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A Precious Book Changed a Seemingly Hopeless Life

InsightsApril 14, 20240Comments

April 13, 2024 | By Minghui correspondent Shen Rong (Minghui.org) Since childhood, Yang Zhongxun was known as a simple and honest person. A relative once shook her head and sighed, “He’s too honest. How can he survive in this society?” Yang did not argue, but thought, “Being a good person is what’s most important. If someone…

Eliminating the Attachment Behind My Attachment

InsightsMarch 16, 20240Comments

March 14, 2024 | By Shanyuan, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Heilongjiang Province, China (Minghui.org) My son completed graduate school in 2023. He thought he’d easily find a good job, but things turned out to be the opposite: If he wanted to find a good job, he’d have to continue studying. When I heard this, my heart…

Letting Go of Ego and Being Considerate

InsightsJanuary 13, 20240Comments

Jan. 12, 2024 | By Qin Qin, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Shandong Province, China (Minghui.org) I’m 55 years old and live in a village. On February 15, 1999, a neighbour told me her grandmother began practicing Falun Dafa and her illnesses disappeared. I said, “Let’s go and take a look.” When we arrived at her…

Stories of Detention Centre Inmates Who Learned the Truth About Falun Gong

China NewsOctober 21, 20230Comments

Oct. 17, 2023 | By a Falun Gong practitioner in Sichuan Province (Minghui.org) I was arrested and detained in a city detention centre in 2004. I am a good person and conduct myself according to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, so even though I was incarcerated I knew I was not a criminal. I was determined to…

A Chief Judge’s Cultivation Journey

InsightsMarch 19, 20230Comments

March 14, 2023 | By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China (Minghui.org) I have tried to live up to the Dafa principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to the best of my understanding ever since I started cultivating in Falun Dafa, regardless of whether I am at work, at home, or among fellow cultivators. Whenever I saw signs of a…

Melbournian Practitioner: Seeking Falun Dafa Is the True Purpose of Life

InsightsMarch 12, 20230Comments

March 9, 2023 | By a Minghui corespondent in Melbourne (Minghui.org) “I wanted to know the meaning behind this world with all the chaos. Why are we here? What is true happiness? After I began practicing Falun Dafa, I felt that those searching for a spiritual path have not found what they were looking for. I think…

A Brand New Me: Constantly Improving My Character While Taking Care of My Parents-in-Law

InsightsAugust 13, 20220Comments

Aug. 13, 2022 | By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China (Minghui.org) I was able to find and root out many of my deeply-hidden attachments, including selfishness, jealousy, lying, and fame, when I looked after my parents-in-law. My Father-in-law My father-in-law had been staying with us for over a year, as he had problems moving one side…

Saved Amid Desperation, Embarking on the Path of Returning to My True Self

InsightsJanuary 19, 20220Comments

Jan. 17, 2022 | By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Heilongjiang Province, China ____________________________________________________ (Minghui.org) I once suffered from many illnesses, such as cranial neuralgia, heart disease, and lumbar disc herniation. Sometimes I would suddenly become immobile when I was working. My husband took me to the municipal hospital for surgery as it was said that the…

A Kind Teacher Who Guides Her Students with Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance

InsightsDecember 26, 20210Comments

Dec. 23, 2021 | By a Minghui correspondent in Taiwan _____________________________________ (Minghui.org) Ms. Yu Qing teaches primary school in Taiwan and uses the principles of Falun Dafa—Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance—to educate her students. Her students have become truthful, kind, and forgiving. She wanted to share some of their stories. Mischievous Boy Turns into a Good Student Xiao…

Developing Compassion Changed Me

InsightsAugust 23, 20200Comments

I was an athlete as a youth and am now a physical education teacher. According to the logic of scientific research, I have good physical attributes and so I should almost never get sick. But for the 27 years before I began practicing Falun Dafa in 1998, I lived in constant pain and had many ailments. The…

When I Study the Fa, I am Guided By the Fa

InsightsJune 16, 20190Comments

I have been practicing Falun Dafa since August 1998. I’d like to share my experience of how I’ve applied the Fa principles during my 20-year cultivation journey. Please excuse any misunderstandings of the Fa that I may have. Letting Go of My Attachment to Personal Gain Master said: “I do not talk…

My Belief in Dafa Has Never Wavered

InsightsSeptember 23, 20180Comments

I am a 20-year-old college student who was introduced to Falun Dafa at the age of six. My grandmother told villagers stories of people benefiting from Dafa, and although they were skeptical, I believed everything she said. From then on, I read Zhuan Falun with my grandmother after finishing my homework. When in my…