Hualien, Taiwan: Falun Dafa Practitioners Express Their Gratitude for Master’s Boundless Compassion

(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners gathered outside the Hualien Train Station on December 25, 2022. They wished Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, a Happy New Year. They put their palms together to say, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. We wish Master Li a Happy New Year!”

Falun Dafa practitioners in Hualien, Taiwan, wish Master Li Hongzhi a Happy New Year.

After taking a group picture, the sun shone brightly in the cold of winter. Practitioners stood neatly in their blue jackets. They demonstrated the beauty of Falun Dafa’s exercises accompanied by Dafa’s peaceful music. Some of them distributed Falun Dafa magazines. They told people that the world needs Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.

Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises outside the Hualien train station.

Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a spiritual practice founded by Master Li Hongzhi in 1992. Cultivators of Falun Dafa abide by the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Both their physical and mental health improved and the practice also elevates one’s moral values. Falun Dafa has spread to over 100 countries and regions, and millions of people have benefited. Therefore, practitioners from all over the world gather every year to wish Master Li a Happy New Year to express their gratitude towards Master and share their cultivation experiences. 

Ms. Wu Jiying, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Huelien, Taiwan

Ms. Wu Jiying began to practice Falun Dafa in 1997. Her co-worker introduced her to Falun Dafa because she noticed that she and her husband were constantly fighting. Her co-worker gifted her the book, Zhuan Falun, the main text of Falun Dafa. She read the book once and realized that the principles mentioned by Master Li were easy and clear to understand. She also realized that one should treat all living beings in the world by following the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Her temper changed for the better and she learned to “look inward.” She began to abide by the principle of “Forbearance” each time she got into an argument with her husband.

She wanted to let more people know about the beauty of Dafa after stepping on her cultivation path. Ms. Wu works in the water department, and she’d often introduce Falun Dafa to people coming to pay their water bill. She used to get agitated when she saw many people come to pay their water bill. After learning Falun Dafa, she changed her attitude and is happy to see many people come to pay their water bill, because she can help more people learn the beauty of Falun Dafa. 

Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Li Caiyun (left) and Ms. Li Meihua from Hualien, Taiwan.

Ms. Li Caiyun and Ms. Li Meihua are sisters who could not eat meat since they were very young. They would vomit after eating meat. So, they decided to practice different kinds of mediation exercises as they got older. They felt that people come to this world with a mission, but they never truly sought a Master.

The two sisters encountered Falun Dafa one day in 2000 when they overheard a friend listening to Master Li’s audio lectures. They were happy learning about the universe’s Dafa and decided to become cultivators.

They heard about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Dafa when reading The Epoch Times one day in 2001. They wanted to spread the truth about Falun Dafa, and let more people know that Falun Dafa teaches one to become a better person, and raises one’s moral standards. Therefore both of them started to hand out Dafa truth-clarification materials door-to-door. 

Upon learning about the CCP’s state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting from living practitioners in 2006, both of them began to learn how to use computers and wanted to help Chinese people withdraw from the CCP and its youth organizations. They said, “Our cultivation is nothing out of the ordinary. We have been cultivating as if we just stepped into the cultivation practice. However, cultivating in Dafa is the most fortunate happening we have encountered in our lives. Thank you, Master, for your compassion.”

Ms. Wu Jinyun owns a motorcycle company. She has a big family, and often she lacks tolerance, notices injustice, and compromises on her family’s behalf. She was introduced to Falun Dafa by a friend in 2001. She bought the books, Falun Gong, Essentials for Further Advancement, and The Great Way of Spiritual Perfection immediately, and began to read them. She enlightened that everything unpleasant she encounters is a form of karmic retribution, and nothing is coincidental.

Ms. Wu said, “I would think that I might have treated someone badly in the past whenever I get into conflicts with others. I know this was for me to eliminate karma, and so my heart has to remain calm. I also learned to be tolerant and considerate of others. At times, I would still lack tolerance since we are still cultivating. Sections of the Fa that I have previously memorized will surface, and I would find my shortcomings, allowing me to abide by the principles of the Fa. When my heart changed for the better, I realized my environment will also change for the better.”