Dafa Disciples' Righteous Thoughts are Powerful

The evil beings are being destroyed in large numbers in the Three Realms and the human world. They have already seen that they will end in failure, so they make their last-ditch effort even more madly. The most severely persecuted ones are precisely those students who harbor attachments. The more fearful they are inside, the more the evil specifically goes after such students. And the overall situation that has appeared, in which Dafa is persecuted in the human world, is caused by the large-scale, severe occurrence of these students being persecuted because they have attachments. Because they couldn't let go of their attachments they have been so-called "reformed," and this has led them to do things that help the evil, making the situation severe.

Today’s Articles — April 25, 2001

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New York Falun Gong's Press Statement on the Second Anniversary of the April 25th Incident

April 24, 2001

Ladies and Gentlemen; members of the Press:

Two years ago, Falun Gong was thrust upon the world stage by a gathering of Falun Gong practitioners outside the State Council Appeals Office in Beijing. This gathering was painted as an organized "protest" by the Chinese state-run media. Consequently, over the past two years, the actual events surrounding this gathering and the tragic decisions made by Jiang Zemin during this time period have yet to be made known to the public.

Clarify the Truth and Expose the Evil

Practitioners outside China did a tremendous amount of work to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa during the UN Human Rights Commission Meeting in Geneva. Wherever they were and wherever they went, they explained the truth to people. They collected signatures, held press conferences, and attended various human rights meetings. The night before the Human Rights Committee vote whether or not to single out China for human rights violations, a candlelight vigil was held simultaneously around the globe. From Geneva to Toronto, from Washington DC to Hong Kong, from Frankfurt to Japan, Dafa practitioners are everywhere.

Photo Report: New York City 24-hour candlelight vigil begins on April 24

Practitioners in New York began a 24-hour candlelight vigil on the eve of the two-year anniversary of the April 25th event in Beijing. Approximately 150 practitioners gathered to demonstrate the exercises outside the Chinese consulate building in New York City. The sun was setting, casting a bright light on the neat rows of practitioners, while the sky turned a dark red and blue. After completing the exercises, a bell was rung 190 times, once for each practitioner who died as a result of the persecution in China. This ceremony was very solemn, and the peaceful bell sound could be heard above the roar of the traffic. Practitioners will carry out this vigil for the following 24 hours, until 6PM on April 25.