Czech Republic: Practitioners Introduce Falun Gong at a Health Festival (Photos)
(Clearwisdom.net) On the Czech national holiday of 28th October 2002, a group of Czech practitioners took part in a Health Festival in Pilsen, in the west of the Czech Republic, and introduced Falun Dafa to the public.
On this special occasion, a lot of people stopped by our site and looked carefully at the pictures and corresponding descriptions about Falun Dafa and its worldwide spread. We put up a banner that read, "Truthfulness -- Compassion -- Tolerance" and pictures of Chinese Falun Dafa practitioners. Passersby could see the contrast between the peaceful exercise movements and the violence employed by those who persecute Falun Dafa in Mainland China.
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We demonstrated the exercises, answered people's questions, and talked with all those who showed an interest. There were some people who wanted to learn the exercises on the spot and to read the book Zhuan Falun, the teachings of Falun Dafa. Most of the people who stopped by took materials of each kind that we provided. One young lady asked if it would be possible to go and live at a permanent Falun Dafa practice center and practice the exercises every day with other practitioners! She felt that Falun Dafa is something really special and remarkable. Another woman said she had been looking for a form of Chinese exercise for a long time and she realized that she had just found it. She was surprised to discover that it is free of charge and she could learn the exercises on the same day that she found out about them.
There were many people who had already learned about Falun Dafa either from the TV or while we were practicing the exercises in different Czech cities. Some people silently watched practitioners doing the exercises. Some were very happy when they heard that they could learn the exercises at a seminar that was scheduled on the afternoon of the same day.
The seminar went on in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Everyone learned the exercises very quickly. Some of the participants had learned Falun Gong at last summer's festival and had been practicing the exercises ever since. One lady was very enthusiastic as she talked about how she likes to practice Falun Gong exercises and how well she feels while practicing. Another young woman commented, "I am very happy to be here. I feel sheer harmony." One participant asked us to come to her village and introduce Falun Gong there. After they finished learning all 5 exercises, people asked where they could buy the book Falun Gong [introductory text to Falun Gong practice]. Their faces lit up when they learned that they could immediately obtain both the book and Falun Dafa exercise music at the seminar.
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