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Summary: The Road to Happiness and becoming a better person
Review: Falun Gong is an excellent book by Mr. Li Hongzhi that serves as an introduction to the practice Falun Gong (Falun Dafa). From my understanding of this book, Falun Gong is an ancient Chinese cultivation practice of mind and body, based on the universal principles of Truth, Compassion, and Tolerance. In this introductory book on Falun Gong, Li Hongzhi illustrates the importance of focusing on xinxing (moral character or heart nature), the relationship between karma and virtue, the origin of illness, as well as teaching the exercises of his practice, which increase health and vitality. The book Zhuan Falun expounds on these issues even further, being the most comprehensive book on the teachings of Falun Gong.
The ways I have benefited from the practice of Falun Gong, this book and Zhuan Falun are too many to be mentioned here, but I will attempt to list a few. After practicing Falun Gong for about a year, I find myself a more Tolerant person, able to get along with others with much more ease. Practicing the exercises leaves me calm yet energized, and I have never felt healthier. I value integrity much more and try to act Truthfully, and in turn I feel better about myself! Compassion that I never knew existed in me is emerging, and now I am learning from Falun Dafa the meaning of unconditional kindness and what it means to be a genuine, warm-hearted human being. The principles set forth by Mr. Li Hongzhi, Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance, have truly enabled me to become a better person and at last achieve happiness.
I recommend this book and Zhuan Falun for anyone interested in improving their hearts, happiness, and health.
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Summary: Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance
Review: I found this book to be extremely valuable. It serves as a great introduction to "Zhuan Falun" written by the same author. Mr Li, Hongzhi has given people a great gift in these two books and others that he has written. Falun Gong teaches principles of improving the mind and the body and uplifting the human spirit.
I have read many books in my life, but none are more wonderful in this entire world than the books that Mr Hongzhi has written. My mind has opened up to a whole new world that is seemingly enormous. In this book Mr. Hongzhi also describes how to perform the simple but powerful exercises of Falun Gong. ....
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Summary: Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance
Review: I found this book to be extremely valuable. It serves as a great introduction to "Zhuan Falun" written by the same author. Mr Li, Hongzhi has given people a great gift in these two books and others that he has written. Falun Gong teaches principles of improving the mind and the body and uplifting the human spirit.
I have read many books in my life, but none are more wonderful in this entire world than the books that Mr Hongzhi has written. My mind has opened up to a whole new world that is seemingly enormous. In this book Mr. Hongzhi also describes how to perform the simple but powerful exercises of Falun Gong. ....
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Summary: Great introduction to this simple, free, popular practice
Review: I guess maybe somebody who has actually READ this book should take some time to review it.It seems that the Chinese government has stepped up their efforts to smear Falun Gong. And now they are even trying to use Amazon.com as a vehicle to stop people from reading the books. What are they so afraid of - that people might actually make their *own* decision? I *have* read this book, and I can tell you that it is nothing more than a simple, straightforward introduction to the popular practice of Falun Gong, which has recently been banned by the Chinese Communist Government because the sheer number of people practicing it is greater than the members of the Communist Party. This book explains the exercises clearly, with pictures and descriptions, so that people can try it out and decide for *themselves* if the practice of Falun Gong is good for them. (It's called Freedom of Belief. It's in our Constitution - China's too, by the way). Anyway, I highly recommend this book because it so clearly describes the practice of Falun Gong. All of this information is available for FREE download from the Falun Dafa website, as well, as is ALL Falun Dafa books and music, but if you would rather have an actual book right in your hand, then this is a great one to get!
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Summary: A book about hearth-wisdom-qi gong-exercise-meditation
Review: I have read this book for over 10 times. You may find some interesting topics in this book: (1)Why do people get sick? (2)Why is Qi Gong prehistoric culture and a cultivation practice? (3)Why does not your Gong(high energy) increase with your practicing exercises? (4)What are the differences between Qi Gong healing and hospital healing? (5)How to improve your Gong(high energy, cultivation energy)quickly? and more... I have got a lot of benefits in both pyisical and spiritual conditions from practicing Falun Gong.
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Summary: The greatest introduction to real life cultivation
Review: If you have read this book, and you want to continue practice Falun Dafa, I highly suggest that you read Zhuan Falun which is a complete text for cultivation of body-spirit-mind. If you know the history of the Chinese Communist Party, you would know why they are so afraid of such a righteous teaching. Falun Dafa teaches people to be truely good, from physical body to inner self. Hope you enjoy practicing this great cultivation system.
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Summary: High level meditation
Review: In my own opinion, this is the most concise and powerful spiritual teaching I have researched. Based on truth, compassion and tolerance, Falun Gong teaches a way to upgrade spiritual levels and gradually clean oneself of harmful habits and tendencies that are all to common in society. As a university student I've really benefitted and harmonized from these teachings. Many things discussed are beyond the present knowlegde of empirical science but, I think its best not to limit our natural progression by the confines of what we presently know, of course in the furture we always look bach at previous beliefs as narrow and quite limited in their acceptance of new theories. I started this practice about a year ago and I'm simply more enthused about the teachings. Some things were hard for me to understand at first but then I started to see the reality of what Li Hongzhi is teaching, which is how to go up not down, promoting Truth, Compassion and Tolerance and doing it for free. These books are free online. falundafa.org
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Summary: Ready for Spirits, Demons, and Other Dimensions?
Review: My introduction to Falun Gong came on a weekday afternoon when a smiling young woman handed me a leaflet as I exited a subway station in a major U.S. metropolitan area. I read of gentle exercises, improved health, and an emphasis on truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. Books and videos were available for download from the Internet, and free, in-person teaching was available at a variety of locations. I went to the FalunDafa web site and downloaded video clips containing exercise instructions. I followed the directions closely and began practicing. After about a week, my wife remarked how much more patient I had become. I myself noticed that my ritual of opening a bottle of beer the minute I came home from work was becoming a less frequent practice. I wanted to learn more, and so I obtained the book, Falun Gong, and began to read it. As an individual with a firm foundation in Western philosophy, I was not ready for what I read. Falun Gong teaches that Li Hongzhi himself (founder of the practice and author of the book) would use "spiritual beings" to "adjust my body" in preparation for the "installation" of a Falun (or law wheel) in my lower abdomen. The Falun is "an intelligent being composed of high energy substances" and existing "in another dimension." It would transmit cosmic energy to me as it rotated in a clockwise direction, and disperse energy to those around me as it rotated in a counterclockwise direction. It would rotate automatically, nine times in each direction, continually "refining the practitioner." I read that through my exercises and cultivation of xinxing (high moral character), I would never again be sick, I would be "forever young," and the molecular structure of every cell in my body would be changed to something different. My "third eye" would open, permitting me to see into other dimensions, and demons would watch me and attempt to sabotage my progress as I cultivated to higher levels. Some practitioners would even develop supernormal capabilities, such as precognition, clairvoyance, and the ability to walk through the rain without getting wet! I have nothing against Falun Gong and plan to continue practicing the exercises to help reduce stress. But its theoretical foundation is rooted in a different view of the universe, one that some might consider "primitive," "magical," or "superstitious." However one characterizes it, many will find it extremely difficult to reconcile with Western science and culture.
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Summary: Follow Your Heart...
Review: Reading the book, learning the exercises, and practicing, is the only way that you will realy know. Other's comments and judgements can only delude your own. Follow your heart...
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Summary: Follow Your Heart...
Review: Reading the book, learning the exercises, and practicing, is the only way that you will realy know. Other's comments and judgements can only delude your own. Follow your heart...
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