09. Stories of Young Beibei from China

  By a practitioner in China  

  In May 1997, Beibei started to practice Falun Dafa along with his mother. At the time he was 9 years old. Dafa is now deeply rooted in his heart. The following are some of the stories from his practice.  

  One day in September 1997, Beibei accidentally bumped into a classmate who was holding a cup of steaming hot water. The water was spilled and scalded the classmate's hand. Angrily the classmate poured the remaining water onto Beibei's chest, causing bad burns that blistered immediately. Despite the injustice, Beibei kept silent and didn't blame the boy. Other classmates were scared by the injury and called the teacher. The teacher informed the other student's parents, and together they went to Beibei's home.   

  Beibei's mother asked about what happened, but she mainly consoled the teacher and the classmate's parents without blaming them. Beibei said to his mother, "I feel bad about bringing so much trouble to the teacher..." Hearing this, the other student's parents and the teacher were too moved to say anything. "We were prepared to face anger," said the other student's parents, "but now we feel so ashamed."  

  That night, when Beibei lay down to sleep after finishing his homework, his mother asked him, "Do the burns hurt?" "No," answered Beibei. To a cultivator, one thought is often the difference between a good or bad outcome. The next morning, the blisters had disappeared, and the skin looked normal. After that, the trouble-making student was no longer as badly behaved as before.   

  In 1999, Beibei was attending his second semester of middle school. He ranked among the top five in the middle school entrance exam.   

  One month after the beginning of the new semester, Beibei's mother went to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong in Beijing. Afterwards, Beibei and his father also appealed. hey were arrested, and the three family members were sent back home on the same day. Beibei's father was sent to a labor camp, while he and his mother were taken to the local 610 Office. Seeing the sad look on his mother's face, Beibei encouraged her by saying, "Mom, don't worry. I'll go to school all the same, but you must not write any statements promising to give up Falun Dafa." This shocked everyone in the room. His mother was sent to a detention center. It is hard to imagine that an 11-year-old child would be forced to live alone.  

  Although he had never been to his grandmother's house before, Beibei took the bus there alone and brought his grandmother back to his home. Arriving back in school, the principal and the teachers talked with him one by one, urging him to give up practicing Falun Dafa. Beibei said, "I should not lie." Under pressure, his teacher said sternly, "You'll be expelled if you don't write the promise." Beibei, however, remained firm in his faith. At home, Beibei's grandmother and many other relatives anxiously tried to persuade him to write a fake promise to stop practicing, but Beibei firmly insisted that following "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance" and striving to be a good person were not wrong. He refused to speak any lies against his conscience.   

  Over the last three years, the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners by the Chinese Communist regime has continued to escalate. Beibei has been forced to live without the care of his parents and has borne tremendous hardship. On December 5, 2001, Beibei's mother was arrested again for distributing materials that expose the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong. His father was still in a labor camp. he police officers brought his mother to their home, ransacked it, and stole a computer and other materials. His mother was handcuffed as Beibei watched. They sent Beibei's mother to a detention center, leaving Beibei without his parents once again.  

  The neighbors all knew that Beibei's mother was a good person, so they helped to look after Beibei while she was being held in the detention center. Once, Beibei went to visit his mother, and he comforted her by saying, "I am fine, neither hungry nor cold." His mother relaxed a lot in her heart and became more determined in the jail. She fearlessly and continually clarified the truth to the criminals and wardens, thus benefiting those people's future. After conducting a hunger strike, his mother was finally released unconditionally on April 19, 2002. But the 610 Office still refused to leave her alone. Ten days after her release, she was forced to leave home to avoid arrest. Beibei had to part with his mother yet again, but he was proud of her when he told her story to his classmates. His father kept clarifying the truth to the guards at the labor camp and was very determined to remain steadfast in his belief. He was released at the end of his sentence.