Click on the below-mentioned, numbered subjects:
- Welcome
- What’s Happening?
- Overcoming Sickness Karma with Faith in the Fa”
- Lacking Confidence In One's Cultivation Reflects Inadequate Understanding of the Fa
- Hanging on to Human Notions Brought Sickness Tribulations
- My Understanding of “With Regard to What You Want, Both Falun and My Fashen Will Not Intervene”
- My Understanding of Seeing and Not Seeing
- Cultivating Divine Thoughts
- 1. Welcome
Welcome to the March 2016 Falun Dafa India Newsletter.
Hope this year we will work harder to gain a better understanding of the Fa and be more steadfast in our cultivation and carry out our assigned responsibilities and be more accommodating and tolerant with fellow practitioners.
Let us spare a thought for our fellow practitioners in China who are still being persecuted.
There is a special request. Please copy the text below and send the petition to as many people as possible.
Hi,
I saw a Documentary recently titled 'Human Harvest' where they show in China, you can get any organ you want in a week's time. This is because they extract organs from innocent people who practice Falun Gong, a peaceful exercise and meditation practice that is banned in China by the Communist government.
The sad thing is that a lot of affluent Indians travel to China to get a liver, or kidney transplant. They don't realize that somebody is killed, so that they can live!
I just signed this petition. I think this is important, because it affects us all in some way. I would be grateful If you can sign and also forward it to your contacts please.
http://chn.ge/1jFWwRV
(Your Name)
In this issue, we have a compilation of experience-sharing Articles gleaned from Clearwisdom that always shine through because of their insights and fine quality of sharing. It is important to read the Clearwisdom, Pureinsight and other Dafa sites.
We make an effort to select Articles from the Archives which people don’t go back to and are relevant even today. Contributions are welcome from practitioners.
Heshi! Hope, you like the selection of Articles and gain some new insights!
Note: "All the contents in this newsletter - except for quotations and excerpts of writings of the founder Mr. Li Hongzhi - are only ideas and experiences of practitioners and do not represent Falun Dafa in itself."
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- 2. What’s Happening?
Practitioners from Mumbai, Nagpur, Kolkata and Jamshedpur are participating in the Annual Jamshedji Tata Memorial event at Jamshedpur and at a Trade Fair from March 2 to 16 March.
Practitioners from Sarnath will start their Sunday Display of Truth Clarification Materials and signing of DAFOH petition.
Pune practitioners participated in ‘Happy Streets’ and distributed flyers and demonstrated the exercises. Many people bought the books and shown keenness to learn the exercise.
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- 3. Overcoming Sickness Karma with Faith in the Fa
By a Falun Gong practitioner in China
(Minghui.org)
I am an elderly Falun Dafa practitioner
who recently overcame interference by the false phenomenon of
sickness karma. I would like to share my experience with my fellow
practitioners.
When I was sending forth righteous thoughts at home on the
morning of January 3, 2011, I suddenly felt dizzy and my stomach
hurt. I struggled with the pain as I went outside, and then passed
out. When I regained consciousness, I found myself lying on the
ground. Unable to stand up, I crawled back inside the house and
immediately sent forth righteous thoughts.
Master said:
“Human or divine—the difference lies in one thought. If what
arises is a righteous thought, and you take the position that all
of this is false, that it’s the old forces meddling, and you remind
yourself of how long you’ve cultivated Dafa for and that no such
thing is possible, if that thought truly comes from within,
instantly the problem will vanish. “(“Teaching the Fa at New York
Conference 2010”)
Since I have cultivated for so many years, it is not possible
that I could have been manifesting sickness karma. I sent forth
righteous thoughts nonstop and asked Master to save me at the same
time.
I firmly believe in Master and Dafa. I sent forth the following
mighty righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil from other
dimensions: “I am Master Li’s disciple. I’m here to help Master
save sentient beings. What happens to me is arranged by Master and
I am strengthened by Master. I do not allow myself to be be tested
and persecuted by any arrangements of the old forces.”
After continuously sending righteous thoughts, I became much
clearer and I saw some small bright spots, which indicated that I
was being interfered with by dark minions. With the righteous
thoughts and protection of Master, the evil elements were dissolved
and my body returned to normal.
After this incident, I looked inward for loopholes that the evil
utilized to persecute me with false phenomenon. I found that I did
not study the sufficiently and lacked strong righteous
thoughts. I also had many attachments, including competitiveness,
jealousy, arguing, and judgmental decisions. I also seldom looked
inward. My mind was calm again after I corrected these
shortcomings. In order not to disappoint Master, I will study the
Fa more diligently, cultivate myself well, and do the well.
From my experiences, we practitioners must manifest our
righteous thoughts and negate the tribulation of sickness karma
when we encounter it. We can recognize the boundlessness of the
Buddha Fa only when we believe in Master and Dafa and ask for
Master's help and strengthening.
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- 4. Lacking Confidence In One's Cultivation Reflects Inadequate Understanding of the Fa
(Minghui.org)
The fear of attachments is an attachment itself. Teacher told us in the article "Non-Omission," “Yet cultivation practice is to improve yourself: You are already able to abandon the attachment, so why not also abandon the fear of attachment, itself? Isn’t abandonment without omission a higher sacrifice? Yet if a cultivator or an everyday person who cannot even make fundamental sacrifices also discusses this principle, he is actually undermining the Fa by making excuses for the attachments he cannot let go of.”
(Essentials For Further Advancement) So isn't the thought of one being unable to cultivate well an attachment? Isn't it a manifestation of one's lack of confidence in the Fa? Because we cannot understand the Fa from the viewpoint of the Fa, a lot of our hidden attachments are impeding our cultivation. As a Fa-rectification period disciple cultivating in such a great Fa, how can we lack confidence in achieving consummation? Teacher has told us repeatedly that our own consummation is not at issue. However many practitioners cannot understand the Fa from the perspective of the Fa and confuse personal cultivation with Fa-rectification cultivation. Therefore, these practitioners are unable to treat correctly the relation between personal cultivation and Fa-rectification, and lack the ability to completely deny the evil arrangements by the old forces. Although there could be many reasons for not being able to completely deny the old forces' arrangements, the most critical one is that some practitioners are stuck in a cultivation state that makes them hold tightly onto the mentality of personal cultivation. Thus they subconsciously follow the arrangements of the old forces. Teacher told us, “If a piece of sawdust drops into a furnace of molten steel, it will vanish in a twinkling. It would be effortless for an immense Fa such as ours to assimilate a person like you, to eliminate your karma, to remove your improper thoughts, and so forth.”
("Lecture at the First Conference in North America") Therefore, we should not languish in the state of human notions, and thus impede our cultivation. The notions make us worry about our own cultivation state all the time and focus too much on ourselves. This over-focus on ourselves is one of the major reasons for us remaining in the cultivation state of personal cultivation and thus one remains beholden to old force arrangements.
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- 5. Hanging on to Human Notions Brought Sickness Tribulations
By a practitioner from Shanghai
(Minghui.org)
I am a veteran practitioner who obtained the Fa in 1997. I would like to share my experience of eliminating sickness karma with fellow practitioners.
In September 2008, I coughed for several days which soon developed into asthma. My daughter and her husband worked overseas and my young grandchild lived with me. At that time, I did not treat myself as a Dafa practitioner and went to the hospital.
At the end of August 2009, the asthma recurred and it was even worse. This time I almost died. I was so weak that it was very hard for me to get to the bathroom from my bedroom. I was not able to fall asleep or even lay in bed. I was so miserable that living seemed worse than dying.
I realized that the old forces were taking advantage of my loopholes and aimed to end my life. I made up my mind to pass the test. I knelt down and asked Master for help. I would definitely not agree to the old forces' arrangements. While I was going through this test, Master arranged for my sister who lived hundreds of miles away to visit me. She sent forth righteous thoughts for me and I felt the energy so strongly that my body started to shake.
In the following days, we studied the Fa, did the exercises and sent forth righteous thoughts together. My sister helped me look inwards and identify my fundamental attachment as well as many other shortcomings. My mind was not calm and focused when I studied the Fa. I only wanted to do the meditation and the second exercise instead of all the five sets of exercises. I realized this was due to my lack of respect for Master and Dafa. Although I was doing the , I did not take the initiative to do them. I spent most of my time doing housework and had a lot of sentimentality. I recalled that just a year ago, I became upset over small things and even swore at others. After seeing these things, I became determined to cultivate myself well and my physical condition started to improve.
One day, my daughter video chatted with me from overseas and told me a story about how hard Master worked to help a practitioner. I was very encouraged and broke into tears. I went to the bathroom and spit. Then I felt so comfortable as if I was born again. I knelt down in front of Master's portrait and Heshi. Compassionate Master did not leave such a disappointing disciple behind. I felt wonderful!
I still have many attachments that need to be eliminated. There is still a gap between diligent practitioners and myself. I wrote this article to validate the Fa and to encourage fellow practitioners who are eliminating sickness karma.
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- 6. My Understanding of “With Regard to What You Want, Both Falun and My Fashen Will Not Intervene”
By Qingxin, a Falun Dafa practitioner in China
(Minghui.org)
Master said in Zhuan Falun, “With regard to what you want, both Falun and my fashen will not intervene - this is for sure.” I used to think that this was about not undertaking two schools of practice at the same time. I didn’t pay much attention to it because I didn’t think it had much to do with me, as my celestial eye is not open and I certainly won’t practice any other cultivation way. But Master had spoken of this on more than one occasion. I recently gained a new understanding of this sentence while memorizing and reciting the book paragraph by paragraph. It is this: There exists a principle in the universe - whatever you want, nobody can intervene. The superficial understanding I used to have was that nobody can intervene if someone wants bad things, i.e. if a person is to become bad and wants bad things, a righteous being cannot intervene. But what about the reverse: if a person wants to be good, can a negative being interfere? The answer of course is no! When Master first started teaching Dafa, the old forces kept some people from learning it. Perhaps this person didn’t have such a strong desire to learn the Fa. The old forces thus created all sorts of interference so that this person does not see how precious the Fa is. The old forces would not dare prevent the person from obtaining the Fa directly. Instead they would strengthen this person’s attachments so that he is controlled by his notions and karma, and consequently gives up learning Dafa on his own. As I understand it, during the process of Fa-rectification, the old forces arranged the entire course of Dafa disciples’ cultivation, and also arranged Dafa disciples' paths in saving sentient beings. When Dafa disciples try to save sentient beings, some people agree with Dafa and want to be saved, if the old forces think them unworthy of being saved and insist on eliminating them, this would violate the Fa of the universe. Similarly when a Dafa disciple is going through a tribulation, he wants to assimilate to the Fa and wants to get rid of his attachments; but there are some attachments he does not even know he has; or his attachment to fear or some other thing were intensified by the old forces. The old forces then use this excuse and insist on weeding out this practitioner. That’s not what Master wants, nor does it conform to the Fa because when someone learns Dafa, this person is looked after by Master even if he has shortcomings in his cultivation. Master is benevolent to all disciples, including those who had made mistakes during Fa rectification, as long as this person still wants to cultivate the Fa and assimilate to the Fa. Master looks after him and others are not allowed to intervene. Anyone who stops him from obtaining the Fa is committing a sin. My understanding is that during the Fa rectification, if a person is studying the Fa and proactively assimilates to the Fa, then the old forces cannot intervene even if the person had committed this or that kind of sin in the past. The old forces cannot prevent the person from obtaining the Fa or destroy the person using this or that excuse. Therefore it is very important for Dafa disciples to study the Fa because we are the lords of many lives at a high level. When we study the Fa, so do they. The old forces dare not touch them when they assimilate to Dafa, no matter how much the old forces despise them, because doing so would be violating this principle of the universe. This is my understanding of another aspect of the importance of studying the Fa well. I know that there are further profound meanings behind this sentence. I cannot yet clearly understand or am unable to express them. Please point out anything that is inappropriate in my understanding.
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- 7. My Understanding of Seeing and Not Seeing
(PureInsight.org)
Every Dafa practitioner has to walk his or
her own cultivation path. Some practitioners can see scenes in
other dimensions with their third eyes, while other practitioners
can't see anything because their third eyes are closed. Those whose
third eyes are closed may think to themselves, “How great it would
be if I could see scenes in other dimensions! I would be more
confident in cultivation and do better.” I think such thoughts come
because they haven't studied the well.
We can explain this with an analogy. Let's say there is a
mountain climbing contest, with some climbers having their eyes
covered, while the others' are left uncovered. The two groups have
different thoughts about their situations. Those whose eyes are
covered think, “This is unfair.” Those whose eyes are not covered
think, “This is really a privilege for me.” However, when it's time
for the contest to begin, everyone will start to think
differently.
What happens to those whose eyes are covered? Though their eyes
are covered, the path ahead is broad, flat, and short. Though they
can't see anything, they find that they really don't need to see
because they can hear a voice coming from the top of the mountain.
As long as they listen quietly, they can reach the top quickly.
Even if they are not trying their best, walk a crooked path or stop
for a while, they will be forgiven because they can't see anything.
It's actually a great privilege for them.
However, those whose eyes are not covered face a different
situation. There are so many paths in front of them. It is as if
they have entered a maze. Some paths look broad, but they don't
reach the top of the mountain. Some paths are full of beautiful
scenery, but the scenery itself is not actually real. Anyone who is
tempted by the scenery is distracted from the main path. Though
there is still a voice coming from the top of the mountain, these
people don't listen and rather believe the false scenes they can
see because they prefer to trust their vision. In the end, they may
go astray. There is only one correct path to take to the top, but
it is narrow. They should quietly listen to the voice coming from
the top of the mountain and not be moved by the phenomena and
temptations they see along the way. Actually, compared to those
whose eyes are covered, their path is more difficult. It might seem
unfair, but their paths were arranged this way.
In cultivation things work the same way.
In some sense, the path arranged for those whose third eye is
not open is the most forgiving. Dafa practitioners come from high
realms; only through cultivating and enlightening in a maze can
they cultivate the fastest, reach high levels, and return to their
original realms. Maybe this is the reason why Teacher arranged such
a path of cultivation for us.
Of course, Teacher doesn't treat practitioners whose third eyes
are open differently. There are a variety of reasons for such
arrangements. It could be because of their original, inborn
quality. They have to follow the correct path with their third eyes
open, while leaving a reference for future practitioners. This is
also needed by the future cosmos. How can they best walk a
righteous path? They must study the Fa well, guide themselves with
righteous thoughts, handle the scenes they see in other dimensions
correctly, and not allow what they see to cause interference. Only
by doing things this way can they walk a righteous path and reach
consummation.
Every practitioner's cultivation path is different. Some can
see, while others can't. However, we are all cultivating in Dafa.
Only by attaching great importance to Fa study can we truly walk
our cultivation path.
The above is only my personal understanding. Please point out
anything you find inappropriate.
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- 8. Cultivating Divine Thoughts
By a practitioner from China
(PureInsight.org)
Fellow practitioners often remind each
other that our hearts should not be moved when something happens or
has already happened. However, I often fail to do well in this
regard.
Recently, I couldn't see clearly through one of my eyes. If I
had negated it in the first place, sent forth righteous thoughts,
and looked inward, I would have passed the test. However, I failed
to do that and became really scared by the false phenomenon. Human
thoughts continuously emerged, and I didn't know what to do. I then
asked myself if this phenomenon was normal. I realized that it must
be the evil forces in other dimensions using my loophole to
persecute me. I then sat down and sent forth righteous
thoughts.
Looking at the surface, I couldn't concentrate when studying the
or stay calm when sending forth righteous thoughts, and I
failed to discuss the facts about Falun Dafa with my heart. The
root cause of the interference was my attachment to affection that
allowed the evil to take advantage of me. When looking deeper, I
asked myself why I always looked at and treated anything that
happened with human thoughts. Why didn't I remember the Fa and act
as a practitioner at critical moments?
Initially, I thought I was solid in studying and understanding
the Fa principles. From this experience, I realized that was not
the case. During a tribulation, the amount of Fa study, one's
level, and how much one believes in Teacher and the Fa
are all clearly displayed. There is nothing accidental in our
cultivation. What happened to me showed that I didn't do well in
studying the Fa, my xinxing level wasn't high, and I didn't believe
in Teacher and the Fa as much as I originally thought. If I had
assimilated to the Fa, always handled myself as a practitioner, and
had strong righteous belief in Teacher and Dafa, what was happening
to me probably wouldn't have occurred. Even if it did happen, I
would've handled with it with ease.
I also enlightened from this incident that if our heart remains
calm when encountering tribulations, it is a test of our ability to
overcome all interfering thoughts in our cultivation. It is also
important that we look at an incident from a big picture
perspective and cultivate divine thoughts. When our divine thoughts
emerge, human thoughts and attachments won't surface since good or
evil comes from a person’s spontaneous thought. However, if,
instead, our human thoughts emerge, attachments will surface. As
practitioners, we should handle issues righteously and not treat
ourselves as everyday people.
Please feel free to comment on anything I may have said or done
incorrectly.
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