(Minghui.org) After visiting her maternal family in late 1998, my eldest daughter-in-law brought back the New Year’s gifts that her mother was giving to me. There were four books: Zhuan Falun, Explaining the Teachings of Falun Dafa, The Great Way of Spiritual Perfection, and Essentials for Further Advancement, along with instructions on treating the books respectfully, including to not wet my finger before turning a page.
That night, treating it with respect, I began reading Zhuan Falun. I read:
“Let me tell everyone that since we are of a great cultivation way in the Buddha School, we of course cultivate Buddhahood. In the Tao School, one of course cultivates the Tao to attain the Tao. Let me tell everyone that “Buddha” is not a superstition.” (Lecture One, Zhuan Falun)
I smiled with understanding. Why? Despite being subjected to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) brainwashing, atheistic education, and Party culture since elementary school in the 1950s, I had also read a lot of Chinese literature rooted in divine culture, such as Journey to the West, The Story of Jigong, and Investiture of the Gods. I therefore believed in gods and trusted that Bodhisattva Guanyin, Tathagata Buddhas, and other deities existed.
The more I read the Falun Dafa books, the more Master Li’s teachings made sense.
After the Chinese New Year, I found a practice site in a nearby village where I watched videos of Master’s lectures and learned the five sets of exercises. I began practicing Falun Dafa, as great joy filled my heart. I felt truly fortunate to practice the noble and virtuous Dafa imparted by Master, and embarked on the path of returning to my true home without needing to live in a monastery.
About ten days later, I learned that a county-wide medium-sized Fahui (experience-sharing conference) would be held outside the elementary school in that village, and I attended it excitedly.
The Fahui occupied the majority of the playground. The stage was set up in a solemn manner, with a banner across the top that read, “XX County Falun Dafa Cultivation Practice Experience Sharing Conference,” and a couplet on both sides quoted Master’s poem:
“Falun DafaCultivating gong has a pathmind is the wayOn the boundless sea of Dafahardship is your ferry”(Hong Yin)
After listening to practitioners talk about their cultivation experiences, especially those who focused on how they had elevated their xinxing through Dafa, I was deeply moved, and strengthened my resolve to practice Dafa.
After the Fahui, five or six practice sites were established, one after another, in our village and nearby villages. I took on the role of a volunteer coordinator. Naturally, my house became one of the practice sites, with about 20 people participating.
Our village’s retired Party secretary had been paralyzed for several months and needed to be supported by two people when he began learning the exercises. While watching Master’s lecture videos, he suddenly blurted out, “Sincerity is the key.”
Three days later, he was able to walk to my house on his own to watch the videos, and even rode his bicycle to the exercise site in another village to obtain the Dafa books.
Others who were experiencing headaches, leg or arm pain, or other ailments found that their symptoms had disappeared. One female practitioner shared, “When I was lazy in the morning and didn’t want to get up to do the exercises, I could hear Master calling my name, urging me to get up.”
Another practitioner said she did something wrong but didn’t realize it until she fell. Only then did she understand that Master was hinting to her to correct her mistakes.
There were many such examples, but overall every practitioner was embraced by Master and Dafa’s compassionate and peaceful energy, and said they felt truly fortunate and joyful.
However, this virtuous Fa that morally uplifts mankind, makes people physically and mentally healthy, and is beneficial to society, family, and the country, was attacked by former CCP leader Jiang Zemin, and on July 20, 1999, the CCP launched a brutal persecution of Falun Dafa.
In an atmosphere filled with the CCP media’s overwhelming lies and propaganda, many new practitioners stopped coming and dared not continue practicing. I realized this was a huge tribulation and a test. All the nearby practice sites ceased, and no one dared come to my home practice site. There was only my husband, my son, and me.
During this terrifying time, I felt anxious about not being able to contact other coordinators, obtain Master’s new articles, or get updates on Master’s Fa-rectification. I didn’t know what to do, except continue studying the Fa and doing the exercises.
It was not until May 2000 that I received Master’s poem “Your Heart Should Know” from a practitioner in the city, followed by a limited amount of truth-clarification materials. I was so glad to finally connect with another practitioner. I learned that it was difficult to produce materials in the city because the print shops were afraid to take on the work, so I decided to look after it myself.
I took some materials to a printer in a nearby town. I first clarified the facts to the couple who owned the shop, and they were happy to make copies for me at a reasonable price. I asked them to make a small number of copies each time, ranging from 100 to 500, using our personal savings. For the sake of assisting Master in Fa-rectification it was worth it, no matter how much the cost.
Later, seeing that my family was financially struggling, some other practitioners also contributed some money for the printing.
I took the photocopied materials to fellow practitioners for them to distribute, but no one dared to do it, so I distributed them myself. Initially, I gave them to anyone I met on the street, without incident. After a while, perhaps I became overzealous and developed an attachment to getting things done, because I ran into a person who deeply believed the CCP’s lies. He grabbed my arm, and threatened to call the police.
I was not afraid, nor was I arrested under Master’s protection.
As I was distributing flyers near a gate one day, a man suddenly stepped out and grabbed me, saying, “They’re looking for you, and you still dare to distribute leaflets here?”
Just then, a young man appeared and held the man back, saying, “Dad, we can just throw it [the flyer] away. Please let her go.” As soon as the man released me, I got on my bike and rode away.
I asked around and learned that the young man was a police political instructor, and I was happy that he did such a good deed.
As I was distributing flyers at a village temple fair, a village official came over to me and said, “There was a meeting in the township the day before yesterday calling for the arrest of [Falun Dafa] leaflet distributors, and you’ve gotten yourself into trouble at the worst possible time.”
I replied, “Don’t rush to arrest me, please read this first.” He took a flyer and left.
On another occasion, I was handing out materials at a big temple fair where three plays were being performed. Two five or six-year-old boys ran up to me and asked what I was handing out. I told them it was true information about Falun Dafa. They said, “We’ll help you. It will be faster.”
I hesitated, and said, “These are precious. Don’t throw them away or let them go to waste.”
They replied, “We know!” With their help, I quickly finished distributing the flyers. I later realized that the two children were “little angels” sent by Master. I came to understand that as long as one’s mind is righteous and without fear, one will be very safe under Master’s protection.
Practitioners in the city said that Dafa practitioners should go to Beijing to safeguard the Fa (validate the Fa). Many practitioners had gone to Tiananmen Square in Beijing one after another, unfurling banners that read “Falun Dafa is good” and “Restore my Master’s reputation,” or similar words.
I studied Master’s new poems “True Character Revealed” and “Your Heart Should Know” a few times. I approached practitioners in my area, and said, “If other practitioners can do it, we can do it too.” I contacted 16 practitioners and prepared banners with phrases such as “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”
We went to Tiananmen Square in mid-June 2000, divided into three groups, and unfurled the banners. A police van immediately arrived, and the officers forced us into the van. Surprisingly, they drove us out of the square and did not take us into custody. A police officer asked, “Where are you from? Tell us the truth.”
I replied, “We are all from xx county in xx province. We came in good faith to tell people that the media reports on Falun Dafa are all false, slanderous, and fabricated. Our Master has asked us to teach the Falun Dafa exercises for free. Each of us became healthy after practicing, and our Master has never asked us for a penny.
“We continually strive to become better people. Falun Dafa is of high virtue and is part of the Buddha school. We conduct ourselves according to ‘Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.’ Master forbids practitioners to kill or commit suicide, as those are sinful.”
The van stopped, and the officer who seemed to be in charge pointed at the five of us and told us to get out. They closed the door and drove away. We didn’t know where the other practitioners were taken.
We discussed what to do by the roadside. Someone suggested that we return to Tiananmen Square, implying that we should also get arrested to fulfill our purpose, a notion held by many practitioners who thought it was good to be arrested and imprisoned.
I thought to myself... Since we had already unfurled the banner and voiced our hearts—we had passed the test. We were released because Master resolved the tribulation for us. We should return home to encourage those who have not yet stepped forward to come out and say a few words in support of Dafa. Additionally, we needed to continue clarifying the truth to the world, expose the CCP’s lies, and help Master to save people.
The other four practitioners accepted my advice and we returned home.
A few days later, I received Master’s new article “Toward Consummation.” Then, I also received “Rationality,” which I understood was Master’s encouragement and affirmation for the practitioners who had stepped forward to validate Dafa.
I realized that we should not become complacent. We must continue to take the Fa as teacher, follow the progress of Master’s Fa-rectification step by step, and while cultivating ourselves, validate Dafa and save sentient beings.
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