(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners participated in the 55th Moon Festival celebration in Boston’s Chinatown on Sunday, August 10, 2025.

The event was organized by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England (CCBA) and included traditional lion dances, martial arts, dance performances, cultural displays, and food stalls. Visitors had a good time learning about different traditions and trying out many varieties of gourmet foods.Those who stopped by the Falun Dafa booth had a chance to learn about the mind and body practice.

Most of the Chinese people who passed by the Falun Dafa booth took informational materials in Chinese. Practitioners told them to remember “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” and many of them nodded in agreement.

People learn more about Falun Gong at the Chinatown Moon Festival celebration in Boston.

People Stop at the Booth to Learn About Dafa

A Vietnam veteran who practices Buddhism told a practitioner at the Falun Dafa booth he had a sense of déjà vu when he saw her. After she told him about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Dafa in China, he said, “I loathe the CCP. My mother was killed by the regime during a political campaign.” He also said he was impressed by the practitioners and enjoyed talking to them.

When Daniels and his wife visited the Falun Dafa booth, they said they felt a sense of familiarity. They said they had enjoyed reading the Epoch Times newspaper in the past, including reports on the persecution of Falun Gong. They sympathized with practitioners and wanted to help, so they came over to sign the petition calling on the US Senate to pass the Falun Gong Protection Act.

Daniels picked up the main text of Falun Dafa, Zhuan Falun that was displayed on the table. A practitioner told him that it was a great book but that one gets the best results by reading it cover to cover. The couple bought a copy of the book.

Erika stopped and looked at the booth for a long time before a practitioner went up and asked if she would like to sign the petition, which Erika did readily. The practitioner then gave her a flyer about the CCP’s transnational repression of Falun Dafa. After seeing Shen Yun mentioned in the flyer, Erika exclaimed, “I saw Shen Yun last year! It is an amazing show, completely beautiful!”

Chinese Quit the CCP

When a Chinese woman in her 70s and her son stopped by, a practitioner told her that Falun Dafa is a form of cultivation based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance and includes five simple exercises, that it is free to learn, and that people who practice it experience amazing health benefits. The woman took some information and an origami lotus flower. She said she wanted to tell her younger brother in Toronto about it so that maybe he could recover from his illness.

She told the practitioner that, when she was young and living in China, her father had passed away early because her family belonged to an undesirable social class and they were persecuted. She was bullied in those days, too. She said she had joined the Young Pioneers. When the practitioner asked her if she would like to renounce her membership, she agreed without hesitation. She expressed her thanks and said she would recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”

A couple from China who were visiting their child in the US stood across from the booth and observed for some time. When a practitioner went up to greet them, they said that they were thrilled to see the words “Falun Dafa.” They said their neighbors in China practiced Falun Gong, so they knew it was good and had already quit the CCP. They said they hoped to help their child quit the CCP if there was an opportunity.

People of Different Ethnic Groups Sign the Petition

Two sisters from South America who stopped by learned that the persecution of Falun Gong has gone on for 26 years and that the CCP carries out forced organ harvesting from practitioners without anesthesia and while they are still alive. The sisters thought the persecution was brutal and signed the petition calling on the US Senate to pass the Falun Gong Protection Act.

When a couple brought their young child over to the booth, a practitioner explained Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance by giving examples, such as when we treat people sincerely and are truthful, they will trust us, and if we can accept people from different cultures and those with different lifestyles, we will get along well. The practitioner told them that following the universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance will make our world more peaceful and beautiful.

The couple thanked the practitioner for telling them about Falun Dafa and giving them brochures. They also signed the petition.