Zhuan Falun Li Hongzhi (Pre-publication Version) 2018 English Version Online edition, version 1.1 Last updated: August 27, 2018 1 On Dafa* (Lunyu) Dafa is the wisdom of the Creator. It is the bedrock of creation, what the heavens, earth, and universe are built upon. It encompasses all things, from the utmost minuscule to the vastest of the vast, while manifesting differently at each of the cosmic body’s planes of existence. Out of the depths of the cosmic body, the tiniest of particles first appear, with layers upon layers of countless particles following, ranging in size from small to great, reaching all the way to the outer planes that humankind knows— those of atoms, molecules, planets, and galaxies—and beyond, to what is still larger. Particles of varying sizes make up lives of varying sizes as well as the worlds of varying sizes that permeate the cosmic body. Lives at any of the various planes of particles perceive the particles of the next larger plane to be planets in their skies, and this is true at each and every plane. To the lives at each plane of the universe, it seems to go on infinite- ly. It was Dafa that created time and space, the multitude of lives and spe- cies, and all of creation; all that exists owes to it, with nothing outside of it. All of these are the tangible expressions, at different planes, of Dafa’s qualities: zhen, shan, and ren.* However advanced people’s means of exploring space and probing life may be, the knowledge gained is limited to certain parts of this one dimen- sion, where human beings reside, at a low plane of the universe. Other planets were explored before by humans during civilizations predating his- tory. Yet for all the heights and distances achieved, humankind has never managed to depart from the dimension in which it exists. The true picture of the universe will forever elude humankind. If a human being is to un- derstand the mysteries of the universe, space-time, and the human body, he must take up cultivation of a true Way and achieve true enlightenment, raising his plane of being. Through cultivation his moral character will elevate, and once he has learned to discern what is truly good from evil, and virtue from vice, and he goes beyond the human plane, he will see and gain access to the realities of the universe as well as the lives of other planes and dimensions. * Note: this and others terms marked with an asterisk appear in the Endnotes section at the back of the book. 2 While people often claim that their scientific pursuits are to “improve quality of life,” it is technological competition that drives them. And in most cases they have come about only after people have pushed out the divine and abandoned moral codes meant to ensure self-restraint. It was for these reasons that civilizations of the past many times met with de- struction. People’s explorations are necessarily limited to this material world, and the methods are such that only what has been recognized is studied. Meanwhile, things that are intangible or invisible in the human dimension, but that do objectively exist and do reveal themselves in real ways in this immediate world—such as spirituality, faith, divine word, and miracles—are treated as taboo, for people have cast out the divine. If the human race is able to improve its character, conduct, and think- ing by grounding these in moral values, it will be possible for civilization to endure and even for miracles to occur again in the human world. Many times in the past, cultures that were as divine as they were human have appeared in this world and helped people to arrive at a truer understanding of life and the universe. When people show the appropriate respect and reverence toward Dafa as it manifests here in this world, they, their race, or their nation will enjoy blessings or honor. It was Dafa—the Great Way of the universe—that created the cosmic body, the universe, life, and all of creation. Any life that turns away from Dafa is truly corrupt. Any person who can align with Dafa is truly a good person, and will be rewarded and blessed with health and happiness. And any cultivator who is able to be- come one with Dafa is an enlightened one—divine. Li Hongzhi May 24, 2015 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS On Dafa The First Talk Truly Taking You to Greater Spiritual Heights The Many Levels of the Way The Sole Measure of Goodness: Zhen, Shan, Ren Energy Practices Predate History Energy Practices Are for Spiritual Development When Practicing Doesn’t Bring Results What Sets Falun Dafa Apart The Second Talk The Inner Eye The Power of Clairvoyance The Power of Knowing Fate Surpassing This Material and Mortal Realm The Problem with Having Intentions The Third Talk I Regard All Who Learn as My Students Buddhist Energy Practices and Religious Buddhism Staying True to One Practice Supernormal Powers and Spiritual Power Reverse Practice and the Borrowing of Energy Entity Attachment Cosmic Tongues What I Do for Learners The Field That Our Energy Has How to Introduce the Practice to Others The Fourth Talk Costs and Rewards Reworking Your Karma Perfecting Your Character Ritual Anointment The Mystery of the Mandorla The Fifth Talk The Falun’s Design The Mystical Ways Practicing an Evil Way Tantric Union Practices 4 Practice for Both Mind and Body Spiritual Bodies The Blessing of Sacred Images Occult Healing The Sixth Talk The Fear of Practice Going Wrong How Practicing Provokes Evil How the Mind Can Lead Astray The Importance of a Strong Mind Your Thinking Needs to Be Right Martial Arts with an Energy Component Showing Off The Seventh Talk Taking Life Eating Meat Jealousy Healing Modern Medicine and Energy Healing The Eighth Talk Inedia Stealing Energy Amassing Chi The One Who Practices Achieves The Cosmic Orbit Getting Carried Away Practicing Silence The Ninth Talk Energy Exercises Versus Regular Exercises Thoughts and the Mind A Pure and Serene Mind One’s Innate Foundation Enlightenment The Spiritually Adept Postscript 5 The First Talk Truly Taking You to Greater Spiritual Heights From the start, my teaching has been motivated by a sense of responsibil- ity toward the world and to those who want to learn our practice. People have been very receptive to it, and the practice has had a widely positive impact. In recent years there have been many figures teaching energy practices, but their instruction has always been geared toward health and wellness. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course. My point is that they haven’t taught anything of a more advanced sort. I have a good sense for the state of energy practices in China today, and can say that no one here or abroad is offering a practice like this, which really takes you to greater spiritual heights. As for why that is, there are bigger, and broader, reasons at work, some of which stretch far back into the past and can be controver- sial. Not just anyone can teach something like this, as it entails dealing with complicating factors from a host of other practices. The problem is especially acute these days, when many people jump from one practice to the next and make a mess of their bodies, ruining any spiritual aspirations that they may have had. They go in for all sorts of things, rather than committing to just one solid approach that could take them somewhere, and each new one that they dabble in only conflicts with the last. All of which only dashes their spiritual prospects. We have to straighten out all of those things for you. What’s good will be kept and what’s bad disposed of, and this will make spiritual progress possible for you. But there’s a stipulation, which is that you have to be se- rious about this practice. It doesn’t work if you are motivated by the wrong things, like attachments, or wanting psychic powers, or healing, or are here out of intellectual curiosity. Remember that what I am doing is unique. Something like this is hard to come by, and I won’t be doing this forever. So I think that by being able to sit here, and hear my teaching in person, you are really… you will grasp the significance of it later on, and 6 realize how fortunate you were. We subscribe to the idea of destiny, and I would say it is your destiny to be here. It’s worth pausing to consider what it means to be learning a practice that truly takes you to “greater spiritual heights.” It means deliverance from this world, for you will be engaging in genuine spiritual practice, and not just something meant for health or wellness. This means that there are high expectations for your personal character. You are here because you want to learn Falun Dafa, so you have to really see yourself as part of it and let go of whatever things might have initially motivated you. You will get very little out of the practice if there are impure motives still with you as you try to learn it. In truth, the spiritual journey is none other than an ongoing process of learning to let go of the things of this world that we may be attached to. If you are someone who competes fiercely with others, who tries to cheat and outwit people, or who even tramples on others to come out on top, then you really have to change your ways.