Falun Dafa Club at Columbia University

We are giving away 10 free tickets to watch Shen Yun! Join us on SUN, 4/14 at 1 pm @ Lincoln Center for an immersive cultural experience inspired by 5,000 years of ancient Chinese music, dance, and history. Sign up link: https://forms.gle/GAqxL7f1TFfphHDdA

[Note: Free tickets are available for Columbia ID holders only!]

Join us to take a brief break from heavy work loads, relax yourself in the serene atmosphere with five easy-to-learn exercises, and get yourself refreshed!
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A daring heist of China’s national airwaves – an unprecedented act of defiance. Join us on Nov 18th 8:00PM at Lerner Hall 569 for a screening of , an animated documentary that’s now playing in theaters internationally. Get your tickets TODAY: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eternal-spring-movie-screening-tickets-441388102697 !

New date/location for our reading 📖 session this week! Hope to see you there 🤗!

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Our activities schedule for this semester is now available 🥳. We have a group meditation exercise session this Sunday in front of Butler Library! All are welcomed to join~ Hope to see you there😇!

Welcome back to school! We will have an intro session of Falun Dafa on this Thursday. Join us and sign up here 👉 https://forms.gle/AiWt8Ln7PYQS2edr8!

Join us for the screening of BADASS BEAUTY QUEEN on FRI 4/15, 7 pm D. Satow Conference Room on the 5th floor of Lerner Hall. FREE DRINKS AND INSOMNIA COOKIES WILL BE PROVIDED! RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movie-screening-badass-beauty-queen-the-story-of-anastasia-lin-registration-314022578987?utm-source=strongmail&utm-term=listing&utm-campaign=social%2Cemail&utm-medium=discovery&utm-content=attendeeshare.

🥳Join our March Social Event to watch Shen Yun at Lincoln Center on Fri 3/11 7:30pm! RSVP here 👉https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmVqbws_Cph9aEorVFITDEyR3u_zNTWWiuvUI3fqltijdFsw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Come join our weekly reading and group exercises! We are hosting our first sessions this week (reading - Thu; exercise - Sun). 🌟Sign up link: https://forms.gle/qjHukt2h1KF7inE16

🌟LOCATION UPDATE: due to restrictions on campus, we will host this session on Zoom! Sign up to join us from anywhere (👉SIGN-UP LINK:https://forms.gle/RpCwR9jnTRpaVJxUA)! In-person activities will resume starting from next week.

Welcome back! We will have an info session of Falun Dafa this upcoming Thursday! If you want to join us, sign up here: https://forms.gle/oZvMsdenepSsnks8A

Falun Dafa Club at Columbia University updated their information in their About section.

The temperature drops so quickly! Our weekly meditation 7am on Sunday is still going strong outdoors on campus, you’re welcome to join in when you see us and we’ll give you free instructions 🧘 Remember to bundle up 😇 it’s time to take out your winter jackets!

Thank you to everyone for joining our first meeting of the school year 🙏🏻. It was great getting to know all of you and doing the meditation together! Have a great weekend and we’ll see you next week for our weekly reading and meditation ✨

Today marks 22 years since the Chinese Communist Party launched a nationwide crackdown on the peaceful meditation practice, Falun Dafa. Practitioners, like the lotus in the storm, have persevered and held on to their belief even through horrendous torture.

It’s been 22 years since the Chinese Communist Party has been persecuting Falun Gong practitioners in China. Yesterday, we joined over a thousand practitioner at Washington, DC to call for an end to human rights abuses.

In the morning, we held a rally on Capitol Hill, joined by speakers from the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute, the Freedom House, and the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong, among others. Together, we hope to bring more people to know about the truth and end the persecution that’s been happening for 22 years too long.

At 12:30p, we began a great parade all the way to the Washington Monument and many people, including locals and tourists, came to know about the suppression on religious freedom under the CCP.

As the sun was setting, we gathered at the Washington Monument to remember each and every practitioner in China who have upheld their belief despite horrendous torture and abuses.

Learn more on faluninfo.org

36 Western Falun Gong practitioners on Tiananmen Square

On July 20th, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a crackdown on Falun Dafa, a meditation practice based on Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.

Nina, who’s sitting at the front row in this picture, said, "I learned that countless Falun Gong practitioners were being persecuted in China, subjected to unfair treatment... I felt I should do something."

"We wanted to show the CCP that many Westerners practiced Falun Gong. Not only did the CCP stage a smear campaign against Falun Gong in China, it also spread its lies all around the world, misleading people across the globe. We wanted to tell the Chinese regime that there are Falun Gong practitioners in dozens of countries around the world. We also wanted to let the Chinese people know that Falun Gong is embraced all around the world, because we knew that the CCP used all state propaganda machines to frame and slander Falun Gong. We also hoped that this action would encourage practitioners in China. They cannot go to practice sites or do the Falun Gong exercises at home. Their lives are even in danger. They have no freedom of practice."

About 20 seconds after they sat down and unfurled their banner, they were surrounded by police.

"The police told us to get into the police cars, which we did not obey. They began to use violence. Some practitioners were injured. One practitioner’s fingers were fractured. We were locked up."

Nina and other practitioners were held together in one large room, and interrogated one by one.

"In the beginning we did the Falun Gong exercises, and I meditated. Later, a policeman came in and laughed in a weird manner, which even made me shake. Having seen this, he laughed more loudly. Then he poked me with his hands. The more he did that, the more I calmed down. My attachment of fear was completely gone. I realized that I should finish the meditation. Later he pushed me harder and harder, until I fell to the ground."

Ever since Nina returned to Germany from Beijing 20 years ago, she has not stopped campaigning for practitioners in China.

Original Article: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2011/11/28/129737p.html