Learn the meditation practice that has benefited over 100 million people worldwide.
5 easy-to-learn meditative exercises
A great way to re-energize and relief stress
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Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) is an advanced cultivation system of mind, body, and spirit based on ancient wisdom. Since its introduction to the public by Teacher Li Hongzhi in 1992, Falun Dafa has helped millions of people to improve both their physical and mental health. As a student group, we have 2 main missions:
Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) is an advanced mind-body cultivation system. It has 5 meditation exercises with gentle movements that are easy to learn. These exercises are a great way to recharge energy and stay grounded. Additionally, the teachings and philosophies of Falun Gong guide practitioners to be able to integrate the universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance (or Zhen, Shan, and Ren) in their everyday lives.
After the Cultural Revolution, Qigong (roughly translated as "energy practice") quickly gained popularity among Chinese people, with many different practices - some originating from the Buddhist school, some from the Daoist school, and others. Scenes of people practicing slow movements in the parks in the morning became a familiar sight throughout China in the 1980s and 1990s. Among the Qigong practices, Falun Gong is the most popular one, with an official estimated 70 to 100 million people practicing by 1998, spreading quickly not only within China but across the globe.
From July 20th, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has severely persecuted the practice of Falun Gong both in China and abroad. In China, practitioners are illegally detained without probable cause, placed into prisons, labor camps, brainwashing centers, and even military hospitals for forced organ harvesting.
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In order to avoid being criticized and prosecuted for their inhumane persecution of Falun Gong and other marginalized groups, the CCP has utilized China's diplomatic and economic power to silence independent news organizations and politicians from speaking out for Falun Gong practitioners. At the same time, the CCP created a different set of propaganda to be used overseas in order to dehumanize and effectively isolate Falun Gong practitioners, preventing them from gathering support and attention from outside China.
Facing such brutal persecution, Falun Gong practitioners still choose to abide by the teachings of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and use peaceful methods to fight against it: spreading awareness and gathering support through handling pamphlets on the street, organizing parades, marching bands, creating their own films, news media to report on the persecution, etc.
Apr 17 | 5:30pm - 7:35pm
