(Minghui.org) When I talked about Falun Dafa to a forest ranger over the phone, he told me that he respected Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, the most.
I told him to quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations to be safe when the Party is no longer in power. He said he could not trust my guarantee to be safe. “Yes, I cannot protect you, but the Gods and Buddhas can,” I explained.
He suddenly changed the topic and asked me if I knew Master Li Hongzhi. I said I knew him because he is my Master.
“What? You are his student,” he said. “I don't believe you can be his student. I respect him the most! How can you be so lucky?” he exclaimed.
I told him that I had not met Master in person, but I had listened to recordings of his Fa-teachings and have read his book Zhuan Falun.
“If one truly follows Master's teaching,” I said, “Master will treat the person as his student and will protect him or her. It is not that I am just fortunate, but it is because of Master’s compassion.”
Encouraged to Study Dafa
I encouraged him to read the book Zhuan Falun and become a student of Master Li also. However, he sighed and said that this was not possible.
I told him to learn the exercises and borrow Zhuan Falun from a neighbor or a relative who practices Falun Dafa or he could download a book from the Internet for free. I ensured him that all materials can be downloaded without cost from the Minghui website.
He said he had no money to buy a computer. Then he talked about himself.
He joined the army when he was 20 years old. Later, he became a forest ranger and participated in the battle against a massive forest fire in Da-xing-an-ling many years ago.
He worked hard but had a serious head injury on an assignment. He lived, but was disabled. Now, at 49, he is living on a small pension and merely surviving.
He resented the CCP and had stopped paying the Party fee. So when I asked him to quit the Party, he willingly agreed.
I told him to remember “Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” but he said he could not remember such a long sentence.
“Just remember 'Falun Dafa is good. That will do.” I said.
“Dafa has a stronger social influence than a government or country”
It appeared that he did not want to end the conversation and said, “Master Li is not just another person, I know it for sure."
He continued “I know the Communist Party. It controls all the state machines. If the Party wants to suppress anyone, no one can stand against it. Master Li must be a divine being from the heavens. [He said this, because Dafa has survived a 16-year-long persecution.]”
He then said, “Master Li has more than 100 million students. It is the population of a medium sized country. But Falun Dafa has a stronger social influence than a government or country. He must be a divine being.”
I agreed. “You are right. Master came with great compassion and endless power of the universal law.” I then told him that Falun Dafa is based on the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
He liked the principles and said he had once risked his life to save a fellow ranger's life. He thought it was a kind of compassion too.
Before we hung up, he said he had already recited 20 times “Falun Dafa is good” and asked me to connect him to a practitioner to learn the exercises. I told him I would.
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