(Clearwisdom.net) Recently I read an article entitled, “To study Fa well is the goal of group study, but not group study itself” in the 485th Minghui Weekly (http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2011/4/25/239550.html). I would like to share my thoughts on Fa study. In order to make sure that group Fa study is a stable study and cultivation environment, we need to do the following things well:
First, we need to systematically study the Fa and reinforce the idea of systematic Fa study. In Zhuan Falun, Master mentioned: “Without knowing the Fa at high levels, one cannot practice cultivation. Without cultivating one’s inner self and one’s xinxing, one cannot increase gong. These are the two reasons.” During Fa study, we should not omit any lecture or paragraph, otherwise, we will not be able to fully understand the Fa at high levels, thus making our Fa study less effective. (In Master’s lectures, Master mentions that students should not skip classes.)
Second, we need to direct our fellow practitioners to look within and reinforce their confidence in upgrading themselves and obtaining consummation. During our discussion and experience sharing, we need to check if we ourselves are following Master's every requirement.
Third, we need to prepare Minghui Weekly and other truth-clarification materials for every practitioner that comes to group Fa study. In addition, we need to think of ways to encourage everyone to clarify the truth to people face-to-face, persuading them to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party. For new practitioners, we need to give them truth-clarification materials, starting with just a few and gradually increasing the amount. At the same time, we need to encourage them to do the three things.
Fourth, discussion and experience sharing should not deviate from the topic or be too verbose. It is not good to be late or to leave early, either. As long as we have the righteous thought that we must come to group study regardless of the weather, we will see the miracle of the elimination of the obstacles that keep us from participating in group study.
Fifth, we should send righteous thoughts twice during each group study. In addition, we need to send righteous thoughts in the proximity to the prisons or labor camps on a regular basis to rescue our fellow practitioners who are imprisoned there.
During the past few years, I have joined six study groups. During the past two years, I have dedicated myself to three of them. Each group studies for half a day every week. The more we study, the more diligent we become. I know that experience sharing has played a great role in practitioners improving themselves. During experience sharing, we get rid of many attachments and notions and become enlightened to many Fa principles. However, there is one thing I haven't gotten rid of yet, and that is my bad temper. The way I talk is also sometimes too blunt. My fellow practitioners never get angry with me and always say that they understand that I have a good heart and want to do my best for the Fa. They also say that I am always thinking of others. However, compared to them, I feel ashamed. I say to myself that I must get rid of this bad habit.
After every group Fa study, I feel enriched. So I always look forward to the next group Fa study. Indeed, group Fa study motivates everyone.
Group Fa study is one of the things that Master has left for practitioners. We truly understand how good group Fa study is for us to improve ourselves. In the three study groups that I attend, there are 16 practitioners, eight of whom have to take public transport over a long distance to attend the Fa study. If they were not experiencing benefits from attending group Fa study, why would they go to such trouble?
Our study groups have undergone difficult times, but we have overcome them. Now our groups are in unison. I think our Fa study groups are big families in which we can encourage one another to be more diligent.
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