Rectifying the Fa in Tiananmen Square
October 1, 2001 was the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, a holiday in which family members gather together in harmony. I view myself as a Fa-rectification disciple, and my goals are to help Master during Fa-rectification to eliminate the evil, and to save all sentient beings. Teacher's poem "Assisting the Fa" (Hongyin) reads, "Making a wish to save sentient beings, Assisting Teacher in his journey in this world, Aiding me to turn the Fa wheel, The Fa succeeds and free in heaven and earth." I have vowed to aid Teacher in his journey in this world. However, to this date the Fa-rectification is still ongoing, for the evil still slanders Teacher and persecutes Dafa practitioners. I felt I let down our respected Teacher, as I hadn't put forth my best efforts to assist Teacher in rectifying the Fa. Therefore, I decided to rectify the Fa at Tiananmen.
Around 8 p.m. on the night of September 30, a fellow practitioner warned me, "If you're arrested at Tiananmen, the police will brutally beat you and cruelly torture you." I replied, "The course of Fa-rectification has progressed until today, and Master has considered us to be great divine beings and encourages us to use our divine thoughts to assist Him in rectifying the Fa. Because we are great divine beings, we shouldn't have any troubles. All tribulations we encounter are those imposed by the evil old forces, and Master has said that we should fully oppose all arrangements made by the old forces. If Master says to disregard them, then we must disregard them, as Master's words are what count." In the article "For Whom do You Practice Cultivation?", Master said, "The Dharma's tribulation was a tribulation for humans and religions, rather than a tribulation for Buddhas." Jesus was crucified [to eliminate tribulations] for his disciples, but Jesus himself did not have any tribulations. We Dafa practitioners also do not have tribulations.
I firmly believe in what Master said in Zhuan Falun, "If you are a true practitioner, our Falun will safeguard you. I am rooted in the universe. If anyone can harm you, he or she would be able to harm me. Put simply, that person would be able to harm this universe." I must harbor a pure and righteous heart at Tiananmen, and be fully aware of my purpose. In "Fa-Rectification Period Dafa Disciples," Teacher stated, "If you are still unclear about what a Fa-rectification disciple is, you won't be able to step forward in the current tribulation, and you will be led by the human world's pursuit of comfort to 'enlighten' along an evil path." So what is a Fa-rectification period Dafa disciple after all? Teacher told us in "Dafa is Indestructible," "Clarify the truth thoroughly, eliminate the evil with righteous thoughts, save all beings, and safeguard the Fa with determination..." I think this is the destiny of a Fa-rectification period Dafa disciple.
The purpose of my Fa-rectification trip to Tiananmen was to save sentient beings without any notions of selfishness. Teacher directs us to abolish our selfishness to cultivate true benevolence. We should first be able to sacrifice and consider others under all circumstances, and become as pure and solid as gold.
Whenever I develop a wish to go to Beijing as a means to upgrade my level, I immediately notice how small and insignificant, how filthy, and how lowly I've become. I am cultivating in Dafa, how can I always think of myself? Teacher said in "Non-Omission in Buddha-Nature," "...your nature in the past was actually based on egotism and selfishness." In other words, "selfishness" has been a fundamental part of human nature for thousands of years, as it constitutes everything from the microcosmic origins of life to the surface level. I clean up selfish thoughts whenever they arise, because I must harbor a pure and righteous heart to rectify the Fa in Beijing.
The next day I took a train to Beijing, and sent forth righteous thoughts along the way to purify my mind. When I arrived at Tiananmen a grim and ominous feeling suddenly surfaced, and I was a bit nervous. In actuality, I was somewhat afraid. When this notion cropped up I immediately thought, "I am a great divine being, so how could I be frightened by evil? If I fear them, how could I still be deemed as a divine being? How could I still be deemed as a Dafa disciple?" I firmly subdued this thought, and in my heart I eliminated [the thought] and the interference it caused. After rectifying myself I felt very tranquil, and calmly walked toward Tiananmen Square.
I first sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate any evil within my dimensional field, and formed a "righteous barrier" around myself. I thought to myself, "Let the banner be seen only by kindhearted people, and let it be invisible to those evil villains. Those evil villains aren't allowed to enter my dimensional field." When a group of foreign tourists approached, I unfurled my banner, raised it above my head, and yelled toward the group, "Falun Dafa is good. Return the reputation of my Master, and return the reputation of Dafa!" I rotated while yelling and was immersed in a state of selflessness.
While holding up the banner in Tiananmen, [I felt that] Master and the great Buddhas, Taos, and Gods were all watching me. In "Fa-Rectification Period Dafa Disciples," Master said, "Dafa disciples are magnificent because you are here at the same time as the period of Master's Fa-rectification and are able to safeguard and uphold Dafa." How fortunate it is to be able to rectify the Fa alongside the Master. In the article "Path," Master stated, "...whether a person can, while breaking and eliminating the evil, step forward to validate Dafa becomes a testament about [letting go of] life and death, becomes confirmation of whether a Fa-rectification disciple can achieve Consummation, and also becomes what differentiates a God from a human." After I spoke these righteous phrases, among the groups of Chinese and foreigners some were amazed and speechless, and others just stared at me. I experienced a feeling that "the vast heaven and earth are small in my eyes" ("Wish," Hongyin).
As I slowly folded the banner, my celestial eye suddenly opened. I saw many ferocious and hideous demons in other dimensions, manifesting in different forms, dashing toward me as if enveloping the sky. Something immediately hit me when I saw these unsightly faces, and I realized that the banner acted as a "sharp blade" that penetrated and eliminated the evils in other dimensions. When the demons rushed toward me, I hurriedly sat down to send forth righteous thoughts. Suddenly I felt a Falun soar from my baihui point (an acupuncture point located at the crown of one's head), spin with an unimaginable speed above my dimensional field, and completely pulverize all the evil beings that dashed toward me. I continued to utter Master's formulas. Beijing is a focal point for the evil old forces, because there are a lot of demons there. After sending forth righteous thoughts for about 15 minutes, I walked along Tiananmen Square and continued to send forth righteous thoughts and eradicate the evil. After about an hour, I left the square and took a train home.
After this trip to Beijing, I learned to more resolutely treat myself as a great divine being, as divine beings don't have tribulations. We must firmly oppose all of the old forces' arrangements and have complete faith that Master will protect us and that no one can disturb us. We must have clear and pure minds when going to Beijing, and not possess any notions of "selfishness." Our minds must be strong and our hearts must be righteous during crucial times. Whenever our attachment of fear or "fear of detainment" surface, we must eliminate those thoughts and truly maintain righteousness when assisting Teacher in rectifying the Fa.
Please refer to http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/4/20/21130.html for the first part of the story.
