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Switzerland: Practitioners Reveal the Truth Behind the Persecution at the World Economic Forum in Davos By Swiss practitioners
(Clearwisdom.net) The World Economic Forum was held at Switzerland's famous Davos Ski Resort on
January 23-27, 2003. To let more people know about Falun Gong and to reveal the
facts of the persecution, practitioners traveled to this mountainous city.
During the five days of activities, many touching events took place. We obtained a booth for our activities, which was just outside the World
Economic Forum venue. This was a place that the participants, the public, and
skiers frequently passed. Practitioners played Dafa music and displayed three
huge banners which read "Falun Dafa is Good!", "Truthfulness, Compassion and
Forbearance," and "Please Rescue the Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted in
China." The banners were both eye-catching and solemn and attracted many
reporters from TV stations, newspapers, and radio stations. Materials that
explained the facts of the persecution were handed out one after another. After
watching practitioners demonstrate the exercises, three young people asked for
materials and learned the Falun Gong exercises on the spot. Despite the sub-zero temperature and the continual blizzards, practitioners
demonstrated the exercises, sent forth righteous thoughts [using upright
thoughts to purify oneself and the surroundings] every hour and handed out
Falun Gong materials from 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. This scene moved many
people. They often came up to the practitioners and said, "I have read all the
materials here. Jiang Zemin is really too cruel. I hope this disaster will come
to an end soon. I wish you all good luck." A Swiss participant at the Forum
said, "I have read all of your materials. What you're doing is really important,
and you are doing a very good job. Since you are such nice people, the Chinese
government should be happy, because the more decent people there are, the better
society is. It is incredible that Jiang Zemin is oppressing such kind-hearted
people. I'll bring up the issue of Falun Gong practitioners' human rights to the
Chinese delegation at the press conference later on." Even the policemen greeted
the practitioners with smiles and asked for the materials and Video-CDs.
Practitioners especially focused on revealing the truth to the Chinese people.
Whenever practitioners saw Chinese people walking near the booth, they would
greet them with a smile. Most of them would accept the materials and offer their
thanks. But some who were influenced by the Jiang regime's propaganda would
purposely avoid the Falun Gong booth. There was one especially touching story. One morning, just as practitioners
were getting ready to sit down and send forth righteous thoughts, they noticed
an elderly Chinese man staring attentively at them. A practitioner approached
him to tell him about the persecution in China, and handed him some leaflets and
a VCD. The man accepted all of them and said, "Sitting on the snow in such cold
weather, you should take care." The practitioners replied: "We don't feel cold
because we are cultivating Falun Dafa." He replied: "Yes, I noticed that all of
your faces are glowing with health, and you all have sturdy bodies. However, my
physical condition is not good. Could you help me out if I want to practice
Falun Gong? I need a book about Falun Gong." Since he was so eager to learn, a
practitioner gave him his copy of Zhuan Falun [the main text of Falun
Dafa]. The elderly man left happily while murmuring, "What a group of
kind-hearted people!" On the last two days there were evening sessions of the World Economic Forum,
which were open to everyone. Dafa practitioners used this golden opportunity to
raise their concerns about Jiang's persecution of Falun Gong in China. After the
meeting adjourned, practitioners continued to talk with other participants, and
explained the facts about the persecution to them, as well as distributing VCDs
and other materials. The result was really wonderful. Thinking of the people there, practitioners unanimously felt that it was
Master Li that brought them to us. Posting date: 3/20/2003 |