Your True “Home” is not on This Temporary Earth
Our true “home” is not on this earth. We were originally divine beings in higher realms of the cosmos who dropped down to this temporary place.
To go back “home”, we must follow a true spiritual cultivation practice. This journey of self-cultivation is the true purpose of our human lives.
Falun Dafa is a traditional spiritual practice that helps you improve your character and moral standards. Dafa is not a religion nor a belief, but a practice based on the principle of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. You should study the Fa without any intention. If you seek fame, wealth, health, or spiritual power, you will not gain the Fa.
In Zhuan Falun, Dafa’s main book of teachings, Master Li Hongzhi reveals the higher spiritual laws of the cosmos, why you lose and gain, the root cause of your illness/suffering, the meaning of your life, and so on.
This is a book of cultivation, so it has inner meanings at different levels when you look within yourself. You will encounter spiritual experiences in your life as you repeatedly read the book.
Once you decide to read the book for the first time, you should daily read it from beginning to end, even with 10-15 minutes per day is fine, as long as you do not stop.
The practice is good for the mind and body. It includes 5 simple exercises that open your energy channels and bring you health, harmony, and wisdom. You can join a local group to better grasp the foundation of the practice or study it by yourself at falundafa.org. Falun Dafa is always free to learn.
These are the links to the free online versions of the book Zhuan Falun:
You can also go to falundafa.org and choose your preferred language other than English.
Master Li said “after reading the book for the first time, you will find that it teaches the principles of how to be a good person; if you read the book again, you will find that what it explains are not secular principles, and that it is a book that transcends secular knowledge; if you are able to read it a third time, you will find that it is a divine book; if you keep reading it, you won’t be able to put it down…
When you meet the standard of the first level, the teachings at that level will be there to guide you in your practice; when you meet the standard of the second level, you will have the teachings at the second level to guide your practice in that realm. As you constantly ascend, this practice must be able to guide your spiritual practice in each realm.”1
The Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners in China
In the early 1990s, Falun Dafa gained immense popularity in China, where it was praised for reviving traditional Chinese culture, enhancing social stability, and reducing medical expenses. State media reported that Falun Dafa had around 100 million practitioners, which were more than the total members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at the time.
As Falun Dafa’s popularity grew quickly, Jiang Zemin, the CCP Chief, became irrationally jealous and fearful of Falun Dafa’s rapid growth. He regarded Falun Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance as a direct threat to the CCP’s doctrines of atheism, materialism, and violent revolution.
On July 20, 1999, the CCP launched massive propaganda campaigns to disparage and eliminate the spiritual practice, demanding that “no measures are too excessive.” To this day, millions of Falun Dafa practitioners have been imprisoned, tortured, and even killed for their spiritual beliefs. Human rights and legal experts have stated that this persecution violates both international laws and China’s own constitution.
Instead of being eradicated, Falun Dafa has expanded worldwide. Practitioners are now using every peaceful means to help people around the world see the CCP’s true nature and stop participating in its persecution of Falun Dafa.
To know the truth about the persecution from a reliable source, please visit faluninfo.net.
- Source: Lecture Given at the Conference in Sydney (1996) by Mr. Li Hongzhi ↩︎