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Falun Gong Presents Extraordinary Beauty at Blacktown Streets Alive and Parade Day

Australia NewsJune 11, 20180Comments

Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) practitioners were invited to participate in the Streets Alive and Parade Day in Blacktown on May 26, 2018. The parade was a concluding celebration of the Blacktown City Festival and is the largest parade in Blacktown. The Falun Gong practitioners presented genuine traditional Chinese culture. Deputy Mayor Tony Bleasdale…

President of Bulgaria Learns about Falun Dafa During May 13 Celebrations

World NewsJune 11, 20180Comments

Millions of Falun Dafa followers throughout the world once again celebrated May 13, recognised as World Falun Dafa Day. It is a time when practitioners express their gratitude to Master Li Hongzhi for the precious and rare opportunity to cultivate in a righteous way. Bulgarian Falun Dafa practitioners were no exception and sent birthday greetings…

U.S. Religious Freedom Report Draws Attention to Persecution of Falun Gong

World NewsJune 11, 20180Comments

The U.S. Department of State released the 2017 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom on May 29, 2018. China was again on the Tier 1 list of “Countries of Particular Concern.” The report pays special attention to the persecution of Falun Gong and Christian and other religious groups. At a press briefing, U.S. Secretary of…

Portland, Oregon: Falun Dafa Earns Highest Award in Starlight Parade

World NewsJune 11, 20180Comments

More than 100 groups participated in the 42nd Starlight Parade Rose Festival in Portland, Oregon on June 2, 2018. Among the groups, the float made by Falun Dafa practitioners earned the highest award, the Sweepstakes-Best Illumination. Known as the City of Roses, Portland has had more than 100 years of history with the festival. The…

Officials Learn the Facts about the Persecution Through Practitioners Filing Criminal Complaints against Jiang Zemin

China News, World NewsJune 11, 20180Comments

Over 200,000 people in China have filed criminal complaints against Jiang Zemin, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), for initiating the persecution of Falun Gong. These complaints have been sent to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate. Since then, Falun Gong practitioners have continued to be harassed, arrested and…

Falun Dafa practitioners welcome Chinese delegates to Queensland

Australia NewsMay 27, 20180Comments

Mainland Chinese visiting Queensland’s Gold Coast were warmly welcomed by Falun Dafa practitioners on May 17, 2018. Six thousand business delegates from major direct-marketing herbal company Infinitus China recently converged on the entertainment precinct called Surfers Paradise for one of the tourist city’s largest ever street parties. In light of celebrations, Falun Dafa practitioners set up…

Introducing Falun Gong in France and Spain

World NewsMay 27, 20180Comments

Falun Gong practitioners were invited to participate in the Bio&Co expo in Strasbourg, Alsace, France from May 18 to 21, 2018. The expo host provided an open space for the practitioners, where they introduced Falun Gong and taught the exercises for free at the site. They also raised awareness about the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP)…

Las Vegas, Nevada: Workshop on Meditation Brings Peace and Energy

World NewsMay 27, 20180Comments

Practitioners in Las Vegas held a Falun Dafa nine-day seminar at the Sahara West Library near Summerlin on May 20, 2018, and played the lecture videotape series by Mr. Li Hongzhi (the founder of Falun Dafa). More than ten people attended the free workshop and remarked how much they enjoyed it. Energy Field Larry…

Taiwan: Falun Gong’s Waist Drum Team Wins Decorative Lantern Competition

World NewsMay 27, 20180Comments

Falun Gong’s Miaoli Waist Drum Team and the NTD Taiwan Flag and Drum Team were invited to participate in the annual grand event of “Toufen April 8th” on May 20, 2018. It is a traditional Hakka event held in Toufen City, in which the best teams that tied in the Lantern Festival competition months ago…

Sold-out Shows in Scotland Cap Off Shen Yun’s 2018 World Tour

World NewsMay 27, 20180Comments

On the night of May 21, 2018, Shen Yun Performing Arts presented its last performance of the season at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. This season, the New-York based company has performed over 500 shows in more than 130 cities. “I can't find any words for it” “It’s amazing... Such precise technique—Really, I…

Practitioners in China Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day with Banners and Posters

China News, World NewsMay 27, 20180Comments

To celebrate the 19th World Falun Dafa Day along with other practitioners around the globe, practitioners in China hung banners and put up posters in many cities. Reading Falun Dafa information on a bulletin board. In Tieling City, Liaoning Province, pedestrians stopped to read the posters. When a mother and daughter saw a poster at a bus…

Moments of the miraculous

InsightsMay 24, 20180Comments

Somewhere between life and breath a silence that beckons few whether by light or blink of eye inner worlds beyond our view.