Becoming Compassionate and Selfless

(Minghui.org) I obtained the Fa in 1997 and have practiced Falun Dafa for more than 20 years. Looking back at my cultivation path, I passed every test and tribulation and elevated myself each step of the way simply because of Master’s compassion, protection, and his immense Buddha’s grace. 

I’d like to share some of my cultivation experiences with you and thank Master. 

Letting Go of Attachments, Taking Suffering as Joy

When I had just started practicing Falun Dafa, I liked to read Master’s lecture Lecture Given at the Conference in Sydney. It was the most difficult time in my life. My husband had taken all of our savings and the money we had borrowed from our relatives and gone to another city to do business. Our child had just entered middle school. I worked in a garment factory and had to work extra hours after my normal shift. My monthly wage was 400 to 500 yuan. I couldn’t make ends meet. I wished that my husband would send me some money. A year passed, then three years passed, and he didn’t send me a single penny. I became more and more disappointed. I complained and became resentful. My mind was filled with human reasoning. Tears rolled down on my face sometimes when I was practicing the exercises.

Luckily I practice Falun Dafa. Master’s Fa often came into my mind and cleared away my distress. I recited this sentence from Master’s lecture every day. 

“As long as the green mountains remain, there will always be firewood to burn. With Master and the Way by my side, what is there to fear? I’ll just forget about it!” (Lecture Given at the Conference in Sydney)

Every time I recited it, I was filled with energy and a current of warmth flowed through my body. I felt secure and supported in my heart. 

As I studied the Fa more, I improved a lot. I gradually became open-minded and was not resentful. I was no longer worried about money. Master gave me a hint in my dream. I saw my husband throwing a lot of white things at me, like snowflakes, in my dream. My husband was helping with my cultivation!

I let go of many attachments and cultivated myself solidly while my husband was away for a few years. When he came back, he had become penniless and was in poor health. He thought that I would scold him and complain about him. He didn’t expect that I wouldn’t complain at all. Falun Dafa changed me. I considered things from his perspective. I guided him with Falun Dafa’s principles. When I was doing meditation, my husband could feel the strong energy from me. He picked up Zhuan Falun to read and started practicing Falun Dafa. 

Resolving Family Conflicts with Compassion

My 82-year-old father-in-law was hit by a taxi and his ribs were fractured. He was hospitalized. My husband and his siblings still had jobs, and I was the only one who had retired. But I still did some casual work, because I had debts to pay. What should I do? As a practitioner, I must let go of seeking personal interest. I agreed to take care of him daily. I told him to recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Sometimes he forgot the words, so I wrote the words down and put them on the headboard. Sometimes the doctor came to drain the accumulated blood from his chest cavity. I told him to repeat the two phrases. He repeated them in his heart and fell asleep. Many such occasions happened. Master bore the pain for him. 

Soon after he was discharged, he had another car accident. Then one day his whole body was convulsing, and he was foaming at the mouth. I called an ambulance. He had an intracerebral hemorrhage. I looked after him day and night in the hospital. Other patients thought I was his daughter. They were surprised when they found out that I was his daughter-in-law. I told them, “I practice Falun Dafa. We practice kindness and compassion. It is my responsibility to look after the elderly.” I knew that I was validating the Fa with my words and actions. 

My brother-in-law had terrible stomach pain at work one day in 2008. The medical exam showed that he had a gastrointestinal perforation and needed surgery immediately. I called his wife and went to the hospital straight away. He had the operation. His wife worked as a cleaner and was not able to take time off. I looked after my father-in-law and brother-in-law at the same time. After I cooked meals for my father-in-law in the morning, I went to the hospital to look after my brother-in-law. He was very touched and said, “Sister-in-law, we owe you too much.” He had borrowed a few thousand yuan for his medical expenses. I had some savings in hand because my daughter had graduated from the university and I didn’t need to pay her tuition anymore. I gave him the money to pay off the debt. His family was very thankful. 

They were also thankful to me for other reasons. My neighbor said to him, “Your sister-in-law takes good care of your father. Is it because she wants to have a share of his apartment?” My brother-in-law’s son was also concerned about the apartment. Every day people are not able to understand practitioners. We are cultivators and have little interest in fame or personal gain. My father-in-law was very thankful to me and said his apartment should be shared between my family and my brother-in-law’s family after he passed away. I asked my brother-in-law to change the apartment title into his name before his father died. The apartment belonged to his family. 

Cultivating Away Selfishness and Putting Others’ Interests First

My sister-in-law was unable to retire in 2008 because she could not pay an insurance premium of tens of thousands of yuan. She relied on her father’s pension for her living expenses. He worried about her a lot. He also worried that I would spend all his pension because I had his bank card. I told him, “Don’t worry. I have a pension and will not spend your money. I will save the money for you.”

I went to the insurance company to pay the premium for my sister-in-law one day in 2010. The female clerk asked about my situation. I told her that I practice Falun Dafa and our Master told us to be kind and considerate, so I gave up my casual job and looked after my father-in-law and took care of my sister-in-law. I was saving money for her so that she could pay off her insurance premium and get her pension earlier. I clarified the truth to the clerk and helped her withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. She said appreciatively, “I didn’t realize that she has such a good sister-in-law.” The clerk called me one day and told me that my sister-in-law could get her pension if I could pay a heavily discounted insurance premium for her because they regarded hers as a special case.

I told my father-in-law the good news. He shed tears. I told him that Master bestowed blessings on us because I practice Falun Dafa. He said, “I have such a good daughter-in-law. I am satisfied.” My sister-in-law told other people that Falun Dafa practitioners were different from everyday people. I know Master blessed us. No words can express my gratitude to Master.

Thank you Master for your protection all the way through. I will let more people know the beauty of Falun Dafa and let them know that “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”

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