(Minghui.org) The university where I worked at the time had students at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels. Before the persecution began on July 20, 1999, I was one of the instructors at the campus practice site and personally observed how immensely popular Falun Dafa was on campus.
Falun Dafa Thrived at Our University
In 1995, Dafa was introduced to our campus, and the response was unprecedented. Great enthusiasm and support came from university leaders, including the heads of the United Front Work Department, the Publicity Department, the Legal Affairs Office, and the Academic Affairs Office, as well as Party secretaries, deans, senior professors, staff members across all ages and academic departments, and from the vast student body and the families of faculty and staff.
Just as Master Li said,
“Those who really have a predestined relationship and can enlighten will come one after another, entering the Dao and obtaining the Fa.” (“Enlightenment,”Essentials for Further Advancement)
More and more people began practicing, and we soon expanded to two outdoor practice sites. About 100 people practiced together year-round. One college even allowed us to use a large, vacant classroom on a long-term basis, which could accommodate 40-50 people for practice and Fa study.
We also established an evening Fa study group at the school’s kindergarten, with 20-30 people participating regularly. I remember that when Master’s new article was published, more than 200 copies were distributed in just two days.
During the break between classes, I would sometimes lead a dozen or so students in practicing one or two sets of exercises. Among them was a young man who continued to practice despite being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In 2000, he died while in the custody of local CCP police at the age of 27.
Miraculous Healing and Health Benefits
An elderly professor who had studied in the Soviet Union had previously suffered from severe heart disease and had been on the verge of death multiple times. After practicing Dafa, he hasn’t had another episode. His celestial eye opened after he began practicing, and the firsthand experiences he gained shattered his atheism and belief in the theory of evolution. He actively promoted the practice and validated the Fa, eventually becoming the head of the local assistance center.
A teacher’s mother-in-law endured knee pain for 37 years, causing her to limp. Shortly after she began practicing Dafa, her knee function returned to normal. This 74-year-old woman had never attended school and could not read. After practicing Dafa, she dreamed that the characters from Zhuan Falun were flying into her mind, one by one. Upon waking, she could read Zhuan Falun from cover to cover. The story quickly spread throughout the town.
A staff member in student affairs had suffered from hepatitis B for years, and faced many challenges. Her life was pushed to the brink of collapse due to immense pressure from both work and family: her husband became paralyzed after a brain aneurism, and her daughter was still in elementary school.
Fortunately, after practicing Dafa, her chronic illness was cured, her attitude and thinking improved, and she was able to face her tribulations. She cared for her husband with such meticulous devotion that, moved by gratitude, he declared he wanted to be with her again in the next life.
This staff member’s career also saw a series of positive developments. As she neared retirement, she was promoted from a staff-level position to a deputy division-level role, qualifying her for division-level benefits upon retirement. Her daughter and son-in-law also enjoyed an enviable marriage and good careers. Filled with deep gratitude, she attributed all these blessings to Master.
A teacher in his 30s had severe rheumatoid arthritis. Despite over a decade of treatment with both Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western medicine, he found no relief—his knees, in particular, were extremely sensitive to cold. Even in the height of summer, he would carry a padded knee warmer whenever he went to the library. Not long after he began practicing, he recovered completely, and the condition has not recurred.
The school’s director of academic affairs, who was in his 40s at the time, was particularly sensitive to cold food; he couldn’t even eat fruit at room temperature because it caused stomach cramps as soon as he swallowed it. After practicing Falun Dafa, his stomach problems cleared up without his even noticing. Now, not only can he eat fruit, but he can even enjoy ice cream. He said he was living life to the fullest.
A teacher in her early 40s suffered from a seasonal allergy of unknown origin that progressively worsened each year. Yet, during the fifth month of her practicing Falun Dafa—the very time of year her symptoms usually flared up—she experienced no issues whatsoever, and the condition has not returned to date.
Years earlier, she had undergone a forced abortion under CCP family planning policies, which left her with chronic endometriosis and pelvic inflammatory disease. Whenever these conditions flared, she developed persistent high fevers and prolonged, incessant menstruation lasting months. She endured back pain so severe she could not sit for 10 minutes—forcing her to write her lecture notes while lying prone—and had to take two breaks while washing her hair; her face was also covered with dark pigmentation spots.
After she began practicing Dafa, all her ailments vanished, and her skin became remarkably fair and smooth. People find it hard to believe her she has never had any facial treatments.
A middle-aged teacher suffered from a condition in which her hands would swell so severely upon contact with cold water that she could neither fasten buttons nor pull up her trousers. Pointing her fingertips downward caused the sensation of a thousand needles piercing her skin at once, forcing her to keep her hands raised in front of her chest.
Times were hard back then; she could not afford a washing machine, nor did she want to spend money on electricity or coal to heat water. Even wearing rubber gloves offered little relief, and the pain was excruciating. Less than a month after she began practicing Falun Dafa, she recovered and could use cold water to wash clothes.
A middle-aged teacher with a family history of liver disease looked sallow and gaunt. Her mother, aunt, and five sisters had all died of liver disease in their 40s or 50s, and she was the only one left. After she began practicing Falun Dafa, she lived to about 80.
There were also practitioners suffering from sinusitis, mouth ulcers, herniated lumbar discs, insomnia, hemorrhoids, constipation, dysmenorrhea, and other conditions, all of which were cured without medication after practicing Dafa. There were also those who no longer needed reading glasses, as well as those who quit smoking, drinking, and gambling. There are too many cases to list in detail.
Practitioners Acknowledged As Upright Individuals
During the great floods of 1998, the school organized a fundraising drive. A screen displayed donors’ names and the amounts they contributed. Those who led the way and gave the most were mostly Dafa practitioners. Practitioners gave one or two hundred yuan. Although that might not seem like much today, people earned very little back then and had little in savings.
One teacher had won the Outstanding Teaching Award for 10 consecutive years. After she began practicing Falun Dafa, she declined the award, allowing others to receive it.
There was a section chief of excellent character who performed his duties flawlessly; yet, without any prior notice, his superior transferred the position to a close associate. People were waiting to see a scene unfold, since he had been someone you didn’t want to mess with. To everyone’s surprise, he just laughed it off. Through his cultivation in Falun Dafa, he had learned to let go of attachments to such things and had elevated his character.
A teacher had been recommended for a pay raise four times but was passed over each time. At first, she was quite angry, thinking, “Once or twice is one thing, but three to four times. How can they treat someone this way?” She wanted to demand an explanation.
Later, she reflected on Master’s teachings on loss and gain, and recalled her commitment to being a good person in accordance with Truth-Compassion-Forbearance, so she chose to be patient. Before she began practicing, this teacher wasn’t someone who easily gave in to others. Her dean, a renowned professor, remarked, “I don’t know much about Falun Dafa, but if it can make her like this, then it must be remarkable—it must be good.”
Justice Resides in People’s Hearts
After the Guangming Daily published an article slandering Falun Dafa, practitioners at our university wrote to relevant state agencies and major media outlets to clarify the facts and uphold Dafa.
We also promptly communicated with university officials responsible for campus security, explaining that Dafa teaches Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, that practitioners enjoy physical and mental well-being, and that the organizational structure and activities of Falun Dafa are lawful. We continued to have a peaceful environment for our practice right up until July 20, 1999.
Practitioners from our school participated in the April 25 peaceful appeal, went to the provincial government to appeal after July 20, and traveled to Beijing to present the facts and uphold the reputation of Master and Dafa. Disciples who have received Master’s grace are grateful and possess a sense of justice and conscience.
At my university, a teacher went to Tiananmen Square to appeal for Dafa with her lawyer husband, her mother-in-law in her 80s, and her seven-year-old son. The wife was detained and persecuted in Beijing, while the husband was sent to a local labor camp, leaving the elderly woman and the young child without support.
My dean, speaking angrily, said, “This a human rights disaster and a tragedy of human ethics for China. Jiang Zemin must bear historical responsibility.” He enlisted his entire network—including his younger brother, who served as a mayor, along with influential students and friends—to secure this teacher’s release from the labor camp six months early and help her recover her withheld wages. This dean is a man of great virtue.
In January 2000, our principal gathered those of us who continued practicing in a small conference room. He began, “The Communist Party needs to do some soul-searching. Falun Dafa has only been around for a few years, yet it has taken such a deep hold in people’s hearts that no amount of suppression can stop it.”
He added, “The relationship between the Party and the masses, and between officials and the people, is no longer one of mutual benefit; it has long since become one of irreconcilable conflict.”
He also said, “In the past, Falun Dafa was endorsed by the state, so the school didn’t take any action against it. From now on, you must exercise good judgment yourselves; don’t break the law or cause trouble for yourselves or the school.” He didn’t require us to write any specific statements denouncing our practice.
At the school-wide faculty evaluation meeting that year, the principal said, “All Falun Dafa practitioners at our school are models of professional ethics and key teaching staff; being a practitioner will not affect your evaluations.” All practitioners at our school who were eligible that year received a promotion.
This principal treated Falun Gong practitioners well and reaped the blessings of his kindness. After retiring, he was hired as the dean of a secondary college affiliated with a university. He underwent heart bypass surgery and is still in good health today. Meanwhile, five or six people at our school who underwent bypass surgery at the same time as he did have long since passed away.
Under the CCP’s brutal persecution, some practitioners at our school have remained steadfast in their faith in Master and the Fa, letting go of fame, gain, and even life and death, and have persevered in steadily carrying out the three things. Others, however, have abandoned their efforts.
The CCP’s persecution has blocked countless people’s path to salvation; its sins are so immense that even the complete annihilation of both body and soul would not be sufficient reparation for its crimes.
Falun Dafa is a sublime Buddhist practice designed to save people in the end times. By embracing Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, you’ll receive the protection of the divine, be saved by Dafa, and have a wonderful future—the choice is yours.
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