July 20, 2022 | By Minghui correspondent Fang Hui in Taipei, Taiwan
“Falun Dafa has a guiding effect towards compassion for both the body and soul. This is a very good cultivation group.”
(Minghui.org) The Taiwan Falun Dafa Association held a series of activities in 12 cities in Taiwan from July 10 through July 17, 2022, to awaken the compassion in people’s hearts so that people would work together to end the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) crimes against humanity.
The theme of the activities was “the 23rd Anniversary of Falun Dafa’s Efforts to End the Persecution – Heaven Annihilates the CCP, End the Persecution.” Activities and press conferences were organized to commemorate the Falun Dafa practitioners who lost their lives during the persecution and to call for people to pay attention to the CCP’s crimes and help stop the persecution.
More than 1,000 Falun Dafa practitioners held a parade on the streets of Taipei on July 16, 2022. The procession consisted of three main segments, “The Spread of Dafa,” “Eternal Injustice,” and “End the Persecution.” The parade started at the Taipei City Government Civic Plaza and passed through the bustling Xinyi Planning Area before finally returning to the front of the Plaza. The route was about 1.1 miles long, and the temperatures were sweltering at over 100°F.
As the parade progressed through the streets, many people stopped to watch it, and took out their mobile phones to take photos. A tall gentleman who was watching the parade received a flyer from a practitioner and asked the practitioner what Falun Gong is. The practitioner explained that Falun Gong is a spiritual practice based on the tenets of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. It consists of five sets of slow and elegant exercise movements, and is a practice for both mind and body. People in more than 100 countries and regions all over the world are currently doing this practice. The gentleman kept nodding.
Taiwan Resident: Hope that You Can All Persist
Mr. Li, who works in the media, said that Taiwan guarantees freedom of religious belief and that the parade was a very good thing. He said that the style of the parade was calm and gentle and it made him feel comfortable. “I can feel that the Falun Dafa practitioners are doing this out of kindness,” he said.
“Although this is my first time seeing a Falun Dafa practitioner parade, through the New Tang Dynasty Television programs, I have learned news about Falun Gong,” he said. “I know that they are being persecuted by the CCP and their organs are even being harvested while they are alive. I hope that Falun Dafa practitioners can persist.”
Ms. Wu happened to encounter the parade while she was waiting for a bus. She said that she had heard about Falun Dafa practitioners being persecuted by the CCP many years ago. She felt that Falun Dafa practitioners expressing their appeal through the style of parades was very good, “This is a legal behavior in Taiwan.”
Ms. Wu said that the weather was very hot, so it added difficulty for the Falun Dafa practitioners who have come out for the parade. She said that they were expressing their appeal in a very harmonious manner. “[I] feel that they are really great,” she said.
Another resident said, “The weather is so hot that I feel that it is really hard to participate in such a parade. Of course they also have their ideology behind them. That source of motivation must be very strong.”
Spectator is Willing to Render More Support
Ms. Wen, who works in a traditional industry, saw the Falun Dafa practitioners’ parade and could not help but exclaim, “Falun Dafa has a guiding effect towards compassion for both the body and soul. This is a very good cultivation group.” She also said she “felt the disposition that the Falun Dafa practitioners exude.”
Ms. Wen said that she was willing to render more spiritual support for Falun Dafa practitioners, and she would also like to tell them that they have worked hard.
“Furthermore, I feel that if more people are willing to come into contact with this cultivation group that strives toward compassion, it will be very beneficial to society. If I have the affinity, I will also join the Falun Dafa practitioners in the parade and walk on together.”
Professor Joins all the Activities
One of Professor Li’s research students is a Falun Dafa practitioner, so Professor Li often hears this student talk about Falun Dafa. Professor Li decided to join all of the activities for the whole day. He didn’t leave until after the candlelight vigil concluded.
Professor Li said that as this was his first time participating in Falun Dafa practitioners’ activities, he felt very new and curious. His experience helped him gain a deeper understanding about the practice.
“When Falun Dafa practitioners sat by my side, I felt very safe,” he said. “In the past, I also had a little bit of this feeling, but today the feeling is especially strong. When I heard the exercise music, I suddenly felt that the music sounded very good. It made me feel very comfortable. I felt that my heart had been calmed and I felt very peaceful and steady.”
Background: What Is Falun Dafa and Why is the CCP Persecuting it?
Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, was first introduced to the public by Mr. Li Hongzhi in Changchun, China, in 1992. The spiritual discipline is now practiced in more than 100 countries and regions worldwide. Millions of people who have embraced the teachings, which are based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, and have learned the five exercises, have experienced improved health and well-being.
Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology and on July 20, 1999, he issued an order to eradicate the practice.
Under Jiang’s personal direction, the CCP established the 610 Office, an extralegal security organization with the power to override the police and judicial systems and whose sole function is to carry out the persecution of Falun Dafa.
Minghui.org has confirmed the deaths of thousands of practitioners as a result of the persecution over the past 23 years. The actual number of deaths is believed to be much higher. Countless practitioners have been imprisoned and tortured for their faith.
There is concrete evidence that the CCP sanctions the harvesting of organs from detained practitioners, who are murdered to supply China’s organ transplant industry.
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Source: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2022/7/20/202342.html
Editor’s Note: Dear readers, do you know that Falun Dafa, originally from China, is currently practiced by people in over 100 countries? But in China, since Jul. 20, 1999, Falun Gong is defamed, slandered and persecuted due to the Chinese Communist Party’s fear of Falun Gong’s rapidly growing popularity. Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology.
To learn more about the persecution Falun Gong practitioners are subjected to in China, visit http://faluninfo.net/.
For more information about the practice or to download Zhuan Falun, visit: www.falundafa.org. All books, exercise music, resources, and instructions are available completely free of charge.
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