Friend Overcomes Depression by Chanting “Falun Dafa Is Good!”

(Minghui.org) I have practiced Falun Dafa for about 30 years, and I would like to share some stories from my cultivation journey and assisting Master to save sentient beings in the past year.

From the experience-sharing articles on the Minghui website, I knew some practitioners could recite the entire book of Zhuan Falun and others could hand-copy it from memory.

Some practitioners considered saving sentient beings as their top priority; they would go out every day to clarify the truth face-to-face. I was truly amazed and wondered if I could do the same.

Looking inward, I realized that my belief in Master and the Fa was insufficient. I had fear, worries, and a desire to save face. I hadn’t achieved the state where my every thought aligns with Dafa’s standards of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.

I found it very challenging to follow what Master told us,

“From now on, whatever you do, you should consider others first, so as to attain the righteous Enlightenment of selflessness and altruism.” (“Non-Omission in Buddha-Nature” fromEssentials for Further Advancement)

Whenever I attempted to clarify the truth, my thoughts would often be centered around “me” such as: “How will they perceive me? Is it dangerous? Will others understand?” and so on, rather than thinking of saving people first.

I knew I should get rid of my attachments, and only by studying more of the Fa in tranquility could I regain the state I had when I first started cultivation. I knew that only by achieving this state, could I follow Master closely in the Fa-rectification period.

I made up my mind to memorize Zhuan Falun again (I did it twice before, and hand-copied it five times). I tried to memorize it sentence by sentence, and I could feel each sentence melding into my mind. It took me three months to complete the third round.

The purpose of memorizing the Fa was to assimilate with Dafa and do better with saving sentient beings. After my third round of memorization, I found it was not as difficult as before to follow:

“From now on, whatever you do, you should consider others first, so as to attain the righteous Enlightenment of selflessness and altruism.” (“Non-Omission in Buddha-Nature” fromEssentials for Further Advancement)

I felt that saving sentient beings was a natural thing to do, especially if I could align with Dafa’s principles to do well at all times. In clarifying the truth, I could gradually let go of self and put saving sentient beings as my top priority.

Memorizing the Fa is truly beneficial, and I was able to put aside “self” and wholeheartedly save sentient beings. I’d now like to share a miraculous story after I memorized Zhuan Falun.

Averting a Crisis by Chanting “Falun Dafa Is Good!”

I got a call from my friend Wen in January of 2023. Wen asked me to rush to his apartment as soon as possible because his wife Ping was about to jump off the building.

He had tried everything he could think of to stop her, but to no avail. I could hear Wen’s hopeless tone on the other end. He said that he would kill himself if he lost his wife.

I immediately rushed out. I had clarified the truth to them, and they knew that Falun Dafa is good. Ping had renounced her membership in the CCP and frequently shared truth-clarification materials I had given her with her coworkers.

When I arrived at their home by taxi, I saw about a dozen people gathered around Ping, who was severely distressed, crying, and screaming. Upon seeing me, Ping caught hold of me tightly and began to sob, saying, “I had one foot out the window, and, suddenly, I heard my son [who is abroad] calling me, that’s when I snapped out of it; I didn’t jump. But I couldn’t control myself, and I’m so scared ... ”

I saw Ping’s eyes were tightly closed, and her body was shaking violently. I took her trembling hands and asked her to sit down. I told her, “Alright, I know what you mean. Take a rest, calm down, and listen to me, okay?” She said okay. “You have been believing in the greatness of Falun Dafa, in the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance, and you know Master Li is benevolent. Now, open your eyes, look into my eyes, and say with me: Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!”

We began repeating each sentence clearly: “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” The surroundings became quiet, as if no one else was there, and we kept chanting. Gradually, I felt her hands stop shaking, her head no longer swayed, and she calmed down. At that moment, I heard someone whispering nearby, “So miraculous, truly miraculous!” Her husband Wen was excited and kept saying, “Thank you so much!” He insisted that I join them for a meal, and I responded, “Don’t thank me; thank my Master. It was Master who saved her.”

Seeing that Ping had regained her composure, I asked if she wanted to listen to Master’s teachings and she agreed. I handed her an audio player with Master’s teachings, and she sat there quietly listening to the lecture in Guangzhou City.

When I was about to leave after finishing the meal, Ping acted as if nothing had happened and was completely back to normal. She joyfully accompanied me to the door as I left. Wen, Ping, and everyone else kept expressing their gratitude, saying, “Thank you, thank you, it’s truly miraculous!” I kept saying, “Don’t thank me, everyone should thank Master.” They then said, “Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!”

I told Wen and Ping to keep reciting, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” and “If any issues arise again, just say, I’ve quit the CCP, I only follow Master Li Hongzhi, and I don’t want anything else.” They replied, “Got it, we’ll do just that!”

Everyone witnessed the miracle of Dafa and Master’s great compassion. Afterwards, they all withdrew from the CCP. I also reminded them to remember “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!” for their safety.

I later heard that Ping had previously been diagnosed with severe depression, which indicated how dangerous the situation was at the time. When I saw her again, everything about her was normal.

She now talks and laughs with her friends and travels around. People who didn’t know her would never guess that, just a few months ago, she experienced the torment of severe depression. She told me, “I listen to Master’s teachings every day and often say out loud, ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!’ I’m so grateful to Master!”