Toronto: Falun Dafa Practitioners Grateful to Master Li Ahead of Chinese New Year

(Minghui.org) Thirty years have passed since Falun Dafa was introduced to the world. The practice has benefited millions of people, both physically and mentally. Practitioners’ perseverance and compassion in calling for an end to the persecution has touched and awakened more and more people.

To celebrate the upcoming 2022 Chinese New Year, practitioners in Toronto wished Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, a Happy Chinese New Year. They said they would follow Master’s teachings in the current chaotic world, rectify themselves, improve in cultivation, and follow the path of cultivation arranged by Master.

Practitioners in Toronto wish Master Li a Happy Chinese New Year.

Practitioners at a Chinatown Truth Clarification site wish Master Li a Happy Chinese New Year.

Practitioners at a Pacific Mall Truth Clarification site wish Master Li a Happy Chinese New Year.

Practitioners at a Scarborough Truth Clarification site wish Master Li a Happy Chinese New Year.

Practitioners from the waist drum team wish Master Li a Happy Chinese New Year.

Practitioners from the Tianguo Marching Band wish Master Li a Happy Chinese New Year

Chinese People’s Attitudes Changed

Ms. Zang Aixia and her daughter’s family wish Master Li a Happy Chinese New Year.

The coordinator of the truth-clarification site in Toronto’s Chinatown, Ms. Zang Aixia, is 70 years old. She said, “It is my mission to tell the truth to Chinese people.”

“In the earlier years, many people in Chinatown ignored us, and some even scolded us. Now they smile at us and give us a thumbs-up. Some people decided to practice Dafa after they learned the truth. Many international students from China quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations after learning about the truth of Dafa and the persecution,” Ms. Zang said.

Ms. Zang said, “We went to Chinatown to spread the facts every day, year-round, in all weather. Toronto’s winters are freezing cold, but we are persistent in telling people the truth and never think about giving up.”

Ms. Zang has practiced Falun Dafa for twenty-six years. In 1995, she and her husband were in poor health and had to visit doctors and hospitals for years. Their daughter had to live with their relatives most of the time. She said, “I had serious heart disease at that time and was hospitalized for four years. The doctor said I was dying. One day a person who had been hospitalized for 14 years went back to the hospital where I was staying and introduced Dafa to us. He was miraculously cured after practicing Falun Dafa, so many people started to practice after witnessing his change.”

She continued, “I practiced Dafa, and a miracle occurred shortly. All my diseases disappeared in two weeks. After being hospitalized for four years, I was discharged from the hospital fifteen days after I started practicing Falun Dafa.”

“Now that we are overseas, we all go to the park whenever we have time to do the exercises. It is a fact that Falun Dafa is good. We have personally experienced the wonderfulness of Dafa, and we really hope that more people can learn what Falun Gong is all about. On this New Year’s Day, our family wishes Master a Happy New Year!”

“Zhuan Falun is a Book I’ve Read for 25 Years”

Ms. Wang Yi (second from the right in the front row) and practitioners at the Pacific Mall Truth Clarification Site wish Master a Happy New Year!

Ms. Wang Yi, who is seventy-one years old, said, “I went back to my mother’s family to visit them in late May 1996. My eldest brother asked me if I believed in cultivation. I immediately said, of course, I believe in it. Surprisingly, I felt a hot energy field pouring down from the top of my head when I said that.”

“My brother then asked me to read the main book of Falun Dafa, Zhuan Falun. I felt it was a book that guides people to cultivate, and I was very excited. It has been 25 years, and I have never stopped reading the book,” she said.

That year, nine family members started to practice Falun Dafa, including her mother, sister-in-law, uncle, brother, niece, and her sister’s family of three.

Ms. Wang said, “At that time, I had fibroids, severe anemia, arthritis, pyelonephritis, and rhinitis. I had the flu every year. I had no energy, and my life became miserable. I felt that I didn’t even have the energy to smile. I visited the temples twice in the early 1990s, hoping that miracles would be brought to me.”

“Soon after the practice, my body and mind were purified, and I was free of disease. I was happy and always smiled. My colleagues said I was like a new person. I told everyone I met about how good Falun Dafa was.”

After the CCP launched the persecution of Falun Dafa in 1999, Ms. Wang went to Beijing and Tiananmen Square to tell people Falun Dafa is good. She distributed truth-clarifying materials and told people the facts.

Wang Yi went overseas in 2002 and worked as a journalist in the media. In 2008, she set up a truth-clarification site at the Pacific Mall in Toronto. She held a 9-day workshop and introduced Falun Dafa to more people.

In recent years, due to the epidemic, She held virtual workshops. A new practitioner said, “I am no longer the same person, and I will keep reading the book Zhuan Falun.”

Sr. Financial Analyst: Dafa is Precious and Holy in the Midst of the Chaos

Sophia and her family wish Master a Happy New Year!

Ms. Sophia Sun is a Sr. Research and Financial Analyst. She said, “I started practicing Dafa in 1996. I feel that Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is precious and holy in the midst of the chaos. When I look back over the past twenty-seven years, I am deeply grateful for Master’s teachings, which made me a better person who always thinks of others first.”

Sophia joined NTD’s Toronto office as a manager in 2013. She said, “Master knew I needed an environment to make a breakthrough on the path of cultivation, so he arranged for me to join the media project. I am glad that I could fully utilize the skills and knowledge I learned over the past years in this project.”

In the media environment, “I had a deeper understanding of what true cultivation is. It is still hard to break through, but I am happy to work in a media environment.”

She said, “From the emotional perception of Dafa to now being able to rationalize everything that happens around me, I deeply feel that there are no shortcuts in cultivation. Cultivation is truly a process of letting go of attachments.”

She concluded by saying that her husband has also begun to practice. She said that words can’t express Master’s greatness. “I feel I am so fortunate to practice Dafa. I learned to stop following the decreasing moral standard in the human world and be a good person. I learned not to be moved by the chaos and be a better person.”

Mother and Daughter: Thanks to Master

Ms. Yang Jinsi (second from right) and her daughter’s family wish Master a Happy New Year!

Ms. Jinsi Yang was born in a rural area. Due to the heavy fieldwork, she developed many diseases at a young age. She said, “I had frozen shoulders, arthritis, cervical pain, herniated discs, wrist pain, foot fungus, rhinitis, inflammation of the ears, and gynecological diseases. I visited many doctors, but they couldn’t cure my diseases.”

Ms. Yang got a copy of Zhuan Falun from her sister in 1997. “I didn’t understand what the book was talking about at all. But I thought it must be good because my sister urged me to read it.” Ms. Yang said. She continued to read the book and do the exercises every day, and her health improved day by day. Witnessing her change, it didn’t take long for more than 40 people in her community to practice Falun Dafa.

Yang Jinsi came to Toronto in 2014. She told everyone around her the facts about Falun Dafa, and she also made phone calls to China and clarified the truth to Chinese people over the phone.

During the 2021 New Year, a Christian answered her call and agreed with all the things Ms. Yang told him. He quit the CCP and its affiliates. He said, “Your Master is so great!” In the end, he also wished Master Li a Happy New Year!

Ms. Yang’s daughter, Ms. Lili Zhao, followed her mother to practice Dafa in 1998. “I was only ten at that time and didn’t understand too many Fa principles.” She said, “But I felt from the bottom of my heart that Dafa was really good since it taught people to be good. I wanted to practice Dafa because I want to be a good person.”

“After Falun Gong was persecuted in 1999, I rarely took the initiative to practice on my own, until 2008.” She said, “When I read the book again, I cried. From then on, I got up every morning to study the Fa and do the exercises with my mother.”

Ms. Yang’s family would like to express their gratitude to compassionate Master for his care over the years and wishes him a happy New Year!