Please understand the truth about Falun Gong and the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China. Please do not believe the Chinese Communist Party's lies. Falun Dafa is Good. Falun Gong (Falun Dafa) teaches 'Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance', it teaches us to be a GOOD person, and it makes us HEALTHY.
And it is embraced in over 100 nations!
请了解法轮功和中共残酷迫害法轮功的真相。法轮大法（法轮功）好，114个国家都热爱她，请不要被中共的谎言欺骗。（http://falundafa.org）
Tine and Jorunn stopped by the Falun Dafa booth and learned that by assimilating to the principles of “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance” one can change to become a more moral person. Jorunn agreed that the world needs Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and expressed hope that people would take a look at the Falun Dafa teachings.
(Minghui.org)Falun Dafa practitioners were invited to the annual Health Expo in Norway in early November 2015. Falun Dafa informational materials and books of the teachings were displayed at their booth. The practitioners demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises with the gentle soothing music. Many attendees stopped by the booth, and learned about the health benefits of the spiritual practice, as well as the ongoing persecution in China.
Falun Dafa practitioners introduce the benefits of the practice to attendees of the Health Expo.
Falun Dafa practitioners demonstrate the exercises.
Finding Our True Nature of Goodness
Tine (left) and Jorunn believe it is important for one to find his/her true nature of goodness.
Tine and Jorunn stopped by the Falun Dafa booth and learned that by assimilating to the principles of “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance” one can change to become a more moral person. Jorunn agreed that the world needs Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and expressed hope that people would take a look at the Falun Dafa teachings. Both agreed that it’s easy to get caught up in the material world, and that Falun Dafa can help us to find our true good nature.
Middle School Student Reads the Falun Dafa Teachings
Magnus reads Falun Gong, the introductory book of Falun Dafa teachings.
Magnus is an eighth grader who came with his mother to the expo. As his mother was browsing other booths, he chose to stay at the Falun Dafa booth. He picked up the book Falun Gong and began reading right away, until his mother came looking for him. The mother and son took Falun Dafa informational materials with them.
Reluctant Man Eventually Accepts Information
One man told the practitioners that he knew about Falun Dafa and the persecution, but was involved in another practice, and hesitant to learn more about Falun Dafa. A practitioner told him that the universal principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance benefits everyone, and “It would be a pity to miss the opportunity to learn about this great teaching.” The man agreed, and took the informational materials.
Besides learning about the health benefits of the practice, many people at the Expo also became aware of the persecution in China. They signed the petition condemning the Chinese communist regime for harvesting organs from living practitioners. They also supported the victims of persecution suing Jiang Zemin, the Chinese dictator who launched the persecution of Falun Gong 16 years ago.
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.
March 06, 2011 | By Minghui reporter Lan Ling from Norway
One day in April 2008, John read an article by a practitioner of Falun Dafa. The content touched his heart and he immediately downloaded the book Zhuan Falun from the Internet. He finished reading it within two days. Many of the questions he had were finally answered. The book helped raise his understanding about the universe and other dimensions, and taught him how to be a good person.
(Clearwisdom.net)John is a 19-year-old high school student from Norway. He lives in Sykkylven, a village with a population of 7,000. The village is located along a high mountain range, where there are snow-covered peaks, dazzling waterfalls, lush trees and grass, and an abundance of beautiful wildlife. Here, people can take their boats into a blue fjord, be among the scenic mountains and waters, and feel the tranquility and peace of their surroundings.
John is from Sykkylven, Norway.
September 2010, John’s first time to Chinatown, New York, he talks to Chinese people about Falun Gong
Pondering the Truth About Life
While still in middle school, John read an article about other dimensions in a newspaper. He was inspired and believed that there must be something in the universe that no man knew about. He searched in books and among different religions and meditated, hoping to find the truth.
Learning About Falun Dafa
One day in April 2008, John read an article by a practitioner of Falun Dafa. The content touched his heart and he immediately downloaded the book Zhuan Falun from the Internet. He finished reading it within two days. Many of the questions he had were finally answered. The book helped raise his understanding about the universe and other dimensions, and taught him how to be a good person.
Becoming a True Practitioner at 18
John’s 18th birthday was in spring 2009. Like almost all teenagers in Norway, John bought some alcohol to celebrate his birthday. After he brought the drinks home, he didn’t feel comfortable. He knew that a true cultivator should not drink alcohol and since he wanted to be a practitioner, he needed to live by a practitioner’s standard.
He did not touch the alcohol. John’s 18th birthday marked his first day of becoming a true practitioner.
Witnessing the Miracles of Falun Dafa
On Christmas Day 2007, before John began to practice Falun Dafa, his spinal cord became misaligned. His back and legs were in terrible pain and he had to walk with a cane. The doctor said that he needed surgery.
After John became a practitioner, his pain eased. One day in summer 2009, John realized that he was no longer in pain. He didn’t remember where he put his cane and he no longer needed support when walking.
In the fall of that year, the doctor called him to confirm the date for back surgery. John told him it would not be necessary because he was no longer in pain. The doctor told him that if he refused surgery at this time, he would have to reschedule and wait in line again. John hesitated for an instant, but chose to believe in Falun Dafa. He told the doctor that he would not need surgery ever again.
Returning to One’s True Self
John wanted to be a rock star when he was little. He was deep into rock and roll music. When he was 14, he bought an expensive guitar and formed a rock band with his friends. It was unusual, but after every rehearsal or concert, he had a terrible headache and needed to take pain killers.
After he began to practice Falun Gong, John stopped wanting to listen to rock music without realizing it. Eventually, he could not listen to that type of music and stopped going to concerts. John started to listen to classical music. He said that classical music brought him peace and touched his soul.
Exposing the Persecution
After his 18th birthday, John hung out with his friends and was asked what he had been up to. John didn’t say that he was practicing Falun Dafa. He was worried that in such a small town, where everyone knew one another, the news about him practicing Falun Gong would be all over town by the next day. “How would everyone look at me and what would they say?” John worried. That night his friends asked him the same question several times and he just kept quiet.
Afterward, he thought that he was wrong for not telling people about Falun Dafa. Being a practitioner, Falun Dafa has become part of his life and he needed to be proud of it, instead of being embarrassed. “How would people know about the persecution if they didn’t know about Falun Dafa? People are waiting to hear the facts. Also, being too shy is an attachment!” John thought.
Opportunity came as his righteous thoughts rose. In his language class, students were asked to introduce their hobbies. John introduced Falun Dafa and its suppression in China. His presentation was a success and John won support from many of his classmates.
John’s confidence was helped by this. He began to tell his neighbors about Falun Dafa and the persecution. He made fliers and put them in neighbors’ mailboxes. If he ran into his neighbors, he would talk to them face to face.
Going to New York
On August 31, 2010, John decided to go to New York City for a Falun Dafa experience sharing conference and to be part of the activities with other practitioners.
John participated in a march to protest the illegal persecution of Falun Gong in China.
On September 4, John took part in a march in Manhattan’s Chinatown. As he walked down the streets, John noticed changes on people’s faces. The indifference and animosity melted away from their faces. The sides of the streets were crowed with Chinese people. Some of them held their thumbs up, some applauded and some waved. John was amazed by the power of Falun Dafa.
At the conference, John listened to practitioners’ experiences as one of 6,000 practitioners from around the world. He was happy to see Master Li Hongzhi and listen to him talk at the conference. John improved greatly in his practice during this trip.
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.
“Just look at what the Chinese government is doing to the people of Hong Kong. It’s not difficult to imagine the CCP’s cruel persecution of Falun Gong!”
September 09, 2019 | By Falun Gong practitioners in Croatia and Norway
(Minghui.org)Falun Gong practitioners regularly hold activities or participate in local community events to introduce the practice and to raise awareness of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution. At these events practitioners typically demonstrate the exercises, talk about the benefits of the practice, tell people about the brutal 20-year persecution of Falun Gong in China, and collect signatures from those who wish to condemn the persecution.
The following are reports from recent events in Croatia and Norway.
Croatia: Introducing Falun Gong in Varaždin
Falun Gong practitioners held activities in Varaždin, a historic northern city, on August 24-25, 2019. Tourists from around the world attend the annual Špancirfest, a large-scale international art festival. Practitioners had a booth in the park next to the festival venue.
The Falun Gong booth was exquisitely decorated in keeping with the festival’s theme, and drew the attention of many passers-by. The centerpiece of the display was a beautiful model of the Croatian language version of Zhuan Falun,approximately 90-centimeter (35.4 inches) high, surrounded by pink lotus flowers.
Many people expressed their gratitude after receiving fliers about Falun Gong. The Falun Gong activities were close to the main roads and traffic lights, and motorists could see the banners in front of the practitioners’ booth and the Falun Gong exercise demonstration.
The model of Zhuan Falun in Croatian.
Practitioners demonstrate the exercises during the Špancirfest art festival August 24-25, 2019.
Branko (right) learns the Falun Gong exercises.
The two-day event began at 3:00 p.m. and lasted until 9:00 p.m. One man learned about Falun Gong the first day and returned early the following day. He waited for the practitioners and asked them to teach him the exercises. After trying the exercises, he said that he felt warm and very comfortable.
Norway: Introducing Falun Gong at the Annual Vickers Market
Practitioners from Oslo, the capital of Norway, and surrounding cities participated in the annual Vickers Market held in Holler on August 31, 2019. Practitioners set up a stand and introduced the ancient spiritual practice to the local people.
Practitioners demonstrate the exercises during the Vickers Market in Holler, on August 31, 2019.
Many vendors from the surrounding towns come to sell their products at the market. Market day happened to coincide with the local elections held every four years in Norway. That day, the usually quiet town was bustling. Representatives and their staff from all the major parties were also at the market to talk to people.
A passer-by signs the petition protesting the persecution of Falun Gong in China
After reading the Falun Gong flyer, Talia became very serious and told a practitioner, “I believe everything you said! I met a person from Xinjiang (China) and he told me what happens in China’s concentration camps.
“Just look at what the Chinese government is doing to the people of Hong Kong. It’s not difficult to imagine the CCP’s cruel persecution of Falun Gong!”
He asked for more flyers and said he would let more people know about the persecution. Before he left, he signed the petition to condemn the CCP’s atrocities.
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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About a week he’d started practicing the exercises, he took his mother’s advice and started to read Zhuan Falun, the core book of Falun Dafa. He said, “My tears kept falling while I was reading it. Falun Dafa helped me understand how I should live, how to improve my character, how to purify my spirit and heart. Dafa helped me understand the meaning of life.”
(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners in Oslo, Norway, celebrated the 21st annual World Falun Dafa Day on May 9 and May 13, 2020. They thanked Mr. Li Hongzhi for teaching the universal principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance in such troubled times and for helping people move toward returning to one’s true self.
Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa, held the first class to teach Falun Dafa on May 13, 1992, at the Changchun 5th Middle School. About 180 people attended the class. Twenty-eight years later, Falun Dafa is now practiced all over the world by over 100 million people.
Celebratory events were held near the National Theatre in Oslo as well as in front of Olso Congress Centre. Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises, talked to people about the persecution in China, played music, and sang songs. There were many interested onlookers.
Norwegian practitioner Henriette commented that she had “a lot to say” but would summarize her thoughts in two sentences: “Thank you, Master Li, for helping us all the time and never giving up on us! Thank you, Master, for giving us such boundless wonder,” she said.
May in Norway is the beginning of spring, the season when the ice and snow melt and nature awakens. For Henriette, May is the season of hope: “Today is also Master’s birthday. Spring has come and nature has awakened. Perhaps this is not a coincidence.”
A little practitioner does the Falun Dafa meditation on the lawn in front of the Oslo Congress Centre on May 13, 2020.
Norwegians Appreciate the Beauty of Falun Dafa
Annette is a fan of yoga. She was riding her bike past Congress Centre on May 13 when she saw the practitioners doing the Falun Dafa exercises. She watched for a long time and listened to the peaceful exercise music.
When she learned that Falun Dafa is a cultivation method based on the universal principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, she said, “I felt the peace and the compassion. The feeling began in my lower abdomen, then ascended to my heart. It was a strong sensation. Tears came to my eyes.”
She told practitioners several times that watching them really moved her. She thanked them for such a positive experience when the entire world has been so badly hit by the CCP virus (also known as the coronavirus). She wished them good luck with all their efforts.
Aga is an avid photographer. He often searches for creative subjects in Oslo’s downtown area. He stopped and spoke with practitioners at the Falun Dafa Day celebrations.
He learned that Falun Dafa practitioners follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to improve their character and that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute the practice in 1999.
Aga also learned that practitioners in China are routinely arrested, tortured, and even killed for their organs. That really shocked him, and he said he wanted to do something to help stop it. He decided to photograph the practitioners exercising. He set up his camera and concentrated on his work. When he was satisfied with what he had shot, he put a Falun Dafa flyer into his bag and asked for the Falun Dafa website address.
“I will add annotations to the photos, then upload them to my website. I will put a link to your website so that people can go to your website and find out about Falun Dafa. I hope that will do something to help stop the persecution. I can only do a little. But if many people can do a little, combined together it would be huge,” he said. “And thank you for what you do. I wish you good luck,”
Linh came to Norway from Vietnam 30 years ago to escape the Viet Cong. She had heard about Falun Dafa from a relative and also knew about the persecution practitioners face in China. She came to the event on May 9 with her nephew and her nephew’s wife. “I came to support the Falun Dafa event,” she said.
She initially just watched practitioners doing the exercises, but she then started to imitate how the practitioners conjoined their hands at their lower abdomens. She copied followed her nephew’s wife to learn the exercise movements. Linh also signed a petition calling on the Norwegian Congress and government to help stop the CCP’s killing of practitioners for their organs.
On May 13 in front of Congress Centre, Lisa, Mikkel, Natalie, and Selma (from left to right) were pleased that they could sign the petition to help stop the persecution.
Norwegian practitioners do the exercises near the new National Theatre on May
Jila (middle) from New Zealand and her two friends signed a petition on May 9 to help stop the persecution.
Norwegians sign a petition calling for the Norwegian Congress and the government to help stop the CCP killing Falun Gong practitioners for their organs
Young Man Saved at a Critical Moment and Thanked Master for Saving his Life
Thomas, 25, is a tall (6’1”) Norwegian who laughs easily.
It’s hard to imagine that nine years ago when he was 16, he was tortured by severe insomnia and depression. He planned to end his life one sunny morning in early July after another sleepless night. He thought his life was meaningless and there was no reason to go on living. He made up his mind to end his life after breakfast. He left his bedroom and started toward the kitchen.
When he passed the living room, he uttered a last prayer in his heart, “God, if you are truly compassionate, please display your compassion to me!” At that very moment, his mother, who was preparing breakfast at the kitchen counter, turned to him and asked, “Do you want to learn the Falun Dafa exercises? Maybe it would help you sleep.” Thomas was dumbstruck. Without hesitation he said, “Okay.” He didn’t even eat breakfast. He went upstairs and watched the video of Master teaching the Falun Dafa exercises.
His mother had been practicing Falun Dafa for a year and a half by then. Recalling her son’s situation at that time, she said, “I can’t bear to think of the past.”
Thomas followed along with the video and began to learn the exercises. “My thoughts immediately improved, and tears kept rolling down my face,” he recalled. “My body was rigorously purified from the very beginning. I sweated a lot and it just dripped off of me. The negative energy inside me was also purified. I felt the Falun’s rotation in my lower abdomen.”
About a week he’d started practicing the exercises, he took his mother’s advice and started to read Zhuan Falun, the core book of Falun Dafa. He said, “My tears kept falling while I was reading it. Falun Dafa helped me understand how I should live, how to improve my character, how to purify my spirit and heart. Dafa helped me understand the meaning of life.”
Thomas now works on a relative’s farm and is learning farm management from his elders. He is conscientious and diligent, and they praise him. What he has now did not come easily, “Dafa saved me from a very, very dangerous depression. In fact, I was rescued from a life-threatening depression. I’m grateful that Dafa is with me every day. Dafa gave me the will to live. To be blunt, life is meaningless without Dafa.”
He said that, through cultivating Falun Dafa, “I now think about Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and what Dafa has taught me to handle difficulties when I encounter tribulations. Cultivating in Dafa has also given me strength so that the bad things and ideas in this world don’t influence me.”
Thomas joined other practitioners in front of the Chinese embassy on May 13 to protest the persecution of Falun Dafa. He then went to the lawn in front of Congress Centre and participated in the World Falun Dafa Day celebration. He is often seen at the activities to raise awareness of the persecution in China. He said, “I hope to do as much as I can. I think this is the only way I can repay Dafa and express my gratitude to Master.”
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.
