Insights – Page 24

Refusing Bribes

China News, InsightsMarch 19, 20170Comments

As a Falun Dafa practitioner, I follow the principles of our cultivation practice. I work in the customer service department of a coal mining company and have been assigned to bookkeeping, checking deliveries, and account management. Although in China bribes are common, as a practitioner, I cannot take any, my honesty has been rewarded. The…

Granted the Wisdom to Read Zhuan Falun in Chinese

InsightsMarch 15, 20170Comments

I am 75 years old and of Korean ethnic origin. I started practicing Falun Dafa on June 5, 1996. As most of the practitioners in my area were of Han ethnicity, I wanted to learn Mandarin Chinese. With nobody around to teach me, I thought to myself, “I will learn by transcribing Zhuan Falun.”…

Lawyers Moved by Practitioners’ Words and Actions

China News, InsightsMarch 8, 20170Comments

When the Chinese communist regime launched the persecution of Falun Gong and vowed to eradicate this cultivation practice 18 years ago, few people dared to speak out for Falun Gong. Now, 18 years later, given Falun Gong practitioners' persistent and peaceful efforts to expose and counteract the ongoing persecution, more and more people have come…

Falun Gong Practitioners Have No Enemies

InsightsMarch 2, 20170Comments

The persecution of Falun Gong in China is both unprecedented and brutal. Those who don't know the truth of the persecution are the real victims. I was arrested in 2014. The police yelled at me and said that I would be sentenced to at least ten years in prison. I said right away, “No way.…

Generating Two Million Yuan in Profit with Honest Sales

InsightsFebruary 16, 20170Comments

I have been living by the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance since I started to practice Falun Dafa in 1997. I have worked at e-commerce companies, where fake sales reporting is a common practice, but I was able to grow the business for companies through only honest sales. In China's e-commerce industry, an online store's sales volume…

A Trip to Heaven In My Dream

InsightsFebruary 5, 20170Comments

My wife and I started our cultivation in Falun Dafa in March 2015. We have experienced many miracles even though we haven't cultivated for very long. My wife and I are both in our 60s. She had suffered serious rheumatoid arthritis and throat inflammation for many years. Her finger joints and ankles were terribly swollen,…

Feeling Blessed: My Son’s Journey to Becoming a Young Man of Outstanding Character

InsightsJanuary 29, 20170Comments

Around the end of my son's first year of high school, in 2015, he came home from school and handed me a certificate, beaming with pride. He had been voted “model student” by 31 of his 36 classmates. Looking at my son’s bright and innocent face, I was filled with emotion. My memory raced back…

Jiang Zemin’s Death Will Signal the End of the Chinese Communist Party

InsightsDecember 23, 20160Comments

Jiang Zemin, the former Chinese dictator who launched the persecution against Falun Dafa, already has one foot in the grave. Jiang being still alive gives hope to some Chinese, especially those who continue to follow the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or toe the Party line, and participate in the persecution of Falun Dafa. Many of…

Overcoming My Addiction to Gambling and Finding Real Joy

InsightsDecember 14, 20160Comments

I am an ultrasound technician. I'm 49 years old and have practiced Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) for 19 years. People say I look like I’m in my 30s. Because of practicing Falun Dafa, I live a healthy and happy life. At the office one day, my co-worker said, “It's nice to work with…

A Pilot’s Story

InsightsDecember 7, 20160Comments

Many people have asked Captain Nguyễn Tuấn Dũng, a Vietnamese pilot with 14,000 flight hours, why he left a high-paying job in the Middle East for a position with a Taiwanese airline. The answer is that he wanted to learn Chinese so that he can read the Chinese version of Zhuan Falun the main book…

A Previous Employer: ‘Please Introduce Me to More Falun Gong Practitioners’

InsightsDecember 4, 20160Comments

I was a tenured school teacher but was laid off by my school and local education bureau in 2000 because I would not give up my belief in Falun Dafa. They gave me less than 200 yuan (about $25) per month for living expenses. At the time I had two children, one in high school and…

Teacher: “Problem Student” Becomes Diligent

InsightsNovember 27, 20160Comments

When I became teacher to a 10th grade class, the students did not know each other well, so most of them behaved well. But Xiaolin was my problem student. Xiaolin smoked, drank, and told lies whenever it suited him. The kids he hung out with were the same. He stayed up until midnight playing video…