At the opening of the US West Experience Sharing Conference, we respectfully call upon the organizers of the conference and the practitioners overseas to extend our cordial greetings to our great benevolent Teacher, and our respect to the practitioners overseas who have stepped forward to expose the evil and clarify the truth.
We, the practitioners in China, are not allowed to gather and speak out freely as the practitioners overseas do, and are even deprived of the right to explain the truth by the evil forces. Numerous Dafa practitioners have been illegally arrested and detained, waiting in great suffering for the practitioners who have not been able to step forward amidst the tribulations. Over 50 practitioners have sacrificed their lives for their steadfastness in Dafa practice
However, no matter what situation we have and how we have been mistreated, we regard ourselves as a particle of Dafa. It is our common goal and wish to "validate the Fa with reason, clarify the truth with wisdom, spread the Fa and offer people salvation with benevolence" ("Rationality") under any situation and environment.
It is just as the Teacher said in "Serious Teachings:" "the students outside of China are just like the students inside of Chinathey are one body."
In Mainland China, countless practitioners have safeguarded Dafa with their lives and their brave actions have left a magnificent chapter in history at this special historic period when the new Universe is replacing the old. Numerous practitioners have gone out to streets and residential areas to distribute and post materials to expose the evil and reveal the truth of Dafa to the world.
In the nations overseas, countless practitioners have stepped forward to verify Dafa using various means. The peaceful appeals in front of the embassies, promoting the Fa and clarifying the truth in the parks and on the streets, calling for support and exposing the evil in news conferences, and the hongfa activities on World Falun Dafa Day and at the UN Millennium Summit have exposed the evil and its lies, and have made Falun Dafa known to the world.
Either in the Mainland or overseas, let us join the effort to make our small contribution to our Teacher's Fa-Rectification, to show the world the benevolence of Dafa practitioners, and to establish the mighty virtues of the practitioners.
In the future, let's strive to do better to deserve the title of 'Dafa practitioner.' Let us, the particles of Dafa, play our role to "validate the Fa with reason, clarify the truth with wisdom, spread the Fa and offer people salvation with benevolence" (Rationality), and shine with pure radiance.
Beijing Practitioners
October 18, 2000
