Russia: Introducing Falun Gong to a Moscow Automobile Factory

Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises as part a health-watch activity called “Help Yourself,” which was organised by a Moscow automobile factory and took place on June 5th 2004. The presentation took place in the afternoon, in a hall jam-packed with about one hundred people. Firstly, Dafa disciples introduced Falun Dafa’s cultivation principles of “Truthfulness, Benevolence, and Forbearance”. This was followed by an introduction to the brutal persecution conducted against Falun Dafa practitioners by the Jiang regime in China. Dafa disciples explained the support that Falun Dafa has received globally, and the worldwide lawsuits taking place against the prime culprits who persecute Falun Gong.

Everyone agreed with the principles of Falun Dafa, and had a good understanding about the persecution in China. Dafa disciples subsequently carried out a demonstration of the five sets of exercises, accompanied by verbal explanations of their characteristics and effects. At the end, a young Dafa disciple performed the “Lotus Dance”. The dancing performance won warm applause from the crowd.

Dafa practitioners introducing Falun Gong to interested people

Owing to the time restriction, the activity organiser cancelled a film that practitioners had initially planned to show. However, a lot of people were enthusiastic to see the movie. Therefore, the activity organiser arranged for the movie to be shown in the shop downstairs. The film allowed many who watched it another chance to deepen their understanding of Falun Dafa and the persecution that Dafa disciples are suffering.

Some time after the activity had come to an end, Dafa disciples were still surrounded by people asking interesting questions, which included how to learn to practise Falun Gong.