(Minghui.org) Greetings, fellow practitioners on Minghui!
A serious problem has happened in our local area–Chaoyang, Liaoning Province. It had been more serious several years ago, but most practitioners realized the problem later. Two practitioners went on tour making speeches, traveling as far as Shandong Province, where their phone calls were monitored. They were arrested but later escaped. They traveled mostly to the countryside. Our local coordinators were worried about their behavior.
After sharing with fellow practitioners, we decided to send an article to the Minghui website for the sake of being responsible to those practitioners, as well as the security of all local practitioners. We hope that we can use our righteous thoughts to stop such phenomena. We request Minghui practitioners to publish a warning in Minghui Weekly.
In recent years, there always existed a small group of practitioners touring around cities, such as Huludao, Jinzhou, Chaoyang and Dalian in Liaoning Province and Chifeng in Inner Mongolia. They organized sharing meetings in the name of helping practitioners but actually publicized themselves by making personal speeches. Each time, they talked about similar things. When they quoted Teacher's lectures, they didn't use the original words. Some used Teacher's words as their own, which was equivalent to plagiarizing and undermining the Fa.
As a consequence, heavy losses occurred afterward. For instance, in June 2011, while a sharing meeting was held in Dalian, many practitioners were arrested on site. Actually, the Minghui website had warned practitioners many times of such things, but for security reasons, Minghui didn't mention details about the participants. Here, we sincerely hope that those practitioners can stop the speech tours, because it is an action inconsistent with Dafa.
In the article “A Heavy Blow” from Essentials for Further Advancement , Teacher clearly explained the seriousness of the problem to us. We suggest that those practitioners read this article again.
Additionally, those practitioners coined the phrase of measuring mighty virtue with “several hundred yuan”. Actually, the Minghui website gave out a warning about such words several years ago.
Teacher said,
“You should think about it: If one word is added today and another the day after tomorrow, with the passage of time the next generation of disciples will not be able to tell whose words they are, and gradually Dafa will be changed.” (“Non-Omission in Buddha-Nature,” Essentials for Further Advancement)
“You must be clear that the form of cultivation practice that I leave you can never be altered. Don’t do anything that I do not do, and don’t use anything that I do not use. In cultivation you should say things however I say them. Pay attention! Inadvertent alteration of the Buddha Fa is undermining it all the same!” (“Non-Omission in Buddha-Nature,” Essentials for Further Advancement)
Fellow practitioners who are making the speeches, we believe that your starting point is good, and we don't want to see anyone fall behind. Let's think about it: Teacher is saving sentient beings. Every practitioner is closely watched and protected by Teacher's fashen. The Fa-rectification is in good order, and only Teacher is leading the Fa-rectification to move forward.
Every practitioner should study the Fa with a tranquil heart, look inside, cultivate himself, and save sentient beings. If we can do so, then we are assimilating to what Teacher wants. Some practitioners familiar with the situation said to those going on tours, “ Due to your busy travel schedule and other reasons, sometimes you don't study the Fa for many days–how are you going to help fellow practitioners?”
An occasional large-scale experience sharing conference may uplift the spirit of some practitioners for a couple of days, but later on they return to the same cultivation state as before. There are no shortcuts in cultivation.
The good coordinators are actually all those who have close contact with practitioners and establish Fa-study groups. They are very diligent and study the Fa well. They share their cultivation experience and look inside. They cultivate their heart and form a cultivation environment where every practitioner studies the Fa and cultivates diligently. Gradually they have formed a virtuous cycle, with small groups assimilating into the big group and improving together as one body. Only in this way can each individual practitioner fully play his or her role.
Such coordinators usually speak less and take more action. Their enlightenment actually comes from Teacher and the Fa. As long as they do things according to Dafa, Teacher will arrange everything well for them. Otherwise, how would the old forces who eye us in other dimensions allow us to accomplish anything? If we speak too much, the old forces would think that we are validating ourselves and are greedy for credit and achievements.
Fellow practitioners, I believe that you are very capable. Please contribute your capabilities to clarifying the truth and saving sentient beings. If you have unique experiences to share, please send your sharing articles to Minghui so that more practitioners can benefit from them. Moreover, it will help you save effort in travel, which hinders your ability to cultivate.
Here I would like to share more about one thing: Why do such phenomena always happen around us? By looking inside we will definitely identify our own human attachments. We, especially some coordinators, treated those practitioners with human attachments, frequently inviting them, praising them highly, etc., which gradually inflated their human attachments and harmed them.
One time, after listening to a speech by a touring practitioner, a coordinator sighed and said that his cultivation over the past decade had been in vain. He said that such a sharing was very beneficial. Fellow practitioners, please think about it: Isn't it equivalent to following a person instead of following the Fa? Isn't this following others?
Some practitioners who couldn't overcome tribulations felt reassured after listening to one speech. We can pass tests and tribulations only when we believe in Teacher and the Fa, study the Fa well, and solidly cultivate. Sharing is helpful, but its effectiveness is very limited. Can a human being save another human being into a divine realm?
There are no shortcuts in cultivation. Nor are there examples to follow. Every practitioner's cultivation path is different from others' paths. We can reach consummation only by studying the Fa well, looking inside, measuring our every word, action, and thought against the Fa, and practicing genuine cultivation.
Please add to my sharing if you find any shortcomings.
