Click on the below-mentioned, numbered subjects:
- Welcome
- What’s Happening?
- I am happy now
- Ever Increasing Faith on Master
- Cultivate with responsibility
- Everything is predestined and Master is with me
- Life has been different
- Life is perfectly complete
- A Few Words on Gaining an Advantage in Cultivation and What Genuine Cultivation Is
- 1. Welcome
Welcome to the March 2010 Falun Dafa India Newsletter.
In this issue, we have some more experience-sharing Articles from the first Fa conference in India. They have been selected at random.
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 in Bangalore were invited to participate in a convention of the Rotary Club. Falun Dafa was introduced to around 3000 Rotarians.
Practitioners in Pune who work for a software company introduced Falun Dafa to over 50 colleagues.
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- 3. I am happy now
Greetings Master!
Greetings fellow practitioners!
I am a practitioner who
obtained the Fa last year….. There came a day when my friend and a
fellow cultivator gave me the book “ZHUAN FALUN” and told me that
it will help and also made me read an answer to a question a disciple
asked Master…. I was pretty interested at that time and started reading
the book… As I started reading the book I found that things within
me started changing gradually…..
As I used to not be happy
with my life, the first line that touched the most that Master said
in the second lecture was “You might not get a human body in several
hundreds of years; perhaps you obtain it in one thousand years. Once
you get a human body, you do not even know how to treasure it.”
These lines motivated
me a lot. Gradually my Fa study increased and I started considering
myself as a practitioner and started doing little things that a practitioner
does. By this time I had transformed into a totally new person… My
friend then taught me the exercises and I started doing them…. I was
not happy earlier but after attaining the Fa I used to be very happy…
I found my meaningless life to be very meaningful and I found the purpose
of my living… I use to get a sense of happiness as and when I do the
exercise….
My fellow practitioners
use to motivate me a lot to read and helped me at each and every point…..
And I gradually started giving brochures to people ….. Then I considered
sending forth righteous thoughts not so important and used to neglect
it thinking it does not fulfill Master’s requirement. I then started
sending SFRT and I observed a change within me that SFRT helped with
my Fa study, it improved a lot…..I used to find it difficult to concentrate
while studying the Fa but as time passed I could concentrate…
Once a Chinese person
was going to New York for business purpose and he was very clear about
Dafa. And we Indian practitioners thought of sending a card for Master.
At that same time, I was watching the nine lectures for the first time.
I had severe body purification and at one point I had to go out to get
a few materials for the card and my fellow practitioners were making
the card. Since I had to walk a long distance to fetch the materials,
I was wondering if I would be able to walk. Then I left everything to
Master and started walking, it felt as if my legs were very light and
I could walk easily.
Whenever I go to the
practice site, I have a restriction to get back home early. Sometimes
it gets late and dark and whenever I fear my father scolding, then my
father would scold me. And when I don't fear my father scolding me those
times my father does not scold me. By this I realized that fear is an
attachment which needs to be relinquished in the course of cultivation.
We practitioners introduced
Falun Dafa to a school near my college. And to take class in the school
I had to go alone. I was scared at first and then once I overcame fear,
the class went extremely well and the children were interested too.
One of my friends was not supportive of the fact that I practice Falun
Dafa. As time passed I clarified the truth to him and he used to not
agree with me to come along for class. One day he agreed to come and
he saw few students who were doing the exercise just for the sake of
doing. He called those students and advised them that if someone is
making an effort to teach, you should also try and learn and the children
were convinced.
I used to depend on my
fellow cultivators for clarifying the truth, but once it so happened
I had to go alone to clarify to a soft skills company. The person there
was very pleased with my explanations and I realized I should give up
the attachment of dependency. This is my experience.
Let us all fulfill Master’s
requirements and cultivate steadfastly and SFRT to eliminate evil.
Thank you Master.
Thank you fellow practitioners.
Falun Dafa Hao!
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- 4. Ever Increasing Faith on Master
Greetings Master!
Greetings fellow practitioners!
I came to know about
Falun Dafa from one of my friends who experienced great bliss and inner
peace in Falun Dafa and insisted on me learning it too. I however showed
no interest until they started a practice site which was very close
to my place. I started practicing in the year 2003. It’s been almost
6 years now.
Several miracles have
taken place in my life since being a practitioner.
One day while I had been
to my brother-in-law’s home I was removing my luggage from the hatchback.
While I was still taking out the bag my brother-in-law assumed no one
was there and shut the hatch-door with a harsh force. It came and banged
my head hard however nothing happened and everyone was surprised to
see this. I at once realized I am a practitioner and Master was protecting
me.
As Master writes in Lecture 3:
“Not
everyone will encounter these kinds of things, but some individuals
will run into them. Whether you come across them or not, I can assure
you that you will not be in any danger—I can guarantee this.”
Once it so happened that
I was unaware of a lamp beside me and my clothes caught fire. Yet nothing
happened.
Another day my daughter’s
friend whose niece was just 12year old was in the final stages of blood
cancer shared about her niece to me. I gave her Zhuan Falun and asked
her to give it to her niece.
As Master writes in Lecture
7 in Zhuan Falun.
“Falun Dafa
disciples are absolutely forbidden to treat patients. You can read this
book to a patient. If the patient can accept it, it can heal illness.
But the results will differ according to each person’s amount of karma.”
Just 10 days back she
called me up saying that her niece is completely normal. And she is
practicing Dafa too.
Last month while I was
reading Master’s Lecture in Sydney I had a wonderful experience. As
I began to read the book I noticed that some of the words were in very
small print and some others bigger than the normal size. I thought that
it must be printing mistakes. As I went on reading the book after few
pages I found that the words in small print became bigger and bigger
moving towards normal size again .This happened to me several times.
Then I thought that I must be having some problem with my eyesight as
I wear bifocal glasses to read. I went on reading the book and found
the answer from the Master himself for my experience. He says that if
your eye sight is not good while reading the book you will see the words
becoming bigger and bigger so that your eyes do not strain and each
word is made of Fa.
I had also been through
a surgery and thus was neither able to sit down nor able to come to
practice site for almost 6 months. The first day,6 months post surgery
while I went to the practice site I was able to sit down as normally
as ever.
These days the moment
the clock shows 4:30 some force pulls me to the practice site.
And apart from health
benefits several transformations have taken place and I comply to Zhen-Shan-Ren
most of the times. My husband also remarks that I have become very patient
and energetic. I am able to do all the work by myself and even while
there are guests I am compassionate towards them and the extra work
just gets done on its own and doesn’t bother me anymore. . At all
times I just find my faith to be ever increasing in Master.
Thank you Master.
Thank you, fellow practitioners.
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- 5. Cultivate with responsibility
Greetings Master!
Greetings fellow practitioners!
I started practicing
Falun Dafa in April 2009.
I was brought up in a
non-spiritual family. There were a lot of superstitious beliefs I was
made to believe. Over a period of time I developed the strong notion
of “Seeing is believing.” However, some time later my grandmother
got associated to a spiritual master and since my family followed his
preaching even I attended his discourses. I felt good and peaceful yet
incomplete and not satisfied. Many of my questions remained unanswered.
I believed in the karma theory of “As you sow so you reap” from
quite a young age. Out of a selfish motive I always wanted to stand
out and be loved by everyone but never at the expense of hurting someone.
I didn’t know being good meant having goodness and purity from within.
While I heard spiritual talks I pondered quite a lot on questions related
to salvation (When, How, where), celestial eye (Scientific reasons to
prove it), karma theory (completeness and what exactly is it).
I was introduced to Falun
Dafa soon after my wedding however I was not keen and didn’t show
any interest. Later I was re-introduced for its health benefits. I accepted
it since I had a back surgery. It was from that day till now I haven’t
taken any medicines. My sister always guided me, shared experiences
and then came Zhuan Falun- the most sacred gift I ever received. After
reading the book for the very first time I realized in depth the essence
of being a good person and the preciousness of this life. Zhen Shan
Ren seemed to be so easy words yet so difficult to follow. Each step
was measured against the requirement of a practitioner. As I evolved
at each step as a better person as a cultivator I enjoyed every moment
of each experience which was completely divine at each next step.
However since the notion
of seeing is believing wasn’t given up I didn’t still completely
have faith although I read the book. One day after I finished reading
the second Lecture I felt something digging between my eyebrows. It
was a very powerful external force with a very loud alarming noise.
It was unbearable and I recited Falun Dafa is good and everything felt
just settled and I came out of it. I was quivering as this incident
scared me and I called up my sister to share about this. She told me
to read Master’s words in Lecture 2 of Zhuan Falun which were:
“We open your Celestial
Eye with an external force, so it is relatively faster and easier. When
I was talking about the Celestial Eye, each of you could feel that your
forehead was tight; the muscles felt like they were piling up together
and drilling inward. It was so, wasn’t it? It was like this. As long
as you truly put your mind to studying Falun Dafa here, everyone will
feel it; the external force comes very strongly when drilling inward.
I have released the specialized energy that opens the Celestial Eye.”
Once I read I felt fine.
Also when I read about
body purification and the adjustments in the body I was skeptical and
considered it to be impossible. Two days later I was undergoing body
purification and then realized not to come to conclusions until you
experience.
Since the practice was banned in china I had doubts however after a huge battle
of thoughts I enlightened that no evil practice will ever send righteous
thoughts and have never wavered after that. I also have been able to
eliminate several layers of the attachment of fear as I feel someone
is always around me, a divine force protecting me all the while. I am
a person who believed in the tit for tat policy. If somebody hurt me
I would hurt them in return. Now however, I would not mind even if slapped
in public.
There are several tribulations
at each point to test whether I can from within comply with the principles
of Truth- Compassion – Tolerance. It also gets very difficult at times.
I live in a joint family and am the youngest daughter-in-law where four
generations live together in a single place. I smile most of the times
when insulted but to smile from within is something I am still working
on. At first I thought I could lie if the cause of it was better than
to speak the truth. But If it would hurt the person momentarily it would
also help him eliminate karma and become a better person.
My grandmother is always
at odds with me and always finds fault with me practicing Falun Dafa.
It came to a point that I started considering her to be a demon and
found her to be evil. Whenever she criticized me for practicing I would
feel very hurt and deeply affected. It came to a point wherein I decided
not to practice in front of her at all. Since she remained around me
most of the while and the strong attachment of laziness that interfered
with me I slacked in Fa study and righteous thoughts. It was almost
a month since I practiced the exercises. However looking within I realized
I lacked grand compassion which includes tolerance too. I now just look
at her as a sentient being and am being able to be diligent in my cultivation
too.
I realized each being
is very pure and am even more compassionate towards her.
Master also took care
of me doing the three things well. I somehow managed Fa study, exercises
and sending forth righteous thoughts however clarifying the truth was
difficult as I would be so busy with the house hold chores. I went out
less often and yet it got balanced. Since we are from a family having
a very good social life and I would get lot of opportunities to talk
to various people this way. Most of them gave a positive response and
showed their willingness to learn. A few learnt the exercises; few are
reading the books too.
And my four year old
son is not troublesome and very understanding. He recognizes everything
related to Dafa and often keeps saying Falun Dafa is good and Falun
Dafa is very very good.
Once I read Zhuan Falun
my view and definition of life has completely changed. Everything I
do from the origin of each thought to the performance of each deed I
know the standard to discern good from bad. It’s been an eye opener.
Anyone can clearly know what’s right and what’s wrong. A person
from any walk of life irrespective of any criteria does know how to
be a good person. It really transforms a person and I only then understood
from the depth of my soul the answer to the question “What is cultivation
practice?”
Lastly in my understanding
anyone who truly understands the preciousness of the Fa will always
be able to cultivate with responsibility.
Thank you Master.
Thank you, fellow practitioners.
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- 6. Everything is predestined and Master is with me
Greetings Master!
Greetings fellow practitioners!
I obtained the Fa when
I was 8 years old. During those days my mother tells me she used to
see me even sleep in double cross-legged position many a times as we
had just learnt the exercise. In 2002 a practitioner had come from Paris.
He wanted to shoot some videos of experience sharing of Indian practitioners.
He also took a video of my parents sharing their experience and asked
me if I would also wanted to share something and I told him “I could
recite the Lunyu,” and I did. It is very surprising when I look back
at the incident because I do not know where I learned it from as I had
never read the book before. I just used to listen to my parents study
the Fa everyday. I also went to the local Fa study group every week
and also practiced the meditation very often.
Grade 10 is a very important
and crucial year for every Indian student as we have to give our board
exams. It being a crucial year we also had a lot of pressure from all
our teachers. My syllabus was also comparatively more challenging than
the other syllabi. Over and above that we had a really tough schedule
to keep up with. We had classes from 7.30 to 2.30, after that tuitions
and further we had to come home and complete our assignments. My mother
encouraged me to study the Fa or listen to the lectures as and when
I took a break from studies. So I started listening to the lectures
and to Dafa songs . During this time I found myself relatively
calmer than my other classmates. I have always been an average
student. I also got only about 75% during my pre finals, but in spite
of that I secured 90% during the finals. Due to the delay of my results
it was hard for me to get into a good college. The cut off for one of
the best colleges in Bangalore was 93%, so I could not get through.
My name did not appear in the final lists too. The arrangement happened
to be such that a new practitioner from the same college spoke to one
of the teacher’s in charge so that I could get an admission. We waited
for 8 long hours in college that day. It was also a test for me to remain
calm and patient and I was then reminded of Master's words in Zhuan
Falun
“For instance
in our ordinary human society after birth one belongs to a certain family,
certain school, and upon growing up a certain work place. That is, the
layout of the entire society has been planned this way......”
Then I thought to myself that if I am really
destined I will be in this college.
In the evening I was
informed and assured of a seat in the college and what came to my mind
was that this was because of the grace of Dafa and our benevolent Master
that I got into one of the most reputed colleges in Bangalore. I also
thought that I should do my best in clarifying the truth. But during
the first months I was trying to cope with the new environment, as it
was very different and new for me. I didn’t know how I should go about
clarifying the facts and from where to start. Master gave me an opportunity
to do the same on 26th of November. We had to wear a white
T-shirt in order to pay homage to those who lost their lives in the
Mumbai attacks. I was pretty confused as to what I should wear and my
mother was arriving that very same day. Coincidentally (Of course we
all know everything is predestined) she bought for me this wonderful
white T Shirt that had the words Falun Dafa is good written on it. I
was happy and agreed to wear it. But then another thought told me that
I could wear it sometime later. In the morning I decided to go along
with my original thought and wore the t-shirt and went to college. As
I entered my class all my classmates read Falun Dafa is good on my T
shirt and asked me “What is Falun Dafa?” I distributed a lot of
lotus flowers and bookmarks. And many of my classmates were very interested
and told me that they would come to the park and learn the exercises.
Thank you Master.
Thank you, fellow practitioners.
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- 7. Life has been different
Greetings Master!
Greetings fellow practitioners!
I started my practice
in October 24, 2005, since then life has been very different. I think
it is the same with all the practitioners and they would agree.
On Tribulations:
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In Lecture at the first
conference in North America Master says: “As
in human society, it has to do with what you carried over with yourself.
You have certain number of blessings while you practice cultivation,
and you would probably have the same number of blessings if you didn’t
practice cultivation. What's the difference? The difference is that
your mind is relaxed…”
This is very true with
regard to the tribulations that we have. We don’t have to worry with
regard to what will happen if we don't react or don't fight for our needs,
as Master takes care of all of that. The only thing is we should abandon
our attachments for the materialistic stuff.
First or rather in the
beginning I thought that it was difficult to do it, but then I thought
since Master is telling so many times let me do it, and when I started
to leave attachments it felt very light and slowly I stopped worrying
about them. Then I realized that I did not lose, rather I found those
attachments were not to be kept as they were of no use. The more I dropped
attachments the better I felt. Later on, my mind started becoming very
calm as I did not fight for my personal gain rather let them go with
ease. Even today it is not like that I pass all the tests every day
but out of 10 tests I am able to let go of 8, so you see it is not difficult.
The effort to make it is difficult. Let go and see your life change
and you can laugh at things.
On Sending forth righteous
thoughts:
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I had a very beautiful
experience when I started them very sincerely, every 2 hrs I was sending
and then whenever I used my righteous thought even when I was traveling
or for some purpose it worked like magic, as if I had found the switch
by which I could move out the interference.
On Supernormal audibility
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Even thoughts of the
other persons are corrected and you instantly know what the other person
is thinking.
Once I was teaching the
exercise to a new practitioner, I had told her not to mix anything of religion
nor chant anything as that is what was required by us as Master had said
so in Zhuan Falun. But on the 5th day of our practice she had started
to chant some mantras during the meditation in her mind, it so happened
I could hear her and the moment I heard the sound I opened my eyes to
see who was doing it so loudly, I found no one but could hear the words. I
asked the practitioner later and she said that she was doing that and
I could correct her. Master helps veteran and new practitioners alike.
On Exercises:
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I was suffering from
various ailments especially with spondilytis of the neck and the shoulder.
I was wondering why I was not able to recover even after doing the practice
and cultivating for so long. Then one day I had been to the assistant
coordinator to pick up a copy of Zhuan Falun and she gave me a cd with
Master showing the 5 sets of exercises. It instantly hit me probably
I was not doing the exercises properly and Master wanted me to correct
my movements. When I reached home I started reading articles posted on
Clearwisdom website and again the exercise topic came up written by
a practitioner. I immediately looked at the exercises in the cd, I realized
I was making so many mistakes. I corrected them and found a lot of relief
instantly.
I read even the GREAT
CONSUMMATION WAY OF FALUN GONG book again and there Master has explained
how to do the exercises.
All practitioners should
read them again and again as this book will help us as Master always
says we should keep reading his books, as they help us in cultivation.
Reading of Zhuan Falun
and other Books and Lectures by Master:
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I have read all the English
translated lectures given by Master abroad and they have been constantly
helping my cultivation. Master has answered all the questions that a
practitioner seeks, only thing we need to constantly read them. We will
know what to do and how to be a good practitioner. Master has emphasized
that Zhuan Falun has to be read by us every day, since reading the book
always keeps our mind in a cultivated state.
When I first received
the book I read it in one day. It answered all my questions as how to
reach consummation by living in everyday society. I could not stop crying
during and after the reading of Zhuan Falun.
I think I am very fortunate
to find the Fa and I am grateful to Master who is taking care of the
entire cosmos, including me and you.
Thank you Master.
Thank you fellow practitioners.
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- 8. Life is perfectly complete
Greetings Master!
Greetings fellow practitioners!
I am a new practitioner
who obtained the Fa three months back. Before this I was into many other
things but nothing gave me happiness I felt that my life was meaningless
and something was missing. Then I saw two of my friends and classmates
talking about Falun Dafa that aroused my interest and I asked them about
it.
I was very interested
and first learnt the exercises and then completed reading Falun Gong
in a day or two. I was not so seriously into the practice initially
and though I started reading Zhuan Falun I didn’t complete it and
thus slacked off. Finally a huge mental conflict took place and I knew
Dafa was the only way for me to get out of the grief. With all sincerity
I started reading Zhuan Falun from the beginning to the end unlike the
first time when I was choosing and reading. Initially it was very difficult
but I had a lot of help from my friends. I slowly started doing the exercises
regularly and my Fa study gradually increased. I watched the 9-day video
Lectures and that helped me a lot. I have started handling my problems
in a much better way and understood a lot of things that looked very
complicated in a very simple way.
When I first started
it was very difficult for me because my family who was very supportive
in the beginning was very uncomfortable with the fact that I was practicing
only one cultivation way. Since I am from an orthodox Brahmin family
they thought I was against Hinduism but I was very determined that nothing
will stop me from practicing Falun Dafa. I would get annoyed at times
but soon realized the need to be compassionate and then onwards clarified
the truth to them.
In the beginning I never
used to send righteous thought, though I used to read the Zhuan Falun
and practice the exercises, but later I realized that I should send
righteous thoughts often after that I noticed a lot of changes. I can
notice that with every passing day my cultivation is improving. Before
I was a very fickle minded person and I never stood up for my beliefs.
I was always easily put down by criticism, but after I started practicing
Falun Dafa I am very determined to continue and clarify no matter what
people tell me.
I was always very scared
of many things and when I started facing situations where my fears were
exposed. I realized that fear was an attachment which needs to be relinquished.
There would be several
xinxing related tribulations that would come my way. Sometimes a single
test sometimes tribulations pouring like rain all over. Once I was doing
a weekend job. It was the first time I was working so I was quite excited
about getting my first pay and soon was attached too. All my colleagues
got their pay but mine remained pending for unjustifiable reasons. Even
at home my parents scolded me to just check if I would remain calm.
I got annoyed for a moment but very soon was reminded that I am a practitioner
and remembered the words in 4th lecture of Zhuan Falun: “Everything will assume the form of
everyday situations, such as someone may have irritated you today, someone
has upset you, someone has mistreated you, or someone suddenly speaks
to you with no respect. It is to see how you will react to these issues.”
I looked within and realized
my attachment and let it go and all just fell in place.
Thank you Master.
Thank you fellow practitioners for giving me an opportunity to share!
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- 9. A Few Words on Gaining an Advantage in Cultivation and What Genuine Cultivation Is
By a Dafa Practitioner
(Clearwisdom.net)
Thoughts of Gaining an Advantage
After one has studied the Fa for a long
period of time, thoughts of gaining an advantage should not arise. No
matter if the thought is regarding an advantage in daily life or cultivation
such thoughts are caused by various selfish pursuits.
If you were told that when studying the
Fa, the advantages that you desire are not available to you, and the
only benefit you will receive is that you will really be a better person
who must first work hard, would you still want to cultivate? Cultivation
of Dafa is not for gaining an advantage; it is for striving for righteousness
and returning to one's original true self. Cultivating in hopes of obtaining
an advantage in the future is not a pure thought, as there is no such
thing as trading one thing for another in cultivation. Cultivation is
the awakening of our inborn qualities, and we should cultivate in order
to be a really good and righteous person.
Is It Genuine Cultivation?
Some people think that they are in cultivation
of the Buddha Law, but what is the cultivation of the Buddha Law? Master
Li told us in "Lunyu" of Zhuan Falun, "In order
to explore this domain, humankind must fundamentally change its conventional
thinking." Have we changed our human concepts? Do we really understand
the Buddha Law? If we do not change our ordinary human concepts, we
will have only our own understandings, as the Buddha Law is boundless.
No matter what, we must continue to strive to advance diligently.
Some others think that cultivation is
a type of insurance. Buddha saves sentient beings instead of just blessing
and protecting them. If we cannot conform to the requirements, will
that do? Teacher has said in "Solid Cultivation" of Hong
Yin
"Study the Fa and obtain the Fa.
Share in learning and share in cultivating,
Following [the Fa] in everything.
Compliance is cultivation."
We must achieve this to be successful
in cultivation. If we knew everything that is within the Fa, yet at
the crucial moment we don't act according to Dafa's requirements, instead
acting according to our various excuses, old habits, human emotions
and notions, etc., then this is not cultivation. That would not be cultivation.
That is only studying the principles and saying one thing while doing
something else!
The above are my personal understandings.
Please kindly correct any errors in my thinking.
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