[Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day] Master Genuinely Saves Lives

(Minghui.org) I am 88 years old and I’ve practiced Falun Dafa for 27 years.

I was born into a poor family in a village in Hebei Province. I seldom attended class when I was in the middle school as it was during the “Great Leap Forward” period and everyone was engaged in steel production. My health deteriorated, as I spent most of my time producing steel. I lost my hearing and dropped out of school. At that time, peasants were very poor and many starved. We went begging for food with our parents in the other villages. We survived thanks to the help of local villagers and our relatives.

Our family was not able to make a living in our village, so I went to Inner Mongolia and stayed with a relative. There was a new project in the county that was recruiting new workers, and I was accepted. Most of the newcomers were from other places, who moved to escape starvation. The workers had difficulty working because they didn’t have enough to eat. The factory started producing a food substitute consisting of flour mixed with powdered buckwheat straw and sugar beet leaves. It was hard to digest and I suffered from stomach pain, which gradually intensified. Eventually I was unable to eat anything so I went to a big hospital in another city for a checkup. I was diagnosed with a stomach ulcer. The doctor said I needed to be hospitalized for urgent treatment to avoid possible stomach perforation. I didn’t have any money and I couldn’t afford to stay in the hospital. I bought some medicine and went home. I suffered from other illnesses at the same time, but I survived because I was young.

“Qigong fever” soon swept China, and all sorts of qigong practices popped up. In order to cure my illnesses, I bought several books and started to practice a certain qigong but it was not effective. In 1998, I visited a friend in the county center. A big poster of the Falun Dafa exercises hung on his wall. I read it carefully. My friend gave me a copy of Zhuan Falun, and said, “This book is very good and has amazing health benefit. Please read it carefully.”

I opened the book as soon as I got home. When I finished reading the first section of the first lecture, I felt very relaxed. I’d never felt this good. When I finished half of the book, I realized how precious it was and I couldn’t put it down. I read it whenever I had time. By the time I finished reading the book, my stomach pain was gone. I was moved to tears. This practice was amazing. I didn’t spend a penny, yet I recovered from all my illnesses. I was so happy. I finally found the Master who genuinely saved people’s lives, and I decided to practice Falun Dafa.

I understood that I should be a good person by following the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance and take personal interest lightly. When I was wronged, I should put up with it. I shouldn’t argue or fight with other people. I should look within to find out where I fell short. To tell you the truth, it wasn’t easy. It was hard for me to forbear when it touched on my personal interests or other attachments. At that time, I would remember what Master said in Zhuan Falun,

“As a practitioner, the first thing you should be able to do is to not fight back when you are beaten or sworn at—you must be tolerant.” (Lecture Nine, Zhuan Falun)

“When it’s difficult to endure, you can endure it. When it’s impossible to do, you can do it.” (Lecture Nine, Zhuan Falun)

I always remind myself that I am a practitioner. My family members have seen my changes and all support me practicing Falun Dafa.

Falun Dafa Changed My Life

I became illness-free after I started practicing Falun Dafa, and my life changed. Our compassionate Master has protected me all the way so that I was able to pass tribulations and overcome hardships. I paid back my karma and my realm was elevated. I’d like to share some of my stories with you.

One day, I climbed the roof of my daughter’s house to dry spring onions. I was careless and fell. Some of my ribs were broken. My daughter helped me inside the house. I meditated and asked Master to strengthen me. I was not in any pain. It was miraculous.

My daughter worried about me and asked me to go to the hospital for a check-up. I assured her that I was all right and was not in pain. She urged me to be examined so she wouldn’t worry about me. I thought it was a good opportunity to validate the Fa, so I went to the hospital. The examination showed that two of my ribs were broken. The doctor asked me to stay in the hospital. I said that I was not in any pain and didn’t need to be hospitalized. My daughter also confirmed that I wasn’t in pain. The doctor was amazed that I was not in pain even though two ribs were broken. This was the power of Falun Dafa!

On another occasion, I was helping my son when they built his house. I fell from the roof and my toe was broken. But it didn’t stop me and I kept working. My foot was so swollen that I couldn’t take off my sock that night. But the swelling was gone the next day. I soon recovered.

I went to visit my daughter who lived in southern China. I was cleaning her factory. Because I was deaf, I didn’t know a car was passing. The car ran over my foot and dragged me two meters (about six feet). A passerby saw me and shouted to the driver. The car stopped. One worker sent me to the hospital for emergency treatment. The doctor cut open my sock and found that all of my toes on one foot were broken. She treated me and gave me an IV drip. But I was not in any pain. I stayed in the hospital for one night and then came home. I soon recovered. The factory workers came to see me and I told them about Falun Dafa.

One year, I helped my nephew build a wall for his sheep pen. He came to pick me up every morning. One day I heard his car motor making noises before we left my home. The noises hurt my head. I told him that his car motor had a problem. He said there was no problem with the motor. I told him that I heard noises. He suddenly realized and said, “Uncle, you can hear!” I asked him to speak in a low voice. I could clearly hear everything he said and I could reply to him. I could hear again! It was amazing. I have witnessed many miracles of Falun Dafa.

I haven’t taken any medication in the past 27 years and I’m in good health. I climbed Mountain Tai with my daughter and her husband while in my eighties. As I climbed the mountain, I recited the Fa at the same time. Sometimes I walked two steps at a time and was not tired at all. I reached the top before my son-in-law.

It is a great honor to practice Falun Dafa in my lifetime. Thank you, Master, for your salvation!

I Hope People Know the Truth

Jiang Zemin, the then head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), launched the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in 1999. Many people were misled by the CCP’s negative propaganda. They didn’t practice Falun Dafa and didn’t know the truth. But I did learn it and do know the truth. I have benefited from Falun Dafa and have witnessed its power. I must clarify the truth to my friends, relatives, and the people around me so that they will no longer be misled by the CCP’s lies.

I started to distribute truth-clarification fliers and pamphlets. I hung up banners with the words “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”

I have a brother who was well-educated. He used to be a teacher but was labeled “anti-revolutionist” during the CCP’s anti-right movement, and was sentenced to ten years of forced labor. He was eventually vindicated. I clarified the truth to him. He read Zhuan Falun and said that it was a good book. But he didn’t practice Falun Dafa because he was afraid he would be persecuted.

The CCP has persecuted Falun Dafa for 26 years, and hasn’t stopped. We should ask ourselves, why are there so many man-made disasters and natural catastrophes?

Master taught us,

“When people do not have virtue, natural calamities and man-made disasters will abound. When the earth does not have virtue, everything will wither and fall. When heaven deviates from the Dao, the ground will crack, the sky will collapse, and the whole universe will be empty. When the Fa is right, the universe will be right. Life will flourish, heaven and earth will be stable, and the Fa will exist forever.” (“When the Fa is Right,” Essentials for Further Advancement)

(Selected submission in celebration of 2025 World Falun Dafa Day on Minghui.org)