Italy: Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference Held in Rome

(Minghui.org) A Falun Dafa cultivation experience sharing conference was held in Rome on July 6, 2025. Western and Asian practitioners from different parts of Italy attended the event. Eleven practitioners gave prepared talks, describing how they conducted themselves with righteous thoughts when they faced problems, looked within when there were conflicts, and cooperated with other practitioners while saving people. Their sincere and honest sharings on the ups and downs of their cultivation paths are a testament to how extraordinary Dafa is. Practitioners who listened to their presentations felt the same and said they gained a lot from attending the conference.

Falun Dafa practitioners in Italy held a cultivation experience sharing conference in Rome on July 6, 2025.

Eleven practitioners spoke about their cultivation experiences.

Always Grateful

Alessandro from Rome began practicing Falun Dafa when he was 18 years old. He spoke on how he matured in cultivation and was able continue shouldering responsibility in a Dafa practitioners’ project.

He had a good paying job in an ordinary media company. However, he quit without hesitation and joined The Epoch Times when it was recruiting staff.

Alessandro talked about how his cultivation improved while he worked at The Epoch Times. “As the person responsible for a project, I knew I must cultivate well in addition to having an ordinary person’s skills,” he explained. “I should pay attention to every thought and let go of my desires and attachments. This is closely related to the stability and success of the project.”

He said establishing The Epoch Times office in Italy was a cultivation process for him. First, he had to accept “being responsible” because this is something he’d previously avoided. He spent a lot of time adapting to, and accepting this position. He knew he must work on “Truthfulness”—expressing himself honestly to others on the project about what he thought was the right approach, and he also had to improve his “Forbearance” and “Compassion.”

As the person in charge, he has to manage many people and many details. Especially during the initial stage of setting up the company and dealing with legal matters, he often received all kinds of notices at the same time, phone calls, or various problems encountered by staff. All these required that he have great patience and tolerance.

Through regular Fa study, Alessandro became more grounded. He shared, “I’m extremely grateful to Master. I often tell myself to be thankful for all the hardship and joy in cultivation. I know I absolutely cannot forget this point. During all kinds of hardships in everyday life, people tend to forget to have a heart of appreciation and they fall into the opposite emotions. I still feel dejected at times, feel lonely, or sad when it’s hard to let go of attachments, but I constantly remind myself: No matter what happens, good or bad, I ask Master for help and the power to overcome these tribulations.”

Overcoming Sickness Karma

Mr. Jiang from Milan shared his thoughts on life and cultivation after going through a life threatening illness. “I saw patients moaning in pain or crying out loud... humans appear so small and helpless in the face of illness,” he shared. “Birth, old age, sickness and death, life is impermanent. This strengthened my faith in Dafa. I realized that I must cultivate myself well and walk out of the human level so that I can better assist Master in Fa rectification and save sentient beings.”

This illness made him realize how frightening karma is and the importance of remaining humble. He shared that whether you are a hero, emperor or general, when your karma arises, you will collapse in an instant. “Therefore, humans should not think too highly of themselves, and should not do bad deeds for it will incur karma,” Mr. Jiang said. “Karma makes one become irrational and trapped in all kinds of terrible situations. Cultivators can only overcome sickness tribulations if they have faith in Master and the Fa.

“Arrogance is a manifestation of selfishness. It’s also the excuse the old forces used to persecute me. I know from Master’s teachings, practitioners should act for others and not be attached to self. We should have no pursuits in the human world. I am grateful to Master for his compassionate protection.”

Mr. Jiang realized that humans suffer during reincarnation, lifetime after lifetime, in order to purify their souls and wait for Dafa, to either practice cultivation or be saved. The process of suffering sickness karma taught him to not use human “principles” to see things. He understood that one should be humble and respectful, put the Fa first, and that only by adhering to the the Fa, can one eliminate attachments.

Raising Children According to Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance

Marcellajia from the Slovak Republic shared her experience of practicing cultivation. “From the time my son was born, I tried my best to treat him as a practitioner,” she shared. “I know Master handed me a huge responsibility: raising my child according to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance, bringing him closer to Dafa, and help him gradually awaken and practice cultivation diligently.”

Thus, she often studies the Fa and does the exercises near her son so that he can listen to and see the state a practitioner should be in. Mother and son gradually began to read the Fa together every night. Initially, the child found it hard to keep up and struggled to read one page or even a sentence. But as time went by, he was able to persist in Fa study. Although it isn’t often smooth sailing, through this process, Marcellajia has made progress in cultivation and let go of many attachments such as the attachment towards her child. At the age of 3, her son told her, “I want to be a Dafa practitioner. I want to transform all of my karma and return to my true home.”

Marcellajia also felt that Master frequently uses her child’s words to remind her whenever her attachments appear. Once, while giving out flyers at a tourist site, it rained. She wanted to take her son somewhere to avoid the rain but he said, “I can persevere.” They continued talking to tourists about Falun Dafa in the rain.

Working Hard to Save More Sentient Beings

Andrei talked about how he thought a practitioner should regard the chaos in the world today with the righteous thoughts of a practitioner as guidance. “Recently many things have happened in the world,” he said. “It distracts me at times. I often want to arrange things according to how the external environment changes. However, upon reflection, I understood that no matter what happens, I should go on as usual and work hard to save even more sentient beings. No matter how the world changes, practitioners always have their own path. Just walk well on this path and it will be fine. The Chinese Communist Party has been persecuting Falun Gong all these years, yet practitioners in China never stopped clarifying the truth and practicing cultivation. If they can do it under such a tough environment, all the more should we be able to do it here.

“I used to rely on group activities because they are large scale and have a big impact. Now, I realize that there are actually many opportunities to tell people about Dafa in my daily life. When I make the effort to think about how to let more people know about Dafa, new ideas keep popping up. Even if it is a small idea, it can open many roads.”

When the conference ended that evening, many practitioners said they benefited tremendously and became clearer on the meaning of cultivation. They agreed that only by paying attention to Fa study, practicing cultivation solidly, cherishing the opportunity to practice cultivation with fellow practitioners, forming one body, and constantly improving, can they accomplish the mission of assisting Master in Fa rectification, saving sentient beings, and not disappoint Master.