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I began memorizing the Fa in 1996. My work wasn’t busy then, and I planned to sit for my exams for a Master’s degree so I studied hard. I later realized, wasn’t it better to use this time to memorize the teachings? So I memorized the Fa paragraph by paragraph. By 2001, I memorized the entire book, Zhuan Falun. Now I recite the Fa when I study the Fa with other practitioners. I hand copied Zhuan Falun 30 times, and Hong Yin, Hong Yin II, Hong Yin III, Hong Yin IV, Hong Yin V, 24 times.
Memorizing the Fa played an important role in helping me do the three things well and in overcoming various tribulations.
Enlightenment While Going Through Sickness Karma
I went through sickness karma in September 2019. I got up early one day and had a feeling of fear. When I walked into the washroom, brownish water suddenly spurted from my nose and mouth. I knew this wasn’t a sickness symptom as I didn’t vomit out any food. However, my fear increased. I sweat heavily, felt weak and had difficulty breathing. Something was wrong with my stomach. I didn’t feel comfortable while I stood or sat. I couldn’t breathe unless I half reclined on the bed. The slightest movement left me gasping for air.
In the following days I had difficulty breathing or walking. I sweat, and was afraid that I would die any minute. I knew this was a test of life and death. Every morning when I got up, I felt uncomfortable and I was afraid. The feeling is hard to describe in words. I thought this state would soon disappear, but it lasted several years. It gradually decreased. When the fear came up, I felt panicked. Whenever I was in that state, I hand copied the Fa or wrote down the Fa from memory. I wasn’t able to read the Fa when I felt distressed, but I could write the Fa from memory.
Life is fragile. However great a person is, he might collapse when the karma hit him. So I don’t dare to be arrogant or cause karma. Karma causes all sorts of dreadful things, and one won’t be able to overcome it without the protection of the Fa.
I realized that this long, karma-dissolving process was a process of letting go of my attachment to ego and arrogance. I must stay humble and be respectful. The Fa is most important.
An old saying goes: “The greatest virtue has the characteristic of water – it benefits wherever it flows but takes no credit for the good it has done.” Cultivators must be humble. The characteristic of the new cosmos is to be selfless and acting for the sake of others, not arrogant.
Clarifying the Truth Despite the Persecution
I was arrested again this year while I was in another province. I told the police who arrested me that Falun Dafa is righteous and practitioners are all good people, and to treat them well.
I said, “Falun Dafa has amazing health benefits and improves peoples’ morality. It benefits the people and the country. It doesn’t do any harm. You arrested me because I say Falun Dafa is good. Then what crimes has the media committed in using propaganda to demonize Falun Dafa? I tell you the facts, but the media lies to people. Shouldn’t you be charging them? The Tiananmen self-immolation incident was staged and deceived many people, and caused many people to hate Falun Dafa.”
They wrote down what I said in my file.
One day I had lunch with five officers who were in charge of my case. I talked about the CCP’s corruption and they acknowledged it. I said, “The CCP gave 64 villages including Vladivostok, Sakhalin Island and the Outer Xing’an Range, over 1 million square kilometers, to Russia. This was a historically unfair treaty. The world knows, but doesn’t talk about it. But the CCP acknowledges it, and even gave Tannu Uriankhai, about the size of Henan Province, to Russia. It’s treason to cede territory to other countries in peacetime.” One of the officers said that he knew about this.
A new officer came. He was a confident young man who served in the military. He said that he would register in the army if there was a war. I knew what he meant and told him that Chinese people were very patriotic. I asked him if he knew that during the June 4th massacre, Xu Qinxian, Commander of the 38th Army, didn’t obey the order to shoot students. He said that he knew.
I said, “He is a man with conscience. He didn’t order his soldiers to kill the students. He would rather be killed than be a criminal.” I asked him if he would kill the students if he was ordered to do so. He was silent.
During another interrogation they asked me for the other practitioners’ information. I said, “I won’t tell you. I’ve experienced such terrible hardships. Do you think I’d cause other practitioners to experience what I did? We are good people and haven’t violated any laws.” They stopped asking.
They told me that overseas practitioners phoned them. They asked me if the stone with Chinese characters was real and what the story about 10 nurses hung to death was about. I explained, “If you search the Internet, you can find images of the stone which has the Chinese characters: ‘The CCP Perishes’. It was formed naturally about 100 million years ago. The CCP’s demise is Heaven’s will. The story about ten nurses is regarding 10 nurses from Nazi concentration camps who were sent to the gallows after the war due to their following orders to torture and kill Jewish prisoners.” Their questions indicated that the phone calls by overseas practitioners played an important role in preventing them from doing evil.
During the last interrogation, I told them not to persecute the practitioners because it wasn’t just for practitioners, but for themselves as well. They are responsible for the crimes they committed in their life time.
Officers from the Procuratorate interrogated me after I was detained for 30 days. I said, “I didn’t want to answer your questions—but to show my respect for you, I will answer them. I won’t sign any papers because I haven’t violated any laws.” After the interrogation, they asked me to sign the paper. I refused. They said, “You can write ‘Falun Dafa is a righteous Fa’ and sign.” I refused to sign. They called their leader for advice and then left. I learned from their interrogation that they knew me and my case very well and should have talked to the officers in the police department who were in charge of my case before they came.
I told the police officers, “I won’t cooperate with you because I haven’t violated any laws. People around the world practice Falun Dafa. But in China the CCP persecutes Falun Dafa. People in Hong Kong and Macau also practice Falun Dafa. Many people in Taiwan practice Falun Dafa. Do you think the world has issues or does the CCP have issues?”
My Experiences in a Detention Center
I recited three lectures a day in the detention center. When the inmates were watching TV, I did the meditation exercise for one hour and also sent forth righteous thoughts.
Initially I didn’t dare to practice the exercises openly. But the guard told the inmates not to learn from me when I did the exercises. He asked me what time I did the exercises. I realized that he was giving me a hint to practice the exercises, so I practiced them openly.
One inmate asked me to read the prison rules. Before I said anything, the cell supervisor said, “Will he read them? Will Falun Dafa read the CCP stuff?”
One day the inmates surrounded me and listened to me, which was against the rule. Over the loudspeaker a guard told them to sit down, but he said it politely. He knew a Falun Dafa practitioner was talking and didn’t curse.
It was just like Master said, “The Buddha-light illuminates everywhere and harmonizes everything.” (Lecture Three, Zhuan Falun)
I recited the poem “An Upright Person” from Hong Yin to the inmates. When an inmate praised it, I told them that it was written by Master.
One inmate asked me to write down the poem “Nothing Kept” (from Hong Yin) on the back of his hand, and said he would memorize it. Some inmates asked me to show them the gestures for sending forth righteous thoughts, and said they were beautiful.
I explained the principles of Falun Dafa, and they said Falun Dafa was unique and really good.
I collected rubbish inside an empty instant noodle pack and then emptied it into the rubbish bin in the bathroom. One day the cell supervisor asked an inmate what I was doing. The inmate praised me for keeping the cell clean. The supervisor was touched and gave me 5 packs of instant noodles.
A practitioner’s each action or thought is like a musical note. We should play the notes well, with compassion. Every note emits positive energy and saves more sentient beings.
I noticed that people long for traditional things, morality, and have a divine side. They were lost and fooled by the CCP culture and didn’t know what to do.
The inmates were gradually influenced by me. One said the way the CCP tortured people physically and mentally were demonic. An inmate couldn’t bear the torture and said he accepted bribes so that his family members wouldn’t be implicated. He said from his own experiences he knew the CCP was a demon. An inmate who once lived in Beijing said that people in Beijing all knew the Tiananmen self-immolation incident was staged because the police officers never patrolled carrying fire extinguishers, like what was shown in the TV footage.
On my 30th day in the cell, I thought that I wouldn’t be able to get out this time, however, deep in my mind I still had hope. An inmate asked me if I would be freed soon. I said that I would stay. I was transferred to this cell 3 days earlier and helped several inmates quit the CCP. I hadn’t clarified the truth to twelve inmates, and they wanted to chat with me.
The guard came before we went to bed. He shouted my name and told me to pack up. The inmates were surprised. I was surprised as well but kept calm. I said to myself that I didn’t want to go. One inmate said that he wanted to listen to me talking the next day. The guard asked me if I practiced the exercises. I told him yes. He said that he wouldn’t let me go if I hadn’t practiced the exercises.
I felt regret. I stayed in three cells, and every time I was transferred to another cell suddenly, but some inmates hadn’t yet quit the CCP. This time more than twelve inmates hadn’t quit. I thought I still had time. I regretted that I didn’t make full use of the time to help them.
The officer who was in charge of my case this time was kind to me. One day he said, “I saw you practicing the exercises and didn’t disturb you.” He learned the truth and was kind to me. I felt happy for him. He chose a beautiful future for himself!
I recited the Fa, sent forth righteous thoughts and clarified the truth to inmates. In addition, overseas practitioners made phone calls to the detention center. The impossible became possible.
Memorizing the Fa Changed My Cultivation State
Looking back at my cultivation journey, I realized that I haven’t done as well as other practitioners in regards to my enlightenment, righteous thoughts and looking within. But memorizing the Fa played an amazing role in my cultivation.
I was detained for more than 40 days and then was transferred to a highly restricted team in 2006. I recited Zhuan Falun about twelve times. I worried that they would try to forcibly transform me. To my surprise, the leader in the restricted team said that they wouldn’t transfer me or ask me to write the “three statements” to give up my belief. He said that his only request was that the practitioners not cause trouble for him. But the practitioners who were sent there later on, they threatened them and forced them to write statements renouncing Falun Dafa.
I was in the detention center for 18 months. I recited the Fa almost every morning after I got up until I went to bed in the evening. I even recited the Fa while I lay in bed. I recited the Fa while I did the labor work. I recited the Fa while others were watching TV. I recited Zhuan Falun 208 times in those 18 months. I felt I was surrounded by energy and I underwent big physical changes.
I saw large Falun when I was released from the detention center. I usually only saw two. The guard didn’t beat me or swear at me. The brigade leader wanted to shock me with an electric baton but it had no power. He left angrily. They all knew that I was memorizing the Fa but no one cared, and no one reported me to the guard. The guard said that I did whatever I needed to do there.
In the several years that I was displaced, I was alone. Every day I recited the Fa, hand copied the Fa, sent forth righteous thoughts and clarified the truth to people. For a period of time, I recited 6 lectures of Zhuan Falun a day, and I recited Zhuan Falun 20 times in one month. I did not feel lonely. During the Chinese New Year and public holidays, I was alone and had no desire to do anything else. I spent a beautiful period of time reciting the Fa.
I required of myself to be respectful, thankful and pure while I recited the Fa. Every word, every paragraph and every page, even the punctuation I recited must be correct.
My life was elevated while I recited the Fa. I didn’t have any desire for anything in this world. Dafa is everything to me. It is my honor to help Master rectify the Fa. I am very grateful to Master!
Thank you, Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners!
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