(Minghui.org) More than 1,600 Falun Dafa practitioners from 31 European countries attended the European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference on September 20 in Prague, Czech Republic. Simultaneous translations were available in 13 languages during the conference which was held at the Top Hotel Praha.
More than 1,600 Falun Dafa practitioners attended the European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference on September 20. (Minghui.org)
More young and Western practitioners attended this year, and the speakers represented diverse nationalities. Twenty-one Falun Dafa practitioners from sixteen countries talked about their cultivation experiences.
Some practitioners mentioned how they identified and eliminated their fundamental attachments. Others said they were able to expose their human notions through continuously studying Falun Dafa’s teachings, and eliminate those notions with righteous thoughts. Still others talked about the recent rise of complacency and the danger of slacking off in cultivation.
Practitioners talked about their cultivation journeys. (Minghui.org)
Participating in the Tian Guo Marching Band
Barborka, a young practitioner from Slovakia, said that many members of her family practiced Falun Dafa. Because she was a child, she didn’t truly understand what it meant to cultivate and she wasn’t particularly diligent. But she always knew that Falun Dafa is good. “Master never gave up on me, always waiting with boundless patience and compassion for me to awaken, constantly enlightening and protecting me,” she recalled. Barborka eventually resumed cultivating.
Through studying the Fa teachings and looking inward, Barborka gradually let go of the resentment she had harbored towards her stepfather since childhood. Because he treated her mother poorly she always held a grudge against him. But the more Barborka hated him the worse the situation at home became. “After I read the Fa I realized that I hated my stepfather because of my deep affection for my mother and my own selfishness,” she continued. “When I saw myself as a cultivator and realized that my stepfather was actually suffering, my opinion and the way I treated him changed. The situation at home improved.” Her stepfather began to support her Falun Dafa practice and her involvement in the Tian Guo Marching Band. He even read Zhuan Falun, practiced the exercises, and tried to become a better person.
Barborka also shared her experience of joining the Tian Guo Marching Band. All the instruments she liked were already taken, so she ended up playing the French horn, which she wasn’t familiar with. When she first saw the horn, she was very reluctant; when she learned it was one of the most difficult wind instruments to play and that it would take several years to master, she wanted to cry, and felt that nothing was as she hoped and that she was destined to fail.
The other band members encouraged her, and she gradually realized that everything was arranged by Master, and nothing was accidental. At Christmas, when she held the French horn in her hands she couldn’t help but shed tears of emotion. She felt a strong connection between herself and the life behind the instrument—that playing the horn would help her cultivate and also help her save people.
Just six months later, Barborka officially became a member of the Tian Guo Marching Band.
Recognizing One’s Fundamental Attachments
Ms. Tang from Germany said she began practicing Falun Dafa in 1996, and only recently realized that she hadn’t truly found her fundamental attachment.
Ms. Tang suffered from a serious illness since childhood and always took medication. Two weeks after she began practicing Falun Dafa her symptoms disappeared, and she was healthy. When Master published “Towards Consummation,” she felt that her fundamental attachment disappeared because she initially began cultivating to cure her illness—since her illness was gone, she was no longer focused on curing her illness.
Her husband, who is German, suffered from ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), an incurable disease. Seeing his wife’s miraculous improvement after only two weeks of practicing Falun Dafa, he began to practice as well and read Zhuan Falun. His health improved significantly, and he no longer needed medication.
Ms. Tang remained healthy, while her husband’s health gradually deteriorated, and he passed away in 2016. Ms. Tang was deeply mired in grief, and was unable to extricate herself for a long time. She still couldn’t understand what her cultivation loopholes were.
Inspired by fellow practitioners, the group Ms. Tang read the Fa with began to focus on finding their fundamental attachments. They gradually identified their attachments and sincerely talked about their cultivation experiences. She gradually realized that her initial thought of entering Falun Dafa to cure her husband’s illness hadn’t truly disappeared.
After she understood this she read Master’s other lectures and found that he repeatedly reminded practitioners to eliminate their fundamental attachments, but she hadn’t truly done this.
The Minghui Editorial Board published a notice on June 8, 2026 suggesting that practitioners memorize Master’s article “Towards Consummation.” Ms. Tang knew this was important and understood that only by eliminating her fundamental attachments could she completely negate the old forces’ arrangements and walk the path arranged by Master.
The Importance of Fa Study
Tomek, from Poland, is a major shareholder in his company and helps coordinate some Falun Dafa projects. Because he was so busy he had little time to study the Fa. He always thought he could make up for it after the project ended. As he took on more and more projects, however, he found even less time to study the Fa. Whenever he picked up Zhuan Falun, he suddenly remembered that there were important matters that hadn’t been resolved, so he stopped reading and handled those issues.
By the end of 2024, Tomek reached his limit and was almost unable to study the Fa. He met with the practitioners he worked with and explained his situation. He pointed out that there might be two outcomes. One was that the old forces were eliminating him from the cultivation community, and he would soon be unable to continue; the other was that now was the time for other practitioners to step up and assume some responsibilities, because it was too much for one person.
The practitioners coordinated very well and took on many tasks. The more burdens he shed, the more secure his Fa study became. The real breakthrough came a few months later during a four-day nationwide Fa study session in Poland. Tomek felt his body and mind were purified. He looked inward for his attachments and realized that over the years, his attachment was that he wanted to coordinate every project. He doubted that other practitioners could do these things as good as he could, and he even worried that they would do better than him. These thoughts were all related to his jealousy.
When Tomek saw his jealousy he felt ashamed and realized that he had almost stumbled in his cultivation. Recognizing this jealousy was the first step in eliminating it. From then on, he paid close attention to his thoughts. Whenever he had such a thought, he was able to quickly eliminate it.
Many practitioners said the conference was very moving. Some practitioners said the experiences shared by fellow practitioners were very helpful; others shed tears while listening to the speeches, and afterwards said they saw the gaps in their own cultivation. They said they would do better in the future.
