Irish Lawmakers Send Messages Commemorating World Falun Dafa Day
Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a spiritual discipline with slow meditative exercises and moral teachings centered on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. On May 13, 1992, Li Hongzhi, the founder of the practice, introduced the discipline to the public in northeastern China. Li’s birthday falls on the same day.
Since 2000, May 13 has been celebrated by Falun Gong adherents and supporters as the World Falun Dafa Day. A year earlier on July 20, the Chinese regime launched a brutal persecution against adherents in China that has continued to this day.
Officials Worldwide Celebrate Spiritual Group’s Moral Teachings
Government officials from around the world have sent letters and proclamations to commemorate the annual celebration that falls on May 13, which marks World Falun Dafa Day.
Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a spiritual discipline with slow meditative exercises and moral teachings centered on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. On this day 29 years ago, Li Hongzhi, the founder of the practice, introduced the discipline to the public in northeastern China. Li’s birthday also falls on May 13.
As a result, the date has been celebrated by Falun Gong adherents and supporters as World Dafa Day since 2000. A year earlier on July 20, the Chinese regime launched a brutal persecution against adherents in China that has continued to this day.
Falun Gong Adherents Celebrate Faith Around the Globe, Stand Up to Communist China’s Persecution
NEW YORK Before the pandemic, waves of people donning yellow and blue would congregate in New York and elsewhere this time of year to take part in a celebration.
In public parks and on the streets, they showcased slow-moving, meditative exercises, while wearing shirts emblazoned with the words “truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance” the three core tenets of their faith, Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa).
May 13 is World Falun Dafa Day, marking the date when the spiritual practice was first made public in China in 1992.
UK Falun Gong Practitioners Celebrate World Falun Dafa Day
Practitioners of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, gathered in London on Sunday to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day.
May 13, 2021, marks the 29th anniversary of the spiritual practice’s introduction to the public in China in 1992, and the 70th birthday of its founder Li Hongzhi.
Dozens of practitioners meditated opposite the Chinese Embassy in London to mark the event and to protest against the 22-year persecution of the peaceful practice in China.
“I’m so happy to be here. I love being with all the other practitioners. It’s just such a wonderful feeling to be with everyone. And especially after lockdown, it’s so good to see everyone again,” therapist Racheli Senanayake told NTD, sister company of The Epoch Times.