Germany: Munich Practitioners Welcome Falun Dafa Day by Giving Thanks to Master

In order to welcome the 10th World Falun Dafa Day on May 13th, German practitioners held an Information Day on May 9th 2009, at Karlsplatz in inner city Munich to demonstrate the beauty of Falun Dafa and inform the German people of Falun Dafa's presence around the world. The graceful exercise demonstration attracted a lot of attention. Many started to learn the practice then and there. There were also many Chinese people among the passerby who were interested in the exercise demonstration. Most were willing to accept leaflets. Some also renounced the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organisations straight away.

Munich practitioners send their greetings to revered Master Li on World Falun Dafa Day

Exercise demonstration in Munich

May 13th is World Falun Dafa Day. The purpose of World Falun Dafa Day is to introduce the beauty of Falun Dafa to people all over the world. Throughout ten long years of persecution, practitioners in mainland China have not given up their belief despite tremendous adversity. The CCP has not succeeded. On the contrary, Falun Gong has been introduced to people around the world in some 100 countries. More and more people have started to learn the practice. Gradually, people have learned the truth about the CCP's persecution. In the near future, this most evil persecution in the history of mankind will be stopped. The CCP will meet its demise.

A young lady learns to do the Falun Gong exercises

People stop to learn the facts about Falun Gong

Anna, an estate agent, signs the petition to support Falun Gong practitioners

Missing fellow practitioners in China while practising in freedom

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Chen Jie was twice locked up in a brainwashing centre in China and pressured to give up her belief. Last year she had the opportunity to leave China for Germany. In the land of freedom, overseas practitioners can cultivate freely and celebrate Falun Dafa Day in downtown. This made Ms. Chen feel very emotional. More than ever, she missed her fellow practitioners in China and those practitioners that she got to know when she was illegally detained. They still are not allowed to practise in public.

"I was very moved seeing so many foreigners paying attention to Falun Gong practitioners," said Ms. Chen, "They did not know us at all. But having cast just a glance, they normally come over right away to sign the petition to stop the CCP's persecution. Just now as our event ended and we had packed up our stuff, an elderly German lady hurried over. She had taken a leaflet when she passed by earlier but did not read it carefully at the time. Later, when she had read through the material, she hurried over to sign. I was very touched. It was a pity that some Chinese people who have been deeply deceived by the CCP's lies did not dare to learn the truth. Other Chinese seemed rather numb, which made me feel very sad."

Learning the meaning of life through practising Falun Gong

Ms. Qi has been practising Falun Gong for two years. During this time she has experienced many miracles. One rainy day not long ago, she was crossing the street when she was hit by a speeding car turning from a side street. The driver did not see her. She was thrown across the windshield. Both she and the driver were startled, but she was not injured at all.

Talking about her strongest feeling since she began cultivation, Ms. Qi thought that her notion of the meaning of life had changed completely. Previously she had practised Buddhism. At the time she felt Buddhists were rather kind, but she could not understand the Buddhist scriptures and did not know how to improve herself. She continued to pursue materialism in society. "Not until I learned Falun Dafa did I realise that such a good practice existed without my prior knowledge. Through Fa study, I understood the meaning of life," Ms. Qi said emotionally.

"On the surface every day, I happily go to work and happily return home, exactly the same as before. But in reality, things are totally different. In the past I went to work to earn good money. I worked hard to earn a good reputation. Now I always go to work and do well with the state of mind of a cultivator, because I am a cultivator. I hope that, seeing how I have changed for the better, everyone will have a good impression of Falun Gong. At home in front of my husband and son, I also follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to restrain myself when in conflicts. Gradually I have let go of the materialistic stuff." Ms. Qi emphasised that cultivating Falun Dafa allows her to find the ultimate purpose of life and to completely turn over a new leaf.