(Minghui.org) My mother was very ill and in the hospital in 1997. I was in high school at the time, and the hospital was not far from my school. I worried about my mother and was afraid of losing her. I visited her every day at recess.
One of the doctors told my mother, “Please, try Falun Dafa. You will recover.” My mother believed the doctor and started to practice.
She recovered in less than six months and became calm and happy. I was very surprised and decided to read Zhuan Falun with my mother every day. I firmly believed in it and started to practice.
I told my classmates and friends about my mother’s experience, and they all supported Dafa.
I went to university in 1998. I studied the Fa teachings and practiced the exercises with some of the professors there. I continued to tell my classmates about Dafa.
Cultivating Forbearance
I am the youngest in my family and wasn't required to do any housework. When I lived in the dorm at university, many of the students left the dorm a mess. I was the only one who cleaned the room and filled up the hot water. One of my roommates had a dog, and I had to clean up its mess. My roommates then became addicted to playing computer games, drinking, and smoking. It was very frustrating.
I wrote a letter to my mother to complain. She encouraged me to recite Master Li Hongzhi's poem:
“To consummate yourself, reaping Buddhahood,Let joy be found in hardship.”(“Tempering the Will,” Hong Yin)
After I improved my xinxing, Master helped me improve my cultivation environment.
Helping Other Practitioners
I went to work in Shanghai for a year after I graduated. I didn't like it because everyone around me was focused on money, so I decided to go home.
However, I couldn't find a job after I returned home, so I acquired additional computer skills and learned to drive. Later, I found a position in a state-run company. A year after that, I met a relative of mine, who was also a Dafa practitioner. He had graduated from college but was now homeless due to the persecution. I recommended him to my manager to replace me.
I then started a business with my friends in 2012. The business was successful, and I took the opportunity to hire Dafa practitioners, especially those who had become homeless due to the persecution. That way, they had a source of income and would be able to support themselves.
A Test of Self Interest
As our business was doing very well, some of the partners suggested that we open subsidiaries in 2017. Three partners invested 100,000 yuan each, and the other three partners invested 50,000 yuan each. I was the lead to manage five sub-divisions.
Things went well in the first half of the year, but it was harder during the second half due to the economic downturn. We ended up with a loss that year. My partners wanted to invest more money to cover the losses. I looked inward and found I had some attachments to self-interest.
Master said:
“Amidst your critical self-interests, are you moved? Amidst interpersonal mindgames, are you moved? When your friends or family suffer, are you moved? How do you weigh them? This is how difficult it is to be a practitioner!” (Lecture Eight, Zhuan Falun)
We had a meeting about the situation. My partners said that they had already prepared for the loss and were ready to contribute more. But I didn't feel good because their money was not easily earned, and I didn't have that much money to help out.
I tried to think of ways to contribute to the business. I had bought a house the previous year and initially wanted to transfer ownership of the house to my business partners, but it wasn't possible. I then tried to return the house to the builder for a refund. It looked like that wasn't possible, either, but the builder changed his mind and refunded my money. The refund was exactly what I’d paid for the house.
I discussed the situation with my mother, and we decided to give the money to my business partners. My mother said, “For young people to let go of fame and self-interest, it can be the same as letting go of life and death.”
It sounded like Master was encouraging me through my mother's words. My wife is also a practitioner, and she supported my decision.
Master said:
“Changes must occur starting with your nature. Only that counts as genuinely changing yourself. In other words, you have to be responsible to yourself in cultivation, and you have to genuinely change yourself and let go of the bad things that you are attached to deep inside—only that is true letting go. If you seem to do everything right on the surface but deep inside you still guard and hold on to the things that you don’t want to let go of, that’s absolutely unacceptable.” (Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. Fa Conference)
At that time, a female business partner was diagnosed with late-stage cancer. I had previously spoken to her about Falun Dafa and she had quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its youth organizations.
I sent 200,000 yuan to her account the next day. She was very touched. I went to her home and spoke to her about Dafa again. She decided to start practicing Dafa and read all of Master’s book and lectures. After seeing her recover, her relatives and family members, a total of ten people, quit the CCP.
I gave my other partners the rest of the money. One of them cried and said, “I can’t accept your money. One never sees such a good person like you anymore!”
I knew that this partner was involved in another business and could do with the extra money. I told him, “Please take the money and consider it a loan. When you earn more, you can pay me back.” He then accepted it.
His family said there were few such people as good as me in the world. His family members all quit the CCP.
I created an environment that allows me to easily talk to people about Dafa. All my business partners and their relatives quit the CCP. They all believe Dafa is great.
