(Clearwisdom.net) The theme at a session of Taipei’s Minghui School’s Arts and Crafts classes was "Buddha’s World and Deities’ Paradise." Young practitioners were asked to share their experiences of going to the heavenly paradise while meditating, dreaming, or sending forth righteous thoughts after they began practicing. From Master’s teachings we know that various dimensions of the universe are very complex, and every dimension has its own units. Because some young practitioners can and some cannot see such sights, everyone is in a different situation. Hence there were a variety of methods allowed (not just limited to drawing or cut and paste) so as to have a good fit for the children’s free spirits and to enable multiple points of view.
The focus of the class was to finish with a painting. Each young disciple was asked to come up to the stage one by one and share with everyone what he/she had seen in or his/her imagination of the "Buddha’s World and Deities’ Paradise." Below are their creations:
 Young disciples picking out the supplies they would need |
 Parents assisting the young disciples in their careful creations |
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Young disciples take turns presenting, inviting everyone to see what he or she had seen in his or her vision of the "Buddha’s World and Deities’ Paradise"
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Young disciples found many types of creatures in the clouds
Guanxun said that this is a beautiful outer dimension where everyone lives a joyful life. His mother then added that while Guanxun was attending the Falun Dafa nine-day workshop two years ago, he saw Master smile and approach him while sending forth righteous thoughts. Master then gently placed a hand on Guanxun’s shoulder while pointing a finger that moved in a circular motion at his Tianmu (the Third Eye). Guanxun first felt that spot become warm, and then as if that spot was being penetrated by a force. Master did not say a word during the entire process, but was only compassionately smiling at Guanxun.
Guanxun says that this is a beautiful outer dimension where everyone lives a joyful life.
One time Guanxun went to Taichung to attend an activity supporting resignations from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). During a parade he was so shocked by what he saw around him while turning at a street corner, that he simply could not speak a word. The scene he saw had constantly recurred in his dreams before he started practicing cultivation. The only difference was that in his dreams there was a person in the heavens watching over the parade (only after learning the Fa did he know that person was Master). He realized that Dafa disciples’ clarifying the truth was arranged long ago.
Afterwards Guanxun and the other young disciples steadfastly went to Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, a famous tourist attraction site, to practice exercises and spread the Fa. One day he was doing quite well in his meditation and felt tranquil. His entire body felt very light and as if it was floating. When he finished the exercise he opened his eyes and found right before him a Buddha sitting on a lotus flower observing everyone. The Buddha radiated a very powerful white light, so powerful one could not see the Buddha’s face. Later Guanxun told his mother about this experience. He felt that his being able to practice cultivation was a very wonderful and significant thing.
In his dreams, Baijun saw himself in the heavens with a breathtaking view and beautiful weather. There were many other children, as well as small animals on the clouds. Everyone was joyfully playing together while Master and other enlightened beings were meditating. This dream made Baijun feel very comfortable and elated.
Baijun: Besides many friends, there are also many animals and everyone is joyfully playing together.
Liangyan says: I am a young disciple from Taiwan. I have studied the Fa for about a year and a half. At the time it was my mother that took me to the nine-day workshops. I remember when I just learned the Fa, I would often see myself high in the sky looking at people on the ground during my dreams. I felt that I wanted to save the sentient beings, but the people on the ground could not see that. Thus they were all lost, no matter what I did… Eventually I woke up, and still felt a sense of helplessness and anxiety.
Baiwei depicted young practitioners in the heavens practicing the fifth exercise. He said that if he was very focused while sending forth righteous thoughts, an enormous, shining golden ’灭’ character would appear, which is the last word of the sending righteous thoughts verses and means "eliminated."
Yuru saw this picture while learning Hongyin II. He liked it very much and drew it immediately upon learning that he was to draw his vision of the Buddha’s paradise.
Yuru: When we reach consummation
Yikai says that he often visits the Heavens in his dreams. There are many delicious things up there, and Master even plucked a golden apple for him (it was very tasty). He saw Master lecturing the Fa to many listeners, but he only listened to a few sentences before running out to play. Then he saw three-clawed and five-clawed dragons, phoenixes, and also heavenly children. Another time he dreamed that Master had come to tell him, "You must be diligent!"
Yiting: The Great Southern Heavenly Gate, Colorful Clouds, Flying Animals, Immortal Infants, Buddhas, and Bodhisattvas
When Yiting meditated she was able to see many kinds of animals: horses, sheep, rabbits, etc. She also saw clouds with seven colors. The animals were of many different colors: white, orange, and pink. The sheep were of seven colors. In front of her there was a Southern Heavenly Gate. Master was standing on a very high, colorful cloud. Yiting also saw many immortal infants in diamond-shaped cloths joyfully flying around. Yiting happily played with them. She saw that some of the animals had wings, and that she was also flying on a cloud, and her appearance was of that of a first-grader.
Guanling imagines that in the sky, there is a flock of winged sheep flying, lotus flowers growing in a garden, and a heavenly girls dancing. The sheep are playing with goddesses, and one of the goddesses is holding a "Falun Dafa is Good" banner.
Two years ago when Chiahui just learned the Fa, she saw a silver-stringed Tai-Chi symbol fly out of her stomach the first time she practiced the sitting exercise. The red and blue symbol spun around while growing and shrinking in size. Eventually it rose up to her face and disappeared.
When she was four years old, Chiahui would often see the sights of the heavens. Once while sending forth righteous thoughts, she saw Master leading young disciples practicing the second exercise on the clouds. Chiahui stood at Master’s right side and joined them in exercising. Another time, she saw others playing hide and seek in the clouds. Even Master was joining in. Once while sending righteous thoughts, Chiahui saw Master wearing a western-style suit and lecturing in the heavens. Her father (also a practitioner) was wearing very formal attire and sitting in the first row in the middle, listening diligently. Chiahui says that every time she goes up to heaven she can’t find her mother or sister. Her mother then sheepishly said that this may have to do with her constant fighting with Chiahui’s sister over schoolwork, leading to a constant lowering of Xinxing.
 A clock tower in Buddha’s Garden resonates the sound of the Fa towards the ten directions |
 Fa Boats in the sky depart one by one to save sentient beings |
Through this activity, everyone has been able to hear the personal cultivation stories of many young practitioners. Furthermore, every practitioner, young and old, will be able to further identify with this quote in Zhuan Falun, "the creation of one’s actual life is in the space of the universe" Hopefully, we will all be even more diligent from now on, eliminate all the attachments, and return to our original true selves and the heavenly paradises.
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