(Clearwisdom.net)
Xin Lian's Story
In the past several years of persecution, I looked at other practitioners going out to distribute truth-clarification materials and saving lives. I knew that the illegally arrested fellow practitioners were being tortured in prison, so how could I stay at home trying to take it easy? Through studying the Fa I came to realize that I must do the three things well; otherwise, how I could complete my grand wish made before history? How I could face the sentient beings, who are looking forward to being saved; and how I could go home following Teacher's path! I started to make truth materials together with fellow practitioners. At the beginning I was afraid. Then I recalled Teacher's words,
"If you have fear, it will seize you;
As soon as your thoughts are righteous, the evil will collapse;"
("What Is There to Be Afraid of" from Hong Yin II)
From then on my mind became calm and I was really not afraid anymore.
Going to the roadside to post flyers, going to villages to distribute truth-clarification materials and the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, I did truth clarification work with fellow practitioners of my home village. We clarified the truth to friends and relatives and told them about withdrawing from the CCP, the Youth League and the Young Pioneers. We clarified the truth about Falun Gong to awaken people so that they can be saved. When my mind was not calm and when I did not learn the Fa well, Teacher would give me hints and Law Wheels would be turning right in front of my eyes. I would then come to understand that I should be more diligent; otherwise I would not be worthy of Teacher's salvation and not be worthy of saving the sentient beings. I would then more diligently study the Fa, send forth righteous thoughts, clarify the truth and work harder on saving people.
Gui Zheng's Story
Since I started practicing Falun Gong in 1997, I have benefited both physical and mentally; it is like I changed into a new person. Later, I suffered significant interference from my family but held onto my firm belief in Teacher and Dafa. I was then able to break through all the layers of interference. When Jiang's regime started persecuting Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, it was very hard. By that time I had not studied the Fa well, but with Teacher's frequent hints and with fellow practitioners assistance, I came to understand that I should not always depend on fellow practitioners' help and should not let Teacher keep worrying about me. I made up my mind to be more diligent.
Through studying the Fa, I came to understand that clarifying the truth and saving lives are the responsibilities of every Dafa practitioner and we must do them well. Fellow practitioners and I often went to the countryside to distribute truth-clarification materials and clarify the truth to people face to face.
Li Chen's Story
I started practicing Falun Gong in 1998 for the purpose of healing my illness. Teacher purified my body and I benefited both physically and mentally. After the evil persecution started, in order to help Teacher to rectify the Fa, my wife and I brought our child along with us to Beijing to ask for justice for Dafa. The day we set off for Beijing happened to be my child's one year birthday. Our trip had no interruptions and we arrived at Beijing without trouble. We then walked to Tiananmen Square. At that time my mind was righteous and I loudly shouted out: "Falun Dafa is good! Falun Dafa is righteous Fa! Restore the good reputation of my Teacher!" I saw that there were police in the distance but I was not afraid. My wife said that my voice was very loud and it shook the sky and earth. With Teacher's protection, the three of us returned back home safely three days later. That time, I truly experienced the situation described by Teacher,
"When Disciples Have Sufficient Righteous Thoughts, Master Has the Almighty Power to Turn the Cosmos Around." (from Hong Yin II)
Dafa is boundless and Buddha's graciousness is enormous and powerful.
In order to expose the evil persecution and to let more people learn the truth about Falun Gong, I went to villages near and far. I also went to other counties to clarify the truth, distribute the Nine Commentaries and other truth clarification booklets in order to save lives. During the Lunar New Year period, I brought some daily goods with me; with the excuses of selling goods, I went to clarify the truth from house to house, telling people about withdrawing from the CCP, the Youth League, and the Young Pioneers, and telling them that Falun Dafa is good. Many people with predestined relationships, withdrew from the organizations of the evil CCP.
On my personal cultivation path I have experienced the attachments to ordinary people's sentiment. I thus experienced interference due to lacking pure righteous thoughts. Sometimes I was lazy and unwilling to do the Falun Gong exercises and the sitting meditation. Through studying Teacher's new article, "The Closer to the End, the More Diligent You Should Be," I understood the seriousness of the Fa-rectification and cultivation. I will set my mind to discarding all my attachments and walking my cultivation path well. I will not disappoint the hope of our Teacher and all the sentinel beings. Please benevolently point out any of my mistakes.
Wu Zhi's Experience
Last winter, a fellow practitioner and I went out to distribute the Nine Commentaries. It was a very cold day and I kept reciting in my mind Teacher's poem,
"A Great Enlightened Being does not fear hardship
Having forged an adamantine will
And with no attachment to living or dying
He walks his path of Fa-rectification openly and nobly"
("Righteous Thoughts and Righteous Actions")
When we went to the Village Party Committee office to deliver the Nine Commentaries, my fellow practitioner said, "There is a light by the entrance so let's not go there." I said, "Don't be afraid, let us send forth righteous thoughts." When we arrived at the door, we saw nobody there. I thought, "This is the Village Party Committee office; we must help the village administration personnel learn the truth and let them read the Nine Commentaries." This way, we delivered the Nine Commentaries to the office without any trouble.
The Story of Zhi Ming
I am a farmer and I started practicing Falun Gong in 1998. Before that time, I had many illnesses. In the winter of my 33rd year I went to see a doctor. Because I had no money, a Dafa practitioner lent me money and told me to start practicing Falun Gong. I did not know what "practicing Falun Gong" meant. One day someone was going to show Teacher's videotaped lecture series. A fellow practitioner found me and suggested that I go there to watch the presentation. I went there with a mentality of "giving it a try." Not long after that, all my illnesses disappeared. My parents, after seeing my enormous change, also started cultivating Falun Gong. Since then I started sincerely practicing Falun Gong and Teacher purified my body. I made up my mind then that I would firmly cultivate Dafa and closely follow Teacher. I would not disappoint Teacher's benevolent salvation.
On July 20, 1999, when fellow practitioners and I were having a cultivation experience sharing conference, personnel from the nearby police station suddenly came in and said that we could not continue our conference. We were shocked; only after we went home did we see that the TV was broadcasting evil lies slandering Falun Gong. It was like the sky was collapsing and I was dumbstruck for a long time before my mind cleared up. How could such a good cultivation way be slandered? After about one year, I started going on to the path of validating Dafa. One time when I was distributing truth clarification materials with fellow practitioners, a police officer saw me and slapped my face. But I was not afraid. I had only one thought: Validating Dafa.
A Dafa Practitioner's Story of Escaping Danger
I have practiced Falun Gong for several years and yet I have not passed my xinxing tests. One time, while doing housework, I had a disagreement with family members and my wife scolded me; I forgot about being a practitioner and I scolded her back. Afterwards, through studying the Fa, I realized that I was wrong and I regretted failing to uphold my xinxing standard as a practitioner. I made up my mind that I must elevate my xinxing when I encounter such tests again and I will look inside for the reason of the problem and correct myself. I will do the three things well and I will be more diligently cultivating myself while approaching the end of the Fa-rectification. In the winter of 1999, a fellow practitioner and I went to a village to clarify the truth, with the excuse of selling small commodities. When we walked up to a home, we saw that some people inside were playing Mahjong. The fellow practitioner was a little afraid and did not want to go into the house. I said, "Don't be afraid, we have Teacher and Dafa." We then walked in. Before I started to clarify the truth, one person said, "A car will soon come to arrest you." I kept on sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil behind him and clarified the truth. I asked them to remember, "Falun Dafa is good!" After we finished clarifying the truth, we safely left.
Xin Sheng's Story
In the winter of 2004, a fellow practitioner and I, with the excuse of selling goods, went to a village to clarify the truth. We sent forth righteous thoughts while we were walking. We went to a farmer's home to clarify the truth to several people inside. After a short while, a person dressed like a township official came in. When he learned that we were talking about Falun Gong, he said, "Aren't you afraid that I will call the police to arrest you?" I told him, "I am not afraid. We practice Falun Gong and we do not steal and rob; there is no reason we should be arrested." I told him that the self-immolation on Tiananmen Square was a lie and was a frame-up to slander Falun Gong. I told how the persecution tramples on the freedom of personal belief, and I told about how Dafa had quickly spread to more than 60 countries. The man finally understood the truth. With the merciful protection of Teacher, we suppressed the evil with our righteous thought and deeds, and went home safely.
