Falun Gong has a very inspiring story, as it teaches “truthfulness, compassion and forbearance“. This helps people build up their character and points them towards a path of both health and spiritual elevation.
This practice is extremely popular in China and many people were drawn to it because of the healing effects that it has. Falun Gong encourages people to forget about the negative things in their life and instead focus on love and truth. Those are the keys to a happy and relaxing life.
Rapid and free spreading of Falun Gong in public. A volunteer teaching the Falun Gong meditation hand movements to passersby on the street. Falun Gong has been spreading among people mostly by word of mouth and also for free, quickly reaching tens of millions of practicing all across China.
Key Takeaways:
- The Chinese Communist Party tried, but failed, to obliterate ancient Chinese spiritual practices.
- Mr. Li Hongzhi started teaching an ancient method of qigong called Falun Gong or Falun Dafa in 1992.
- State-run media in China took on the task of vilifying Falun Gong to the Chinese populace.
A woman joins Falun Gong practitioners holding a candlelight vigil at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., on July 20, 2017, to honor those who have died during the persecution in China that the Chinese regime started on July 20, 1999. (Benjamin Chasteen)
“Rather than returning to traditional modes of religious expression, Chinese spiritual teachers began repackaging ancient philosophy into innocuous, secular-sounding exercises generically called “qigong” (literally “energy work”).”
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(ENG) The Persecution of Falun Gong (Why is Falun Gong Persecuted in China?) from Falun Dafa Information Center on Vimeo.
An award-winning documentary about why 70 million meditators were targeted for elimination in China.
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WHY IS FALUN GONG PERSECUTED IN CHINA?
During the 1990s, #FalunGong was widely recognized as uplifting public health and morality through its teachings of truthfulness, compassion and forbearance. So why did the #Chinese Communist Party launch a campaign to eradicate it, sending hundreds of thousands of law-abiding citizens into labor camps to face torture and death?
POPULARITY AND INDEPENDENCE
In 1998, a Chinese government survey showed that there were more people practicing Falun Gong than there were members of the Chinese Communist
Party. With 70 to 100 million practitioners, Falun Gong was arguably the largest independent group in the history of the People’s Republic of #China.
The Communist Party seeks to control all volunteer organizations, #religions, media, and educational institutions in China. It suppresses those that don’t submit to its control, including Falun Gong.
A DICTATOR’S PERSONAL JEALOUSY
The decision to persecute Falun Gong was made almost unilaterally by Communist Party chairman Jiang Zemin. Other members of the leadership favored a more conciliatory approach, recognizing that Falun Gong was peaceful and did not have a political agenda.
Jiang Zemin’s opposition towards Falun Gong was deeply personal, stemming from his jealousy over the practice’s popularity. He also reportedly believed that by launching a Cultural Revolution-style campaign against Falun Gong, he could consolidate his power.
INCOMPATIBILITY WITH MARXIST IDEALS
In spite of China’s turning to a market-economy in recent decades, the atheist Communist Party still clings to Marxist ideology. Some Party leaders saw Falun Gong, with its belief in the existence of Buddhas, Daos, and Gods, and its conviction that anyone can reach a divine realm through self-refinement, as challenging the ideology that the Party is the highest authority.
COMMUNIST PARTY’S HISTORY OF PERSECUTION
Throughout its more than 60 years in power, the Communist Party has repeatedly launched political campaigns that suppress freedom of thought and force Chinese people to declare their allegiance to the Party. In 1999, Falun Gong became its latest target. Torture survivor Zhao Ming explained it as: “The Party’s machinery of persecution was there—Jiang pushed the button.”
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