QuoteDong Zhi, female, a foreign language teacher with a college diploma, used to work diligently at Tianming Xili Primary School in Tianjin. Dong began to practice Falun Gong in 1996. Early in 1997, Dong showed abnormality in behavior: she was absentminded, unwilling to attend class and did not correct papers for her students. Her family members found her Kowtow at home several times. On the mor
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Since 1994, some former Falun Gong insiders have been revealing the truth about the deceit and illegal money-collection by the Falun Gong and the unusual deaths of its practitioners. These revelations were covered by the media. Mr. Li Hongzhi said: Laws made by humans have rigidly regulated and stifled people. People have been controlled like animals and there is no way out. An ordinary person
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One thing very interesting about the organized cults is how do they organize their powers within their own people. Everybody knows that it is difficult for a government to try to make people to act as a whole, but the members of a cult can do something that is unbeliveable----they go to some place very quick, they leave the spot in good order without leaving anything. Is is just because if a grou
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It is said that many of the Falun Gong followers, have done so many deeds. They just believed the following theories. Their indifference to life has been influenced "Relinquish sentimentality and reach Consummation," the "Replace sentimentality with benevolence," the "Primordial Spirit gives birth to human being," the "Repay with blessings in Paradise," &qu
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I have found one of the Falun gong practitioner said that Mr. Li is the only person in the world publicly spreading the orthodox law——FaLun Dafa. He has done something that's never been done by anyone before. What he was teaching was an enormous truth about the universe. He has countless law-bodies. His law-bodies are so numerous that they are beyond calculation. Therefore, he can look after
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oh, yeah, i should go to see a doctor. Nobody can help me but a doctor.
Forum: Former Cult Members and Affected Families

I hadn't felt well in my belly for several months last year, both my mother and my spouse said I should go to hospital for a physical examination, but I didn't agree with them, for I knew it was caused by the elimination of karma … It came once again on the second day, and I dealt with it by sending forth righteous thoughts while lying on bed for a rest at night. For my revelation was a
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Wang Tianwen and his wife Li Chengbi are teachers in Jiulongpo District, Chongqing Baffo town. In July 1998, They began to practise Gong invented by Mr. Li on summer vacation. Since they practiced, their characers had changed. On December 30th afternoon, when they took part in a get-together, she took off her clothes and sang. Her workmates asked Wang to send his wife home. But Wang said coldly:
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I have learned some words from Mr. Li and I know what he said to the people following him, here are some word from him: "Since we're guiding you down the true path, during Triple-World-Law cultivation we're always purifying, purifying, and purifying your body for you, all the way until it's completely transformed into high-energy matter. But you're still bringing all tha
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Karma is one of the most important concepts in Buddhism. Karma is an imprint in one's Mind. When one performs a good deed out of good intentions, the good intentions come from the Mind. Having done that good deed, the residues of these intentions stay in one's Mind as "imprints", and that is "good karma". The opposite goes for evil deeds (or what the Buddha would cal
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The other day when I surf on internet, a piece of news attracted me, it was as follows: A row of villas stand inside No. 18 Yard, East Shuangqiao Rd., Chaoyang District of Beijing. These magnificent houses were built in 1995 and today they are still regarded by local residents as "luxurious mansions". Among these houses, No. 1138 Villa stands head and shoulder above others: huge floor
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It is said that Falun Gong is a traditional Chinese spiritual discipline that is Buddhist in nature. It consists of moral teachings, a meditation, and four gentle exercises that resemble tai-chi and are known in Chinese culture as “qigong.” The latter are a truly unique, and very much enjoyable, way to improve the health and condition of one’s body. At the core of Falun Gong are the values of tru
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Wu Ziming, living in the suburb fo Bengbu City, Anhui Province,had a happy family: he was a hauler with a bus and his wife, Sun Yanling managed a nursery, the children were studying at school. The villagers all praised the harmonious and happy family. One day in 1997, SUN Yanling went to Xinhua Bookstore to buy books for children then she saw some people practicing Falun gong and somebody asked
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What is the best way to make money? There is a very good example: You can found a cult to find followers then you can put a Foundation Box at home, the followers will put money in the box, you will become richer and richer. When you become famous, you can begin giving lessons to your followers, you can ask them to hand in tuition. And also you can publish and sell some publications to the followe
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A woman named Mao, lived in the village, has become a wealthy person. Mao had been obsessed with the "Falun Gong" and she was completely transformed, When she got out of the "shadow hearts of Falun gong" and went back home from detention because of engaging in "Falungong" illegal activities, the leaders in the town attached great importance to her living. When they h
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The competition in modern society is so fierce that some people have a sense of being lost and lonely, psychological imbalance. But good health is a universal pursuit to everyone in the world. How can people handle these problems is still a question, some years ago, a man named Li Hongzhi said "Falun Dafa" is "mentally cultivated", this kind of saying meets the psychological
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Hello everyone, I am still interested in Falun Gong which was banned by Chinese government some years ago, I still know little about why Chinese government banned it. I heard it was good to the people who practise it. Is it true that Falun Gong is really good to the practitioners? I hear many people in China are still practising Kungfu or Qigong, are there any differences between Falungong and K
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