I Will Keep On Memorising Zhuan Falun

Every time Teacher gives a lecture, he tells disciples to study the Fa (law or principles in Falun Gong) and to study it well. Especially in the article "Drive Out Interference", he said with sincere words and earnest wishes that,

"The Fa can break all attachments, the Fa can destroy all evil, the Fa can shatter all lies, and the Fa can strengthen righteous thoughts."

Only when we study the Fa well can we cultivate steadfastly and diligently and do the three things well.

I am very lucky. I gained a copy of the heavenly book Zhuan Falun on New Year's Day 1995. Although I lacked a deeper understanding of studying the Fa, I read the book often. I have read the book over and over again since then and have lost count of how many times. I used to keep track of how many times I had read it, but I came to understand that this is a human thought. The key to studying the Fa is not about how many times one has read the Fa, but about reading it with one's heart, following the requirement of the Fa to conduct oneself properly at every moment in every circumstance, judging one's every thought, every word, and every action against the standard of the Fa, rectifying oneself, and guiding oneself to practise cultivation with the Fa.

There was one period during which I couldn't concentrate while studying the Fa and became sleepy easily. One day, an old saying occurred to me: "Reading a thousand times is not as good as copying it by hand one time." Yes! I should copy the Fa by hand. So I started to hand copy Zhuan Falun and Teacher's new articles. I read the Fa sentence by sentence and copied it stroke by stroke. Once again I could concentrate and I felt as if all of my mind and body had melted into the Fa. I have copied Zhuan Falun by hand four times. In my understanding, hand copying the Fa is an even better way to study.

In 2005, Clearwisdom.net published many experience sharing articles about memorising Zhuan Falun. I recalled that although I had made several attempts to memorise the Fa, human thoughts of fear of difficulties interfered every time. I thought that the speed of memorising was much slower than reading and therefore never finished. I regret it so much! I understand now that the great law that guides us to practise cultivation can guide us only when we bear it in our mind and have it in our heart. An everyday person can even study diligently for the sake of fame and profit, but a Falun Dafa practitioner should study and memorise the Fa no matter how much time and effort it takes. Zhuan Falun is a heavenly book; it is the law of the universe guiding us to practise cultivation.

I passed the message around to local practitioners, and many other thought that they should memorise the Fa, too. For each paragraph, I memorised the first sentence, then the second sentence, and then memorised the two together. I did this until I finished the entire paragraph. Then I read the paragraph conscientiously to verify the correctness. If I found omissions or errors in reciting, I would correct myself and recite it again until I could do it without making any errors. Then I would move on to the next paragraph.

When I first started memorising the Fa, I was very slow. For example, it took me two days to finish a paragraph in Lecture 1. I told my wife, who is also a practitioner, "It didn't take me so long before. How come it is so difficult for me now?" She said, "It means you're getting older." I thought to myself, "Age makes no difference in practising cultivation. Studying the Fa and memorising the Fa shouldn't depend on one's age either." Looking inside, it was my human desire for quantity and speed that had interfered. Without a clear and clean mind and being attached to speed, "more haste often leads to less speed." Even though I'm in my 70s, I will make 10 times more effort than others. As long as I make up my mind, I certainly can finish memorising it!

Now I've finished memorising 200 pages. I have come to understand that the process of memorising the Fa is also a process of cultivation practise and a process of improving one' character. In memorising the Fa, one can get rid of many attachments. When one's mind is extremely pure, it is relatively faster and easier to memorise the Fa. I can even remember a line or sentence's position in the page.

While memorising the Fa, my mind is extremely tranquil, as if nothing but the Falun Dafa book and me exist. In my humble understanding, this is the best state for studying the Fa. I had never experienced it before. And only when one studies the Fa and memorises the Fa in this state can one truly learn the Fa by heart, melt into the Fa wholeheartedly, and truly "Study the Fa and gain the Fa!" ("Solid Cultivation" in Hong Yin)

My mind has become much more tranquil, not only in memorising the Fa, but also in practising the exercises and sending forth righteous thoughts. It has also become much easier for me in clarifying the truth and persuading people to quit the Communist Party and its affiliated organisations. Even some of my old classmates that I hadn't seen in years came to me enquiring about the truth of Falun Gong. These things rarely happened in the past. And this is the manifestation of Falun Dafa's power.

In my understanding, "studying the Fa," from reading the book thoroughly to hand-copying it to memorising it, is not merely an exercise in methods but the manifestation of a practitioners' desire to follow Teacher closely in the progress of the Fa-rectification. It is also a stricter and higher requirement a Falun Dafa practitioner makes for oneself in Fa-rectification cultivation practise.

I will keep on memorising Zhuan Falun and rectify myself in the Fa.