Let Our Hearts Be Filled With Compassion

(Minghui.org)

I was frustrated and helpless before I practiced Dafa

I'm from the countryside and I only have an elementary school education. Three years after I was married, I was a 25-year-old mother of two.

When my daughter was in her infancy, pus began coming out of her ear and half of her face was mashed. While other children her age could speak, she remained silent. When it was time for her to go to school, I became very worried about her.

Both my mind and body were exhausted, and at night I lay awake and could not fall asleep. I became anemic and frequently caught cold. I was not even 30 years old yet, but my physical condition was very poor. In the spring of 1998, when the doctor told me that my daughter's eardrum was broken due to the pus, my world turned gray.

After I practiced Dafa

I got to know Falun Gong in the summer of 1998. The first time I went to the practice site, I saw the practitioners sitting there peacefully. After I sat down, a practitioner came to help me to cross my legs. As I listened to them reading the Fa, I realized that I'd never heard anything before which made so much sense. Through studying the Fa, I understood that this was a great Fa cultivation of Buddhahood. It requires us to be good people according to Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, the characteristics of the universe. One should not fight back when punched or insulted. One needs to let go of all kinds of everyday people's personal feelings or attachments such as love or hatred in order to succeed in cultivating into divinity. Falun Gong is a pure land. There is no intrigue among its practitioners and everyone is so peaceful.

I disciplined myself according to Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Master purified my body for me and all my diseases were gone. Free of any illness, I felt that my entire body was light. I stopped worrying about my daughter. From the Fa, I understood that nothing is coincidental, and everything happens for a reason. I became calm and peaceful. Master said, “I said that if you can’t love your enemy then you can’t become a Buddha.” (“Teaching the Fa at the Conference in Houston”) I corrected my mindset and realized I shouldn't bear any grudges against my parents-in-law, quarrel with my husband, or beat my son. Since then, I've enjoyed a harmonious and warm family life.

Later on, my mother-in-law's health began to deteriorate. I took really good care of her and when she was sick, my husband brought her to our house. In the daytime, I cooked the meals for her and received the neighbors who came to visit her. During the evening, I sat by her, told her about the beauty of Dafa and taught her to recite: “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” In her last few years, she was paralyzed in bed. I fed her food and water every day. When she defecated in her pants, I helped her wash her pants and carried her on my back to take a shower. It is Falun Dafa that turned me from someone who always complained into a filial and understanding wife.

After all the miraculous changes my family experienced, I decided to face reality. I bought my daughter hearings aids and took her to a special training school for several months. (It usually took several years for other kids.) During this process, I suffered a lot. But with the guidance of Dafa and protection from Master, my heart didn't feel tired, and I found joy in the hardship. In this way, my daughter both finished elementary school and received a technical secondary school education.

Last year, when I took my daughter for a hearing examination, the doctor found that she had recovered a lot of her hearing. The doctor said: “This is very unusual. For most people, it would be great if they just maintained their hearing.” I knew that this is the blessing my daughter received as a result of reciting “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” every day. Teacher said: “Even when an ordinary person shouts out "Falun Dafa is good" today, Master will protect him, since he's shouted those words I can't not protect him amidst the evil.” (“Teaching and Explaining the Fa at the Metropolitan New York Fa Conference” 2003) My daughter is very pretty and talented. She also has a very good job. These are all the blessings she received from Dafa.

After my mother-in-law passed away, I told my children how I had changed after I became a practitioner. Both of them cried. I told them that we need to fill our hearts full of compassion. This is a little story on my cultivation path and I'd like to share it with you.