Open Discussion

  • A Police Chief Who Benefited from Falun Dafa Protects Falun Dafa Practitioners

    The police chief nodded in agreement, and borrowed a book containing the core teachings of Falun Gong, Zhuan Falun and another book, The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa from the practitioner. One week later, the two met again. This time the police chief had a rosy complexion and was in very good spirits. He told the practitioner happily, "Teacher Li is taking care of me. I just studied the Fa (law or principle, the teachings in Falun Gong) for several days, and the illnesses that had haunted me for years all disappeared. Falun Dafa is so miraculous! It's so good!"
  • A Swiss Falun Gong Practitioner Spends a Week in New York

    During the nine-hour flight from Europe to New York, I had the chance to tell the people sitting on both sides of me about the persecution of Falun Gong. One of them agreed that even from a Christian perspective, every human action provokes a good or bad reaction (retribution) in life and wished me luck and success. He also admired the practitioners who volunteer weeks and months of their time, to explain the truth about the persecution in New York.
  • Reference Material: The Nature of the Chinese Communist Party Determined That It Would Inevitably Defame Falun Gong (Part II)

    Those who are familiar with the Chinese Communist Parties history, from its inception to its taking power, know that the CCP considers itself the master of history. It follows the dictatorship philosophy that "whoever goes along with me prospers, and whoever goes against me perishes." Because of this characteristic, the CCP not only cannot tolerate any opponents who want to replace it, but also cannot tolerate any different kinds of thinking or any independent groups, either outside or inside the CCP.
  • A Policeman in Mainland China Entrusts a Businessman to Relay a Message to Some Falun Gong Practitioners Overseas

    One businessman from China whispered to a Falun Dafa practitioner, “A policeman in my district wanted me to pass on a message to you: Please can Falun Gong practitioners outside China be more careful when contacting practitioners inside China. Last time, one of your practitioners from a city in central Europe entrusted someone to pass on money to a practitioner in our district. When this practitioner got the money the police arrested him, causing unnecessary persecution to a local practitioner. I hope you will take more care in future!”
  • Commentary: To Zhao Zhizhen and Cao Yuan - Please Do Not Use the Name of Science and Truth, (Part 2)

    Why does Zhao Zhizhen try to pose as a protector of science? This is because science has already become the mainstream thought in modern society, and has absolute authority. To pose as a protector of science, 1) there is no risk, 2) he can obtain support from others, and 3) he can claim this accusation is against the whole scientific community, instead of just against him, so that the whole scientific community will share this hatred and fight with him. But the accusation against him is exactly due to his instigation of hatred, which is totally against the spirit of science.
  • Secret Orders Passed Down Through the Chinese Communist Party Ranks Used to Perpetuate the Persecution of Falun Gong

    In China secret orders about Falun Gong have been sent from the top down, one after another. The orders have disturbed administrators at all levels, causing them to pay serious attention to them. Each level is now requiring its inferiors to write a Guarantee Letter that Falun Gong practitioners will be closely monitored to ensure that no problems arise in their workplaces. One recently issued document stressed that Falun Gong practitioners who still insist on practising are to be dismissed from their positions and those who are members be expelled from the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Commentary: To Zhao Zhizhen and Cao Yuan - Please Do Not Use the Name of Science and Truth, (Part 1)

    My friend Wu Weibiao is a young assistant professor at the University of Chicago. Being on the faculty for three and a half years, he has published more than twenty academic papers. Recently, he won a Career Award granted by the National Science Foundation. He was born in the countryside of China. He is honest and simple--no different from most other diligent and honest Chinese youths who study in the US. What distinguishes him from other overseas young people who study in the US is that for the past five years, he has not been able to go back to his homeland to see his parents, because he practices Falun Gong.
  • The Persecution of Falun Gong is a Persecution of the World's People

    Before the persecution against Falun Gong and those who practise Falun Gong started in 1999, the benefits of Falun Gong were well known to people. There were so many amazing stories of physical and mental changes in the lives of practitioners that one would be truly touched upon listening to them. After the persecution began, people who follow Truth-Compassion-Tolerance were labeled as "evil" - by the most evil regime in human history, ironically - and people have been incited to hate and beat them and throw them into prison where they can be abused further.
  • Who Are the People that Persecute Falun Gong?

    As the party committee secretary of Yingbin Road Community Office in the Yuhong District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, Niu Yufeng was a committed follower of the "Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan group" in persecuting Falun Gong. In January of 2005, he was charged with corruption, accepting bribes, and dereliction of duty and sentenced to twelve years in prison.
  • Reference Material: The Nature of the Chinese Communist Party Determined That It Would Inevitably Defame Falun Gong (Part I)

    Over the past five years, Falun Gong practitioners and righteous people at home and abroad have made tireless efforts to help people know the truth about Falun Gong. Unfortunately, as of now, a good number of people are still fooled by the official Chinese propaganda. One of the important reasons for their being unable to realise the truth is that they lack a thorough, sufficient understanding of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) history of deception and its nature of using deception.
  • An Open Letter to Those Involved in the Persecution

    I know that you are involved in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Therefore, I feel that I must write this letter to you, as I truly believe that every living thing has an innate compassion. Over the years, the characteristics of truthfulness and innocence, inherent in everyone, have gradually become deeply hidden within some people's hearts. However, after understanding the truth and knowing the dreadful consequences of taking part in doing evil, would there still be anyone so foolish as to destroy their own future?
  • Be Understanding and Kind Toward Fellow Practitioners

    After reading this, I recalled the conflicts I have encountered in my own cultivation. I dealt with some situations well, and not so well with others. I found that if I can always conduct myself as a practitioner in all conflicts, then I can improve myself. If I truly conduct myself as a practitioner, then a conflict automatically resolves itself because I am above the conflict and it therefore has no effect on me.
  • Taking a Close Look at the Staged "Self-immolation" Case Reported by Xinhua News Agency: Who Directed These People to Set Themselves on Fire?

    With only a little reasoning, people can see from the above that Liu Chunling was never a Falun Gong practitioner. As Falun Gong practitioners, we want to ask, "Who told Liu Chunling to burn herself in Tiananmen Square in the name of a Falun Gong? Why did a military man hit the back of her head with a heavy object and kill her during the immolation?"
  • Turning in Falun Dafa Practitioners to the Police Results in Karmic Retribution

    In both Western and Chinese culture, the principle of karmic retribution, that is, being held ultimately accountable for one's own actions, is widely accepted. The fundamental teaching of Falun Gong is the characteristic of the universe, "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." The universe will reward actions that are in harmony with this principle, while actions such as beating, torturing and murdering people will incur karmic retribution. Stated another way, good deeds will be rewarded with good, while evildoings will meet due retribution.
  • Who is Xue Hongjun, Referred to by the New China News Agency as a "Senior Student?"

    Here, we can see how false and misleading the content of this interview is. If the "self-immolation" were not a total fabrication, why was Liu Chunling, who was on fire and could have been rescued, struck on the head by a heavy object and killed by the police? Also, 12-year-old Liu Siying, the daughter of Liu Chunling and the least-burned participant--she was given a tracheotomy, but she could still sing for the media. How could the authorities suddenly announce shortly after the interview that Liu Siying "suddenly died" after assuring the public that she was doing well?