A Villager's Story

I know of a villager who was facing extremely difficult circumstances at home. She had to take care of her disabled husband, who got into a drunken stupor every day. She had to take care of all the farm work and housework, whilst constantly being scolded by her husband. Before obtaining the Fa, she thought of leaving home on many occasions.

However, after obtaining the Fa in 1998, she learned to look at things from the perspective of the Fa. "Perhaps it is due to my own karma. I must forbear," she thought. She was also almost illiterate, and when the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999, she hadn't even finished reading Zhuan Falun. Even so, her steadfast belief in the Fa did not waver.

Every day, she does everything within her obligations. If there was not enough time to study the Fa, she would use the time when her family was asleep or watching TV. Later, she began to take long-distance buses to faraway places to distribute truth-clarification materials (explaining the truth about the illegal persecution of Falun Gong) and save sentient beings. Once during the autumn harvest season, her family members, including her husband and son, tried to stop her from going but she thought, "Saving sentient beings is a matter of extreme urgency that I cannot postpone; I have to go." After she left, many other practitioners came over to help with the harvest, and her family members could not say anything negative about her. From then on, her family stopped trying to stop her, and her husband's health also began to slowly improve.

In the summer of 2007, two roads in the village were destroyed by a flood. The village chief wanted to organize a group of people to repair the road, but many people declined. This villager, however, organized some Dafa practitioners to repair the road. They clarified the truth through their actions. After the repairs were done, the village chief was deeply moved. "Being practitioners of Falun Gong, you guys are really great. If anyone dares to mess with you guys in the future, I'll be the first to get in their way." The practitioner replied, "If you can't find anyone else in the village for a task, try giving us a call." That same year, the village went through some big snowstorms. Practitioners came out again to shovel the snow, winning the good opinion of everyone in the village.

Thanks to her righteous thoughts and actions, the number of practitioners in the village grew from only around three people to dozens in the several years after the persecution.

"Those who really have a predestined relationship and can enlighten will come one after another, entering the Dao and obtaining the Fa. They will distinguish the righteous from the evil, obtain true teachings, lighten their bodies, enhance their wisdom, enrich their hearts, and board the boat of the Fa, sailing smoothly." (Essentials for Further Advancement, "Enlightenment")

Many of these new practitioners were able to start doing the three things actively without any attachments to fear or human notions. Every time practitioners from other cities visited their village to share experiences, everyone would gather at a practitioner's house as if the persecution did not exist, just like before 1999. That feeling is something many people have not experienced for a long time.

Regardless of toil, sweat, day or night, distance, persecution or not, this practitioner has never faltered in her footsteps to save sentient beings. She has travelled across every mountain and river in the area, and has even gone to faraway places where very few people live, because she did not want to miss anyone. She wanted to bring Dafa's good news and the truth to them. In the process of her clarifying the truth, many people with predestined relationships obtained the Fa. No matter how far away they are, she'll always bring books and practice music to their door.

The practitioner is also fully aware of the importance and urgency of saving sentient beings. In the fall of 2008, she went to another village to hand out materials once and noticed someone on a tricycle. Wherever she went, the tricycle would follow her. Then, the tricycle suddenly stopped in front of her and the driver said, "Don't be afraid, give me some of those things you have in your hands." She gave the person some of her truth-clarification materials, but the person said that it was not enough, so she gave some more. Then, the person asked for some small items (1) and booklets. "Do you want a CD as well?" she asked. “The driver said yes. Then, she went on to tell the tricycle driver, "When you meet with an emergency, recite 'Falun Dafa is good!' and it'll save you." She kept on walking and saw a group of young people sitting by the road. One of them got up and asked her for some of her truth-clarification materials. She gave him a dozen copies and asked him to distribute them to others as well.

And so this is a story of a simple villager. These are just small excerpts from her experiences. Dafa has given her new life and she has put all her efforts into assisting Master in the Fa-rectification. When she realized that sending her experiences to the Clearwisdom website is also a form of validating the Fa, she told me about many of the stories that she could remember, and asked me to send it in after organizing it. "As long as it's good for the Fa, I'll do it!" she said.

(1) In China, practitioners sometimes clarify the truth by giving people something small to wear or cherish, bearing a few words reminding them of the goodness of Dafa.