(Minghui.org) During the 2025 New Zealand Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in Auckland on November 2, 2025, fifteen practitioners described how they followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to constantly improve themselves. As they continue to cultivate and help Master save people, they feel his compassion, and they are very grateful.
The 2020 New Zealand Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Auckland on November 2, 2025.
Practitioners are thankful for Falun Dafa.
Promoting Shen Yun at Work
Niknil Govind wished to tell others about Shen Yun Performing Arts. Although no performances were scheduled in his city, the senior leadership at his company worked in a city where Shen Yun was scheduled to perform. Govind wanted to encourage them to see the Shen Yun show.
After he heard that the CEO and other senior executives would visit his city last December, Govind kept sending forth righteous thoughts. With Master’s help, he was able to greet the CEO, tell him about Shen Yun, and invite him to the performance. He also sent him a follow-up email. He received a reply the next day – the CEO agreed to watch the performance. Govind knew Master was helping him.
Govind continued telling his coworkers about the show, and followed up with emails. He occasionally received refusals, but he knew these were opportunities to improve his xinxing. In the end about 40 people from his workplace, and other people he reached out to, had purchased tickets. From this he learned the importance of maintaining righteous thoughts and letting go of fear, and that Master will help with everything.
Govind also helped sell tickets and provided assistance to those who requested refunds. Knowing Shen Yun is invaluable, he put his heart into writing every email, and explained why Shen Yun was special and important. During the process, he could feel Master empowering him and giving him wisdom. In the end, other than one or two special cases, everyone kept their tickets.
Govind realized that the longer he cultivated, the more he needed to look inward and eliminate his attachments. He always felt Master’s great compassion and he was inspired to do better.
Falun Dafa’s Miracles
Before Ms. Zhang began practicing Falun Dafa when she was 36, she had numerous illnesses and felt her life was hopeless. A coworker invited her to watch a video of Master’s lecture. She miraculously felt strong and was able to return home without assistance. That night she had a dream in which she jumped out of swamp onto a broad path and she saw a huge Buddha. When she woke up, she knew Master had saved her. Her health quickly improved. Ms. Zhang started to practice Dafa and thanked Master for giving her a second life.
Because of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution, Ms. Zhang was detained numerous times and sent to labor camps. But that did not change her faith in Dafa and Master. Although she was forced to stay away from home, she risked her life to tell people the facts about Dafa. She distributed the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and helped people quit the CCP. One day, she dreamed that a pig brought a piece of paper with the words, “Quitting the CCP.” She knew this was a hint from Master. Several days later, a friend born in the Year of Pig who read the Nine Commentaries wanted to quit the CCP organizations. From this, Ms. Zhang knew that Master was helping her, and that quitting the CCP organizations was indeed serious.
After she fled to Thailand, the refugee agency arranged for her to move to New Zealand. She’s been going to Mission Bay, a tourist attraction, for more than ten years, to tell people about Dafa. She’s faced humiliation, threats, and even violence. One time, three people came and threatened to beat her. Three young Western men protected her, and the three thugs fled. She was moved to tears because she knew Master had protected her.
Having practiced Falun Dafa for more than 20 years, Ms. Zhang is thankful for Master’s compassionate salvation. She knows it’s important to remain diligent and do the three things well.
The Truth is Powerful
Ms. Cheng and her husband stayed in different cities after they came to New Zealand, to make a living. But wherever they went, they always told people about Dafa and the ongoing suppression in China. Some people said they read about this on social media while others read the posters and asked for more information.
A Western scholar questioned if the persecution was real. When Ms. Cheng described her own experience the scholar changed from indifference to shock, and accepted the materials. A similar situation occurred soon afterward. Another Western scholar criticized her in a cold tone. Ms. Cheng did not argue and just calmly described the suffering she experienced in China because she practices Falun Dafa.
Pointing to her left nostril, Ms. Cheng said, “Here is the evidence of force feeding by the CCP.” The man looked shocked and silently accepted the flier. Ms. Cheng knew the facts were powerful.
Ms. Cheng thanked Master Li for all his arrangements. “I am an ordinary person and Dafa gave me the courage as as well as wisdom,” she explained. “We have to complete the mission of helping Master save people.”
The College Campus
Gia Thuy Do began practicing Falun Dafa in 2018, and talked about her experiences while earning a Master of Education degree. Many classroom assignments are influenced by socialist ideology. Finishing those assignments was not only related to her class, but also a process of testing her resilience. Over time, she realized there was no need to worry about the homework content. After all, Master imparted the Dafa teachings, and they govern things in everyday society.
Some assignments were directly related to communist ideology. She answered them in accordance with traditional values and her grade was low. Her grades on other assignments were high and she was able to pass the course. She knew Master was protecting her since she would not trade her faith to get a higher grade. From Master’s poems, she knew that modern trends deviated from traditional values and pushed people away from the divine.
Sometimes Do found the changes in life challenging. Looking back she knows they are related to her xinxing improvement, and offered her opportunities to practice patience, improve her mind nature, and help Master save people. She is grateful to Master for these opportunities.
Illness Karma
Ms. Mai started to practice Dafa in 1998 and witnessed many miracles. After group Fa study one day, she suddenly noticed her right leg lost feeling and her right hand was so weak that she could not even hold money. Realizing that she had slacked off recently because some projects went smoothly, Ms. Mai knew she hadn’t done the exercises well, remained diligent, or sent forth righteous thoughts correctly. So she immediately looked inward to improve herself.
She had difficulty when trying to send righteous thoughts or do the exercises, because her right hand was weak. But she did not give up. Perhaps because Master saw her determination, a practitioner visited her and told her how doing the exercises helped her recover after she had symptoms of a stroke.
So Ms. Mai started doing the second Falun Dafa exercise while leaning against a dresser. She could feel her energy increase, and when she held her hands above her head, her right hand did not drop. After doing the second exercise for one hour, she was moved to tears. In the meantime, she sent forth strong righteous thoughts to rectify herself. She fully recovered in six days and knew it was due to Dafa’s power.
Having been through tests of illness karma a few times, Ms. Mai learned that cultivation practice was serious. One needs to maintain righteous thoughts, remain diligent, and always have faith in Master. She hopes her experience helps other practitioners so we can all improve.
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