Clearwisdom.net 1 Our Teacher Introduction In the early 1990’s, Mr. Li Hongzhi (respectfully referred to as “Master” or “Teacher” by His students) embarked on the auspicious goal of imparting the great teachings of Falun Dafa to the world. Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a practice of what the Chinese call “self-cultivation.” Falun Dafa students perform slow-moving, graceful exercises and, more importantly, apply the principles of Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance to their daily lives. Starting in 1992, Master Li traveled all over China for more than two years, giving over fifty series of lectures on the practice in cities throughout the country. The classes were the most inexpensive of their type in the country, but what students received was priceless—they gained a true cultivation practice that went far beyond the realm of just keeping healthy and fit. Master Li participated in the 1992 and 1993 Oriental Health Expos in Beijing, earning several awards. Students quickly found that during the course of the lecture series, their bodies were being purified, reaching a state of optimum health. This initial benefit led many to seriously look into the practice, accounting for its extremely rapid growth. By 1998, over 100 million people had embraced the practice in China alone. Currently, Falun Dafa is practiced in over 60 countries around the world. In the course of Master Li’s selfless effort to spread the practice, many could see that He was no ordinary qigong master—He genuinely exemplified the greatness of the practice. Master Li was truly guiding people to higher realms of awareness. Because of this, millions completely regained their health and attained deeper understandings of what it means to be human and how to upgrade themselves to live virtuous and dignified lives, filled with compassion for all. Practitioners nobly facing the unprecedented brutality of persecution in China over the past five years have demonstrated these improvements in character. The greatness of Falun Dafa and its practitioners has been recognized around the world: Master Li Hongzhi and Falun Dafa have received over 1,400 recognitions and awards, and Master Li has been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize. This book is a compilation of recollections of the early years when Falun Dafa was first taught in China. In these essays, students of the practice recall the lectures, their interactions in various situations with Master Li, and some of their personal experiences with Falun Dafa. All of the narratives in this book are true, personal accounts, and they will serve as a record of that precious period of history—history that is increasingly being recognized for the great impact it is having on the world. 2 Table of Content 1) When Teacher Taught the Fa in Chengdu................................................................................................................. 1 2) Traveling with Master Before and After Falun Gong Was Introduced to the Public ................................................ 3 3) Witnessing the Miracles and Magnificence of Teachers Lectures in Guizhou........................................................ 11 4) When Teacher Taught the Fa at the Assistants' Fa Conference in Changchun in 1998........................................... 17 5) Recollections of Teacher's Lectures in Guangzhou................................................................................................. 20 6) Teacher Cures a French Child from Thousands of Miles Away ............................................................................. 21 8) When Master Li Gave Lectures in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province........................................................................ 23 9) Illnesses Miraculously Healed by Falun Dafa......................................................................................................... 25 10) Short Stories of Master's Benevolence.................................................................................................................... 26 11) Master Performed Miraculous Deeds While Teaching the Fa in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province....................... 27 12) Following Teacher for Thousands of Miles Around China..................................................................................... 28 13) Remembering Teacher's Fa Lectures in Qiqihar ..................................................................................................... 40 14) Recalling the Days of Teacher's Lectures in Guangzhou ........................................................................................ 42 15) Stories from the Time Teacher Lectured in Jinan ................................................................................................... 43 16) Practitioners in Guiyang City Recall the Precious Times That Teacher Lectured in China .................................... 47 17) A Child Is Cured by a Touch from Master's Hand.................................................................................................. 49 18) Teacher Purifies Practitioners' Bodies During Live Interview on a Tianjin Radio Station ..................................... 50 19) Miraculous Stories from Master's Lectures in Wuhan and Guangzhou .................................................................. 51 20) A Day That I Will Never Forget ............................................................................................................................. 53 21) Attending Teacher's Lectures in Harbin in 1993 Was Unforgettable...................................................................... 55 22) A Miraculous Personal Experience of Master Teaching Falun Dafa in Wuhan City .............................................. 57 23) Seeing Teacher in Wuhan in 1993 .......................................................................................................................... 58 24) Witnessing Teacher Purify a Practitioner's Body.................................................................................................... 59 25) Leaving Behind an Upright Legacy: A Practitioner's Recollections of the Early Years of Falun Dafa in China.... 60 26) Recalling Teacher's Lectures in Wuhan, China....................................................................................................... 66 27) Beijing Practitioners Recount Episodes of Teacher Imparting the Fa..................................................................... 69 28) Recalling the Days When Master Taught the Fa in Tianjin .................................................................................... 81 29) Recalling Teacher's Lectures on His Second Visit to Tianjin City.......................................................................... 83 30) When I Saw Teacher............................................................................................................................................... 84 31) Seeing Teacher in Person: "Continue Cultivating with Renewed Diligence and Vitality"...................................... 86 32) Recalling Happier Times ........................................................................................................................................ 88 33) Attending Teacher's Lectures in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province........................................................................ 90 34) Teacher Introduces Falun Dafa in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province ................................................................... 93 35) Precious, Eternal Memory....................................................................................................................................... 94 36) Attending Teacher's Lectures in China ................................................................................................................... 95 37) Remembering the Days When Teacher Expounded on the Fa in Chongqing.......................................................... 99 Clearwisdom.net 3 Our Teacher 38) A Memorable Incident from the Time That Teacher Gave Lectures in China ...................................................... 100 39) Teacher's Compassion Touches People's Hearts ................................................................................................... 101 40) Precious Memories................................................................................................................................................ 103 41) Precious Memory from Nanjing............................................................................................................................ 110 42) Unforgettable Teaching......................................................................................................................................... 112 43) Commemorating the Anniversary of Master Li's Teaching the Fa in Jinan City, Shandong Province.................. 114 4 Our Teacher 1) When Teacher Taught the Fa in Chengdu By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Chengdu, Sichuan Province I was fortunate enough to attend Teacher's Fa lectures in Chengdu, Sichuan Province in May 1994. When I think about it now, that was the most precious and happiest time of my life. I would like to write about my experiences, and share them with everyone. Teacher was neatly and plainly dressed, and looked very compassionate. I had previously attended many qigong masters' lectures but had never heard them teach any Fa at all. They only sent out "gong," had you receive some of their messages, and some taught a few qigong