(Clearwisdom.net) The 2005 Asia-Pacific Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held on November 6, 2005 at the Istana Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with nearly 1,200 Falun Gong practitioners in attendance. The practitioners came from eleven countries and regions, including Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Australia and India. This was the first time Malaysian practitioners had hosted the Asia-Pacific Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference. The aim was to create an opportunity for local practitioners to exchange thoughts and share experiences with practitioners from other areas.

The scene of the Asia-Pacific Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference

A practitioner is sharing her cultivation experiences

The attendees

The conference formally started at 10:00 a.m., and concluded at 5:00 p.m. Twenty-four practitioners from Asia-Pacific countries read papers. The practitioners' experience sharing included why one takes the path of cultivation, personal cultivation experiences, how to do the three things well, how to break through human notions and barriers to clarify the truth to people from all walks of life, (including government officials and lawyers) to expose the Chinese Communist Party's brutal persecution of Falun Gong, and how to extensively spread the truth to the precious Chinese people.

In order to help more people learn the wonderfulness of Falun Dafa, and the brutal persecution of Falun Gong happening in China, the Malaysia Falun Dafa Research Center held an "International Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibit" the day before the experience sharing conference. That same afternoon, practitioners also held a word formation activity. The words and Chinese Characters practitioners formed included "Falun Dafa" (in English), "Sejati, Baik, Sabar (Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance)" and "Falun Dafa" and "Fa-rectification" (in Chinese).

Over a thousand Falun Dafa practitioners hold group practice and send forth righteous thoughts in downtown Kuala Lumpur

Practitioners form words and Chinese characters

International Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Art Exhibit

The Malaysia Falun Dafa Research Center also invited government officials and the media to attend the series of activities. Practitioners held a press conference at noon on the same day of the conference, and played a video about the staged self immolation at Tiananmen Square to further spread the truth of Falun Dafa to the public.

Since 1999, Falun Dafa has been subjected to persecution and slander by the CCP, and many people inside and outside China have developed misunderstandings of Falun Gong. Through the Asia-Pacific Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference, many government officials, the media and regular citizens had an opportunity to truly understand Falun Gong. Many people were moved by seeing so many people from different races and countries hold a group practice. There are still so many people practicing Falun Gong, even though Falun Gong has been persecuted in China for over six years. Many people took materials and learned the exercises.

Falun Gong practitioners in the countries neighboring China have been facing pressure from the CCP over the past six years, yet still steadfastly strive to stop the persecution of Falun Gong in China.