(Minghui.org) The last two weekends in July 2023, Falun Dafa practitioners held activities at Place Saint-Michel and Châtelet, two of the busiest districts in Paris. They told people about Falun Dafa and how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has persecuted the practice for 24 years.
The activities attracted many local residents and tourists who signed the petition to help end the persecution of Falun Dafa. They also praised practitioners’ bravery, and encouraged them to persist.
Practitioners held an event in the Châtelet district to tell people about the ongoing persecution in China.
People sign the petition to help end the persecution.
Practitioners’ activities at Place Saint-Michel attracted many people.
“Falun Dafa spreads blessings and wisdom”
Fifiha Bendjebour, a national civil servant, is a web administrator. She imitated practitioners’ movements as they did the first exercise, and said, “We truly experience Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. I can feel the energy practitioners give out, which passed through my body. It’s true. I feel the energy in my body.
“I can feel practitioners’ patience, sincerity, and compassion. They spread blessings and wisdom. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are beautiful principles in life. I feel comfortable being around practitioners.
Fifiha decided to do some research about Falun Dafa and said she would go to the local practice site at the Luxembourg Gardens.
Nadia passed by practitioners’ activities in the Châtelet district and was attracted to the exercises. She said she could feel practitioners’ sincerity and compassion, “I want to be with practitioners because I need such kindness and compassion.”
Locals Praise the Principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance
Rafaelle Roux is a university student majoring in French language and literature. She said, “The principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are necessary virtues that can eliminate anger, greed, and ignorance. People can find their inner peace by practicing cultivation, righteous thoughts, and righteous actions. Meanwhile, they can also stabilize the external environment and be their true selves.
Guisquet Maxime is a director of the elderly life program in Paris. When he heard how Falun Dafa practitioners are persecuted and subjected to live organ harvesting, he was very shocked, and said, “It is shocking for a regime to initiate a persecution against its people.” He believed that the CCP suppresses people who oppose the regime. He said that it is good that practitioners hold these activities to tell the international community, because the persecution concerns everyone.
He also believes that Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are values of peace and commitment. He said that Falun Dafa practitioners’ actions are very important since they peacefully resist violence.
Selac is a consultant who used to work in China. He said, “I am against any persecution, regardless of what form and against which group of people. The persecution must stop!”
He believes that the persecution will end and there will be a turning point. Selac said, “Only spiritual practice can save the world.” He said the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are the foundation and is most important. There will not be peace if there isn’t Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
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