United States: The Third Overseas Young Falun Dafa Practitioners' Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference Successfully Concludes

On the 23rd of July, the Third Overseas Young Falun Dafa Practitioners' Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held in the Renaissance Hotel in Washington DC. About 300 practitioners, including young children and their parents, attended the conference. The young practitioners' ages ranged from four or five years old to high school teens. Most of them are from across the U.S. Some are from Canada, Europe, Taiwan and Australia.

The young practitioners' conference attracts many children and their parents

Before the conference officially began, the young practitioners sent forth righteous thoughts together. They recited the introductory text of the Falun Dafa book Zhuan Falun entitled 'Lunyu' together. Even the very young children were able to accurately recite Lunyu.

After the reciting a photo show carefully composed by the Washington DC Minghui School to introduce how young practitioners throughout the world have helped to spread Falun Dafa and reveal the facts of the persecution was featured. The photo show with background music drew great interest from the attending children. Many of them were delighted to see themselves in the show.

At around 10 a.m., the experience sharing officially began. During the break, all of the children and their parents practised the third set of Falun Gong exercises.

Five-year-old Jiuxin from Texas speaking	Six-year-old Wang Zhen from Virginia speaking

Nearly 10 young practitioners read out their experience sharing articles in either English or Chinese. Regardless of their age, they each talked about how they got rid of many of their attachments and improved their moral characters after they began practising Falun Dafa. For instance, when some children were bullied by their classmates at school or had conflicts with their brothers or sisters, they would remember Master's words and tried their best to act in accordance with a cultivator's standard and be kind and tolerant. Therefore, they would not feel as angry as they would have before they started to practise. Many children also talked about how they overcame the interference, and introduced Falun Dafa and explained the facts about the persecution to other people. Through their sharing we can see that young practitioners are trying their best to cultivate themselves according to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance, tempering and purifying their hearts.

Children and their parents attentively listening to young practitioners' speeches

Five-year-old Jiuxin from Texas in the U.S. said in his speech that he has read Zhuan Falun 10 times and he is currently reading the book for the 11th time. He often gives his teachers and classmates bookmarks or other kinds of cards that have content introducing Falun Dafa to them. He also shared one of his stories. One time, his hands were injured by boiling water. He continuously recited in his heart, "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance are good". As a result, the pain in his hands disappeared.

Young practitioners from the Washington DC Minghui School singing songs

After sharing experiences, practitioners from the Washington DC Minghui School performed songs including, "I want to say a word". They were also invited to perform the songs at the adults' experience sharing conference. Their pure voices resounded in the conference hall and moved the attendees. The song "I want to say a word" expressed the children's encouragement to their parents who were unlawfully detained by police officers because they refused to give up their practice of Falun Gong. When the young lead singer sang, "Please do not worry about me, please make the best use of your time to clarify the truth and save sentient beings", she choked up with sobs. The children's pure compassion moved many people to tears.

During the afternoon, a video program calling for the rescue of persecuted Falun Gong children was played twice. To assist with the rescue effort, young practitioners held an activity with the theme, "Kids saving kids" with the guidance of a western practitioner named Lee. Lee first showed 30 transparency slides, including vivid pictures and text to help children have a better understanding about the persecution. Then each young practitioner designed a postcard to express their wishes, which they will send to Mainland China, so as to help more people to learn about the beauty of Falun Dafa and the brutality of the persecution.

During the intermission and after the conference, the animated cartoon, "Golden Monkey Subduing Demons" was played, which the children enjoyed greatly.

This young practitioners' experience sharing conference was sponsored by the Washington DC Minghui School and received support from Minghui Schools all over the world. The participating young practitioners actively participated in the event. We believe that this was a valuable experience that will play an active role in the young practitioners' cultivation.

On the same day, the 2005 Washington DC Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was simultaneously held in the Renaissance Hotel and Grand Hyatt Hotel.