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Falun Gong is entirely based around the teachings of its autocratic founder and leader: China-born Li Hongzhi. [56] According to NBC News, to his followers, Li is "a God-like figure who can levitate, walk through walls and see into the future.
Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice and system of beliefs that combines the practice of meditation with the moral philosophy articulated by its leader and founder, Li Hongzhi. It emerged on the public radar in the Spring of 1992 in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun, and was classified as a system of qigong ...
The teachings of Falun Gong are based on the principles of zhēn 眞, shàn 善 and rěn 忍 (which translate approximately as truthfulness, benevolence, and forbearance) [ 1] articulated in the two main books Falun Gong[ 2] and Zhuan Falun. [ 3] Falun Gong is an introductory book that discusses qigong, introduces the aforementioned principles ...
The banner reads "Falun Dafa Free-Teaching Exercise Site". Falun Gong's popularity worried senior officials of the CCP. [27] [28] Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a form of spiritual qigong practice that involves meditation, energy exercises, and a set of moral principles that guide practitioners' daily lives.
Ben Hurley, a former Falun Gong practitioner and Epoch Times writer until 2013, said the paper was critical of abortion and LGBT people and that Falun Gong practitioners "saw communism everywhere", including in internationalist figures like Hillary Clinton and Kofi Annan, "but there was more room for disagreements in the early days." [30]
Falun Gong, a new religious movement that combines meditation with the moral philosophy articulated by founder Li Hongzhi, first began spreading widely in China in 1992. Li's first lectures outside mainland China took place in Paris in 1995. At the invitation of the Chinese ambassador to France, he lectured on his teachings and practice methods ...
The Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China ( CIPFG) is an international non-governmental organization established in the United States on April 5, 2006, by the Falun Dafa Association. [ 1][ 2] The organization also has offices in Canada. [ 2]
Falun Gong is a spiritual practice taught by Li Hongzhi. Practicing Falun Gong or protesting on its behalf is forbidden in Mainland China, yet the practice remains legal in Hong Kong, which has greater protections of civil and political liberties under “ One country, Two systems .”. [1] Since 1999 practitioners in Hong Kong have staged ...