(Minghui.org) Students aged 11 to 18 and teachers of Joaquim Luiz de Brito State School were taught the Falun Dafa exercises by local practitioners on May 4, 2023. They also found out about the ongoing persecution in China perpetrated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Falun Dafa practitioners teach the exercises to students aged 11 to 18 and teachers of Joaquim Luiz de Brito State School, on May 4.
For the last six years, the school has invited practitioners to participate in their peaceful culture project. Students said that they felt calm after doing the Falun Dafa exercises.
The students were divided into three groups to do the exercises and to find out about the CCP persecution. Ms. Fabiola, the teacher of Philosophy and Arts, asked the students to pay attention so that they could improve when they were doing the exercises. She did the exercises herself for the first time. She told a practitioner she felt very calm and could concentrate on the issue at hand.
Jadson, 12, said, “Look how great this is! Yesterday I was studying about the Buddha. Today you showed up here to talk about him. I'll tell my mother. This is really great!”
Pedro Miguel, 16, said he was autistic. He said, “I came here just to skip my class. Once the Falun Dafa exercises started, I thought it was really good, and I loved it. I will look for you on the Internet.” He said he felt his mind was quiet and he was relaxed when he was doing the exercises.
Felipe, who was in the first group, came to do meditation again in the second group. He said, “I was amazed in the [Falun Dafa] class today.”
Eloá, 11, really enjoyed the practice and said, “I want to do the exercises again at home!”
Igor, 16, did all five exercises and wanted to do the sitting meditation longer. He felt relaxed and calm. He felt energy in his arms and heat emanating from his body.
Gustavo, 17, had never heard of Falun Dafa, but he was involved in kung-fu. He said he felt energy in his feet and fingertips when he was doing the Dafa exercises.
Informing the Teachers and Students about the CCP Persecution
Teachers and students view the display boards with information about Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa).
The students were also informed about the persecution being perpetrated by the Chinese regime. Practitioners explained how the principles of “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance” that practitioners follow were in sharp contrast to the CCP’s ideology that encourages violence. After Falun Dafa was first introduced in the early 1990s, people in China discovered that they became healthy and optimistic by practicing it. Within a short period of time, the number of people learning Falun Gong surpassed the number of Communist Party members. This made high-level Party officials uneasy.
The students were shocked and wanted to do something to stop it. Referring to the arrests, torture, and forced organ harvesting, Ana Clara, 12 years old, asked, “Is there anything we can do to stop this?”
A practitioner told her that it was very important for her to be aware of this. He said she could find out more about the CCP persecution of Falun Gong and spread the word to her friends and family.
Ana Clara said, “Everyone needs to know about these things! Bad people need to stop mistreating good people!”
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