Taiwan: Introducing Falun Dafa in Keelung Jail

Falun Gong, which has fascinated people in more than eighty countries for its miraculous improvement to mind-body and spirit, has gained great popularity in Taiwan. Falun Gong practitioners have benefited from it and introduced it to more and more people.

On the afternoon of November 10th, 2006, Dr. Lin Gwei from Taichung and local Falun Gong practitioners held a health workshop in Keelung Jail and introduced Falun Gong to over one hundred inmates.

Falun Gong practitioners introducing Falun Gong at Keelung jail

A Falun Gong practitioner contacted the Keelung jail about the possibility of teaching the Falun Gong exercises there. Mr. Gao, Head of the Education Department welcomed the proposition and promised to send inmates to the session. Mr. Gao was touched that Dr. Lin came all the way from Taichung to teach the lecture for free. He gathered inmates in the only classroom of the jail. The room was packed with more than one hundred people.

Dr. Lin told of his personal experience with the practice: He used to disbelieve in Chinese medicine but eventually discovered its miraculous effects. From this standpoint, he introduced the benefits of Falun Gong, and told about the improvement in his health and his experiences of practising Falun Gong.

Practitioners played a video of the exercises and taught them on the exercises on the spot. Many inmates learned them very well. Some worried the jail wouldn't have enough room for them to do the Falun Gong exercises. Some were curious to know if Falun Gong could cure infectious disease. One of them showed great interest and even asked if it was possible to float in the air! A practitioner told him he had never seen anyone levitate, but practising Falun Gong could make one feel light while walking.

Practitioners were told video recording wouldn't be allowed in jail, but Mr. Gao said it was O.K. to take pictures. Mr. Gao said he had seen Falun Gong practitioners do the exercises and knew that there were several group exercise sites in Keelung. Practitioners asked him if they could come back to teach the exercises again, and the answer was positive.

A lot of inmates in Keelung were previously drug users. Falun Gong practitioners brought articles sharing experiences of practitioners who had quit drugs after practising Falun Gong. They donated thirty copies of Zhuan Falun to the jail so that interested inmates and staff members could study the books.