June 6, 2021 | By Li Yuan
After winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012, Chinese novelist Mo Yan told a story from his childhood at the awards ceremony. During the Great Famine (1959–1961), his family, like countless other families at the time, ran out of food. When his mother went to the field…
Bian Que, a renowned physician of ancient China, once had a conversation with the King of Weiwen. When the king asked about his siblings' medical skills, Bian said his eldest brother was the best, followed by his second brother, and that he himself was the worst.
The king then asked why.
“My elder brother detects…
By Xiaojie, a Falun Dafa practitioner in China
For the past two to three months I had pinched nerve pain in my left leg, making it difficult to cross my legs in the full-lotus position for the sitting meditation. I looked inward but couldn’t find the root cause. I knew that in…
Easter is a solemn holiday in the West, second only to Christmas. This day of hope also carries great significance for Falun Dafa practitioners in Sweden.
Twenty-six years ago, during Easter in April 1995, Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong), visited Gothenburg, Sweden, and taught the spiritual discipline…
Living a long, happy life is a dream everyone shares, but achieving it is not so easy. Fortunately, we can learn a lot about this subject from those who have come before us.
Sun Simiao, a renowned Chinese sage in the Tang Dynasty (618 – 906 A.D.), lived more than 100 years. Known as the…
As a Falun Dafa practitioner in China, I was very fortunate to have watched the 2021 Shen Yun performance [because Shen Yun is inaccessible in China, New Tang Dynasty Television broadcasts the performance around the Chinese New Year exclusively to audiences in mainland China]. Here I wish to express my gratitude for Master’s boundless compassion…
In the thousands of years of human civilization, people have always struggled to find cures to plagues, including the current coronavirus pandemic.
Thucydides, a witness of the Plague of Athens (430-426 BC), wrote, “Nor was there any to say certain medicine that applied must have helped them; for if it did good to one, it…
Falun Gong practitioners have been tirelessly raising awareness about the two-decades-long persecution of their faith in China, helping people inside and outside of China to see through the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) slanderous propaganda.
A practitioner recently called a member of the Discipline Inspection Commission in Inner Mongolia on New Year’s Day 2021. The practitioner…
It has been 11 years since I began practicing Falun Dafa. Dafa helped me regain my health and my family now lives in harmony.
Many of my relatives are interested in my life as a practitioner, including my younger brother. I clarified the truth to him. He watched the movie “Free China” and another video about…
Buddhism flourished in China during the Southern Dynasty, mostly because Xiao Yan (464 - 549 AD), Emperor Wu of Liang, was a devout Buddhist. He not only promoted Buddhism nationwide, but also conscientiously practiced Buddhism in his daily life and in his managing of state affairs.
After Xiao Yan became the emperor, he achieved great…
Sixty-year-old Queenslander Falun Dafa practitioner Maria Meyer lives in a remote town named Dimbulah, meaning the long water-hole in the local aboriginal language. Having cultivated herself for 15 years, she sent greetings to the founder of Falun Dafa to wish him a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
“I have to sincerely express my gratitude for Master, Teacher,…
I am an 80-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner. Before practicing Dafa, I suffered from various illnesses, such as hepatitis, gastric ulcer, and prostatitis. My family was reduced to destitution due to the cost of my treatment. My illnesses also made me look prematurely old. I was fortunate enough to obtain Dafa, and in less than six…