Between the 2nd and the 10th of July, 2005, the Chongguang Elementary School in Dali city, Taizhong County held a nine-day educational seminar for all the teachers in Taizhong. The seminar focused on studying "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance." This is the third time that the Chongguang Elementary School has held this event. Not surprisingly, teachers were not the only participants who attended. Many people from the community came as well.
The nine-day seminar allowed the attendees to watch Teacher Li Hongzhi's lecture in Guangzhou, learn the five sets of Falun Dafa exercises and hear nine Falun Dafa practitioners share their experiences of practising Falun Dafa.
The guest speakers came from various backgrounds that ranged from a doctor of Chinese traditional medicine to a western medical doctor and an elementary school principal. Each practitioner shared with the audience the physical and mental benefits received from the practice of Falun Dafa and their personal understanding of the practice.
Personal Experience Stories
On the first day of the seminar, the attendees watched the first lecture given by Teacher Li in Guangzhou. Prior to the lecture, Dr. Lin Gui shared her experiences.
Dr. Lin talked about Falun Dafa from the standpoint of Chinese medicine. She mentioned that the five sets of exercises are not merely simple and easy to learn movements, but are very beneficial to a person's physical and emotional well being.
Although Dr. Lin is over 60 years old, her hair is still full and black. She is energetic and always has a smile on her face. Her personal experiences made everyone aware of how miraculous and beautiful Falun Dafa is. Dr. Lin talked about an incident that occurred after she had practised Falun Dafa for seven months. Dr. Lin and her husband were crossing the street one day. She was suddenly hit by a car head on and thrown several meters. At that moment, she remembered Teacher's words from Zhuan Falun, "We have said that good or evil comes from a person's spontaneous thought, and the thought at that moment can bring about different consequences." (Zhuan Falun, lecture 4) She then stood up and was not injured at all. Her husband, on the other hand, thought that she was going to die from the accident. This real-life experience not only surprised the listeners, but also helped them understand that one's correct thoughts at critical moments can have a major impact.
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On the second day, after watching Teacher's second lecture, Mr. Wu Yongqing, the lead actor in the film, "Rebirth," talked about his path in learning Falun Dafa.
When Mr. Wu appeared at the seminar, his face was glowing. Everyone who had seen "Rebirth" felt that he was even healthier and more energetic than how he looked in the film.
Mr. Wu told his story. Before he practised Falun Dafa, he used to suffer from liver and kidney problems, osteomyelitis, insomnia, etc. These illnesses resulted from his undergoing two unsuccessful operations after he was in a car accident. He visited seven hospitals and many doctors of Chinese and western medicine, but to no avail. Mr. Wu had some knowledge of fortune telling, so he had his fortune told. He was told that his life was going to end. He then stopped seeking further treatment and isolated himself from the world.
While waiting for his demise, one of Mr. Wu's close friends gave him Zhuan Falun. Immediately, he read the book six times and his path of "rebirth" began. After he started practising Falun Dafa, the diseases he used to suffer from disappeared. He has also attained more wisdom and energy. Although he is 57 years old, when he does farm work, he is just as physically strong as the young people. He has also written many impressive poems, even though he only has an elementary school education.
On the third day, Doctor Huang Shiwei who works at the Urology Department at St. Martin De Porres Hospital in Jiayi City shared his experiences.
Dr. Huang graduated from the National Taiwanese University of Medicine and was once appointed the resident and chief doctor of the University. He mentioned that the study of life and death is a compulsory subject for medical students at the school. In practice, although he has taught the class for 30 years, he was unable to see past his concern for life and death when he suffered from insomnia. Sleeping tablets and traditional Chinese medicine was unable to help him. As a doctor, he understood the danger of becoming addicted to the medication, so he thought of qigong.
To his fortune, he was introduced to Falun Dafa. After he read Zhuan Falun, he exclaimed that it was the treasured book that he had sought for many years and that it explained his doubts about Confucianism, Buddhist literatures and the Bible. Moreover, the insomnia that used to plague him was gone.
Dr. Huang also talked about how the medical system is faced with various problems nowadays because of people's degenerating morality, and he discussed the relationship between morality and health.
Interestingly, he explained that doctors of ancient Chinese medicine were all cultivators and that their medical skills, morality and self-control were different from that of an average person. Therefore, many were able to approach healing from a higher level and whole-heartedly attend to the illness.
On the fourth day, Professor Ai Changrui, Director of Business Management Faculty at Zhongzheng University quoted many examples to help the attendees understand what a "notion" is and how it forms an obstacle for people, even to the point of causing them to unintentionally make a wrong decision. If a teacher has incorrect notions, then what is the impact on the students? If a person is able to let go of his/her innate notions, he or she will have many new experiences. He encouraged everyone to sincerely read Zhuan Falun without any notions. Then they will surely gain naturally.
On the fifth day, the attendees watched the fifth lecture. Then, Mr. Chen Changhui from Jiayi shared his experiences of being rescued unexpectedly from a desperate situation and about the big change in his temper.
From Mr. Chen's appearance, one could not tell that three years ago a doctor told him that he had only three months to live due to liver cirrhosis and intestinal tumors. At that time, he was at the last stage of the disease; he had abdominal and body swelling, and could not walk a single step. His firm resolve in practising Falun Dafa, however, changed his condition, his health improved, the hydrocele disappeared, and he was able to go out on a tour. With continuous practice, he recovered from gout and high blood pressure without seeking any treatment. Furthermore, he was once the group district commander and well known for his bad temper, but after he became a Falun Dafa practitioner, his temper improved. His personal experiences testify to the power of Dafa.
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On the sixth day, Principal Zhang Junzhou from the Buxin Primary School in Jiayi County shared his experience of practising Falun Dafa for three years. He used to smoke, drink and play mahjong before he began practising Falun Dafa. He also suffered from gout at the age of 29. By accident, he attended a "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance," seminar. He felt his body and mind was at ease, and he was curious about the practice. Since he attended the nine-day lecture, he has been practising steadfastly. After he listened to Teacher's lectures, he abstained from smoking, drinking and gambling, and even the gout that caused him extreme pain disappeared without a pill.
He also talked about his xinxing tests during his first year as a principal. One day during the nine-day lecture held at his school, a co-worker came to the principal's office drunk, and shouted profanity in front of the guests. When he attempted to hold the co-worker back, the co-worker unexpectedly started to hit and kick him. Principal Zhang, however, did not fight back. This incident was reported in the local newspaper. As the principal, he had the authority to fire this fellow worker, but he did not do that. Instead, Principal Zhang criticised himself for not maintaining his xinxing and for getting into a conflict with the co-worker. This deeply touched people and let them understand a cultivator's values.
On the seventh day, Mr. Qiu Tianxi, Chief of the Wufeng Farm Worker Educational Administration, shared his experience of practising Falun Gong for eight years.
He used the example of cooking mixed grain rice to let people understand how their inborn quality and enlightenment quality are different, and that it does not matter when they start the practice and how powerful their gong (a form of energy) potency is. Many people began the practice of Falun Dafa because of health reasons, but Mr. Qiu started to practise because he was interested in China's ancient culture and qigong. As a result, his peptic ulcer and anchylosis spondylitis improved by themselves. He looks to be in his 30s, when he is actually in his 50s. He said that through practising Falun Dafa, he has improved his character and his mind is more clear and peaceful.
On the eighth day, Mr. Chen Hanchang who teaches a supplementary class described himself, because of starting to practice, as if he was lifted out of hell. After practising Falun Dafa, he not only gained a new life, but also has a brand new philosophy.
Mr. Chen is 1.80 metres tall. Six years ago, he weighed only 49 kgs because he suffered from many diseases and had problems with all his vital organs. He sought treatment from more than 100 doctors in Taiwan and took many Chinese and western medicines. Still, his health did not improve, and even deteriorated. As a result, he could not work and had to stay home. He lost his financial resources and became unsociable. Although he doubted that there was a way out, he had the opportunity to learn Falun Dafa from a Chinese doctor. Since then, Mr. Chen has never missed practising the exercises, and his body has been purified and restored to health.
Now, he weighs 70 kgs. He said it is a miracle and spares no efforts to accept invitations to talk about his personal experiences. In his six years of practising Falun Gong, he has read Zhuan Falun more than 600 times, and always has the book with him.
On the last day of the seminar, Mr. Chang Ching-his, Director and Spokesman for the Taiwanese Falun Dafa Association and an economics professor for the Department of Economics at National Taiwan University were invited to speak. Professor Chang said that, since he and his wife started practising Falun Gong, they have obtained comfort in both body and mind. Also, the changes in his relatives and friends who started practising confirms that Falun Dafa definitely brings great benefits to both body and mind. He also encouraged everyone to cultivate diligently together and to understand and practise Dafa; thereby they can feel the wonderfulness of Dafa.
After his speech, everyone watched Lecture Nine together. At end the seminar, the host led everyone in reciting Teacher's poem:
"Solid Cultivation
Study the Fa and gain the Fa,
Focus on how you study and cultivate,
Let each and everything be measured against the Fa.
Only then, with that, is it actually cultivation."
("Solid Cultivation," from Hong Yin)
Postscript
From the questionnaires that the people who attended the seminar answered, it was found that the nine-day seminar is very effective. Teacher Wu from the Xinshe Primary School gained a great deal after attending the complete nine-day lecture session and hopes this lecture can be presented continuously. Teacher Luo, who is a chief of the Neixin Primary School, brought her daughter to the seminar. She wrote on the questionnaire, "I am anxious to join the practice at the practice site." Mr. Shen who has practised Falun Dafa for a year felt listening to other practitioners' sharing helped him to build up more confidence in practising.
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