(Minghui.org) Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) practitioners celebrated the 25th World Falun Dafa Day at Russell Creek Park in Plano, Texas, on the morning of May 12, 2024.

They did the Falun Gong exercises and talked to people about the ongoing persecution in China to passersby. Finally, all the practitioners wished Master Li Hongzhi, the practice’s founder, a happy birthday.

Falun Gong practitioners expressed their gratitude to Mr. Li Hongzhi for making the practice public 32 years ago.

Falun Dafa was introduced to the public by Mr. Li Hongzhi on May 13, 1992. There are tens of millions of people around the world practicing Falun Dafa in more than 100 countries and regions. Falun Dafa was introduced to the Dallas area in 1996.

Falun Gong practitioners demonstrate the second exercise, Falun Standing Stance.

Falun Gong practitioners practice the sitting meditation, Strengthening Supernatural Powers.

Native American Becomes Healthier and More Mindful

Veteran Larrison is a Native American. He grew up on a large farm and later joined the U.S. Army and was deployed to Iraq. He retired from the Army due to injuries and mental health issues.

Larrison does the Falun Standing Stance.

Larrison recalled the time when he retired from the Army due to PTSD. “At that time I felt small, slow, and old. My joints, muscles, hands and feet ached. My heart was dark. I felt like I was walking in a dark dream, and my thoughts were foggy.” He continued, “It was as if I had lost my soul in the war and my memories were locked away.”

Since practicing Dafa, he no longer feels those wounds in his heart, although he still has minor physical problems. “I have benefited a lot from Falun Dafa and I recovered. It is impossible for me to give up Falun Dafa. Although cultivation is not easy and there will be hardships, I have confidence,” Larrison added.

Practicing Dafa gave him peace of mind, “It clarified and relieved the loneliness and heavy burden in my mind and soul. The wisdom of Dafa has made me healthier and more mindful,” he said.

Vietnamese Falun Gong Practitioners Express Their Gratitude to Master

There were more than a dozen Vietnamese practitioners at the celebration, including veteran and new practitioners and elderly people and children.

Vietnamese practitioners wish Master a happy birthday.

Mainland Chinese Take Note of the Celebration

Two ladies were interested in Falun Gong and came specifically to learn the exercises.

Two women learned the Falun Gong exercises.

Mr. Han from Hebei Province, China stood nearby and watched Falun Gong practitioners doing the exercises together. A practitioner talked to him about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of the practice in mainland China. He knew that the CCP had done a lot of bad things in the past, but thought it wasn’t as bad as before.

The practitioner told him that the persecution of Falun Gong continues to this day and that the CCP even harvests organs from living practitioners. The practitioner also talked to the man about the staged Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident, which is often misunderstood by many people from the mainland.

The practitioner then talked to Mr. Han about the hundreds of millions of Chinese who have withdrawn from the CCP. Having been in the United States for more than a decade, Han agreed to quit the Young Pioneers, an organization affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party and took a copy of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party.