Our Fa-study Group

After the persecution against Falun Gong was officially launched on the 20th of July, 1999, we practitioners set up our Fa-study group (Fa - law or principle, the teachings in Falun Gong). For the past five years, under the protection and care of our compassionate Master, our Fa-study group has not stopped studying the Fa in my home. When the evil launched its worst wave of persecution, we withstood the pressure from outside and have overcome all the difficulties. We do many things to expose the persecution and to give people a chance to find out the truth about Falun Gong. Gradually, we have formed a harmonious body; we upgrade and improve ourselves as a whole body. As a result, our local Falun Dafa related projects go very smoothly.

Opposite our Fa-study site there is a police sub-station. All kinds of police vehicles, big and small, stop in front of its door. In the beginning, some practitioners who came to my home to study the Fa had the attachment of fear, but they gradually let it go. We believe firmly in Master's Fa: "...By staying unaffected, you'll be able to handle all situations." ("Lecture on the Fa at the U.S. Midwest Conference," provisional translation subject to improvement) We read one lecture of Zhuan Falun (the core text of Falun Gong teachings) every day. On the first day of our group study we had four people. Three of them were elderly women and the other one was an elderly man. The eldest was 79 years old, and the youngest was 64 years old. The one who is the eldest also lives the farthest away. Every day, he has to walk a long distance to come to study the Fa, but no matter whether it rains or snows or is very windy, he always comes.

Our Fa-study group starts with handing out flyers and posting posters to reveal the facts of the persecution. Every time Falun Dafa materials arrive, we promptly distribute them to thousands of households no matter what the weather. Early on, we spoke about Falun Gong to the director of our district, who protected our books after he learnt the truth. If any news comes that might have an impact on our safety, he always notifies and protects us. Following that, we in our Fa-study group have clarified the truth about Falun Gong to each and every household. Finally, we clarified the truth to our neighbours. No matter how many people come to our house, our neighbours, both adults and children, have never reported us to the police. Instead, they asked us to give them truth clarification materials to read. They do not overlook any materials. Sometimes we hold small-scale Fa conferences. It is safe for practitioners coming and going. In this way, we've been able to continue group study over the long term. For some time, members of our Fa-study group have written letters to the police in our district and related personnel, to spread Falun Dafa to them. We told them about the heavenly principle that good is rewarded with good, and evil will meet with karmic retribution. We urged them to position themselves well and never commit sins against Dafa. We asked them to balance the scales of justice and never persecute Falun Dafa practitioners.

Our Fa-study group is a single body, just as all Falun Dafa practitioners around the whole world are also one whole body. When we discover that fellow practitioners have attachments, we point them out right away so they can get rid of the attachments quickly. We all clearly understand that our group study of the Fa, and group practise of the exercises are the cultivation ways that are left to us by our Master. We share with each other and improve quickly in such a pure cultivation environment.

Under the evil persecution, some of our family members were afraid that we might be arrested. As a result, they forbade some of us from coming to the group study. However, we persuaded our family members to overcome their fear. We changed our group study time to 5:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. No one comes late. At 4:30 a.m. in the winter, they leave home in the dark to come. They have faced many difficulties. I give out keys to the practitioners so they can let themselves in, and in this way, we don't disturb our neighbours from their morning sleep.

Our Fa-study group often helps those homeless practitioners who were sent to our home for help. So far, five practitioners have lived in our home, with the longest duration being five months and the shortest several days. I keep Master's words in mind: The next person's things are your things, and your things are his things." ("Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. Fa Conference, July 22, 2002") For fellow practitioners who cannot afford food or clothes, I offer to buy them food since if I offer money, they won't take it.

Our Fa-study group helps fellow practitioners to protect Falun Dafa materials and Falun Dafa books, so that whoever comes to our home will have books to read. Those whose homes have been searched can come here and get their books. I feel that all this is my responsibilities.

Ever since Master told us to speak to people about Falun Gong face to face, we all feel that time is pressing. Each member of our Fa-study group sincerely does the three things that Master requires us to do. We choose to go out to clarify the truth. Some of us go out to the supermarket early in the morning to clarify the truth to strangers. Some of us clarify the truth to our neighbours. Others clarify the truth to passers-by. Others go to their workplaces and government departments to clarify the truth. In a word, all of us are busy doing the three things. Some time ago, we had a Fa-conference in my home, in which 23 people attended. During the Fa-conference, we studied Master's recent Fa-lectures and shared our experience of how to clarify the truth face to face and our lessons in cultivation. We discussed the shortcomings we still have so that we can help each other improve.

Especially now in the final period of the Fa-rectification, many new people are coming to learn the Falun Gong exercises. Those who were initially frightened by the persecution and stopped practising have all come back. Our Fa-study group has increased from three people to seven, not including those who do not come very often. All in all, the members of our Fa-study group keep coming without stop. We are cultivating diligently on the Fa-rectification path directed by Master.