Summary of Other Articles and News - 12/21/2002

(Clearwisdom.net)

Righteous Thoughts and Righteous Actions

To firmly resist the evil is to oppose the arrangements of the old forces. One female practitioner detained in the same ward with me was illegally sentenced to labor education for unfolding banners in Beijing. When she was forced to get into the car, she held the door and refused to get in, shouting loudly: "I am not going! I am not going!" Finally the police threw her into the car. She kept fighting her way out. Later the police handcuffed her hand to the car and sent her to the labor camp. She did not pass the medical examination in the labor camp and was sent back to the ward in the detention center. She said: "I absolutely did not cooperate with them." Three days later she was released. From the perspective of everyday people it appeared that she had been making fruitless efforts---if the police wanted to send you to the labor camp, how could you get off the hook? However, this practitioner did not cooperate with the evil, which was in fact denying the arrangement of the old forces.

Practitioners Exchange Insights

Looking at "transformation" and the old forces, Master wanted to save all sentient beings. Even though the old forces did wrong deeds, they were given opportunities again and again. We should use the righteous Fa principles taught by Master to look at people, be compassionate to all beings, and offer salvation to all beings. Some people are really difficult to be saved, but some are still hopeful. We should have the state of mind to encompass everything, understand all and give opportunities to all beings. With the change of our attitudes things would become much easier.

The Truth of Persecutions

I obtained Falun Dafa in May 1999. At that time I suffered from many illnesses. By studying Zhuan Falun and practicing the exercises, all the illnesses disappeared after several days. After July 20, 1999, I wavered and once wrote a "Statement to Denounce Falun Gong." Later I wrote a "Solemn Declaration" to declare null my previous statement. For more than a year we have been going to different villages to pass out Falun Gong flyers, letting more people understand "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance," and creating opportunities for them to obtain Falun Dafa.

People from All Professions Against Article 23

The student unions of 31 universities in Taiwan unite against the Enactment of Article 23 in Hong Kong: We are the students of 31 universities in Taiwan, we are also Falun Gong practitioners. As Falun Gong practitioners we see that Article 23 is a most useful tool to legalize the persecution. We Falun Gong groups in the universities of Taiwan are against the enactment of Article 23 in Hong Kong.

The Singapore Falun Buddha Fa Association wrote to the government of Hong Kong about the enactment of Article 23: If the suggestions in Article 23 become law, it will seriously impact the freedom of speech, human rights, and the freedoms of media, organization, and information. It would seriously damage the investment environment of Hong Kong and shake Hong Kong's position as the financial center of the world. One of the items in Article 23 is obviously targeting Falun Gong, the non-political group of practitioners who practice "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance." It is known that the dictators of Mainland China have been seriously criticized by international opinion for their brutal persecution against Falun Gong practitioners. We should not let this tragedy happen in Hong Kong!