(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners in Toronto, Canada gathered at the Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute on February 2, 2024 to wish their founder, Master Li Hongzhi, a happy Chinese New Year. They exclaimed in unison: “Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”

Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Asian people. Practitioners in Toronto gather every year to wish Master Li a happy Chinese New Year, send their best wishes, and thank Master for their many blessings. 

Practitioners in Toronto wish Master a happy Chinese New Year!

Practitioners who work in the Fayuan Book Store in Toronto, wish Master a happy Chinese New Year!

Young practitioners in Toronto wish Master a happy Chinese New Year!

Young Practitioner Follows Falun Dafa’s Guiding Principles

Seven-year-old Ning Zixiang reads the Fa and does the exercises every day.

Ning Zixiang started practicing Falun Dafa with his parents when he was small. He said, “I study the Fa and do the exercises every day. I came to this world to cultivate. I shouldn’t become lazy. I memorize the Fa every day. I’vememorized Hong Yin and the First Lecture in Zhuan Falun. I memorize the Fa because I want to have it in my heart.”

He follows the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance in his interactions with friends and family, “When I have conflicts with my friend, I behave as a cultivator because I know that Master is testing me. One day another friend and I wanted to play with the same toy. I told myself that I should let him have it. I could play with it when he was done. This is kindness.” He also said, “Sometimes I don’t want to do the work my teacher assigns. I could tell him that I finished. But I thought of Truthfulness, and I continued until it was finished.”

Zixiang is very grateful to Master for showing him some amazing things and bearing karma for him. He said he wanted to join Shen Yun one day and follow Master to save sentient beings. He said, “Sometimes I can see colorful lights when I close my eyes. When I focus while sending righteous thoughts, I feel myself ascending. When I had a fever, I read Master’s Fa. I recovered from the fever several hours later. I thank Master for bearing the karma for me. I know when I go through the process of cleansing, Master has borne most of it for me. Thank you, Master, for bearing karma for me and for teaching me how to cultivate. I will cultivate well and follow Master to save sentient beings.”

University Student: Thank You, Master, for Always Protecting Me

Melissa thanks Master Li for his protection

Melissa Li started practicing Falun Dafa with her family when she was a child, and she has practiced Falun Dafa for 24 years. She will soon graduate from university. She said, “Master has been protecting me since I was born. Although I didn’t know what cultivation was when I was in kindergarten, I recited the poems from Hong Yin and sent forth righteous thoughts with my grandmother. In the three years before elementary school, I was involved in car accident three times and my life was in danger each time. But I know Master protected me every time, and I survived.”

As a young adult she went through some tribulations. She said, “I felt exhausted physically and mentally during that time. I was busy with work and Dafa projects. I was not able to pass xinxing tests. I saw my shortcomings and I wanted to rectify myself but I didn’t achieve good results. I nearly collapsed and don’t know how I endured.

“One day during the big group Fa study, I just wanted to leave. I said to Master in my heart: ‘Master, please help me. I don’t know what to do.’ When I finished talking to Master, I remembered what he said in Zhuan Falun. I felt warm and my eyes filled with tears. I truly felt that Master was with me, protecting me all the time. This increased my confidence. All the hardships were dissolved one by one.” 

She expressed her immense gratitude to Master Li and wished him a Happy Chinese New Year, “Thank you, Master, for protecting me all the time. I am very grateful. I know I still have a lot of shortcomings. I will cultivate diligently and follow Master to return to my original home.”

“Cultivation Changed My Life”

Li Lingling said she changed a lot after she practiced Falun Dafa. 

Li Lingling is 51 years old and works in the film industry. She began practicing Falun Dafa in 1996.

She said, “I was in poor health when I was little and had difficulty eating. I was weak and had arthritis. My knees were swollen and painful on rainy or snowy days. I had to warm them with a hot water bottle. My parents looked for all sorts of treatments such as folk therapy, acupuncture, electrotherapy and Chinese medicine, but nothing helped.

“My mother started practicing Falun Dafa during my final year at the university. She suggested I try, and I started practicing with her. After I practiced for a year my knees no longer hurt.” Lingling said she knew that Master Li cleansed her body and removed the illness. 

She said, “My life changed the moment I decided to practice Falun Dafa. I no longer seek to live comfortably or care much about loss and gain. I bear hardships and upgrade my xinxing. I use the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to guide me and I try to let go of my attachments. I face hardships with ease and my patience has increased. I get along well with other people after I began practicing Falun Dafa. I am willing to sacrifice for others and I consider the situation from their perspective.”

She said she is able to handle every situation under the guidance of Master’s Fa. She said, “Master told us in his lectures what would happen, why it would happen and how we should treat it. I didn’t know much about cultivation when I was young. As I follow Master and have undergone the period of Dafa being persecuted, I’ve grown up and I’m now a middle-aged woman who validates the Fa in Canada. Thank you, Master, for protecting me all the way and for saving me. No matter how long it will take, I will follow Master to return to my original home. I wish Master a happy Chinese New Year!”