Reintroducing Myself (4): What is Falun Gong?

the other day someone asked me to talk about what fangon is well fangon is also called fanda the world the word Fon means the will of law or the law will G can be translated as energy ability or potency Etc while daa can be translated as the Great Law in short we can say that Fallon daa or fallong is a spiritual practice rooted in Buddhist tradition consisting of two main components self-improvement through the study of teachings and following the principles of Tru compassion and forbearance in one's daily life it also includes gentle exercises and meditation fundaa was originally taught in China by Mr Le hungu who is also the founder it is now practiced in over 80 countries and Mr these books have been translated into more than 50 languages the many teachings of fallong are contained in the book Jun it is available for free on ffa's official website falundafa.org all other materials including exercise music video instructions Mr Lee's lectures Etc can all be downloaded for free fanda is Tau free of Judge and is open to all people can either go to a practice site near them to learn for free or sign up on learn fall.com to attend free online classes well all this sounds fairly simple and St straightforward right for me the teachings are simple yet very profound they offer me a new way to look at the world a new purpose for my life and a new way to deal with my relationships with the world and with others there are two most important principles in the practice of fallong one is to get rid of your attachments the other is to look within unconditionally especially when you have a conflict with others for the exercise part there are five sets of movements three of them can be done in 10 minutes the standing stance usually takes 30 minutes and the sitting meditation is flexible you can sit it as long as you can I usually do it for 1 hour you can choose to complete all five sets together or do them separately it's all up to you well it all sounds quite easy but sometimes it's very challenging to adhere to the principles for example after the persecution happened in China if you are stopped on the street and asked by the police if you are Fallen practitioner if you tell the truth and say yes you can be arrested immediately in this instance can you still follow truth so that's just one example everyone faces different challenges but if you stay committed to choose comp passion and forbearance the rewards can be deeply fulfilling so how has practicing F change me I will talk about it next time