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News and Activities around the World
The following is an excerpt from a letter written by Falun Dafa practitioners in Philadelphia, U.S.A., inviting local Chinese immigrants to visit a Falun Dafa photo exhibition: "During the past three years, Falun Dafa has spread to over 50 countries around the world, attracting people from numerous different nationalities and ethnicities. Faced with the brutal persecution in China, Falun Dafa practitioners have always maintained hearts of kindness and upheld the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance. The peacefulness and rationality they have displayed has been verified and embraced by the world community. We would like to share this wonderful journey of Falun Dafa with you by welcoming you to visit our photo exhibition."
Practitioners Exchange Insights
Lianlian lives in Beijing. She started to practice Falun Dafa when she was five months old. Whenever she sat down, she would put her legs in the single lotus position and Jieyin (conjoin the hands). Whenever she saw Teacher's picture, she would Heshi (press the hands together in front of the chest). She had memorized many of Teacher's poems, and would often recite them to her grandmother when asked.
When Lianlian was 22 months old, her mother took her to visit Tiananmen Square. Upon arriving at the square, she sat down and started to do the sitting meditation. In this way, she was able to validate Dafa to the passersby.
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In the labor camp, there are all kinds of deceitful statements made by practitioners who have enlightened along an evil path under extreme pressure and torture. We must have determined righteous thoughts when faced with such statements, and study the Fa well in order to not be misled by them. One time, in order to justify their surrender to the evil and stopping of cultivation practice, a person quoted Dizang Bodhisattva's statement, "If I do not go to hell, who will?" However, they did not realize that that statement came out of Dizang Bodhisattva's compassion to save the sentient beings suffering in hell. It was certainly not calling on people to be fearless of and willingly go to hell.
