FALUN DAFA - INDIA 
TRUTHFULNESS - COMPASSION - FORBEARANCE 
Newsletter for August 2013

Click on the below-mentioned, numbered subjects:

  1. Welcome

  2. What’s Happening?

  3. Changes in Our Environment Are the Results of Our State of Mind

  4. My Experience of Twice Overcoming a Sickness Tribulation

  5. On the Subject of Truthfulness

  6. Some Understandings about Sickness Karma

  7. Elevating Xinxing and Raising Our Realms

  8. Facing Sickness Interference with a Calm Heart and Experiencing the Miraculous Power of Falun Dafa


1. Welcome

Welcome to the August 2015 Falun Dafa India Newsletter.

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?


To commemorate 20 July practitioners from all over India got together at New Delhi and organized a special screening of ‘Human Harvest’ at the Press Club, New Delhi and invited the Press and the Media and some influential people.

There was an online Q & A session with the Director Leon Lee which created quite a stir among the Press and the audience. In an interactive session everyone wanted to know what steps should be taken for the government to take a stance.

There was some online coverage in leading newspaper and magazine.

There was a second screening of ‘Human Harvest’ at Ashoka University in Sonepat , close to New Delhi.

200 Young India Fellowship students who are groomed to be change agents for India watched with rapt attention the Documentary. Following the screening there was an online interactive session with the Director Leon Lee. Many students had suggestions of how to create awareness of the organ harvesting in China through social media.

Practitioners from Hyderabad had booked a Stall at the Doctor’s Conference 23 July to 26 July where practitioners from Bangalore participated. They gave material related to organ harvesting in China and the newspaper reports online by Delhi newspapers and made video presentations to Doctors. Several Doctors said they would sign the online petition of DAFOH.

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3. Changes in Our Environment Are the Results of Our State of Mind

By a practitioner in Shandong Province, China

(Minghui.org) I often give used card boxes to a cleaning lady. After a while, she probably felt bad for accepting so many boxes from me, so she gave me a bag of red beans and a taro. I didn't really care for them since the beans were shriveled and the taro was sort of small.

I cooked dinner that evening and wanted to mix some red beans with the rice. I noticed that there were lots of bugs inside, outside, and around the opening of the bag. I complained about the cleaning lady, “She is so stingy! She gave me a bag of stale red beans!” I picked up two bugs and tossed them in a bowl of water. I then realized that my thoughts were not righteous. As soon as I changed my thought, the bugs around the bag disappeared! I was shocked! I clearly saw the bugs all over the bag. How could they disappear just like that! Was I seeing things? I rubbed my eyes and checked the bag again but could not find any bugs. Where did they go? I turned around and saw the two bugs floating in the bowl of water.

I realized very quickly that Master was pointing things out to me, that changes in our environment are the results of our state of mind. Everything practitioners encounter in the human world is an illusion, and things change according to our thoughts. When our thoughts are righteous, the effects will be good. When our thoughts are not righteous, the end result will not be favorable. As long as our thoughts are based on the principles of the Fa, and we put others before ourselves, then Master can do anything for us. Perhaps the cleaning lady saved the best she could afford and gave them to me. I should have been grateful and not complain.

I'm truly grateful for Master's compassionate enlightenment! Based on this experience, I was able to pass the tribulation of sickness karma later on my cultivation path.

My experience with the bugs reminded me of something that happened to a practitioner. A truth-clarification materials production site was destroyed by the police. Practitioners A and B were afraid that those going to the materials production site would be arrested by undercover police staking out the area. Therefore, they went to the site area to warn other practitioners, and were both caught. When the policeman tried to take practitioner A away, she thought with sadness, “I'm sorry Master. I have not cultivated well and have wasted time that I could have used to save sentient beings!” Suddenly, the policeman let go of her and said, “Go home now!” Practitioner A could not figure out why the policeman let go of her. The policeman repeated, “No one is taking you away. Go home now!” On her way home, practitioner A realized that Compassionate Master helped her get away from the bad elements because she had righteous thoughts.

When practitioner A was faced with imminent danger, she was still looking inward for her shortcomings, and thinking of sentient beings. This goes to show that changes in our environment are the results of our state of mind.

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4. My Experience of Twice Overcoming a Sickness Tribulation


(Minghui.org) I am from Hebei Province and am 69 years old. I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1996.

I have been in charge of delivering truth-clarification materials to more than one hundred practitioners since 2002. For a long time I did not treat myself as a practitioner; I did not cultivate my xinxing. After a while I started to become annoyed by practitioners who were not diligent in their cultivation. I was annoyed that they did not take the materials that were allocated to them, and when I delivered to them they were afraid to take the materials. They asked me to put the materials (and sometimes Master's lectures) at their doorsteps when there was no one around at night. They were afraid to meet and share experiences with fellow practitioners. My conflicts with family members and others started to intensify. I started to lose my temper as I couldn't resolve the conflicts, and I couldn't reveal it to people outside of my family. I became angry at my family, and after many tribulations that I was unable to pass, I fell to the level of everyday people.

Being a cultivator, but not following Master's teachings to cultivate xinxing and eliminate attachments, has given evil demons excuses for rampant persecution. One day in 2006, I suddenly couldn't talk, nor could I move while sleeping. I felt like something was pressing against me. It was like the symptoms of a stroke. I thought it was an elimination of karma. I resisted it with a strong main consciousness: "I am a Dafa practitioner, nobody can touch me!" The symptoms of a stroke quickly disappeared. My family insisted on taking me to the hospital for a check. I went to the hospital with my daughter and daughter-in-law. After checking my blood pressure, the doctor shouted: "Pull the wheelchair immediately! Take the elevator!" The doctor said my blood pressure was too high and that I could fall down at any time. I laughed in my heart, thinking: "I rode a bike here and walked up to the third floor by myself; what do you mean I will faint?" But in the end, I still held onto the thoughts of a non-practitioner and took some medicine home.

After coming home I was given an intravenous injection. The needle wouldn't go in, and the liquid squirted out from the vial. But I still didn't enlighten to it. Eventually, the needle went in. After receiving the intravenous injection, I started to get symptoms of a stroke. Half of my body started to lean to one side. I looked terrible with my mouth drooping on one side and with crooked eyes. Practitioners who came over to send forth righteous thoughts were all stunned. They all left after dark. I couldn't control my body, while I was also having diarrhea. My daughter sadly pointed at the medicine that had squirted onto the ground and said: "What's this?" The medicine on the ground had turned into a thick layer of a lime-like, white substance. How could this be good for one's body? I regretted my decision very much.

In the middle of the tribulation, I knelt down in a wobbly fashion in front of Master's portrait. I sincerely admitted my mistake and asked for Master's help. The next morning I tried to move my legs and feet. I was able to move freely, with my body not tilted and my face not crooked anymore. I was also able to walk the five steps on the stairs in front of my door. My family and fellow practitioners were shocked. They were in tears: "Yesterday you were still paralyzed in bed. Today you can go to the park with the family. How wonderful to be practicing Dafa!" Since then, my daughter-in-law has often told her friends: "My mother-in-law doesn't need to see the doctor when she is ill. She recovers by doing the Dafa exercises."

Overcoming a Sickness Tribulation Again

For a long time, I could deal with tests and tribulations, except for those within my family. However, sometimes I would let it go on the surface, without truly passing the test in my mind. Nevertheless, whenever conflicts occurred with my family, I'd forget that I was a cultivator and lose my temper. I would not enlighten, even if I stumbled.

This year I was persecuted again by the evil in the form of sickness. For the first few days, I could not eat or drink; I would throw up even after drinking a sip of water. I felt that if I could not pass this tribulation, I'd lose my life. I clearly recognized that this was persecution, and I knew I must eliminate the evil and only follow Master's arrangements.

After I continuously sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil, I could eat and drink again without spitting up. At night I had a dream in which I saw myself in a terrifying situation. I was walking in a valley between two high mountains, the road was soaked in blood and broken up. If I was not careful, I'd fall into the blood. The road became narrower. Shuttling back and forth were some mice-like animals eating corpses on the ground. Suddenly two of them jumped up and bit hard on my waist. I cried out, "Help!" Then I saw that someone used something to touch my waist, and the pain was then gone. I knew Master had saved me again.

I am grateful to the many practitioners who came to help me during this tribulation. One practitioner thinks that the terrifying scene in my dream represented the true situation of my family members and the sentient beings in my dimension. Since I have not cultivated well, they are trapped in distress without being saved. I should completely change my notions towards my family members.

Cultivation is Serious

Cultivation is a serious matter. I finally understand the principle that human thoughts can continuously create karma, and only by removing the bad thoughts, can karma be eliminated. Everyone has his or her own fate that no one else can control, and all attachments will be in vain. I understand that all the people I have contact with in this world, including my family members, are beings for me to offer salvation to. For their sakes, I need to do well.

I wrote down my experiences to share with those practitioners who are still trapped in "sickness karma" and tell them that the tribulations are caused by our unrighteous thoughts. If we search inward and remove the human thoughts, the "sickness" will disappear instantly, as it is all illusion caused by the evil spirits behind it. If we cannot let go of the attachments and do not cultivate ourselves well, we will lose the opportunity to save sentient beings, and we might even interfere with Master's Fa-rectification. We must be clear about our thoughts and distinguish between what is self and what is not.

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5. On the Subject of Truthfulness

By a practitioner in China

(Minghui.org) Teacher said:

“The most fundamental characteristic of this universe, Zhen-Shan-Ren, is the highest manifestation of the Buddha Fa. It is the most fundamental Buddha Fa.”

“From the perspective of the very highest level, it is very simple, for the Fa resembles a pyramid in form. At the highest point, it can be summarized in three words: Zhen, Shan, Ren. It is extremely complex when manifesting at different levels.” (Zhuan Falun)

Zhen-Shan-Ren (Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance) seem to be simple, however, I did not understand their deeper meaning, and I did not regard them as a compulsory standard over many years of practice.

I have only just come to realize that we must comply with Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Otherwise, we won't be qualified to enter into the new universe.

When I compromised I would lie, in order not to be malicious I would lie, and I lied to avoid trouble, which became my normal way of being.

1. Be Truthful in Validating the Fa

We must be truthful when we write articles or submit artwork to validate the Fa. This is a cultivation process.

For example, from time to time, I've found myself influenced by the Communist Party culture when I write articles, so I have to constantly check to see if any of the information is distorted, untrue, or exaggerated, and correct it. This is a process of getting rid of my inconsistencies.

When submitting artwork to Minghui, I think every part must be handmade. I do not use ready-made accessories such as a lotus flower, leaf, etc. If any of those parts are purchased, we should indicate it clearly. I tried hard to change my thoughts about not taking things seriously by striving to be truthful and making sure every part is truly handmade when I submit it.

2. Truthfulness in My Daily Life

I thought I was being truthful, but I was not.

I went to the market to buy groceries. It's normal to compare prices, but I used to say, “I'll buy some next time.” Then I actually went and purchased from another shop. Empty promises had become a habit.

Sometimes, I did not intend to buy, but would say, “I'll come another day.” I simply wanted the suppliers to tell me about the products, satisfy my curiosity, and keep me from feeling lonely.

Another example is when I went to a remote rural area where I had never been before and was worried about my safety when I met a dishonest looking driver. I lied, saying that my relative would be meeting me. Such lies were as natural as breathing.

Although I had my reasons and no malicious intentions, I did not realize my problem before I took a close look at myself. The shadow of lies and the lack of truthfulness permeated all aspects of my life. When I used to lie, I did not think it was serious.

3. Removing the Poison of the Communist Party Culture

I reflected on when I first learned to lie and discovered that it began in primary school, where we were inundated with lies and a lack of truthfulness.

For instance, we were taught narrative writing in primary school. The title was, “What's on My Mind.” We didn't know what to write about it, so the teacher taught us to make up things, to use our imagination.

Our primary school teacher taught us to fabricate in other ways. When someone came to inspect her class, she would repeat a previous lecture, asking us to pretend that we had not learned that lecture, and then asked questions we already knew the answers to.

I grew up in that culture, where fraud, lies, and empty talk penetrated into my every cell. It is very difficult to recognize the cultural poisons in me if I can't identify them clearly.

4. Behind a Lack of Truthfulness Is Protecting Oneself and Selfishness

Every lie was an attempt to avoid trouble or to protect myself and family or was induced by selfishness. All to avoid being harmed and to cunningly cover up the truth. How can a sly person be a Buddha? I began to understand why one should be truthful.

I realize that lies and a lack of truthfulness are wrong, so I have decided to change. Teacher taught us:

“I am a person who will not say what he does not want to say, but what I say must be true.” (Zhuan Falun)

I must strive to say only the truth. I must also comply with Compassion and Forbearance. I look within myself and see that resentment is the manifestation of a lack of compassion; anger and seeking comfort display no forbearance. These are what I should completely get rid of.

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6. Some Understandings about Sickness Karma

By a practitioner from China

(Minghui.org) When practitioners gathered to share their thoughts on how we should deal with the situation of serious sickness karma, we had different understandings. Some practitioners thought that we should send out powerful righteous thoughts to help those practitioners who were suffering from this form of karma, and that we should not acknowledge the old forces' arrangements. Other practitioners suggested that we recite Master's words,
"I'm Li Hongzhi's disciple, I don't want other arrangements or acknowledge them..." ("Explaining the Fa During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference")

Some practitioners said that sending the righteous thought "Falun Dafa is good" could disintegrate the the old force elements behind the persecution. Fellow practitioners have suppressed the persecution to varying degrees with these righteous thoughts and have eliminated various illnesses. However, for some practitioners these methods did not achieve any obvious results. Why? My understanding is that when we send righteous thoughts, we must firmly believe in Master and the Fa. If we send righteous thoughts solely for the purpose of healing someone's illnesses, selfishness elements are attached to these thoughts and so the righteous thoughts are not powerful.

Master said,

"If you are a true practitioner, our Falun will safeguard you. I am rooted in the universe. If anyone can harm you, he or she would be able to harm me. Put simply, that person would be able to harm this universe." (Zhuan Falun)

If we all firmly believe in Master and walk upright on our cultivation paths, then no matter whether it is sickness karma or another form of interference, they will not be able to touch us.

Some practitioners' cultivation states, however, are very complicated, and diligent practitioners may also show symptoms of sickness karma. Through studying the Fa we came to understand that this state of "sickness" is an illusion. Master said,

"Let me give you an example. In Buddhism, it is said that every phenomenon in human society is illusory and unreal. How are they illusions? Real and concrete physical objects are placed right here, so who would claim that they are false? A physical object's form of existence appears like this, but the way it actually manifests is not." (Zhuan Falun)

All phenomena in human society are illusions. For practitioners, conditions of sickness are also illusions.

Some practitioners did not agree with my understanding, and said that the sickness originates from karma, because some practitioners passed away due to their illnesses. For an ordinary person, sickness is a result of karma. But the conditions of sickness that some practitioners are now showing is different. We know that Master had already pushed every practitioner who started practicing before July 20, 1999 to their correct positions, and Master has not arranged any tests of sickness karma for these practitioners since then. So if a veteran practitioner has an illness, it must be because their cultivation state has gaps which have been taken advantage of by the old forces to persecute them. Master pointed out,

"...irrational persecution absolutely is not allowed, and the old forces don't dare to do it if that is the situation." ("Explaining the Fa During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference")

My understanding is therefore, that the main reason for a practitioner's current state of illness is that they must be still harboring some attachments, and this loophole is being taken advantage of by the old forces. If the practitioners have lingered at a certain cultivation level for too long and are unable to raise their xinxing, or are unable to identify their omissions and didn't pay attention to firmly sending righteous thoughts to eliminate the interference, then the old forces have an excuse to keep persecuting them.

As long as we can take lightly ordinary people's pursuits of fame, personal interest and sentimentality, and conduct ourselves as true practitioners, the sickness karma and interference from the old forces will not be able to touch us, and Master will protect us.

These are my current understandings. Please point out any mistakes. Heshi.

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7. Elevating Xinxing and Raising Our Realms

By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province

(Minghui.org) In the past few years, Teacher has been by my side and leading me forward. The following is my experience from recent years.

Learning the Fa well and Eliminating Human Notions through Acting and Thinking Righteously

Teacher told us,

"Everything that ordinary people seek; everything that ordinary people want to gain; everything that ordinary people act on, say, and do--all of this is, for you, what needs to be cultivated away."

("Fa Teaching Given in Manhattan" March 26, 2006)

Last year, my sister-in-law wanted to purchase the house in which my child and I lived in. My mother-in-law owned this house and my husband did not have time to transfer the ownership to me before he died. She offered me 50,000 yuan. I thought that I should not solve this problem like ordinary people would, but I still hoped for a better result.

My child, who also practiced Falun Dafa, told me, "Mother, it's a good thing." Teacher had told me what to do through my child's mouth. Now, when I look back, it indeed was a good thing. Had I fought like my sister-in-law, wouldn't I have been worse than her? Then, I would not have been able to move up to a higher realm. After I gave up the house, my sister-in-law told me that I could live with her if I give up my practice. I told her that I would rather give up my life before I give up the practice.

In fact I had lost nothing. Teacher had shouldered my debt and karma. He only wanted me to remember what he had taught us, when being faced with a conflict to improve our xinxing. Teacher said in Zhuan Falun, Lecture Seven,

"Through this, it can be seen whether you can give it up. If you cannot let it go, it is an attachment. This method must be used to get rid of your attachment to self-interest. This is the issue. Because everyday people are not enlightened to this principle, they will all compete and fight before profits."

Cultivating to Selflessness

Being attached to self can only slow us down on the path of cultivation. It prevents us from seeing our gaps and looking within when conflicts arise. Last year, when I worked with several practitioners, I was surprised to find myself strongly attached to self. My attachments to jealousy, vanity, reputation, personal gains, and showing-off were exposed little by little during conflicts between me and practitioners I worked with. Thanks to the environment Teacher has given me, I was able to gradually and painstakingly eliminate my attachments.

Once I was upset by something at work because it made me lose face. On my way home, I couldn't stop to be resentful and bitter about it. But at the same time, I wanted to be a true practitioner. I spoke to Teacher in my heart, "Teacher, I do not want to care about my reputation; I do not want what ordinary people want." All of a sudden, I burst into tears and all the bitterness and complaints I had in my mind disappeared. This unbelievable feeling allowed me to realize that if I truly do not want things, which ordinary people want, Teacher will take away those bad substances that influence me and my xinxing will rise in level.

Only when we let go of self can we reach the realm of selflessness. Teacher told us in "Non-Omission in Buddha-Nature" (Essentials for Further Advancement),

"From now on, whatever you do, you should consider others first, so as to attain the righteous Enlightenment of selflessness and altruism."

After reading Teacher's words from Fa Teaching Given in Manhattan,

"If you can manage to handle things calmly no matter how wronged you may feel, if you can remain unmoved and not try to come up with some kind of excuse for yourself, then with many things you won't even need to argue."

I realized that all the conflicts and grievances I experienced before were insignificant. What would happen if I was really wronged? I will lose my human notions and enhance my xinxing. No one needs to know about me being wronged except the gods. Everything is truly like Teacher mentioned in: "To the Chicago Fa Conference,"

"Whatever you experience during your cultivation--whether good or bad--is good, for it comes about only because you are cultivating."

Doing The Three Things Well

During the past few years, I gradually understood the meaning of cultivation. I began to help with making simple information materials about Falun Gong and the persecution. I was not afraid when I went out to distribute them. Though I have not reached many people to tell them the facts of Falun Gong or to have them quit the Chinese Communist Party, I know now what I did wrong - I lacked compassion. I may even still not fully realize the importance of the work I do, but I know this will soon change.

I have recently come to realize that as long as I study the Fa with a sacred attitude, I will really be able to improve my xinxing. This is the only way to accomplish my mission of saving sentient beings. When our xinxing is as large as the sea and can accept water from all rivers, there will not be anything to stop us on our path of cultivation.

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8. Facing Sickness Interference with a Calm Heart and Experiencing the Miraculous Power of Falun Dafa

By Yuzhen in China

(Minghui.org) I am a 72-year-old practitioner. At about 4:00 a.m. on June 26, 2010, my mind felt unclear and I was sleepy, but I forced myself to get up and practice the exercises. After sending forth righteous thoughts at 6:10 a.m., I stood up and walked to the bathroom, but my legs seemed not completely under my control, and I stumbled as I walked. While washing my face, I then found that my right hand felt numb and the right side of my lips also felt numb. I then realized that it was interference that I must negate. To avoid affecting my family members, I tried to walk slowly. Noticing my constant stumbling, my husband and daughter-in-law finally determined that I was "sick." They said, "Aren't you suffering from a stroke?" I firmly said to them, "None of you should meddle with me. Whatever you say will serve no use. I have my Master who takes care of me, and I will become well this afternoon." They also knew that I had not needed to take a single pill for over ten years, since I began to practice, and my husband is a practitioner as well.

I repeatedly read the "Your Mind Must be Right" section of Zhuan Falun.

Thinking carefully, I reflected that I have changed and improved tremendously through cultivation and Fa study. In the past, I had many questions that I thought intensely about and to which I still could not find answers. But I was gradually able to find the answers through cultivation and Fa study. I have become broad minded and my heart has expanded. I can tolerate many things that I could not tolerate before, and my body has gradually turned back to the same condition as it was when I was younger. As I thought about this, my heart became calmer, and I no longer worried about my body, and went about things as usual. When a fellow practitioner stopped by my home, I didn't mention my physical condition. I believed that I must pass this test honorably and righteously, especially since no one is allowed to interfere with practitioners' mission to save sentient beings. I reminded myself that I have Master who takes care of me.

I wanted to write the above experience-sharing article the same afternoon, but my hands were still not completely recovered. I was not afraid though, and I recovered the next day.

On July 1, my daughter-in-law said to me, "You have really recovered. Falun Dafa is really miraculous, really wonderful." In the past, although she was not against Falun Dafa, she didn't pay much attention to it. However, on this day she finally witnessed the supernatural power of Falun Dafa and said, "Falun Dafa is good!" from the bottom of her heart.

Thank you, Master!

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