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New Year and New Lives
Stories about Toronto's Thousand Person Chinese New Year Party
January 30, Falun Dafa practitioners in Toronto, Canada, successfully organized a celebration party for the Chinese New Year with about 1200 attendees from various social backgrounds. Here are some interesting stories from the New Year's Party.
One is about a professor, who is famous in China and now works in Canada. Before, when practitioners talked about Falun Gong, he would change the subject. This time, the professor and his wife attended the New Year's Party and the behavior of Falun Dafa practitioners had a great impact on them. The beauty of Falun Dafa began to take root in their hearts. Now they have borrowed Teacher's Nine Day Lecture Series on tape and have begun to learn the exercises.
A party is a good place to clarify the truth. At the last Christmas Party, a practitioner's friends came, and when the friends saw the practitioners' truthfulness and kindness, they changed their attitude towards Falun Dafa and began to understand the practitioners' actions. Another practitioner, a recent arrival from Mainland China, was inspired by this short story. She actively got involved in organizing the next party. The friends she invited came to the party and were moved by the practitioners' truthfulness and friendliness. Now they have begun to tell their relatives in China just how good Falun Dafa is.
Officials in a lawyer's office used to help Falun Gong practitioners to apply for permanent residence in Canada. This time, when they heard that Falun Gong practitioners were going to hold a Chinese New Year Celebration Party in Toronto, all personnel at the lawyer's office came out and supported Falun Gong. They said that many of their clients are Chinese and they will clarify the truth about Falun Gong to these non-practitioner Chinese people.
A city councilman also attended this celebration and told the practitioners [not his exact words], "You are truly great. Within the past two and a half years, you have won the support of so many people in Toronto. When is your next activity? I'll again join you." "Looking back to one year ago," he said, "although I deeply sympathized with you and wanted to help you very much, I had my concerns." But now he is moved by Dafa's imposing power and can see the practitioners' sincerity and compassion.
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Today, 120 people published their solemn declarations, saying that in the past, because they didn't study the Fa diligently enough, they have done and said things that did not conform to Dafa under the evil force's brutal persecution. Now their previous words and actions are completely void. From now on, they will redouble their efforts in making up for the loss they caused to Dafa; they will cultivate Dafa with determination and never again waver, and become qualified Fa rectification disciples.
Liu Jian, a practitioner in Jinan City, Shandong Province was tortured to death at Liuchangshan Forced Labor Camp. The phone number of government agencies and the individuals responsible for Liu's death: Liuchangshan Forced Labor Camp, Group 2: 531-795-3784 ext. administration section; main switchboard of city police department: 531-691-5454; City Labor Camp Bureau Hospital main switchboard: 531-297-6881; city "610 office:" 531-692-9982, 531-203-8134; Liu Yuxiang, director of Shandong Province "610 office:" 531-691-3139; public phone number of mayor of Jinan City: 531-692-0358, 531-692-0031.
The Daqing City Ranghulu District Court conspired to pervert the law to bring Falun Gong practitioners to trial on February 6, 2002. Here are the corresponding phone numbers:
Chief justice office: 86-459-5999117
Assistant Chief justice office: 86-459-5995946
Main office: 86-459-5965209
Section for inspecting discipline: 86-459-5990523
Political work section: 86-459-5997575
Court for inspecting trial: 86-459-5981652.
The unlawful officials from Hengshui City, Hebei Province scheme various actions around the Chinese Lunar New Year: They will massively arrest Falun Gong practitioners and will sentence 10 determined practitioners among them to the forced labor camp. Now 50 to 60 practitioners are on their hunting list. Practitioners from Hengshui city, please pay attention to your safety!
The evil deed of the literary prostitutes: They vigorously write articles to spread lies with the purpose of maliciously attacking Dafa. Below is a partial list :
Wu Xinzhi, from China Academia Sinica Ancient Vertebrate and Ancient Humanity Research Institute.
Shen Mingxian, from the philosophy school of Shanghai social science.
Feng Yuzhang, from the School of Humanities social science of Qinghua University.
Liu Dachun, from the graduate school of Chinese People's University.
A story of cultivation
My mother is a strong woman. After practicing Falun Gong, she became kinder. After July of 1999, mother had the attachment of fear. Her health condition all at once became very bad and it did not improve after she had taken all kinds of medicine. Later mother once again become very diligent in cultivation and Dafa saved her life again. When the police took mother away she did not give up her belief and refused to denounce Dafa. She was found to be ill after the physical examination and therefore released.
Open discussion
A letter to my former classmate: Who caused the misery and suffering of practitioners' families? The cruel and vicious people who torture Falun Gong practitioners have violated the constitution and law. They have committed many vicious and dirty crimes including murder and sexual abuse of female practitioners. Furthermore, they prohibit anyone who knows the truth from speaking out. All the methods employed by the evil are the most despicable in history.
Mourning the death of fellow practitioner Hu Youliang: To protect other practitioners, you were so courageous in the face of the evil interrogation. You were tortured until you had wounds and bruises all over and blood came out of your mouth. In order to save those whose lives had once been lost due to the vicious propaganda, you put others' well being first, not caring about yourself. Even on New Year's Eve, you were walking outside by yourself and doing the most sacred thing as a practitioner--clarifying the truth and offering salvation to sentient beings.
