Indonesia: Falun Dafa Practitioners Hold Experience Sharing Conference

(Minghui.org) Indonesia Falun Dafa practitioners held an Experience Sharing Conference in Bandung City, West Java, on May 11, 2024.

Fifteen practitioners presented their cultivation experiences and spoke of the physical and mental benefits they gained from practicing Falun Dafa. They explained how they looked within, let go of attachments, and assimilated to Falun Dafa’s guiding principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. These experiences spanned different settings, whether they were at home, at work, or were working on various projects to help people understand the facts about Dafa.

Indonesia Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held on May 11, 2024 during the celebration of World Falun Dafa Day.

Practitioners sharing their experiences on the stage.

Validating Dafa’s Principles at Work

Arief, an engineer, experienced a condition where one of his colleagues often criticized him using harsh comments in front of others. One day the owner of the company came to Arief’s desk and informed him that part of his tasks would be transferred and assigned to this colleague. After that Arief felt that other colleagues also started ignoring him.

At first he tried to accept this and looked within, but the situation at work did not improve. He then began to examine himself on whether what he was doing met the criteria of a Dafa practitioner. One day he realized that the process of looking within that he was doing actually had the aim of getting the problems quickly resolved instead of sincerely finding his shortcomings and getting rid of his attachments.

After looking earnestly within, he found that hatred for this colleague had actually been embedded in his heart in the past, because this colleague had once hurt him a lot. Apart from that, he detected an attachment of resentment towards his boss, whom he felt did not appreciate his performance. There was also the attachment of anger at other colleagues for belittling him. Further, Arief found his jealous heart, seeing his co-workers receiving more attention from the boss, and all of these ordinary human feelings strengthened each other.

Arief realized that he needed to improve his Fa-study. While sending forth righteous thoughts, he tried to eliminate all of these attachments. At the same time, he gave his best effort to improve the quality of his work, and to be responsible for the tasks assigned to him. After that Arief felt that his heart remained light and without any burden.

Several months passed. One day this colleague who belittled him came to his desk to discuss work-related matters. Arief noticed that his attitude was different now and unexpectedly, he asked how Arief could remain calm and patient. Arief then spoke of the principles he abides by as he practices Falun Dafa with his colleague. His coworker listened seriously and seemed very touched. Then he admitted his wrongdoings toward Arief.

The boss’s attitude also changed and at the year-end performance appraisal, the boss gave Arief a good review and salary increase.

Clarifying the Truth by Distributing Epoch Times Newspapers

Before practicing Dafa, Santi suffered from acute migraines, vertigo, and ulcers. She recovered from all of her illnesses after she practiced Dafa for several months in 2003.

She joined the team that distributed the Epoch Times in 2006 and has continued to been involved until this day.

Initially, she distributed Epoch Times newspapers to shops run by Chinese-Indonesians, and then distributed newspapers to government agencies as well. During the process, she overcame many difficulties. Her older sister once ridiculed her, “Why not just pay people to distribute newspapers?” Seeing that Santi was unmoved, her older sister never mentioned her dislike for Sani’s activities. When distributing newspapers, Santi explained, “This newspaper reports the truth and promotes kindness and virtue.”

As time went by, several ordinary people who had understood the truth by reading the Epoch Times newspapers also showed their willingness to further distribute the newspapers, such as in a market, in a Buddhist monastery, and in Chinese restaurants.

An influential senior monk once told a lay Buddhist, “This newspaper tells the truth, distributing it will bring blessings to you.” Since then, this Buddhist has delivered the Epoch Times newspaper to the monastery and the local Buddhist community for more than 10 years. This senior monk also asked other monks in that monastery to read the Epoch Times.

The owner of a Chinese restaurant once told Santi that she also enjoyed reading the Epoch Times newspaper, which she placed in her restaurant. If a certain edition was not distributed completely, she would combine the older edition with the new edition, until all were distributed.

When Santi read Master’s recent article “Stay Far Away from Peril,” she realized that her journey over the years of distributing newspapers was actually compassion and an opportunity given by Master for her to improve her character and in the process of distributing the newspapers, assimilate with Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance.

Elevating Xinxing While Participating in Practitioners’ Event

Yuli comes from Indonesia and since 2023 has been working in Mexico. In 2023, she took part in the local July 20 activity in front of the Chinese consulate.

She was assigned by the local coordinator to distribute fliers and clarify the truth to passersby. At first she only distributed fliers and couldn’t explain the persecution perpetrated by the Chinese regime. An elderly practitioner asked her to speak and not just hand out fliers. Yuli explained that she wasn’t fluent in Spanish, but this fellow practitioner still asked her to speak. Yuli felt a bit annoyed with this elderly practitioner. She continued to hand out fliers without explaining the facts, but this practitioner again asked her to speak.

Finally Yuli started saying a few words to passersby. Unexpectedly, a passerby could speak English, so Yuli started clarifying the facts about Falun Dafa and the persecution in China. He seemed very concerned by the situation in China, where the practitioners were persecuted for their belief by the Chinese communist regime. He then told her about his son whose Chinese friends have difficulty using certain social media platforms due to the internet blockade carried out by the communist regime. After he understood the truth, he expressed his support and admiration for the practitioners’ peaceful efforts to end the persecution.

Yuli realized that this wasn’t a coincidence, and Master had used a fellow practitioner’s mouth to encourage her to clarify the truth and eliminate her attachment of fear.

From Practicing Alone to Opening a Practice Site

Eni was a merchant at a local market and was introduced to Falun Dafa in 2020 during the pandemic. She was the only practitioner in her city, so she tried to join a practice site in a neighboring city; however, it was closed due to the pandemic. Later, she got connected with other practitioners in different cities through the Falun Dafa online class. Through fellow practitioners’ sharing, she understood the importance of Fa study and looking within, and learned how to send forth righteous thoughts.

Through more Fa study, she gradually improved her xinxing. For example, she found out that two of her assistants at the market often stole her merchandise. After learning about this, Eni dismissed them as employees, but did not report the case to the police. She understood that this material loss was a form of karmic retribution.

Previously, Eni liked to chat with fellow traders, to talk about political situations, and gossip about various things. After realizing the importance of cultivating one’s speech, she used her free time to study the Fa more.

Step by step, she understood that practitioners have the responsibility to save other people, so she decided to open a practice site in her city. However, after a while, still no one joined the practice site. She lost her confidence and then closed the practice site. Last year she attended the Indonesian experience-sharing conference for the first time. Through other practitioners’ sharing, she was encouraged to re-establish the practice site, which continues to this day.

After the Fa conference concluded at around 4 p.m., practitioners took turns taking photos together. They had found a way to wish Master Li a happy birthday.