Treat Others with Kindness

(Minghui.org) My son attended school in another city in 2007, so my husband and I also moved to that city. One day I went to visit my husband’s friend Xiaoye. He was not at home, but his wife and father were there. It happened that Xiaoye’s uncle, who was the director of the court, was also at his home. During our conversation, I told them that I practice Falun Dafa. When his uncle heard the words Falun Dafa, he got angry. He started to slander the practice, and threatened and yelled at me, repeatedly trying to drive me away. Xiaoye’s father also yelled at me.

Although the incident was sudden and unexpected, my heart was filled with kindness. I kept smiling at them and didn’t leave. The uncle saw that he had no other choice, so he got up and left, saying, “She is a dangerous person!”

After I returned home, I told my husband what happened. He was shocked because he and Xiaoye were very good friends. My husband said they went too far, and were embarrassing me. He said, “I will never go to his home again. It was too much!” I told him that they don’t know the truth about Falun Dafa, so he shouldn’t blame them.

Not long after that, Xiaoye’s brother hurt his hand. When my husband heard about it, he said he would not visit him. I replied, “I am a Falun Dafa practitioner and must listen to Master’s teaching and act according to ‘Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance’ and treat others kindly. Not only should you go, but I will go with you!” He was happy to hear that. We arrived at Xiaoye’s place, and his home was full of people. When Xiaoye heard that I was there, he brought a chair and asked me to sit down. There were many people there at the time, and most people were standing. I could see that my arrival touched him very much.

Another friend of my husband, Chao, has a son who was in the sixth grade. When the boy was about to graduate, he came to my home for tutoring. On the first day of tutoring, I tested him on the 26 letters of the English alphabet. He could only read and write them in order. When I singled out any letter, he didn’t know any of them. It was really troubling to see that. After the school recess, he was going to his first year of junior high school. I wondered: “How can I tutor him at his current level?”

My husband said, “Tutor the child. You can’t make him any worse!” There was no choice, so I accepted him. Although the boy’s starting point was low, he was very obedient. I taught him the most basic knowledge. I also talked about the principles of being a good person and traditional culture. Gradually, I told him about Falun Dafa’s principles ‘Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.’ The boy was particularly interested, and he often silently recited, ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’ He gradually learned more and more. By the end of the school recess, he had really learned a lot.

The new school year started, and his English score was among the best on the first monthly exam. One of his classmates knew that his English score in elementary school was always low, and asked him where he had tutoring and how he could improve so quickly. The boy told him. His classmate then wanted to have tutoring from me. When the English teacher at school learned about this, the teacher said in class, “Some students don’t trust their teacher, have tutoring outside, and even drag their classmates to take them.” The child was scared when he heard that, and he didn’t dare to come for tutoring again.

In his second year of junior high, the boy didn’t come for tutoring, and his grades slowly declined. I went to his home to visit him. The boy’s mother had opened a barber shop, and there were a few customers in the shop at the time. I sat down and chatted with them. One customer asked me, “Are you also a teacher?”

Before I could answer, the boy’s mother said, “She is a rural teacher.” I was stunned and didn’t say anything. After sitting for a while, I said good-bye.

On my way home, I thought I must look at this as a cultivator, and recalled what Master said:

“You may have cured someone’s illness, but he may not have appreciated it. When you were treating him, even though you removed so many bad things from him and healed him to a certain extent, there might not have been obvious changes at the time. Yet he was not satisfied and was not grateful to you at all. Instead, he may even have berated you or accused you of cheating him!” (Lecture Three, Zhuan Falun)

By the time I got home, my heart had calmed down. I knew that the incident was intended to make me let go of my attachment to reputation.

Not long afterward, her son wanted me to tutor him again. It seemed that the mother knew that what she said that day was too extreme, and she was embarrassed to ask me to tutor her son, so she asked my husband. I told my husband, “Because I am a rural teacher, I won’t give extra classes to her son. My level is not good enough.”

My husband smiled, and replied, “What kind of principles do we follow? Can we handle it using ordinary thinking?” I laughed, and I tutored her son again, and it was always for free.

The boy’s grades improved quickly. After he took the high school entrance exam, he was admitted to an excellent school. After he took the college entrance exam, he was admitted to a very good university. After he graduated, he got a job as a civil servant.

I followed Master’s teachings and thought of others first, validating Dafa with my words and deeds. I clarified the truth to almost all of my husband’s friends and their relatives. Most of them quit the CCP, and many of them received blessings after doing so.