sweatpants. She was forbidden to sleep and tortured for nearly one month.

As of January 30, 2004, she refused to work to resist the persecution. She was dragged to the office, handcuffed and forced to squat. In the winter, she was stripped of her coat and cotton pants, and sat on the floor wearing only sweatpants. She held a hunger strike to protest the persecution. About three days later, Shang Xiaomei brutally force-fed her with lots of salt. Du Jinglan's mouth and tongue turned numb from excessive salt intake. The inmates also pried open her mouth with a tool and knocked some of her teeth loose in the process. Two of her teeth later fell out. At first, inmate Song Libo cruelly force-fed Du Jinglan, although Song Libo is not a doctor. Du Jinglan was dragged to the workshop and forced to work. She worked for 15 days before she was allowed to return to the dorm.

In September 2005, Du Jinglan refused to wear a nametag identifying her as an inmate, because she is not a criminal. The guards refused to let her buy things from the canteen and order food, and the inmates didn't allow her to study the Fa and do the exercises. Fan Dandan, Wang Jing and Zhao Shuzhen routinely harassed her, encouraged by the guards. They beat and cursed at her whenever she studied the Fa.

On October 23, 2005, Du Jinglan was at the brink of death due to long-term persecution. She was sent to a hospital, where a division head and about seven inmates gave her a forced IV infusion. They tied her to the bed, and three days later she died as a result of the torture she had suffered. Her body was cremated on October 27, 2005.

In order to cover up the facts, the authorities from the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison lied to her family, who was not aware of the persecution against her at the time.

Du Jinglan did not die from natural causes as the authorities had claimed. One week before her death, Du Jinglan lost sight in both of her eyes. Sun Yu, the guard in charge of persecuting Falun Gong, inquired about her condition once, and afterwards no one ever brought it up again. Du Jinglan died as a result of the persecution at Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison.


Persecution at the Sanshui Forced Labor Camp in Guangdong Province

(Clearwisdom.net) The Strictly Controlled Division at the Sanshui Forced Labor Camp in Guangdong Province was especially established to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. The abusers open the practitioners' letters and monitor practitioners after their release. Some newly arrested practitioners were isolated for one to three years or longer. Guard Lei Huiqing and four others shocked practitioner Nian Jingsheng with three clawed electric batons for a whole morning.

Nian Jingsheng's hands turned numb for a month from being tied up with rope.

Guard Chen Zhao pressed practitioner Wang Jingxian's head onto a rock by the side of a road. The edges of the rock disfigured Wang Jingxian's face.


Additional Persecution News from China - December 24, 2005 (12 Reports)

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  1. [Hebei Province] Teacher Ms. Shao Guixing from the Physics Department of the Baoding Normal Junior College Illegally Sentenced to Forced Labor
  2. [Lingwu City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region] Persecution Facts on Ms. Zhang Lanfang and Her Sisters
  3. [Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] Ms. Niu Lanying and Ms. Li Honggui Arrested after Being Reported by a Taxicab Driver
  4. [Guiping County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region] Elderly Practitioner Ms. Su Cailian Arrested
  5. [Gongyi City, Henan Province] Ms. Zhang Zhen and Ms. Zhang Menghong Illegally Sentenced to Forced Labor
  6. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Liu Zhiqing Arrested
  7. [Lingyuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region] Mr. Wang Guohua Arrested and Detained
  8. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Ms. Wang Shuyun and Ms. Feng Guifen Taken to the Women's Forced Labor Camp in Huhehaote City
  9. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Li Suzhen Arrested
  10. [Beijing City] Practitioners Ms. Wang Shurong, Ms. Li Meifen and Ms. Zhang Xueru from the Shunyi District of Beijing City Arrested
  11. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wang Fuwen Arrested
  12. [Qingyang City, Gansu Province] The Police Extorted Money from Mr. Guo Zhenbang and His Wife Mrs. Li Shumei

1. [Hebei Province] Teacher Ms. Shao Guixing from the Physics Department of the Baoding Normal Junior College Illegally Sentenced to Forced Labor

After practitioner Ms. Shao Guixing, a teacher from the Physics Department of the Baoding Normal Junior College in Hebei Province, was arrested in November 2005, she was illegally sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor by the Nanshi District Police Department of Baoding City on December 12, 2005. Ms. Shao is currently being held in the Women's Division of the Balizhuang Forced Labor Camp of Baoding City and tortured through forced brainwashing. At present there are more than sixty Falun Dafa practitioners being illegally held in the Women's Division of the Balizhuang Forced Labor Camp of Baoding City.

Relevant personnel:

Women's Division of the Balizhuang Forced Labor Camp of Baoding City: 86-312-5939039

Head of the Women's Division, in charge of persecuting Falun Gong: Li Fengqin (female)

Political Instructor: Yan Qingfen (female)

2. [Lingwu City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region] Persecution Facts on Ms. Zhang Lanfang and Her Sisters

Practitioner Ms. Zhang Lanfang is forty-nine years old and lives in Lingwu City in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. She started practicing Falun Dafa in 2000. In 2003, for simply relaying with another practitioner a tape of the Falun Dafa exercise music, Ms. Zhang Lanfang was illegally arrested and held in a brainwashing center. She was later released. The police illegally detained Ms. Zhang Lanfang's husband. When Ms. Zhang Lanfang went to the police department to ask for an explanation on December 16, 2005, she was arrested and taken to the Yingchuan City Detention Center.

Ms. Zhang Lanfang's elder sister, practitioner Ms. Zhang Yufang, is sixty-one years old and is a retired cadre from the Lingwu City Sanitation and Epidemic Disease Presentation Station in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. She started practicing Falun Dafa in 1997. In February 2002, Ms. Zhang Yufang was illegally sentenced to two and a half years of forced labor. She was tortured until the lower half of her body was paralyzed, causing incontinence of urination and defecation. Her husband, practitioner Mr. Xu Yaozhen, was also illegally sentenced to forced labor for practicing Falun Dafa. Their daughter Ms. Xu Yan, also a Falun Dafa practitioner, was forced to leave home to avoid being arrested. Shortly after she returned home to take care of her mother, she was arrested in August 2003. Later she was illegally sentenced to three years of forced labor. Ms. Xu is currently being held in the Women's Prison of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

The second elder sister of Ms. Zhang Lanfang, practitioner Ms. Zhang Shufang, is fifty-seven years old and lives in Yingchuan City. She started to practice Falun Dafa in 1998. She went to Beijing to appeal in March 2003 and was illegally detained for one month.

Ms. Zhang Lanfang's younger sister, practitioner Ms. Zhang Lifang, is forty-five years old and lives in Guyuan City. She started practicing Falun Dafa in 1998. She was arrested three times. In March 2005, she was illegally sentenced to eighteen months of forced labor.

Phone numbers of those relevant workplaces and responsible personnel:

Switchboard of the Wuling City Police Department: 86-951-4021214
Director of the Police Department: 86-951-4028618
Political Commissar, Ma Yunlong (male): 86-13995396878 (Cell), 86-951-4023878 (Home)
Director of the State Security Division of Lingwu City Police Department, Yang Yongfeng (male): 86-13995398501 (Cell)
Deputy director of the State Security Division of Lingwu City Police Department, Liang Jihong (male): 86-13995109466 (Cell)
Political instructor, Yang Yongqiang (male): 86-13995399821 (Cell), 86-951-4023208 (Home)

3. [Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] Ms. Niu Lanying and Ms. Li Honggui Arrested after Being Reported by a Taxicab Driver

Practitioners Ms. Niu Lanying and Ms. Li Honggui were taking a taxicab to Linxia City at 6:00 p.m. on December 16, 2005. Because they clarified the truth and also distributed truth-clarification materials to the taxicab driver, the taxicab driver reported them to the police. They were arrested by police officers from the local police department that evening. They are currently being held in the Linxia City Detention Center.

Linxia City Police Department Detention Center in Lanzhou City: 86-930-6313008 ext.0223

4. [Guiping County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region] Elderly Practitioner Ms. Su Cailian Arrested

Ms. Liang Zhihua's mother, practitioner Ms. Su Cailian, is in her seventies and lives in Wangsheng Village, Luoxiu Town, Guiping County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. When Ms. Su was caring for the children in Ms. Liang Zhihua's house in Shenzhen City, police officer Cai Han'gui (male) from the Guiping County Political and Judicial Committee and the Guiping County 610 Office, colluded with the Guiping County Police Department and the Guanlan Police Station of Shenzhen City to arrest Ms. Su Cailian.

5. [Gongyi City, Henan Province] Ms. Zhang Zhen and Ms. Zhang Menghong Illegally Sentenced to Forced Labor

Practitioners Ms. Zhang Zhen and Ms. Zhang Menghong, from Zhenggou Village, Xiaoguan Town of Gongyi City in Henan Province, were reported to the police by Zhang Chunyi (male) from Louzigou Village while they were distributing truth-clarification materials on November 6, 2005. They were arrested by police officers from the Xiaoguan Town Police Station and then taken to the Gongyi City Detention Center, where they were held and tortured for twelve days. After that, they were taken to the Shibalihe Women's Forced Labor Camp of Zhengzhou City and illegally sentenced to one year of forced labor.

6. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Liu Zhiqing Arrested

The Chongzhou City (under Chengdu City) 610 Office suddenly arrested practitioner, railway maintenance worker, Mr. Liu Zhiqing, from Zitong County of Chongzhou City on December 3, 2005. The whereabouts of Mr. Liu Zhiqing are currently unclear.

7. [Lingyuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region] Mr. Wang Guohua Arrested and Detained

Practitioner Mr. Wang Guohua from Lingyuan City in Liaoning Province went to a country fair in Ningcheng County, Chifeng City in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to clarify the truth on December 18, 2005, when he was reported to the police and subsequently arrested. Mr. Wang is currently being held illegally and tortured in the Ningcheng County Detention Center.

Relevant phone numbers:

Director of the Ningcheng County Police Department, Wang Wenqing (male): 86-476-4223478 (Office), 86-476-4229008 (Office) and 86-476-4230777 (Home)

Deputy director of the Ningcheng County Police Department, Zhen Jianguo (male): 86-476-4225987 (Home), 86-13804769388 (Cell), 86-476-4282110

Head of the State Security Division (of the Ningcheng County Police Department), Zhai Xiangyang (male): 86-13384761898 (Cell), 86-476-4281668

Political instructor of the State Security Division of the Ningcheng County Police Department, Wang Zhiqiang (male): 86-476-4226234 (Cell)

Director of the Ningcheng County Detention Center, Lu Shihe (male): 86-476-4229918 (Home)

8. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Ms. Wang Shuyun and Ms. Feng Guifen Taken to the Women's Forced Labor Camp in Huhehaote City

Practitioners Ms. Wang Shuyun from Ningcheng County, Chifeng City in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Ms. Feng Guifen, from Lingyuan City, were illegally detained in the Ningcheng County Prison on December 13, 2005. Under the direction of the Chifeng City Police Department, the police officers are now taking the two practitioners to the Huhehaote City Women's Forced Labor Camp to continue the illegal torture.

Women's Forced Labor Camp of Huhehaote City: 86-471-5692969

9. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Li Suzhen Arrested

Practitioner Ms. Li Suzhen from Guangzhou City in Guangdong Province was arrested in either November or December 2005. Her daughter lives in Toronto, Canada.

10. [Beijing City] Practitioners Ms. Wang Shurong, Ms. Li Meifen and Ms. Zhang Xueru from the Shunyi District of Beijing City Arrested

On the evening of December 1, 2005, practitioner Ms. Wang Shurong from Chapeng Village, Linmu Town, Shunyi District of Beijing City, went with three other practitioners to Dabeiwu Village to distribute truth-clarification materials. Among them, Ms. Li Meifen and Ms. Zhang Xueru were arrested. Ms. Wang Shurong and another practitioner walked away with wisdom. After 10:00 a.m. on December 5, the police from the State Security Division of the Police Department went to ransack Ms. Wang Shurong's house, but did not find anything. They arrested Ms. Wang Shurong and took her to the Linmu Police Station. At 8:00 p.m. on December 5, 2005, Ms. Wang Shurong walked out of the evil police station with righteous thoughts. After 10:00 a.m. on the morning of December 12, 2005, the Chapeng Village Public Security Director, Xu Jiufu (male), led police officers from the State Security Division and the police station to break into Ms. Wang Shurong's house again and arrest Ms. Wang. Ms. Wang is still being held in the Shunyi District Detention Center.

Phone numbers for the relevant work units and the responsible personnel:

Chapeng Village Public Security Director, Xu Jiufu (male): 86-10-60451177 (Home)
CCP Secretary of Chapeng Village, Li Yanqiu (female): 86-13693102639 (Cell)
Linmu Police Station: 86-10-60456202

Police officers who have been involved in persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners for extended periods, from the State Security Division of Shunyi District Police Department of Beijing City:
Zhao Zhiwu (male, section chief): 86-13801163926 (Cell), 86-10-69446156 (Home)
Zhang Yan (male, deputy section chief): 86-13801091687 (Cell), 86-10-69423678 (Home)
Yang Haimin (male, police officer): 86-13601204227 (Cell), 86-10-69444392 (Home)

11. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wang Fuwen Arrested

Practitioner Ms. Wang Fuwen from the Dadong District of Shenyang City, around sixty-five years of age, was reported to the police for distributing truth-clarification materials near the Education Department of the Dadong District at midnight on November 14, 2005. She was subsequently arrested. Ms. Wang is currently being held illegally in the Shenyang City Detention Center.

Relevant phone numbers:

Dadong District 610 Office: 86-24-24344563, 86-24-24834894
Staff members of the 610 Office: Yin Fenghao (male) and Liang Hong (male)
Dadong District Police Department: 86-24-88503258

12. [Qingyang City, Gansu Province] The Police Extorted Money from Mr. Guo Zhenbang and His Wife Mrs. Li Shumei

At noon on November 8, 2005, practitioners Mr. Guo Zhenbang and his wife Mrs. Li Shumei from Ning County of Qingyang City in Gansu Province were reported to the police while distributing truth-clarification materials in the family residential building of Ning County No. 1 Middle School. The section chief of the State Security Division of Ning County, Hu Ningsheng (male), led police officers including Zhu Hua'ning (male) in arresting the two practitioners and illegally interrogating them for as long as nine hours. The family members of the practitioners rescued them in time. The police extorted four thousand yuan from them before the practitioners were released at 9:00 p.m. on November 8, 2005.


Additional Persecution News from China - January 6, 2006 (9 Reports)

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  1. [Changchun, Jilin Province] Ms. Xue Xiuhua Is Brutally Tortured at Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp
  2. [Jixi, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Lin Qingjia Is Detained
  3. [Yujiang County, Jiangxi Province] Two Practitioners Arrested While Distributing Truth Clarifying Materials
  4. [Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Huimin Arrested While Distributing Truth Clarifying Materials
  5. [Jiutai, Jilin Province] Yinmahe Forced Labor Camp Knocks Out Practitioner's Teeth
  6. [Henan Province] Twelve Practitioners Arrested by 610 Office at Zhongyuan Oilfield
  7. [Liaoning Province] Zhao Enfa Is Detained at Huludao Forced Labor Camp
  8. [Quanzhou, Fujian Province] Ms. Xue Zhaohui Is Detained at the Women's Forced Labor Camp
  9. [Tianjin] Practitioner Dou Guiqin Is Arrested Again

1. [Changchun, Jilin Province] Ms. Xue Xiuhua Is Brutally Tortured at Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp

Ms. Xue Xiuhua, 57, was a Dafa practitioner from Yanji City. She was illegally sentenced to three years in a forced labor camp by the local government last April or May and detained at the Heizuiji Forced Labor Camp located in Changchun. During the past six months, she had been tortured and forced to write the so-called three statements and words that slander Dafa. Xue Xiuhua refused to do all of these and never yielded. The police struck Xue Xiuhua's mouth and private parts with electric batons. As a result, she lost control of her bladder and bowels. Now Xue Xiuhua is extremely weak, yet the police do not allow other people to carry her. Even when it's time to go to the canteen to have meals, no one is allowed to carry her. Any one who carries her will suffer even more evil persecution.

The Education Division Heads who are responsible for persecuting her include:
Yan Lifeng, division head of Team No. 1
Li Ying, general division head of Team No. 1
Ye Jiong, clerk in charge of study
Wei Dan, Education Division head of class
Wang Lei, Education Division head of Team No. 3

2. [Jixi, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Lin Qingjia Is Detained

Lin Qingjia is a Dafa practitioner from Fangzheng. His home is in Hulin of Jixi City of Heilongjiang Province. In the morning of December 30, 2005, the local police came to his house and arrested him, using the excuse of checking the registered permanent residence. Now he is being detained at Hulin Detention Center.

3. [Yujiang County, Jiangxi Province] Two Practitioners Arrested While Distributing Truth Clarifying Materials

Ms. Wu Shuqin and Jin Aiming were distributing Dafa truth clarifying materials on the night of December 28, 2005 when they were arrested by the local police. Now Wu Shuqin and Jin Aiming are being detained at Yingtan Detention Center.

The person responsible for arranging the arrest is Luo Yuezhong, the deputy head of the police station of Yujing County. He is mainly in charge of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners of Yujiang. His cell phone number is (86)13307012777.

Another person who is primarily responsible for implementing Luo's decision is Zhang Shanliang. He is the head of the national security team of the police station of Yujing County. His cell phone number is (86)13870178838.

4. [Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Huimin Arrested While Distributing Truth Clarifying Materials

At noon on January 4, 2006, when Ms. Wang Huimin, a Dafa practitioner from Haigang District of Qinhuangdao was distributing truth clarifying materials at Mengying area, she was caught by two public security guards and arrested, then sent to the police station of Mengying.

5. [Jiutai, Jilin Province] Yinmahe Forced Labor Camp Knocks Out Practitioner's Teeth

Around the end of November to early December, 2005, at the Agricultural Team of Yinmahe Forced Labor Camp of Jiutai of Jilin Province, Wang Chuntong, a Dafa practitioner, lost one of his front teeth while being beaten by Gao Ke, head of the team. Both of his hands were handcuffed and attached to the boards of the upper bed. At the so-called strict control unit, another Dafa practitioner, Li Wenjun, has suffered forced-feeding for over three months. The persecution is still occurring.

6. [Henan Province] Twelve Practitioners Arrested by 610 Office at Zhongyuan Oilfield

Before the new year of 2006, Zheng Xiaolin, a Dafa practitioner from Zhongyuan Oilfield, was arrested by the 610 Office while clarifying the truth. Recently, the 610 Office arrested another twelve practitioners.

7. [Liaoning Province] Zhao Enfa Is Detained at Huludao Forced Labor Camp

Mr. Zhao Enfa, a practitioner from Gaoqiao of Huludao has been detained at Huludao Forced Labor Camp since mid 2004. He is currently extremely weak. When his family went to visit him, he was having an infusion and hadn't had any food for more than ten days. His family questioned the police why a man who used to be in a very good health condition was now persecuted to such a horrible state. The police not only did not release him, on the contrary, they asked his family for money. Zhao Enfa's wife is now homeless due to the persecution. At present, only their daughter and their older parents, who are in their 70's, live together, with no one helping them.

8. [Quanzhou, Fujian Province] Ms. Xue Zhaohui Is Detained at the Women's Forced Labor Camp

Ms. Xue Zhaohui, a practitioner from Quanzhou of Fujian Province has been detained at the Women's Forced Labor Camp of Fujian Province. She is now very feeble and skinny. This is her third time being detained in the same place.

9. [Tianjin] Practitioner Dou Guiqin Is Arrested Again

Dou Guiqing, a Dafa practitioner from the Epidemic Prevention Station of Dagang District was arrested again. She was also arrested a few months ago. When her family went to the police station to ask them to release her, the police refused their request. It was only when her family gave the police 10,000 yuan that the police agreed to release her. After this New Year, Dou Guiqin was arrested again when she was at work.


200 People Declare that their Words and Deeds Under Forced Brainwashing are Null and Void

(Clearwisdom.net) A "solemn declaration" is a person's public statement declaring to the world that whatever he or she has done or said under duress or deception that was against Falun Dafa is null and void. Most of these statements have come from Falun Dafa practitioners in China who wished to express regret that, in the face of physical torture and brainwashing, they had signed documents renouncing Dafa and guaranteeing not to practice again. Also, as more and more people in China learn the truth about how they have been deceived and lied to by the Jiang regime, many non-practitioners are also submitting "solemn declarations."

Here are some examples of the Solemn Declarations:

Please click here for more Solemn Declarations.


News and Events Around the World


Germany: Experience Sharing Conference in Erbach (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) From December 28th 2005, German Falun Gong practitioners spent their New Year holiday at the annual four day gathering in Erbach. They had group study and exercises; and held the 2005 Experience Sharing Conference.

Study groups

Group Practice

Experience sharing conference

The annual Experience Sharing Conference for German speaking Falun Gong practitioners was held in the afternoon of December 30th. Nearly two hundred practitioners attended the conference.

Sharing conference

Sharing conference

One practitioner's mother was once detained in a labor camp and German practitioners were widely petitioning to rescue her. She was sitting in front of all practitioners, telling them how she overcame the attachment of fear and came out to expose the truth, as well as how she and other practitioners were being persecuted in China's labor camps. Practitioners were shocked and touched by her speech and many were in tears. Another female practitioner who is sixty seven years old also shared her experience. She told practitioners how she was persecuted to become destitute and homeless in China. After she came to Germany, she cried when she went to appeal in front of the Chinese Embassy for the first time. Because of the persecution situation in China, she had not been able to do the exercises publicly and explain the facts to the Chinese people.

Besides talking about the situation in China, another five practitioners shared how they cultivated themselves under the relatively loose environment abroad. Some of them are veteran practitioners, and others are new practitioners who became practitioners after July 20th, 1999.

After the conference, practitioners were still discussing their feelings. Some said that they found out their shortcomings from others' speeches; some said that they became clearer on problems they could not understand for a long time. For them, this conference was really a place to 'compare while studying, to compare while cultivating.'

One picture is better than a thousand words

Folding the lotus flowers

Big John's dexterous hands

During the break, some western practitioners seized the time to fold paper lotus flowers together. It was quite touching to see a very tall practitioner nicknamed 'Big John' folding those little lotus flowers with his dexterous hands. He said, "Folding these lotus flowers can bring calmness to my heart. I have cultivated Falun Gong for many years. I would like to let people know about the persecution happening in China in every way. One picture is better than a thousand words." When people received this little lotus flower, they can feel the kindness from practitioners' hearts, then it is easier for us to explain the persecution to them.'

Dolores from Vienna in Austria expressed that a lotus flower grows from the mud but does not die; it represents Falun Gong practitioners' holiness and goodness. It helps people to have a correct understanding of Falun Gong.

Christina felt that by doing so, it is easier to express to let people know that Falun Gong is being persecuted in China. Many people have asked us what they could do to help after they heard the truth, some would sign on the petition form and some would give us their best wishes.

The New Year's performance

To celebrate the New Year, practitioners performed an entertainment program, including singing, playing musical instruments, acting, etc. There was one practitioner who learnt how to play dulcimer when she was very young. She hadn't touched it for more than thirty years. However, she picked it up again for this special occasion. Even though she only practiced it for very short time, her performance was superb. When she played the recorded tape to her father, he just could not believe his ears.

The most surprising and brilliant program was the living theatre "Dream and Predestined Relationships." In a practitioner's dream, he saw many of his previous lives: he had been a peasant, a warrior and a monk, etc. While he was a peasant, he died as he saving others during an earthquake; while he was a warrior, he and his wife were reluctant to separate and he died on the battlefield; while he was a monk he bid farewell to his parents to go to the temple, nevertheless, because he could not let go of his attachment of emotion to his family, he did not succeed in his cultivation. Now, he has become a Falun Gong practitioner and while exposing the persecution has met his children, wife, enemy and parents, etc. who were in his previous lives. All those good and bad predestined relationships were dissolved. The performance was genuine and moving, which made many of the audience shed tears.

Previous life as a peasant

Bidding farewell to his parents to become a monk

Fighting with a warrior

Many new practitioners of Falun Gong

Quite a lot of practitioners who came to join the group study were new practitioners and a large proportion of them were westerners. Many of them started to learn about Falun Gong through various activities held by practitioners in different places. From the beginning point of simply hearing about the persecution, to reading Falun Gong's main text Zhuan Falun, they began to practice cultivation.

Just over one year ago, practitioners Stephen from Cologne and Wu Wei from Hamburg went to visit the Cologne Cathedral. There, for the first time they saw practitioners distributing leaflets. They were deeply attracted to Falun Gong. They went back to their own cities and started to search the exercise venues locally. It was to be regretted that when Stephen first went to the Cologne exercise venue, there were some spies from China who took pictures. He felt very uncomfortable and started to do the exercises at home on his own. But he did not read Zhuan Falun and thus wasted five months' time. But he finally joined other practitioners. Wu Wei was luckier. Since back home, he started cultivation soon afterwards. He wanted to give his New Year greetings to the Chinese people, he hoped that they would stop being deceived by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s poison; they could accept other alternatives, clearly recognize the evil of the CCP and then have a better future for themselves.

Ulla was only fourteen when he first met Falun Gong practitioners in front of Cologne Cathedral. At that time, he just came to Germany from Russia and he could not speak German very well. What a coincidence was that there was one practitioner who was from Russia. They kept in touch since then. Now, Ulla is seventeen and very happy that he can cultivate in Falun Gong. He always carries a lot of materials to distribute to Chinese people. In this New Year's performance, he acted as the practitioner in this life time. He believes that he must have many previous lives' family members and friends in China. He expressed his willingness to do more and better in the future. He hoped that the Chinese people could get rid of the Communist Party soon, as Russia has.

Little old disciple

Before I left Erbach, I glimpsed out of the window and saw little disciple Mario in the garden on his own, he was cleaning the vestiges of fireworks from the day before. Watching his busy silhouette, I sighed with emotion. Though he is still very young, he should be counted as a veteran disciple. A picture of him doing the fifth exercise is on a German leaflet. During this persecution by the CCP, he has traveled with his Mum and Grandma all around. They took part in all kinds of activities worldwide, in the hope of that the CCP could stop persecuting Falun Gong. Now, he has grown so tall, but the persecution by the CCP is still going on. Therefore, only when the Communist Party is cleared completely will the whole world's people gain peace.

In 2001, Mario appealed at the UN in Geneva with his Mum in 2001

Now he has grown much taller


Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200601/30856.html


Thailand: Protest Outside the Chinese Embassy Attracts the Attention of Media (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) On January 6, 2006, Falun Dafa practitioners in Thailand went to the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok to denounce the Chinese Communist regime for the pressure it brought to bear on the Thai government that led Thai police to arrest five refugee Falun Dafa practitioners on Thai soil last December 15. Practitioners have protested at the Embassy one to two times per week since the arrests.

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Thailand Falun Gong practitioners protest in front of Chinese embassy

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The protest attracted the attention of several media in Bangkok.

When practitioners arrived, there were approximately ten reporters and photographers already there waiting. As soon as practitioners started sending forth righteous thoughts and unfurled their banner, the reporters excitedly approached and proceeded to take many photos and conduct interviews for almost an hour. The Associated Press and The Epoch Times were there, as well as several Thai media including Matichon, Post Today, Bangkok Today, as well as the English-language Bangkok Post and The Nation.

Also waiting for practitioners were several police officers. As soon as the protest began, many more police arrived, until there were about 30 officers. Many different police departments were present, as well as a representative from the Prime Minister's office. Practitioners made sure to take the opportunity to clarify the facts in-depth to the officials and passers-by.

The detained practitioners are appealing their arrests and the cancellation of their visas. Both actions are against the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Thailand has signed, not to mention articles 38 and 44 of the Thai constitution.

Thailand practitioners sincerely urge the Thai government to quickly come to its senses, immediately release detained Falun Gong practitioners and not to associate wth the evil CCP, and ruin the future of the country and the people.


Taiwan: Students Reflect on the "Falun Dafa Practitioners Validating the Fa" Photo Exhibition (Photos)

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Students admiring the photos

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Students admiring the photos

Since the introduction of Falun Dafa to public 13 years ago, the ancient cultivation system has attracted more than 100 million people to practice. Falun Dafa requires practitioners to elevate their moral standards and position others first in any situation. In addition, the Falun Gong exercises are very simple and yet have an outstanding effect on healing and fitness. Therefore, every practitioner who has cultivated diligently has benefited greatly from the practice. Ever since the Jiang regime and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to brutally persecute Falun Gong in 1999 and spread lies to demonize Falun Gong, through all kinds of peaceful methods such as protests, displaying banners, parades and rallies, candlelight vigils, anti-torture exhibitions, press conferences and cultural performances, practitioners around the world have been tirelessly clarifying the truth of the persecution and calling upon people's conscience to help end the persecution.

The "Falun Dafa Practitioners Validating the Fa" Photo Exhibit includes 140 photographic works. The photos capture precious historic moments and portray the beauty of cultivating Falun Dafa, the tremendous hardship that Falun Dafa practitioners have faced during their tireless efforts to peacefully resist the unprecedented systematic persecution, the practitioners' faith in the principle of "Truthfulness, Compassion Forbearance", and their uncompromising spirit.

Some Taiwanese students visited the exhibition recently, and were amazed by the uncompromising spirit and great compassion highlighted by the exhibition. A student said: "After viewing the exhibition, I really wanted to practice Falun Dafa to get closer to the principle of 'Truthfulness, compassion and Tolerance'." Below are some reflections they expressed in a writing class afterward.


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The students listen to a practitioner's introduction of the photos. Sympathy for the persecuted practitioners in China was evident in their eyes.
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The students practice Falun Gong at school: Freedom to practice in Taiwan is so precious

Yishan Chen:

"Falun Gong Practitioners with Uncompromising Spirit"

"I saw many authentic photos taken from the actual sites. Some showed lovely children practicing Falun Gong, some showed injured practitioners who were tortured by the Chinese police. I also saw a photo of an orphan who was so cute and yet lamentable as he had lost both his mom and dad in the persecution. Through the exhibit, I realized that the Chinese police are vicious and brutal. However, I have also learned that there are righteous people such as Falun Gong practitioners who won't yield to evil."

"I Hope the CCP Will Disappear As Soon As Possible"

"After viewing all these photos, I feel that Falun Gong practitioners are truly admirable. I also hope that the communist party in China will soon disappear so that people will have freedom, the practitioners of Falun Gong and "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance" will not be beaten and tortured anymore, and China will be more peaceful.

Junchen Guo:

"The Mainland Policemen Are too Brutal"

One of the photos of the exhibition gave me the deepest impression: For her belief in Falun Gong, a practitioner was brutally shocked with electric batons and her body had cuts and bruises all over. These Chinese police are too brutal.

Yumin Huang:

"Won't these officials have nightmares?"

We walked into the Taoyuan County Government Hall and saw the photos on display. A lady explained the display, photo by photo. I learned how the Chinese police torture practitioners of Falun Gong brutally. The Chinese Communist Party has exhausted all kinds of methods to torture practitioners: many were disfigured, murdered or shocked with electric batons. For example, a young woman was very beautiful. However, for practicing Falun Gong, she was shocked with electric batons for seven hours and totally disfigured. In another case, a pretty young woman was left emaciated after all kinds of torture.

I feel that the Chinese Communist Party has never treated Falun Gong practitioners as human beings. Instead, they torture them to death. Won't these officials have nightmares? If yes, please stop these inhumane treatments and let people practice Falun Gong freely.

Chunhuai Zhang:

"We Never Experience This and Don't Understand Their Suffering"

When I listened to the teachers' introduction, I saw several photos in which practitioners in China were being tortured by various methods such as force-feeding and electric shocks. They were very pitiful, and we don't understand their suffering as we have never experienced such torture. Think about it: Falun Gong in Taiwan originated from the Mainland where Falun Gong is banned now. The ban is totally ridiculous. I don't think that practicing Falun Gong is not good, however, the Chinese Communist Party wants to eliminate Falun Gong. It is unfair. Therefore, we should ask the Chinese Communist regime to revoke the ban and release all Falun Gong practitioners.

Ruikai Chen:

"I feel that 'Truthfulness, Compassion Forbearance' Is the Truth"

During the visit to the exhibition, I saw photos of many people around the world practicing Falun Gong. When I saw photos which showing practitioners in China being tortured by Chinese police, I then realized that Falun Gong is only banned in China. In recent years, the Chinese Communist regime has been murdering practitioners with appalling means. Consequently, the whole world has been warning the Chinese communist regime. Though Mainland police have never stopped murdering practitioners, practitioners have been continuously appealing to the authorities: The persecution is not right. I feel that "Truthfulness, Compassion Forbearance" is the truth of the universe, and thus we should pursue the truth and spread Falun Dafa to every corner of the world. Today, one can see people practicing Falun Gong in many countries, including the U.S., United Kingdom and many other European countries, and indeed Falun Gong has spread to many countries around the world.

"I really want to practice Falun Dafa to get closer to Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance"

After viewing the exhibition, I really want to practice Falun Dafa to get closer to Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. I now realize that I still lack Truthfulness and Compassion. I think that pursuing truthfulness, righteous compassion and forbearance is an important subject.

Yanzhi Yao:

The exhibition has a lot of Falun Gong photos. We started with the first row. One photo showed many people forming the three Chinese characters, "Falun Gong." It was spectacular. One exhibit guide said: "There are about 100 million people practicing Falun Gong around the world." I was shocked, so many people! When we went to the second row, we saw Chinese police using very brutal means to torture practitioners to death. One practitioner' face was disfigured by an electric baton. I feel that the Mainland police are too brutal.

Yuqian Zeng:

There are many excellent photos. Some had many practitioners forming the three Chinese characters for "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance;" some showed the good energy produced when people practiced Falun Gong together. It was wonderful.


Yashui Luo:

The most exciting classes are always the out-of-class activities. On Friday morning, our teacher announced that we would go to visit a photo exhibit on the following Tuesday. I told mom this great news right after school. On that day, I got up very early and was very energetic. When we arrived at the county government building, led by our teachers, we visited the photo exhibition. Several exhibition guides walked us through the photographic world. With wonderful music playing, we were fully absorbed by the exhibition.

Haoren Wang:

When we arrived at the Taoyuan County Government building, a guide came to walk us through the photo exhibition. The first photo he explained to us was about a peaceful protest of Falun Gong practitioners. Because Jiang Zemin banned Falun Gong in China, those practitioners were protesting the ban. Another photo showed a young lady imprisoned for her belief in Falun Gong. Guards didn't give her food and she became emaciated. Another photo was actually taken in our Taoyuan county. Some of our teachers also participated in that event, in which many people were riding bicycles. In relay fashion, they were trying to circle the whole island in order to call attention to the persecution of Falun Gong. I saw that every participant was very dedicated because all of them are admirable practitioners of Falun Gong.

Shihen Jian:

When I saw the brutal scene of Falun Dafa practitioners being tortured by Chinese police, I could not accept it. In addition, I also saw many people forming characters and the Falun Emblem. It was spectacular!


Practitioners Exchange Insights and Experiences


Remove More Attachments--Save More Sentient Beings

(Clearwisdom.net) I have been cultivating in the Fa-rectification period for more than six years. Although I have done Dafa-related work, and I do the three things Teacher asked us to do, I still have human attachments. Selfishness and these attachments have caused unnecessary tribulations and losses to Dafa. Through my experiences, and the lessons learned during this time, I have come to understand that only by getting rid of human attachments can we do better at saving sentient beings.

The process of Fa-rectification in our area was relatively slower than in some other areas. Not until early 2002 did we set up our first materials production site. Before we had a production site, I would read articles about them on the Clearwisdom website, and I really respected the practitioners who were able to establish them. I felt in my heart: under such harsh conditions, it takes huge courage to make truth clarification materials. This thinking was also a reflection of my xinxing level at that time.

After setting up a site, our many human attachments caused interference to happen. We were anxious to make large amounts of materials, but lacked experience. Besides, practitioner A, who was in charge of distribution, was not careful in following security measures and kept the materials in his home. When other practitioners reminded him to take care of the materials, he did not heed their suggestions and also did not pay attention to security when distributing the materials.

Once, practitioner A was told by others not to distribute the materials in a certain way. On another occasion, while practitioner A was out posting information in a public place, some bad people discovered him. He ran into a field and asked Teacher to help him. Eventually, he was able to escape with righteous thoughts. Four months later, the police arrested practitioner A and another practitioner. The police hung up the two practitioners and beat and tortured them around the clock for ten consecutive days. The two practitioners were on the verge of mental collapse. While barely conscious, they told the police some information that was not related to the production site. The practitioners were sentenced to five and eight years respectively and are currently still in prison.

Practitioner A expressed regret for not being sensible and for bringing damage to our Dafa work. The detention of our fellow practitioners made us realize the importance of the materials production site. Without paying attention to security, our site would be vulnerable to attack by the old forces, which would bring damage to our mission of saving sentient beings. At the materials production site, we cooperated with each other, and every one of us had a different role. One practitioner was in charge of delivering the materials. The practitioners working at the production site didn't have direct contact with other practitioners. Gradually, the materials production site worked smoothly.

The practitioner in charge of delivering the materials was under considerable pressure. On three occasions, he was identified to the police by arrested practitioners. But this practitioner was very diligent in his cultivation. He firmly denied the old force's persecution and remained safe. In consideration of security, it is more suitable for practitioners from the practice sites to distribute the materials. This requires production sites to be set up in multiple places, and that they are independent from each other. In this way, the production sites can run smoothly, safely, and be more efficient at saving sentient beings.

The practitioner in charge of delivering materials experienced symptoms of illness karma all throughout 2003. Sometimes he felt so much pain that he had to lie on the bed and was unable to study the Fa. One night, he felt extreme pain and it seemed that his main consciousness was about to be dragged out of his body. At that moment, he cried out for Teacher and was saved from the hands of the rotten demons. He told me after, "I was almost unable to see anyone again."

All the practitioners working at the materials production site discussed this occurrence and came to the conclusion that this practitioner had serious problems in cultivation and that this was the reason he had been severely persecuted by the dark minions.

When I look back now, I think the real reason was that the security of the production site was a big problem, and we as a whole had a loophole in this respect, which gave the dark minions an excuse to persecute that practitioner. We forgot to look inwards when discussing the situation. Instead, we sought explanations from outside ourselves. The practitioner suffered for a whole year. I feel regret when I recall what happened.

In early 2004, a practitioner suggested that we separate the production site in two, and each location would operate independently from the other. But we were not confident about operating another site. Because the site was running without any problems, we didn't follow the suggestion.

As of late 2004, the site had been running for over two years. The practitioners at the site relaxed in the area of security. In addition, the dark minions and rotten demons were becoming fewer and fewer, so the practitioners felt that the environment had improved, and did not realize that this was a false impression created by the evil forces using the separations in different dimensions.

Human attachments grew among practitioners, and thus, we could not prepare the materials with a calm heart, and put more emphasis on quantity. We did not pay attention to the cultivation of speech. The operation of the productions site was somewhat publicly exposed. For myself, since I did not consider the impact of materials usage and consumption, I bought much more than we could possibly use. Not long after, a practitioner who irrationally distributed the truth clarification materials was arrested. The police tortured her to make her reveal the source of the materials.

The authorities raided and destroyed the materials production site. Two practitioners working at the production site were arrested and sentenced to ten years in prison. I had to leave my home to avoid near certain arrest.

From the time of setting up of the materials site to its destruction, I clearly saw the evilness of the old forces. The old forces are solely attached to their own pursuits. The old forces used ways to damage and ruin practitioners' cultivation and their efforts to save sentient beings. Facing such evil, any irrational action or xinxing problem could bring huge damage.

I looked inside for my attachments and realized that after producing the materials for such a long time, I had become attached to doing things and enjoyed a relaxed atmosphere. I was not in the Fa on every occasion. In fact, a long time before the evil damaged our production site, the faucet in my new house had been leaking. I had looked inward trying to find my attachment, but my sight was blocked by my attachment of doing things. I did not seriously look deep down into my xinxing. Teacher said in the article, "Digging Out the Roots:"

"Cultivation practice is a serious matter. The distance has become greater and greater. It is extremely dangerous to add anything human to cultivation practice."

My heart was very saddened after I became homeless. I had planned to move to another city, find a job, and continue to do the Fa-rectification things when everything settled down. But after looking at our local situation, I changed my mind. I saw that fellow practitioners had a strong attachment of fear, were not willing to step forward, and that the whole Fa-rectification situation was not optimistic. It was not the time for me to leave that city, so I stayed. Using my computer skills, I helped fellow practitioners set up a new materials production site.

To set up the site, we had to start from scratch. I had some plans: one was to help a fellow practitioner learn computer skills; the other was to prepare truth clarification materials together with him. But it seemed impossible for my fellow practitioner to learn how to use a computer. There were several times when he became totally confused after I added a few steps to a simple operation. Under such a situation, I realized that I must be patient and teach him in a way that he could understand. But even so, he could still be confused by a simple operation with only few steps. I started becoming impatient and my voice became louder. Then, I looked inward, found myself moved by human attachments, saw that I was unable to teach the fellow practitioner, and that my actions had a negative effect. I found a shortcoming in my cultivation: I did not have a firm understanding of the Fa and my dimensions were not righteous. To remove this loophole, I spent a lot of time studying the Fa and found that I calmed down. With calm thoughts, I found a better way to teach the practitioner.

Little by little, the practitioner learned some basic computer operations, such as how to access the internet, download materials, burn CDs and print materials. After six months, the practitioner could even work independently. At the same time, the Clearwisdom website published some articles about the experiences of other practitioners setting up materials production sites. Referencing these experiences, I gradually figured out a way to set up a materials site using minimal time and energy, and to simplify the steps needed to make truth clarification materials. Using remote teaching techniques, a practitioner who has never touched a computer can learn how to make truth clarification materials independently in 10 days.

After accumulating some experience, I helped to set up several more materials sites and the local practitioners operated the sites independently. Later, I wrote an article about the experience of setting up materials production sites and had it published on the Clearwisdom website. It is the wisdom bestowed on me by Dafa!

The number of materials production sites increased. I began to worry that I would be eventually exposed to the perpetrators because of the rapid growth of sites. Then, my safety would be a problem. Affected by such thinking, I limited what I planned to do. Later, I understood that such a mentality was not right. Saving sentient beings is the most righteous thing; how could I have such a selfish thought? Teacher said in "Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Boston:"

"The old forces don't dare to oppose our clarifying the truth or saving sentient beings. What's key is to not let them take advantage of the gaps in your state of mind when you do things."

After I studied the Fa my worry dissolved and then disappeared. I thought: once a materials production site is set up, I will no longer have any contact with the site. Doing it this way removed the security considerations for both fellow practitioners and me.

Several months earlier, another practitioner and I went to another city to set up a production site. That city did not have a regular materials production site and mostly depended on other cities to provide them with materials. The practitioners there had the strong attachments of waiting for others, depending on others, and of asking for materials. Just when we and practitioner B had arranged the details for setting up a production site, the authorities suddenly arrested two practitioners there. After being interrogated for five hours, the practitioners were released, but the incident caused fear among practitioners. Our whereabouts had also almost been exposed. I talked it over with a fellow practitioner and decided to leave that city. When I got home, I studied the Fa and sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil force's attack. I planned to return to that city in one month. Within the one month's time my bed collapsed; but I did not think about it much, nor did I take the time to find out why it happened.

A month later, we returned to that city and planned to teach practitioner B to use a computer to make truth clarification materials. But unexpectedly, the evil was more rampant this time; it suddenly launched a city-wide campaign to arrest practitioners. The perpetrators issued a "Criminal Detention" notice to arrest practitioner B. Practitioner B successfully escaped with righteous thoughts. Practitioner B joined us and left the city. The severe persecution in that city was closely related to the cultivation status of the practitioners there. For a prolonged time, that city's practitioners had depended too much on practitioners from another area, and did not fully take responsibility to save sentient beings. All of this gave the evil a place to stay. The damage was very severe. I looked inside myself: during the recent past, it had been very easy to set up the sites. I had a thought to set up more materials sites, but I didn't realize that mixed in with this thought was an attachment to validating myself. Only then did I enlighten to the reason for my bed collapsing. If one doesn't have a firm foundation of cultivation, one may easily fall down. I found that I did not have a firm understanding and did not do things thoroughly. There was a gap in my cultivation, and I was too eager to achieve a result. Our compassionate Teacher really watches my every step in cultivation.

In the Fa rectification, I feel that sometimes I used human notions to do things, which brought unnecessary tribulations and damage. Teacher said in "Expounding on the Fa:"

"As a matter of fact, this results from an inadequate understanding of the Fa by your human side. You have humanly restrained your divine side; in other words, you have restrained the parts that have been successfully cultivated and have prevented them from doing Fa-rectification."

In more than one year of being homeless, I did not follow the path arranged by the old forces. Instead I explored a broader path using my computer skills, and using righteous thoughts and actions.

Today in the Fa-rectification, I have a clearer understanding: Using human notions to do Fa-rectification things will not have the power to save sentient beings. Because the future universe is unselfish, to have sentient beings to be able to enter the future, we have to cultivate towards "selflessness" and "no-self." Only then can we open and establish more living dimensions for sentient beings, and enable more lives to have the chance to enter the future. Otherwise, if we don't cultivate ourselves well, with such heavy human attachments, the sentient beings have no chance at all to choose an eternal life and happiness. In the Fa rectification period, assimilating to the Fa, cultivating ourselves well, and getting rid of various human attachments are the ways to guarantee that we can fulfill our great promises. Just as Teacher said in "Righteous Thoughts:"

"Dafa disciples are now sentient beings' only, sole hope for salvation."

Indeed, if practitioners don't cultivate well, sentient beings will lose the opportunity to exist. How important and critical the responsibility is!

Dafa practitioners, don't leave sentient beings crying in boundless pain because of our attachments to self!


My Impressions after Reading "Mature"

(Clearwisdom.net) When I first saw the title of Master's article "Mature," I felt a quiver deep in my heart. That article, and others Master that has written, lead us on the righteous path of cultivation. Sometimes it makes me feel like I am being looked after by a loving father. Sometimes it makes me feel like I am under the guidance of a severe teacher, and sometimes I have the feeling that it is a fond mother who not only points out our mistakes but also holds our hands to lead us along the tough and rugged path. But this time I think it is the first time I have felt gratification from Master's heart.

With a foul wind and a rain of blood, we have passed through more than six years of persecution. Some Dafa practitioners have gotten lost in human attachments and can't find the way home. Although Master never gives up on them, and, again and again, leaves them opportunities to come back, they are still deeply lost in human society.

What is it that made us lose ourselves, take so many detours, and suffer unnecessary heavy losses? It is still a problem of the basic premise of cultivation. If we base our cultivation on ourselves, we cannot get through the mountain of sentiment. Once we base our cultivation from the Fa perspective, all the obstructions will be altered in our Fa-rectification path, which can validate the Fa and offer salvation to the public.

Thus, we are getting mature now. It also means that we can comprehend the Fa from the perspective of the Fa, doesn't it? The Fa already warned Dafa disciples before. Why didn't I realize it? In my opinion, it was because human sentiment (qing) wouldn't let me understand the Fa clearly. The basis of qing is selfishness. If I cannot get rid of it, the perspective of my cultivation will still be based upon the perspective of self.

The mighty force of Fa-rectification will arrive soon, and Dafa disciples' overall situations have matured. That was what gratified Master. It was also Dafa disciples' mighty virtue. On the last part of our Fa-rectification road, we should be righteous and do our best. Feel no qualms about the mighty wishes we expressed in prehistoric times.


Practitioners in Thailand Share with Fellow Practitioners On the Issue of Cultivation

(Clearwisdom.net) Practitioners in Thailand recently began to gather in front of the Chinese Embassy to condemn Chinese policeman He Xuejian, who raped two female Falun Gong practitioners while they were in police custody. They read open letters and put up banners to expose the bloody and inhuman persecution of tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners in China.

The Chinese Communist Party pressured the Thai Government to use the Thai police to interfere with, beat and detain Falun Gong practitioners. While trying to stop the practitioners from sending forth the righteous thoughts to eliminate it, the evil CCP wanted to use the opportunity to destroy the Thai Government and its people, taking these innocent lives with it. However, the practitioners saw through the CCP's intention of attempting to block the Fa-rectification. Many practitioners all over the world came forward to support the practitioners in Thailand and at the same time to protest the Thai Government's complicity, hoping they would awaken in time, and that Thailand would position itself correctly so as to have an opportunity to be saved.

As for the process of Fa-rectification in Thailand, the improvement of the practitioners in Thailand as a whole, as well as how to walk well our path of cultivation in the Fa-rectification period, to clarify the truth and save the deceived Thai and Chinese people, we hope the practitioners around the world can kindly give your valuable suggestions.

The understanding of a local Thai practitioner on the issue of Fa-rectification

The number of practitioners is relatively small in Thailand and among them the majority are senior citizens. There are differences in language and culture. It needs time for them to understand the Fa and they do not study the Fa enough. Some of the practitioners still have incorrect understandings of the articles and speeches Teacher made in the later period of time on Fa-rectification period cultivation and the missions bestowed on the Fa-rectification period Dafa practitioners. Some of the practitioners still rest on the understanding at the level of healing and fitness, and are therefore unwilling to step forward to clarify the truth.

The Nine Commentaries on Communist Party was made public in the world a year ago. It made it possible for tens of thousands of people to understand the true nature of the evil spirit of the Communist Party. As a result they came to find out the truth of Falun Gong so as to be saved. However, some practitioners in Thailand still do not understand the Nine Commentaries, and even muddleheadedly think that it is "getting political." They failed to understand the important role the Nine Commentaries on Communist Party has played in exposing the evil and saving sentient beings. Therefore, the Nine Commentaries on Communist Party in Thai still has not been published. The evil took advantage of this loophole to hinder the process of Fa-rectification and to stop the Thai government and its people from being saved.

Based on the actual situation in Thailand how can practitioners help to coordinate as one body, push the process of Fa-rectification cultivation and do a better job in saving sentient beings?

Some practitioners from China went through all kinds of hardships to come to Thailand. This was by no means accidental. They have a much deeper understanding of Fa-rectification cultivation. They all wanted to do the three things well and were very much afraid that they might be lagging behind. I saw some of the practitioners go out early in the morning and come back late in the evening, to hand out truth-clarification materials. Some were busy producing Dafa material CDs and displaying boards and banners. They often worked into the small hours of the morning. Some practitioners were busy writing articles, doing translation and making contacts. Some worked through the night. They all made the best use of precious time to save sentient beings.

When practitioners from China came to Thailand, they felt it was difficult to share with the local practitioners because of the language barrier. When they wanted to clarify the truth to the local people or local government the language barrier also hindered the work to be carried out. The other problem is that there are not enough truth-clarification materials in the Thai language. Therefore their main activities focused on clarifying the truth to the Chinese visitors, distributing Chinese truth-clarification materials and the Nine Commentaries to local Chinese as well as making phone calls or using the Internet to clarify the truth.

Because the practitioners from China received the education of the evil party culture at home, these factors are still interfering with them. Therefore the factor of the party's culture appears in their cultivation. Some of the Thai practitioners could not understand, so there were conflicts between the practitioners from China and the local Thai practitioners. Sometimes there were even arguments. Practitioners, whether Thai or Chinese, are all particles of Dafa. When all of the particles become one body it is very powerful and the evil will be destroyed.

What should practitioners do when fellow practitioners are beaten or detained and when the evil hinders the handing out of the truth-clarification materials or interferes with our practice site?

During the period of December 4 to 15, 2005, incidents of thugs beating practitioners, stealing newspapers, interfering with practice sites and detaining practitioners happened in both Argentina and Thailand. On December 18, 2005, nearly 30 Thai local practitioners went to the Chinese Embassy to protest, to put up banners and to eliminate the evil. This hit the evil hard and it was really frightened.

More and more practitioners clarified the truth to the Thai immigration department and the police demanding the unconditional release of the practitioners who had been arrested. This played a role in disintegrating the evil, frightening the evildoers and saving people. When practitioners clarified the truth to the United Nations High Commissioners for Refugees they expressed their wish to protect the practitioners who were under persecution and to condemn the Chinese Communist Police and the Thai police.

If the Thai practitioners improve as one body and coordinate as one body in clarifying the truth to the Thai Government, the Royal Family, the media and people from all walks of life; if they continue to go to the Chinese Embassy to send forth righteous thoughts and widely spread the Nine Commentaries, then sentient beings in Thailand will side with "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance," and choose a beautiful future.

At the time when the Fa-rectification process in Thailand came across a series of problems Teacher published a new article, "A Reply to the Dafa Disciples of Peru." Teacher said,

"Dafa disciples' cultivation is done among ordinary people, and this is something never done before in history. If you each travel well your respective paths there are bound to be difficulties, and going forward to meet those difficulties head-on is for the sake of validating Dafa, saving all beings, doing away with the old forces' arrangements, and countering the persecution. The cultivation done in the past never had these things, and Dafa disciples are the pioneers. That is why in cultivation sometimes you will do well, and sometimes you won't know what to do. When you encounter difficulties, sit down and study the Fa some more, and as long as you are righteous in thought and action, there will be no barrier that you can't pass through."

The dark dense haze in Thailand is only a temporary phenomenon. With the advancement of the Fa-rectification, the haze will be completely eliminated. This is because Dafa will definitely succeed. The practitioners in Thailand will follow Teacher's words, "When you encounter difficulties, sit down and study the Fa some more." We will improve ourselves in the Fa as early as possible and ensure the keeping of righteous thoughts and righteous actions.

Thanks to the practitioner from all over the world for your righteous support.


Experiences Shared Among Practitioners Doing Technical Work

(Clearwisdom.net) In order to catch up with Master's Fa-rectification progress and save more sentient beings, several local practitioners with a background in technical work held an experience sharing conference. We based this conference on the fact that technology was not widely deployed among practitioners in the local area, and that material production sites were scarce. During the conference, we talked about some real issues we found in our cultivation during our technical work. Finally, we came to the conclusion that raising our xinxing level should be our first priority, and that the use of technology is merely a way for us to save people. Only if we position the relationship between technology and cultivation well, will we be able to go in the right direction on the Fa-validation path.

Doing Technical Work should Not Make One Neglect One's Personal Cultivation

We discovered that we had something in common: We did not completely treat our technical work as cultivation. A practitioner said that he now realized he did not cultivate himself when teaching techniques to other practitioners in the past. When he met a quick learner he would be interested in teaching some skills. If he met a slow learner he would become impatient. Sometimes he just wanted to return home quickly from the other area. The other practitioners did not then get to learn all the techniques he commanded. Sometimes, if a practitioner did not have any knowledge of computers he even asked that practitioner to learn basic proficiency from other people first, and then he would teach him the techniques, because he did not have enough time to teach from the beginning.

Another practitioner said, "When another practitioner said that I have not been able to teach one person in over six months to be in command of the technology, I began to look for the reason within myself." Originally, he thought it was that practitioner's problem when he was not able to master a technique, but it had nothing to do with him. Now he realized it was his attachment that prevented other practitioners from becoming proficient in the techniques. If we treat our projects at all times as cultivation, because of changes in ourselves, other people will quickly become proficient in the techniques.

A practitioner who had just joined the technical team recently spoke about his feelings. To learn the technique, he spent a lot of time and even did not have time to participate in group Fa study, however he still experienced many problems while learning computer systems installation. He tried hard to figure out the problems and even kept fiddling with his computer during the experience sharing with other practitioners. A fellow practitioner immediately pointed out his problem and reminded him to spend more time on studying the Fa. He immediately realized clearly what he needs to do. He became aware of the cause of his problems, spending too much time on technology! After he found his attachment he quickly resolved the technical problems. Later he realized that if he did not study the Fa well, how could he get a good command of technology? It is not just work but cultivation. Only Dafa can open cultivators' wisdom. As long as a cultivator continuously improves his xinxing level, his skill level will rise, he will improve and mature and be able to do better in validating the Fa.

Thinking of Others and Putting Oneself in Others' Shoes

When we teach techniques, we should think of other people's needs and acceptability. We should not require other people to learn proficient technology the same way we did, especially for those beginners who just joined and have no technical background. In that way we will make them feel learning this is too difficult and hinder them from learning the techniques. The process of teaching others the techniques is really a process of cultivating oneself. We shall do better when we think of ourselves as cultivators.

Practitioners with technical backgrounds tend to get attached to their skills. As a veteran practitioner who obtained the Fa in the early years said, "It was difficult to let go of my ego while working with other practitioners." An observation of note is that of a practitioner who came out with a new technique after in-depth study and research in an area. He wanted other practitioners to recognize and accept it. Subconsciously, he thought his technique was the best and did not look at the advantages of other practitioners' methods. Thus the person could not let go of his ego from the angle of Fa-validation to cooperate with others and advance together.

We hope that practitioners with technical backgrounds are all be able to let go of their egos and can share our experiences more frequently. May we learn from good experiences to cover shortcomings, truly think of other people first, and present techniques that are secure, simple and that others can easily learn. We need to look inside, and change and upgrade ourselves during this process. This will help attract more practitioners to get involved and learn more techniques.

One's Personal Cultivation State can also Influence Others

A practitioner commented that when we help practitioners set up home-based Falun Dafa materials production sites, they may not have knowledge of the security and technical issues of making materials. Our personal cultivation states, behavior and understanding of the Fa may impact them during our contact with them. If we only emphasize security and technical issues, it may bring them physiological pressures. If we only emphasize the importance of righteous thoughts during this kind of work, and ignore the security and technical issues, we may have omissions in that respect.

If we practitioners who are skilled in technical issues are able to do the three things well, act as Dafa practitioners in the Fa-rectification period and treat the technical work of validating the Fa as cultivation, other practitioners will come to trust us! With this trust we can talk about security, technology and experiences of running a materials production site. They will measure us with the Fa and pay more attention to our suggestions, which will be helpful to the long-term dependability to run home-based materials production sites.

We should first realize that producing Falun Dafa material is cultivation, not merely a task. When we set up a home-based materials production site, we should share the reason for the functionality of the materials site during Fa-rectification. The technology, machines and equipment are for the purpose of showing people a way out of their dilemma. We should use righteous thoughts to treat any issue cropping up in the process of making the materials, which is also a part of our cultivation.

Technically Skilled Practitioners are also Dafa Particles, We are No More Special than Other Practitioners

We technically skilled practitioners often give people the impression that we are different from other practitioners. Without them being aware, some technically skilled practitioners even thought of their technical skills as everyday people's skills and "abilities." As their technical skills improved, their attachments to improving themselves also increased. A practitioner who just started doing technical work a while ago said he began having the attachment of superiority over others shortly after started the work.

All of our wisdom comes from Dafa. We should do well with our responsibility. In Fa-rectification, we have different work assignments, but we do not have differentiation of which one is more or less important. No matter what project we do, we should always be part of other practitioners. Dafa treats each practitioner with equal importance. The feeling of being "special" is an attachment. We should get rid of it during our cultivation under Fa-rectification.

Allow More People to Become Involved to Permit Materials Production Sites to be Everywhere

Through this experience sharing conference, we have had further realizations on cultivation during the Fa-rectification era. Furthermore, we realized the responsibility each of us takes: To let more practitioners have command of technology so we will be able to have Falun Dafa material production sites everywhere. We also realized we should cultivate ourselves well and improve our understanding on the Fa while working on technological issues during the Fa-rectification period. We can then make full use of our abilities and let more practitioners achieve technical proficiency. As long as we display this kind of understanding and willingness, we will be able to do well in Fa-rectification. Everything is the result of Dafa's mighty power.

The above were some of our experiences as the several practitioners who have a background in technical issues. We wrote it for your reference. Please, kindly correct us if there is an improper point.


Overcome Human Notions and Clarify the Truth to Sentient Beings

(Clearwisdom.net) Because of persecution by local CCP (Chinese Communist Party) officials, I was forced to leave my home in 2001. Because I had a strong attachment to fear, I had always validated the Fa in a completely enclosed environment. In May 2004, I again started to face society and crowds and felt very uncomfortable. I felt that I should break through many of my notions and not follow the arrangements of the old forces. I decided to clarify the truth to people face to face. That way, I could answer the person's questions on the spot as well as solve the issue of the truth clarification material shortage.

The first time I clarified the truth face to face was on a rainy afternoon. There were only a few vendors at the market. I walked over, did not discuss the price, nor was I picky. I filled up a whole bag of vegetables. As I was paying, I said with a strained voice, "Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. Believe this and you will have good fortune." After that I picked up the vegetables and walked away quickly. Although I was nervous, I still felt I had taken a step forward.

After correcting my internal notions and emotions, slowly, the sixth time I clarified the truth face to face, I could talk to the person peacefully and normally. I learned from my experiences and overcame my bad temper, mentality of lecturing, hatred towards the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and fighting mentality. In one and a half years of continuous face to face truth clarification, many people learned the truth about Falun Gong and withdrew from the CCP. I personally experienced the wisdom given by our Teacher when validating the Fa. When my heart is pure, one person might withdraw within two to three minutes, and sometimes within a few hours, 20 to 30 people withdraw. Below are my experiences:

Overcoming Laziness and Continuing Forward

Summers are hot and I always feel sleepy at mid-day. Winters are windy and cold and I very much want to stay indoors. However, once I remembered my responsibilities and that so many sentient beings are waiting, I would become energized and ride my bicycle out. As soon as I would go out and start clarifying the truth, all of my laziness and attachments would disappear. The more I clarify the truth, the happier I become and the more sincere and kind I become. The more righteous my thoughts, the more easily people are moved and accept what I have to say.

When Clarifying the Truth, We Must Hold a Pure and Kind Heart that Is Truly for the Good of Others

Once, I was riding my bicycle and I passed a man working on the road. I thought that it was a good opportunity and rode back and talked to him. I said, "People's lives are not good these days. Look at you working so hard, but your wage for a year may not be as much as the authorities pay for one meal." He agreed. I continued, "Why are there so many natural disasters? This is because people no longer have moral standards and that's why bird and pig's diseases have even passed on to humankind." He said, "Yes, that's true."

I continued, "We are good people, so it is no problems for us. Quickly withdraw from the evil CCP and its affiliated organizations and you will be safe." I also told him about the miracle rock in Guizhou Province that has the characters "CCP dies" mysteriously carved into it and other heavenly signs to persuade him to quickly withdraw. He said, "I never liked those CCP things so I have never joined the party." "What about your children?" I asked. He said, "At school they all wear the red scarf, but it is not really considered to be any kind of organization." I said with the purest kindness in my heart, "That is still counted, because you have made an oath, so the evil will interfere with you. If one uses an alias to withdraw, it is safe and one will not lose anything. In the future, when disaster comes you can get through it safely. Can I pick an alias for your children?" He quickly agreed. I told him that when he goes home, he must tell his children and let them understand the reason for withdrawing. He was very excited and said, "I will definitely tell them. This is all for our own good. Thank you very much."

If there are times when things did not go as planned, I would immediately look within myself. The reason things go wrong is not because I cannot speak well, it is usually caused by my mentality. I must maintain a heart that is always for the goodness of others and not miss any opportunity. We do not need to say too much. Only a few main points can move the persons and make them agree. Furthermore, they will truly be appreciative from the bottom of their hearts.

Do Not Give Up When Faced with Hardships

Most of the time, I talked mainly to small business owners, workers from the country side, mechanics, street cleaners or elderly people. A few days ago, I happened to meet two students wearing the red scarf. When I talked to them, they easily accepted what I was saying. I then started to talk to students on their way to or from school. Some children even pulled off their scarves after listening to me. It wasn't as hard as I originally had thought. Some children also asked their friends to come and listen to me. I told them that if their school forces them to wear the red scarves, then just wear them. But when they are making oaths under the red flag, I asked them to silently recite "Truthfulness- Compassion- Forbearance is good. Falun Dafa is good." Most children agreed. I also asked them to tell their other friends about this and withdraw from the young CCP group.

Once, as I was talking to a young girl, two policemen came and overheard our conversation. They aggressively looked at me and asked, "Are you in the same family?" I held onto the child's shoulder and walked away slowly. During that time, many practitioners thought things were a bit tight and suggested that we wait a few days before going out again. I thought, "The goal of the evil CCP is to threaten and frighten people. So I must continue to go out and talk to people. As long as I can save one, I will." I understood that I must choose the right locations. I chose places where there are less people or at small vending stalls. That day, 14 people withdrew. The day was very cold, but I had a warm feeling inside. When talking to adults, I try to just talk to one or two people at the same time. This way, it is not only safer, but also makes the other person more at ease and more likely to listen.


Remove Our Attachment to Comfort and Cultivate Diligently Together

(Clearwisdom.net) I read an article, titled "Fundamental Changes Begin with Reading Zhuan Falun Together." I was deeply touched and moved by the article. The practitioner's sincere words touched my heart, one that had been unable to achieve breakthroughs in cultivation and failed to practice diligently. Like the writer of the article, I am also a Dafa disciple living outside of Mainland China. The article made me clearly recognize many of my shortcomings and my attachment to comfort and pleasure, which had troubled me for many years.

In the past, I had thought about why I have obtained the Fa and been conducting my life in a comfortable overseas environment. Later I realized that I was given the good environment so I would be able to take advantage of the good conditions overseas and contribute more to the Fa-rectification. However, I hadn't fully undertaken the responsibility that an overseas Dafa disciple ought to take during the Fa-Rectification process. For instance, I only started to do Dafa work after I realized that it was my responsibility to do so. However, I did not take any initiative from the bottom of my heart to clarify the truth by using any method that I could find. I held myself in a passive position. When I studied Fa, I felt like I was completing a chore. Many times I felt very sleepy and wanted to go to sleep when I started to study the Fa. For a long period of time I hadn't gained any understanding of the inner meanings of the Fa. Because I only studied the Fa on and off, sometimes it took me more than a month to finish reading Zhuan Falun once. Without having a good understanding of the Fa and using the Fa as the guide in cultivation, how could I possess righteous thoughts and righteous action under such a situation?

I felt deeply ashamed of myself. Throughout Mainland China, the evildoers are still running around wantonly, and justice and compassion are being trampled on. While fellow cultivators in China were being mentally persecuted and physically tortured, I allowed myself to enjoy a life of comfort and pleasure here overseas. On the surface, I was busy everyday. But I did not know what I was busy doing. In fact, my life was devoid of meaning. In addition, I was also very lazy and I slept a lot.

All those small things reflect the fact that I hadn't been making efforts to achieve breakthroughs in my own cultivation, I hadn't been responsible to myself, and I hadn't valued the good Fa-rectification environment overseas. Teacher teaches us:

"Did you know that Fa-rectification disciples who aren't able to come through the Fa-rectification period will not have another chance to cultivate, because throughout history you have already been given all the best things? Today you have barely had any hardship in your personal cultivation, and you haven't been asked to bear the enormous sins yourselves that you committed over your many lifetimes. Meanwhile, I have enabled you to raise your levels in the fastest way, kept everything good from your past, replenished things with what's better at every level for you, always given you in cultivation all the most magnificent things of every realm, and have made it possible for you to return after Consummation to your highest realm's position. These are the things that can be made known to you. There is more, which you can't know about at this time. Dafa disciples are magnificent because you are here at the same time as the period of Master's Fa-rectification and are able to safeguard and uphold Dafa. If what you do is no longer worthy of a Dafa disciple, think about it, if under the greatest mercy since the beginning of heaven and earth and under Buddha's infinite grace you still can't do well, how could there be another chance? Cultivation and Fa-rectification are serious. Whether you are able to treasure this period of time is, in fact, a matter of whether you can be responsible to yourselves." (From "Fa-Rectification Period Dafa Disciples")

I had been living within my own notions for quite a long time. I really wanted to break out of this state.

After I read the article, I thought that studying the Fa with other practitioners would help me. I contacted some local practitioners and invited them to study the Fa together. A fellow cultivator Xiao Min agreed that we must change our lazy state, and said that she was willing to join the group study at any time. I also made a phone call to Old Sun. He was not too enthusiastic about my idea. He felt that studying the Fa in a group and studying the Fa on one's own had the same effect, and he thought it would be impossible for us to gather more than once a week because all of us were too busy and lived too far apart. I told him, "We will make more progress if we study the Fa more as a group. There are many things that we need to overcome. Otherwise, we would always be stuck in our current state where we meet together once a week to study the Fa, but it seems that we are just going through the motions and trying to finish a chore. We should study together often. Once we study the Fa well, we will naturally be able to do better. Attending the group Fa study is also to step out of our own senses of selves that we hold onto stubbornly. In addition, you also have a car, and it is very easy for us to get together..." Finally Old Sun reluctantly agreed to give the regular group Fa study a try. I also contacted a westerner practitioner. He told me that he was too busy with his work and wouldn't be able to join us for a least several months.

So Xiao Min, Old Sun, and I began our group Fa study together. Both Xiao Min and I had flexibile schedules. My job requires me to spend quite a bit of time away from the office, so I could manage my own schedule. Xiao Min had a very open schedule and could join us whenever we asked her. Once we decided beforehand when we would start the Fa study, Old Sun would drive his car and pick up Xiao Min and me, and we then would study the Fa in Old Sun's car.

Each of us experienced a different level of interference. For myself, I had once studied witchcraft before I obtained the Fa. I stopped doing that after I obtained the Fa. But from time to time, those things came back to me, and I couldn't help myself from trying them out again. When I read the Fa, sometimes I would stop reading the exact words from the book. Instead I would add or alter the words based on my own thinking. When I studied the Fa with Xiao Min and Old Sun, I read a line in Chapter Three wrong. The two fellow practitioners corrected my mistake, and only then did I realize that I had read the line wrong during the last several years based on my own understandings. It revealed that I had not completely put down witchcraft. I was able to find the root of my problem.

For Old Sun, when reading the Fa, he made pauses based on his own understanding about the Fa with obvious perceptual and emotional intonation. Most of the time, he was unable to complete a whole sentence with a stable and calm tone without pausing. We told him about that. But he had already gotten used to it, and he tried very hard to get rid of it. For Xiao Min, she was always absent-minded during the Fa study. When she looked at the Dafa book and listened to a fellow practitioner reading the Fa out loudly, after a while her hands would begin to shake as she got very sleepy and became absent-minded. Starting on the fourth day, because of bad things that we were each experiencing during the group Fa study, we sent righteous thoughts before we began to study Fa to clear all evil that had been interfering with us. We persisted in doing that, and we began to see better results with our Fa study.

It took us only six days to finish reading Zhuan Falun once. On the seventh day, after we finished reading the first Chapter, we exchanged our understandings in a very honest and open manner. Old Sun said that he had thought that there was no difference between group Fa study and individual Fa study, and therefore he had never paid any attention to group study. He attended our group study very reluctantly because I persuaded him to do so. However, he saw great changes in himself once he began to attend our group study. He used to be very busy because many friends of his frequently came to visit him and asked him to do things for them. He did those things one after another, and had little time for himself. After he started to attend our group study, none of his friends came to visit him any more. He became more relaxed and had more time on his hands. He changed a lot because of Fa study. He works in a shop with a female boss who has a very bad temper. She often loses her temper at Old Sun over little things. One day she felt that Old Sun had translated something that she asked him to translate wrong. She gave him a good scolding right to his face. Old Sun could not help arguing with her. Afterwards Old Sun became angrier and angrier with her. On the 6th day of our group Fa study, his boss once again lost her temper and yelled at him. This time Old Sun did not get angry with her. He thought to himself, "I shouldn't be angry with her. She is a poor lady." As soon as he thought of that, he felt a hot current running through his body and he could feel a change even in his bone marrow. The duration of his abstention from anger was three to four times longer than what he had imagined in the past.

Xiao Min had also changed a lot through Fa study. She used to have dry skin and she always had to put a lot of cream on her skin. However, after she attended our group Fa study for just several days, her skin had became more delicate and smooth, even though she forgot to put cream on her skin. She also saw an improvement in her relationship with her family.

I also made great progress myself. I had to get up earlier for our group study. I became a lot less lazy and gained a clearer mind. I became more tolerate and open-minded, and no longer got stuck over a small thing and couldn't find my way out of it. I also knew what I should do in the future more clearly.

On the seventh day, when we said good-bye, Old Sun took many truth-clarification flyers. He told us that he was going to drive a colleague to the largest airport of the country that night to pick up the colleague's child and then drive the child to a school in a city very far away from our city. Therefore, he wouldn't be back until the next morning. But he still wanted to participate in our group Fa study, and told us to wait for his phone call about the time for Fa study the next morning.

The next morning I woke up at 5:20 AM. I hesitated a little and couldn't decide whether I should get up or not. I felt sleepy so I went back to sleep. I didn't wake up until 7 AM. I picked up my mobile phone and saw a short message from Old Sun, which said that he was going to arrive at my place at 6:20 AM for our group Fa study. I rushed downstairs. Xiao Min and Old Sun were already there waiting for me. They knew that I had overslept. Old Sun told me that they were trying to memorize Teacher's scripture while they waited for me and they had memorized two paragraphs from Teacher's scripture "Expounding on the Fa" from Essentials for Further Advancement. I realized that I had not completely removed my attachment to comfort and pleasure.

Old Sun shared his experience of distributing truth-clarification materials at the airport the previous evening. A lot of people, including Chinese people, gladly took the materials. After he drove his colleague's child to the city where the child would start his school, he didn't rest or go out to dinner. Instead, he went out again to distribute truth-clarification materials to the local residents there. We were genuinely happy for Old Sun when we heard his story. In the past I had to deliver truth-clarification materials to his door and encourage him to step forward to clarify the truth. Now he was taking the initiative to obtain truth-clarification materials and grasp every opportunity to clarify the truth. Old Sun has truly stepped forward and has been making great strides in his cultivation practice. His story encouraged us to be more diligent.

It was a Saturday. Old Sun drove us to a park and we studied the Fa on a long bench together. After we finished one lecture of Zhuan Falun, Old Sun suggested that we practice the exercises together at the park and then clarify the truth to people. We started right away. After a while, I noticed that several little boys were watching us. Some of them lied on the lawn and others sat on the long bench. As soon as we finished practicing the first exercise, they ran toward us and gathered around us. They wanted us to teach them the exercises. The youngest among them was about six or seven years old. He giggled happily while he was copying our movements. We had no idea why he was happy. Perhaps his knowing side knew that Falun Gong is the source of his true happiness in life. How could he not be excited? He was a fast learner and was able to do the movement correctly in no time. Others boys were envious.

After we finished practicing the exercises, Xiao Min brought out a stack of truth-clarification materials. Before Xiao Min was able to hand them out, the boys had already surrounded her and extended their cute little hands demanding to get copies of the materials. When one of the boys realized that there were two types of flyers, he asked for a copy of each. Next all the other kids wanted to have both versions. Only after they had all received both flyers, did they bid us farewell happily. As we were watching them leave, several of them jumped up and down, waving goodbye to us. We waved at them in return. I thought, "It is the most beautiful thing in their lives to be able to learn Falun Gong in the Fa-rectification period." It is just as a fellow Falun Gong practitioner puts it, "After I traveled all over the world, I realized that Falun Gong is the most beautiful thing." Next we started distributing truth-clarification materials to the passers-by.

The ninth day was a Sunday. It was a sunny day without any dark cloud in the sky. When I stepped out of the building, I immediately notice Old Sun's car. It stood out against the beautiful contrast of the blue sky and white clouds. His car had a makeover. It now looked very full of life. Old Sun had posted messages on the hood and the rear windshield of the car. The message on the hood is "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance" in both Chinese and English. The message on the rear windshield is "Falun Dafa is good" in both Chinese and English. Old Sun said, "There are not too many Falun Gong practitioners here. We can't clarify the truth outdoors everyday, but at least my car can act as a Falun Gong spokesperson. It can tell everyone, including people from China, that Falun Gong is good. I hope that Chinese people who see the messages on my car will relay what they observe overseas to their friends and families in China." Old Sun was very thoughtful. From then on, wherever he goes, his car will deliver the truth to people.

The three of us agreed that we should go out to clarify the truth. We studied one lecture of Zhuan Falun before we got ready to leave for a small town to spread the Fa. During the smooth ride on the highway, we felt very happy with anticipation. We knew many people would notice the eye-catching messages on Old Sun's car. Now his car would help more people know that Falun Gong is good. We could hardly express our happiness. After about an hour, we arrived at a park in the small town and started demonstrating the exercises and clarifying the truth to passersby. The town folks were very friendly and glad to learn the truth about Falun Gong. An overseas Chinese resident in town told us, "In the summer of 1999, I went to China for a business trip and learned that the Chinese Communist regime had started persecuting the kindhearted group of Falun Gong practitioners. It has been several years since then. If I hadn't run into you today, I would have long forgotten about the Chinese Communist regime's persecution of Falun Gong." He told us that we had done a great thing and that Falun Gong practitioners are kindhearted people. He added that there is nothing wrong with practicing Falun Gong and that he supports our cause. We gave him some material and conveyed our gratitude for his support.

Next we went to the downtown area to distribute flyers. We each took half a bag of materials. Each bag was heavy. Xiao Min commented, "So many materials! It will take us at least three hours to distribute them all." I replied, "We must not be attached to time. It is important that we have the right mentality when we clarify the truth. We should be genuine and sincere when we do it. We are bringing Teacher's salvation to sentient beings. We are doing the most righteous thing in the universe. We should not be attached to time. We should let go of all human notions."

We walked in the downtown area while distributing the truth-clarification materials. When we came to a small intersection, I was unable to proceed because there were a lot of passersby there. I distributed the flyers as fast as I could. A lot of people smiled at me when they approached, took the flyers with a friendly smile and said thank you. Some walked just past me but turned back to take the flyers. A cute little boy took a flyer and said to me aloud, "Xie Xie! (thank you in Chinese)" His voice was loud and clear as bell. I genuinely wished that all the sentient beings could know and accept that Falun Gong is good. I repeatedly said, "Falun Dafa is good," in Chinese. It seemed that they could understand me.

With a peaceful and compassionate mentality, I kept distributing flyers. Gradually I felt I had become one entity with all the passersby from four directions. This must be a manifestation of the power of Falun Dafa. Before I knew it, I had finished distributing all the flyers in hand in less than 30 minutes. I waited for a while and soon Xiao Min and Old Sun returned in triumph. When we truly want what's best for the sentient beings from the bottom of our heart and when we exhibit righteous thoughts and righteous actions, we become a positive influence on everyone and everything around us.

A western practitioner in our area witnessed the substantial improvement in us, so he wanted to join our group Fa study and truth-clarification activity as well. In just nine short days, the three of us removed a layer of humanness. Before we knew it, we have transcended the mundane world. I knew very well that I had once been selfish and I failed to fulfill my responsibility as a Falun Gong disciple. When I was taking "slow and leisurely steps," I was stuck in the mud that is the human realm. I failed to identify the severe consequences of my lack of diligence in my cultivation practice. When I was taking "slow and leisurely steps," our compassionate and admirable Teacher silently endured my sins. When I was taking "slow and leisurely steps," countless sentient beings corresponding to my universe were anxiously waiting for my improvement because they had been unable to obtain salvation on account of my lethargy. When I was taking "slow and leisurely steps," I failed to display the noble, generous and selfless image of a genuine Falun Gong disciple in the Fa-rectification period. Now I feel the three of us have awakened from a long sleep because we have created up a road to group Fa study and truth-clarification. This is only a beginning. We shall cherish this wonderful environment for group Fa study and truth-clarification and we shall complete our path all the way to the end.

http://www.pureinsight.org/pi/articles/2006/1/2/3642.html


Personal Cultivation Stories


Once Deceived By Lies, Dafa Now Gives Me a Second Life

(Clearwisdom.net) I am from Cangxi County, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province. I am 70 years old. I joined the Communist Youth League when I was young and I was a cadre of the Communist Youth League. My husband is a senior Chinese Communist Party member. My five daughters and daughters-in-law are all Party members or Communist Youth League members.

These past several years I was deceived by Jiang's regime's lies and I was full of hatred for my daughter-in-law, who is a Falun Gong practitioner. I never allowed her to tell others the truth about Falun Gong and I never accepted any Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials. Moreover, I did not allow her to tell the truth about Falun Gong to our family at our holiday reunions. Several times my daughter-in-law was illegally arrested and sent to forced labor camps and brainwashing centers to be persecuted by Jiang's regime. I never allowed my son to visit her.

In October 2004, I had a relapse of an old illness. In the past I had many diseases such as gastritis, laryngitis, rheumatoid arthritis, enteritis and pains in my chest and lungs. I had undergone several surgeries. But this time I remained unconscious during the relapse, speaking nonsense and becoming incontinent. I couldn't eat anything. I was taken to the hospital to be examined and was transferred to several hospitals for treatment, but nothing helped. My life was approaching its end.

Seeing all this, my son and daughter-in-law taught me to say "Falun Dafa is good" and "Zhen-Shan-Ren is good." I emphatically repeated these few words again and again, "Falun Dafa is good," "Zhen-Shan-Ren is good," "Master Li, please save me." After a few days, I was much better. I could eat, sleep and walk. My face regained its normal color. The hospital reexamined me one more time. The result showed that a tumor on the right side of my body had disappeared and my hemoglobin count had returned to normal. My illness had disappeared.

My experience showed the magnificence of Dafa. Master Li saved me. Dafa saved me. Now I feel truly sorry about my previous mistakes. I really want to make amends.

From the day I left the hospital, I asked my daughter-in-law to teach me how to practice Falun Gong and I expressed my determination to firmly cultivate Falun Dafa. She brought me a set of Falun Dafa practice music tapes, the set of Falun Dafa Lectures in Jinan audio tapes, and the Falun Dafa Exercise Instruction videotape. I looked at a lot of truth-clarifying materials and video CDs. My daughter-in-law frequently reads me Master's recent writings and speeches.

I have practiced Falun Gong for a year now. Master purified my body and mind. Now I feel that my whole body is relaxed and I can walk very fast. I am very happy. When others ask me why I am so healthy, I tell them that Falun Dafa saved my life and then I tell them the truth about Falun Gong.

This May I asked my son to help me to withdraw from the Communist Youth League using the Epoch Times website. Now I am trying to persuade my other family members to withdraw from the CCP. I am helping them to clearly see the party's vile nature, and I am helping them thoroughly break away from it.

Above are my personal experiences that show the magnificence of Dafa. I hope they can help more people to learn the truth.


"I Started to Practice Falun Dafa"

(Clearwisdom.net) Two years ago I was lucky enough to be able to obtain a book called Zhuan Falun through a friend. After I finished reading it, I thought Zhuan Falun was very well written, but for different reasons, I did not truly start practicing.

In August 2003, when I read with respect Zhuan Falun once again, I thought the principles that Teacher taught were so good. At that time my mood was precisely as described in Zhuan Falun:

"Many people have practiced qigong for a very long time. There are also people who have never practiced it, but who have pursued and pondered the truth and the meaning of human life. Once they learn our Falun Dafa, they will understand at once many questions in life that they have wished to understand but could not answer."

After reading the book for the second time, I told my friend, "I certainly must practice Falun Gong. May I keep the copy of Zhuan Falun?" From that day on, I began to truly practice.

At around the age of 30, I started to develop rheumatism, gynecological problems, gastric disease, etc. I had tried different kinds of treatment methods, including Chinese medicine and Western medicine, but they were all ineffective. Although my initial purpose for reading Zhuan Falun was to become healthy and fit, in truth, I was really exhausted at that time, and I thought life had no meaning. On several occasions I contemplated suicide. Only after reading Zhuan Falun did I understand the real goal of life--to return to one's original and true self.

Ever since I started to practice in 2003, I have had firm belief in Master's teachings and I have followed the standards and requirements of Dafa. By doing so, I had a quick elevation in my realm of thought. I know how to be a good person, to be a practitioner who is altruistic and considerate for the others. Through practicing Dafa, my body no longer holds any illness. The different kinds of diseases I had all vanished. In my daily life, a lot of the things I handled became simple.

My daughter was deeply poisoned by the CCP culture in the past and was afraid to let me practice. I acted according to Master's teachings and started from being a good person. I showed good care and consideration for her in everything. When I taught by setting a personal example, she felt that a parent who practiced Falun Dafa was better than other schoolmates' parents. She no longer opposed my clarifying the truth and giving out flyers to save sentient beings. I should thank Teacher for his mercy with this. He gave my daughter opportunities to come into contact with and understand Dafa. That is, one should start from being a good person and understand that one should have self-restraint out of a sense of spiritual obligation, abide by high moral standards, and handle everything with "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance."

As my Fa study reaches new levels, I truly feel that Zhuan Falun is not only a book for health and fitness and becoming a good person, but it is the universe's great law, which can guide us to return to our original, true selves. It has been longed for by all living beings for thousands of years. I want to thank Teacher once more for his merciful salvation. We certainly will obey Teacher's requirements to do the three things well, to live up to the title of "Dafa Practitioners." We will cultivate diligently until Consummation.


Open Forum


Fantastic Stories Heard in Prison

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In 2001, while I was imprisoned in a detention center in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, I met a Tibetan from the Alba region. After learning the truth about Falun Dafa and experiencing the compassion of Dafa practitioners, she told a practitioner that she knows a Buddhist Lama who is very knowledgeable and understands many languages. The Lama is reading Zhuan Falun. "The Communist Party and its police are terrible. I will also read Falun Dafa books when I get out of prison," she said.

After I was illegally arrested and imprisoned in the detention center on Ningxia Street of Chengdu City, I met an old, lay Buddhist who told me that she used to practice cultivation in a remote temple. One early morning she saw an old monk sweeping the backyard. The monk had finished an extensive meditation retreat. Realizing nobody else was around, the monk asked her, "Are you a Falun Gong practitioner?" Surprised at his question, she said no. The old monk appeared to be very disappointed and left. "At that very moment I realized how unusual Falun Gong must be," she said.

Once under tremendous pressure from the authorities, I showed a weakened resolve in my belief. Witnessing my problem, an older sister cautioned me with compassion: "Never betray your teacher or your cultivation way under any circumstances." Observing my confusion, she told me her personal experience. She was born into a family of cultivators (her ancestors practiced Qimen practices, if I remember correctly). The cultivation book her ancestors left behind even talked about the spread of Dafa and its eventual persecution. It is said that now is the pivotal point of a change from the old cosmos to the new one. Once it passes this point, everything will be changed. The entire universe will be changed according to the book. She told me that a long time ago she saw the Falun emblem in her family book. Finally, she stressed to me that I must not give up my practice or betray my teacher. "You must be steadfast no matter what difficulties you encounter," she said.


People's Hearts Determine Their Futures


An Official from Linghai City Receives Karmic Retribution, Losing His Eyesight for Participating in the Persecution

(Clearwisdom.net) Liu Zhiqun works for Bianfang Police Station in Niangnianggong Village, Linghai City, Liaoning Province. He has always been involved in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. In November of 2005, he felt his eyes could not open, his sight decreased dramatically and he lost his vision within a few days. He was diagnosed with optic nerve necrosis at a Beijing hospital. What he experienced was as if a black shadow descended from the heavens to cover his eyes and stop him from monitoring the good people who practice Falun Gong.

Falun Gong practitioners never gloat over others' misfortune but always clarify the truth of Falun Gong and explain the relationship that good deeds are rewarded and evildoing brings retribution. The practitioners tell people this in order to help those people who forget what is right in the face of self interest and defy the laws of heaven from suffering certain retribution for their crimes in the future. Lao Zi said "Reward for good and retribution for evil is like the shadow that continuously follows a person; you will meet with karma yourself in the short term, or your descendants will meet with karma in the long term." Westerners might say "what goes around comes around" or "you reap what you sow."

Under the brutal suppression of Falun Gong, practitioners risk their lives to tell others about the beauty of Falun Gong and the facts about the persecution. Are they merely doing so for the sake of themselves? No, they do it because their efforts can save people, and this is benevolence.

The policy of terrorism employed by the Chinese Communist Party is consistently executed from top to bottom. The head of the country manipulates the national propaganda machine to distort the truth and mobilizes the highest resources from the country's intelligence system, treasury and police to persecute Falun Gong.

Linghai City Bianfang Team and Niangnianggong Village Bianfang Police Station make every endeavor to persecute Falun Gong in order to receive praise from government leaders. The director of the Bianfang Police Station, Han Gang, the secondary director of the Bianfang Police Station, Chen Yang, and the police officer Su Xudong, employ society's vagrants to arrest Dafa practitioners. Among them is Liu Zhiqun, a well-known local ruffian. Under instigation from police in Bianfang Police Station, and with their support, Liu Zhiqun has always been a vanguard of persecuting Falun Gong or committing other bad deeds. He has never feared the consequences of his evildoing.

His family is kind and often attempted to stop him from committing the bad deeds. However, he ignored them, and actually got worse. He always volunteers to persecute Falun Gong practitioners and cruelly injure others. Liu Zhiqun illegally operated in coordination with policemen to send practitioners to forced labor camps. He helps to confiscate practitioners' property, impose fines and compel practitioners to be separated from their families. Liu Zhiqun also regularly harasses practitioners at their homes. He has stolen practitioners' money and possessions valued at more than 1100 yuan. Since he is monetarily rewarded, he has continued to commit even more bad deeds in persecuting and seizing practitioners irrationally and without restraint. Similar wicked tricks that disregard the law are also being used on local Christians and other religious believers. Liu Zhiqun has beaten, arrested and fined believers in order to take advantage of them.

On November 22 of 2004, Liu Zhiqun was seizing and harassing Dafa practitioners again with the police. However, they were in a car accident. When it was over Liu Zhiqun crawled up from under the car. Since the condition of his injury was not serious, possibly the gods gave him one more chance to awaken his mind. Nevertheless, Liu Zhiqun still disregarded the consequences, as usual, continuing to do bad things.

For this reason, practitioners advise the officials who hold power over people, who have always done what they want, and savagely oppressed people in Niangnianggong Village Bianfang Police Station, that they should wake up. The tribulation Liu Zhiqun met with is not an accident or a solitary incident. Similar suffering awaits those who continue to commit evil deeds against Falun Gong. All who participate in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners will receive retribution.


Traditional Chinese Culture


A Lesson in Vigilance: The Legend of the Hawk

(Clearwisdom.net) The following is a story I heard during my childhood:

Once upon a time there was a very kindhearted elderly woman. She spent her life doing a lot of charitable deeds. Although she was virtuous, strictly speaking she was not a cultivator as she had no concept of cultivation practice.

After she died, the King of Hell told her, "I have reviewed the history of your life. It appears that you have been very kind and have done a lot of charitable deeds. You didn't have any attachment to fame or self-interest either. We have reported your deeds to the Jade King of Heaven and he has decided to make you a deity. Would you like that?"

The elderly woman replied, "Of course I would love to become a deity! However, I have a nest of chicks in the human realm that I would like to get. Could I bring them with me?" The King of Hell told her, "In that case, you may return to the human realm to fetch your chicks." Next he had his men push her down to the human realm. When she came to, she had already become a hawk, who, by nature, hunts for chicks all day long.

It is an unimaginable honor to ascend to godhood, but she missed the precious opportunity on account of her attachment to a nest of chicks. Imagine how regretful she must have been.

Any trivial attachment can serve as an obstacle standing in the way of a cultivator's final attainment. How could a cultivator not be vigilant about removing attachments?

Source: http://www.pureinsight.org/pi/articles/2006/1/2/3633.html