By He Yu
(Clearwisdom.net) Editors' Note: In both Western and Chinese culture, the principle of karmic
retribution, that is, being held ultimately accountable for one's own actions,
is widely accepted. The fundamental teaching of Falun Gong is the characteristic
of the universe, "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." The universe
will reward actions that are in harmony with this principle, while actions such
as beating, torturing and murdering people will incur karmic retribution. Stated
another way, good deeds will be rewarded with good, while evildoings will meet
due retribution. Articles such as this one are meant as a compassionate reminder
of this principle to those who would commit wrongdoing. While many of those who
persecute Falun Gong are merely "following orders," the universal law
requires that they too be held responsible for their actions, and that only by
reversing their course of wrongdoing may they escape retribution. "Heaven monitors the human beings on Earth and determines a person's
life span based upon his virtue and performance. When a person dies early, it's
not because heaven wants him to, but because this person fails to do good deeds
and instead seeks his own destruction." (Translated from Biographies of
Kings of Ying [Dynasty], volume III of Records of the Grand
Historian (Shiji)) For nearly eight years, while the Chinese Communist Party has persecuted
those who lead their lives according to "Truthfulness, Compassion
Forbearance", Falun Gong practitioners have resisted the persecution with
rationality and persistence, and the universal law of good deeds being rewarded
and evil meeting with retribution has been distinctly manifested. In this series
of articles, we enumerate some statistical data as well as some startling cases
of how people at different levels have met with retribution in recent years
after participating in the persecution of Falun Gong. We hope this will get the
attention of those evildoers who still follow the Chinese Communist Party to
commit crimes towards Dafa practitioners. According to information collected by the Minghui (Clearwisdom) website after
breaking through layers and layers of interference, the website has verified
that over 3,340 Falun Gong practitioners were persecuted to death in the past
eight years. Since 1999, when the CCP began to publicly persecute Falun Gong,
these cases have occurred in over 31 provinces, municipalities directly under
the Central Government, and autonomous regions in China. There are 5,536 cases
of karmic retribution on record, involving about 10,000 people who actively
followed the CCP to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. They have occurred in 30
provinces, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and autonomous
regions. About 70 percent of the cases involved personnel in organizations
related to public security, labor camps, 610 Offices, the political and
judiciary system, and the cultural and education system. Below are the 10 provinces and cities with the highest number of Falun Gong
practitioners persecuted to death and the highest number of retribution cases
(in the order from highest to lowest): Hebei, Liaoning, Shandoing, Helongjiang,
Jilin, Sichuan, Hubei, Henan, Hunan, and Beijing. Figure (Yellow: number of Falun Gong practitioners persecuted
to death; Red: number of people receiving retribution) The above figures show that, in the areas where Falun Gong was severely
persecuted, there are large numbers of retribution cases. The10 areas with the
highest number of retribution cases and the10 areas with the highest number of
practitioners persecuted to death are basically the same. The statistics for
other provinces and cities also showed a surprising high correlation. In statistics, a correlation coefficient is used to describe the relationship
between two random variables. It is valued from 0 to 1. The closer the
coefficient is to 1, the more closely are the two variables related to each
other. Conversely, the closer the coefficient is to 0, the less of a correlation
between the two. Generally, when the correlation coefficient is greater than
0.3, the two random variables are considered positively correlated, meaning that
one variable will likely affect the other. Correlating the ten areas with the
highest number of practitioners persecuted to death with the number of
retribution cases in the same areas, the correlation coefficient is as high as
0.95! Considering the law of cause and effect and the heavenly principle of
"good is rewarded while evil meets with retribution," we can give
meaning to the above statistics. The CCP and Jiang Zemin have controlled the entire state apparatus and
attempted to exterminate human beings' morals and conscience. They have attacked
Falun Gong with fabricated charges, slanderous lies, coercion, and enticement.
They have directly gone against "Truthfulness, Compassion,
Forbearance." They have disobeyed the heavenly law and committed
unforgivable crimes. Any life which participates in such a crime will be
punished by the heavenly law, even though he may not believe in the existence of
divine beings or heavenly law. Some people think that the heavenly law and the ancient saying of evil being
met with karmic tribulation is a curse or a threat. That's not the case at all.
If a person is about to fall into an abyss, it is disrespectful to life if we
just let him fall. It is truly being considerate of him if we warn him in time:
"Stop, you are on the edge of a cliff!"
Posting date: 7/5/2007
Original article date: 7/5/2007
Category: Eyewitness Accounts
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/6/12/156780.html