(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners from Australia and New Zealand did the exercises in Jubilee Park in Sydney on October 11, 2025. They also formed the Falun emblem as part of their efforts to let people know about the spiritual practice. They said they appreciate Master Li, the founder of Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong).
Practitioners did the exercises and formed the Falun emblem in Jubilee Park.
Sometimes, entire families practice Falun Dafa, and several practitioners talked about that experience.
Improving Family Relationships
Van Le from Queensland, Australia, was excited to participate in the Falun emblem formation. “I feel really special and so happy. Thank you, Master,” she said.
Van Le from Queensland
“I started practicing in April 2018,” she said, “and read the book Zhuan Falun, which I found on a Facebook page.
“I was really sick before I began practicing. I’d had difficulty sleeping for years and I had sinus headaches [similar to migraine headaches]. I went to doctors in Vietnam and Australia, but nothing helped. After I started to read Zhuan Falun and do the exercises, all my illnesses disappeared, and I could sleep.
“Not only did my body and mind improve, so did my behavior. My family—my mom, brother, sister, and my dad—were happy for me and began practicing Falun Dafa. Now, my auntie and relatives in Vietnam have started to read Zhuan Falun and do the exercises, and they and my family study the teachings together. I’m so happy.
“I tell my friends and they’re really supportive. The people I work with know Falun Dafa is good. I have more energy. I do patient catering at a hospital, and sometimes I work double shifts. Even when I work double shifts, I always have plenty of energy.”
She attended the Australia Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference in Melbourne three years ago for the first time. Since then, she has gone every year and benefits a lot. “I can look inward, and I try to get better and better. I cultivate myself by looking inward.”
She participated in the practitioners’ parade in the center of Sydney the day before. “So many people watched the parade. Yesterday, people gave us a Heshi [pressing the palms together in a gesture of respect] and a thumbs up. They seemed very happy. I think it is because they’ve known about the persecution by China’s government for a long time, and they support human rights, and they know Falun Dafa is good. Really good.”
Calm and Happy
Resmi Nikhil from Wellington, New Zealand, is an IT test engineer. Her husband practices Falun Dafa and encouraged Resmi to practice and read the book. “I saw a lot of changes in him, including his health. I read Zhuan Falun in 2006-2007 but I didn’t continue. But when I was pregnant with my second child, I developed health issues and was really stressed. My husband encouraged me to practice and read the book.
Resmi Nikhil from Wellington
She said, “So when I read it the second time, it was really different. I started doing the exercises and I felt really good and I experienced many changes in my body and mind. I continued reading and never stopped. I also experienced a lot of miracles after I started practicing. One example of this was when the doctors said I would have a complicated pregnancy and need surgery. I played the music “Jishi” during my C-section and everything went smoothly with no complications.
“Dafa changed me in the way I treat other people, how I react to different things in life, especially when I feel I haven’t done anything wrong, why were these things happening to me? But after reading Dafa books, I understand that everything is predestined as I may be paying back a debt from a previous lifetime, so I can accept this and that is how it is. I don’t need to worry about anything. Simply face it and follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance and that’s how I live my life.
“Practicing helps me manage my family and resolve conflicts. As practitioners, my husband and I take tribulations as a test that Master arranged for us to overcome. I feel much happier,” she said. “All the stress I had is gone now. And even in my workplace, they ask me how do I manage to remain so calm. My test leader asked the same question, so I told her I did a spiritual practice called Falun Dafa from China. So now she wants to learn it.
“After my parents witnessed so many wonderful things about Dafa, they also started to practice. They were blessed with good health benefits and even my brother now practices. My daughter started practicing when she was 5 or 6. She started meditating. It’s amazing!”
Her whole family participated in the Falun emblem formation. “It’s amazing to see this huge number of practitioners whose lives have been changed because of Dafa. Especially in a world like this, for the past 6-8 years, people’s moral standards have been going downhill. I don’t feel angry, I just feel sad. I feel sad that they can’t change their life and they have to live with all this resentment and that they never found a practice like this. They don’t feel good about God, they don’t even believe in God! So when I see all these amazing people who practice Dafa come together as a team, one body—it’s amazing!”
“I want to say to Master: ‘Thank you for everything you have given to us through Dafa. I know a lot of times I have failed and strayed from Dafa, but Master always helped me to come back. Master never abandoned me, so thank you so much for that. Master has such immense compassion, so I always come back even if I lose my way sometimes. I always know Master is there for us practitioners. Sometimes I feel guilty that I don't do all the three things properly. Thank you for everything, Master.’”
Becoming a Genuine Practitioner
Alex Nguyen from Melbourne, Australia
Alex Nguyen from Melbourne said, “I joined in the character formation today, and I felt a very good energy field with all the practitioners here. I feel so happy and relaxed, and my body feels very comfortable. The Fahui [Fa conference] to me is a festival where I can gather with practitioners from other places around Australia and it’s also a good chance for me to look inward and improve myself and my cultivation. I am happy to be here today and participate in the Fahui activities.”
He started practicing Falun Dafa in August 2020 after a friend recommended he try it. Because of the COVID pandemic, he learned the practice at home by watching online videos. “I’ve always searched for the meaning of my life and why I was here and what was I meant to be doing. Reading Master’s teachings in Zhuan Falun answered all my questions.
“I studied Buddhism for years but I couldn’t apply its principles to my life, and they didn’t really explain how to put their teachings into practice. My character didn’t improve and ,when bad things happened, I still got angry. I didn’t learn how to handle it better. My character didn’t change. When I first started practicing Falun Dafa, I was really moved because Master’s Fa goes directly to my heart and my mind. When I read his teachings in Zhuan Falun, I understood how to cultivate and I understood how to raise my level and my character to be a better person,” he said.
“Since then, I always practice Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance in my day-to-day interactions. This is like a fire inside me: It warms me up and guides my way. At the end of the day, I look back and check my character to see if everything is correct or if there is anything incorrect that I will need to change.”
He kept calm when he had a conflict with his wife. He said, “I try to control myself and stay calm, although I’m not able to do this every time. I try to calm down and not react, not to get angry back at her. I even help my wife with the cooking and cleaning, which I would never do before I began practicing.”
After he participated in the character formation, he said, “I wish to tell Master how touched and moved I feel when I’m around so many fellow practitioners who follow Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. They are kind and patient, which reminds me of Master’s compassion. I’ve received so many benefits from practicing Falun Dafa. I appreciate Master’s help in my cultivation and being a practitioner.”
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