During a get-together with several friends, I heard of a tragic story: a veteran Falun Gong practitioner, spell-bound by the cult, ridiculously thought he had become “an immortal”, and one day he crawled into the kitchen range in hope of ascending to heavens, and lost seven fingers.
I am Gao Jinsheng, a farmer from East Jingling Village. My second elder sister Gao Jinling, lived in the same village with our family. Her husband was a simple and honest man, working at a textile mill. Eight years ago, my sister passed away, leaving her husband and daughter unattended.
On the second day of the first lunar month, 2010, I got a call from my cousin-in-law saying that my elder female cousin passed away suddenly in a waste brickkiln. When the grievous news came, tears trickled down my cheeks.
Li Hongzhi is founder and leader of the internationally known apocalyptic cult Falun Gong. Secreted away with his family in Queens, New York, under U.S. protection, he and his organization have orchestrated protests throughout the world and a media campaign to discredit the government.
Most practitioners stopped exercising when Falun Gong was banned. But my husband and I still practiced with great concentration, utterly ignoring our family and career. My husband and I didn't wake up to reality until our elder sister Li Hehua died of rejecting medical help after ill.
L.Ph. Kompantseva is a Doctor of Philological Science, associate professor, head of the Chair of the National Academy of Security Service of Ukraine. On October 8, 2010, the website of Kultam published the research paper of Kompantseva about Means of Mass Communication of Falun Dafa NGOs.
I must admit, I find it highly disturbing when the 'creator' of Falun Gong, Li Hongzhi, claims that he has supernatural powers that allow him to levitate, become invisible, control people's thoughts, and teleport. He also claims that he has discovered the truth of the universe, and can see the futur...
Joel P. Engardio's article "Spiritual Cultivation" (March 15) was a welcome cover story about Bay Area Asian affairs. As a journalist who spent the past four years in China, I praise him for his objective examination of Falun Gong, and its cultlike appearances.
The commentary below is based on the third edition of the English translation of Li Hongzhi's Zhuan falun. Its purpose is to highlight problematic points of internal incoherence. Falun Dafa cult is a haphazard pastiche of previous traditions of religious practice.
Liu Jinqiao began to practice Falun Gong in 1994 and then was obsessed with it, especially the "Consummation" and "ascension", imagining he could achieve "Consummation" and "become Buddha and immortal" with the Master's blessing someday. On the afternoon of July 6, 2004, Liu Jinqiao jumped from the...
Who knew that this stage show would be connected to something so deeply political. Religion and politics, mixing it up again: Falun Dafa evangelism, despised by the Chinese government, with millions of followers, a prominent voice in the media and beautiful stage shows!
Liu Yong was an out-and-out farmer with elementary education background. He had two daughters, both married. And he lived with his wife only, leading a financially moderate yet comfortable life. If he didn't practiced Falun Gong, he absolutely wouldn't turn into a murderer.
Falun Gong's popularity seems directly related to its claim to bring health and relieve stress while providing enlightenment. It is anti-science, anti-medical establishment, and anti-materialism; thus, Falun Gong is attractive to many people who are fed up with the world as it is and their position ...
Being man and wife, Liu Qunming and Du Yinhua were originally workers in the brewery of Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, and lived in a united dormitory in Yanxi Street. Being deeply obsessed with Falun Gong, the couple was reluctant to seek medical help after ill and died one after another before...
The Epoch Times is the official mouthpiece of Falungong. Falungong meanwhile, is almost certainly a CIA front, pretending to represent domestic Chinese dissent against the Beijing authorities.