Taiwan: 2004 Summer Camp for Young Falun Gong Practitioners Held in Kaohsiung

From August the 20th to the 22nd, the Young Falun Dafa Practitioners Summer Camp of 2004 was held at Kaohsiung. Middle school, high school and college students from every corner of Taiwan gathered together to study the teachings of Falun Gong and share experiences with each other for three days and two nights. They discussed various issues encountered by young practitioners practising Falun Dafa in today's society, including the issues of electronic games and lust. Some of the participants were new practitioners who started practising Falun Dafa only recently. Through group study and experience sharing, they improved their understanding of Fa rectification, clarifying the truth about Falun Gong, sending righteous thoughts, and what to do during this period.

Sharing experiences in a large group	Studying the Fa and experience sharing in small groups	Kaohsiung Telephone Team led practitioners in making phone calls to China to clarify the truth
Morning group practice	Sending righteous thoughts at a beach	Group photo of the summer camp attendees

The Faun Gong practitioners also discussed how to organise and run student clubs on campus. Currently, more than eighteen universities and colleges in Taiwan have Falun Dafa clubs. Through sharing, the young practitioners were able to pass on what they had enlighten to during their cultivation and what they had learnt. Some clubs shared how they use concerts and movie exhibitions to introduce Falun Gong to students and faculty members and how they clarify the true facts about Falun Gong to visiting scholars from Mainland China.

On the afternoon of the 22nd of August, a large-scale experience sharing conference was held. This was the first experience sharing conference held exclusively for young practitioners. Nine students read their reports, with topics ranging from cultivating while serving in the army to participating in media projects. The experience sharing report of a young practitioner in Mainland China was also read during the conference. In his report, submitted to the conference by e-mail, he shared how he clarified the truth about Falun Dafa at work. Through the summer camp, the young practitioners improved their understanding of the Fa(1) and gained further encouragement and momentum to be more diligent in their cultivation.

(1) Fa: Law and principles; the teachings of Falun Dafa.