Opinion – Chakra

Commentary: My Thoughts on the Allegations Around Shen Yun’s $266 Million in Assets

World NewsJanuary 8, 20250Comments

Jan. 6, 2025 | By Yi Yan (Minghui.org) I’d like to share my thoughts about a recent media report claiming that Shen Yun “tapped religious fervor to make $266 million” in assets. Legal Income Shen Yun’s income comes from ticket sales, not individual or group donations or donations from Falun Gong practitioners, so it’s incorrect to…

Why the U.S. Can No Longer Tolerate the CCP’s Unrestricted Warfare

World NewsJanuary 4, 20250Comments

Jan. 1, 2025 | By Zhang Ming (Minghui.org) Having inherited its communist ideology from Karl Marx and the Soviet Union, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ultimately seeks to dominate the world. To achieve this goal, it first needs to defeat the United States. This is why the CCP has always viewed the U.S. as its No. 1…

Human Attachments Summon Evil Spirits

InsightsAugust 26, 20230Comments

Aug. 20, 2023 | By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Northeastern China (Minghui.org) I would like to share a cultivation experience with fellow practitioners. A local Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secretary came to ask my husband to write the so-called year-end summary report one day during the autumn harvest season in 2012. However, my husband was at…

[Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day] Ten-Year Agreement Between My Coworkers and Me

InsightsMay 20, 20230Comments

May 19, 2023 | By Xiao Hui (Minghui.org) When major holidays such as World Falun Dafa Day, Chinese New Year, or the Moon Festival approached, my coworkers always asked me to extend their best wishes and gratitude to Dafa’s Master. “We can even put up a banner in our work unit to celebrate ‘World Falun Dafa Day,’”…

Opinion Article: Practicing Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Is Not a Crime

World NewsApril 20, 20220Comments

April 5, 2022 | By Gui Zhen, a practitioner in Shandong Province _____________________________________________ (Minghui.org) Ms. Han Yuejuan, a government official in Guangdong City of Guangdong Province, was sentenced to three years for her faith in Falun Dafa in 2002. She said to the presiding judge that the prison sentence was illegal and called out “Falun Dafa is good”…

Perspectives in History: What Kind of People Survived Plagues?

InsightsFebruary 14, 20210Comments

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…

The Divine Knows Our Every Thought

InsightsMay 26, 20190Comments

Chinese traditional culture emphasises kindness, even in people's thoughts. A Chinese idiom says, “A whisper in the human world is as loud as a thunderclap in the heavens.” This implies that the divine knows our every thought. And a thought – whether kind or unkind – brings about consequences. Luo Yin (c. 833…

Money Management Scams are a Type of Financial Persecution

InsightsJanuary 22, 20180Comments

Many practitioners were scammed and incurred financial losses when they participated in money management or investment strategies. The Minghui website has published articles about these fraudulent schemes but some practitioners still participated. Life is difficult for most Chinese people. No matter how hard farmers work they make little money or even lose money if market…

Falun Dafa as Seen Through My Eyes

InsightsNovember 19, 20170Comments

I am not a Falun Dafa practitioner, but my father is. Though I don't practice Falun Dafa, I firmly believe that Falun Dafa is a great spiritual practice. I have witnessed how it has saved my family and transformed my father from a bad person into a responsible husband and wonderful dad. My family was…