实修自己与救度众生 Genuine Practice will save Save Sentient Beings

尊敬的师父好,各位同修好:

Greeting to revered master, hello fellow practitioners:

我于2013年5月7日到达悉尼,现在已经一年多了。在这一年中,自己的身心发生了很大的变化,身体健康了,心情豁达了,修炼上也有了一点长進,真的找回了修炼如初的感觉。
I arrived in Sydney in May 2013. In the past year, I have experienced great benefits both physically and mentally, including a healthier body and an open mind, I have truly found the experience of cultivating as if I was beginning again.

下面就把这一年中修炼的点滴体会向师父汇报、与同修交流。
Now I’d like to report to Master and share with fellow practitioners some of my cultivation experiences in past year.

一、修好自己才能救度众生
1. Cultivating Well In Order to Save Sentient Beings

集体学法、集体炼功是师父给我们大法弟子开创的修炼形式,可是,从1999年7.20以后至今的15年中,由于江泽民集团在中国对大法弟子的残酷迫害,有多少大法弟子因为坚持晨炼而被抓,被劳教。为了有个合法的修炼环境,为了助师正法,我来到了异国他乡。
Group study and exercises are the forms that our master has created for us to cultivate well, however since the brutal persecution instigated by Jiang’s gang in July 1999, so many Dafa practitioners have been arrested and sent to labour camps simply for insisting to keep on practicing. In order to find a free environment for practice and to better assist Master in Fa-rectification, I have come overseas.

我每天早晨参加集体晨炼,炼完功后开始一天的活动。上午到景点讲真相劝三退,下午抽时间学各地讲法,有时也参加真相长城,征签,烛光守夜等大型活动。
I join practice every morning and participate in the “Three Withdrawals” at the tourist spots afterwards, then study the Fa in the afternoon. Sometimes I join the “Wall of Truth”, collect petition signatures and join candle vigil events.

晚上参加集体学法。无论大组学法、小组学法从不缺勤。没有大组、小组学法的日子,自己安排学《转法轮》,每晚至少一讲。晚上学完《转法轮》,参与RTC平台打电话,讲真相,劝三退。每天时间安排得很紧凑,充实却愉快,真的找回了修炼如初的感觉。
I go to the group Fa-study every night. I study one Lecture a day, and join others at RTC platform for telephone “Quit CCP” truth-clarifications. Everyday the time is very tight yet my heart is happy as I felt when I first started cultivation.

可是,时间一长,有时安逸心也往出返,觉得很苦,想偷懒,找出一大堆理由不想去晨练。这时想到自己是大法弟子,必须修去人心,不能怕吃苦。因为我来世的唯一目地,就是跟师父回家;我来澳洲的唯一目地,就是助师正法、救度众生。我没有理由不去珍惜,不去坚持。只有坚持这样做,按照师父的要求不断地用法来充实自己,我才能完成救度众生的使命。这样也就坚持下去了,时间长了,求安逸、怕苦、怕累的心就越来越淡了,也就形成自然了。现在早晨炼功已经是我修炼中不可缺少的部分了。
However, the attachment of looking for comfort soon emerged by feeling tired and looking for excuses not to go to practice site in the mornings. At this moment, I would think that I am a Dafa practitioner who must get rid of human notions and take hardships as joy. This is the sole purpose of me coming to this world, i.e. to follow master to return home.  I came to Australia to assist Master to rectify the Fa. I have no excuse not to honour it, I must be persistent to fulfill my mission to save sentient beings. Gradually my attachment of seeking comfort and the fear of hardship weakened. Getting up early for exercises is now just part of my life.

师父教导我们说:“但是作为大法弟子来讲你们要做的事情,特别是这三件事,不能放松,千万不能放松。你们的威德,你们的修炼,你们所承担的那一切都在其中。”“一定要学好法,那是你们归位的保障。”(大法弟子必须学法——2011年华盛顿特区法会讲法)
Master taught us: “But for you, disciples of Dafa, you cannot let up in what you need to do—namely, the three tasks. By all means, you mustn’t. Nothing less than your mighty virtue, your cultivation, and all that you shoulder is bound up in these.” “You must study the Fa well, for that is the fundamental guarantee that you return to your position. “ (from Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa – Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 Washington DC Metro Area Fa Conference)

二、在救度众生中更好地提升自己
2. Improving Self in the process of Saving Sentient Beings

师父说:“说大法弟子了不起,就是因为大法弟子在这样一个时期来救度众生,来助师正法,来完成自己应该完成的使命,这才真正了不起。”(什么是大法弟子——2011年纽约法会讲法)我们是正法时期的大法弟子,与过去的所有修炼都不一样。我们不是仅以个人圆满为目地的,更要在助师正法的过程中去救度众生。所以我也参与了在RTC平台打电话救众生和景点面对面讲真相救众生。
Master said: “When I say that Dafa disciples are extraordinary, it is because in a period such as this they have come to save sentient beings, help Master rectify the Fa, and fulfil the mission that each is to personally fulfil—and that is what truly makes you extraordinary.” (from What is a Dafa Disciple – Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 New York Fa Conference)

We are Fa-rectification Dafa disciples which are totally different to all other practicing ways in history, self consummation is not our goal but rather we must save sentient beings in Fa-rectification. Therefore I started truth-clarification at the tourist spots and RTC platform on the phone.
 
在做这些项目的过程中会遇到各种各样的人,会出现各种各样的矛盾,就像云游一样。作为大法弟子就得摆正与人的关系,守住心性,不断的提高心性,实修自己。下面讲讲我做这些救人项目时的一点体会。
Similar to cultivation, we run into all kinds of people and all sorts of conflicts emerge when doing these projects. As a Dafa practitioner we must control ourselves and have good xinxing so as to improve ourselves in these tests. Below are some of my experiences to share.

1、打电话救人
1. Clarifying the Truth  by Phone

开始在RTC平台打电话时,经常遇到骂人的人,虽说没有和他对骂但也气得语无伦次,心被带动,真相讲不到位。放下电话找自己。师父教导我们:“碰到不高兴的事的时候正好是你修自己的时候,修心的时候。”(大法弟子必须学法——2011年华盛顿特区法会讲法)我为什么生气?因为他骂我,伤害了我的自尊,有要面子心。我是在救他,他不但不感谢还骂人,觉得很委屈,生出了怨恨心。讲真相被带动的语无伦次,已经是争斗心的表现了,这些不都是人心吗?都是要修去的心!再一想,他为什么骂我?是他不明真相,受了邪党的欺骗才这样无理智,所以讲清真相打开众生的心结才是重要的。众生在邪党的谎言欺骗下,大难来临还不自知,告诉他还不相信,分不清善恶还在无知的造业,真的很可怜。这时想起师父说:“慈悲能容天地春,正念可救世中人。”(《洪吟二》〈法正乾坤〉)我做到慈悲了吗?我的正念哪去了?我失去什么了?失去的不都是人心吗?这样一想,找到了自己的差距,心性提高了,容量扩大了。愤愤不平的心也就平静下来了。也知道应该怎么做了。
When I first started the RTC phone project, I usually had to face people who abused us. Although not abusing back I still got so worked up and my heart would be pounding that I missed the purpose of truth-clarification. After hanging up the phone, I tried to look inside with master’s words in mind:
“When you encounter unpleasant things, it is precisely time to cultivate yourself, to cultivate your mind.” (from Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa – Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 Washington DC Metro Area Fa Conference)

So why did I get so upset? He abused me, insulted me so I felt I had lost lost face. I tried to save him even though he was swearing at me, but in my mind I had a competitive heart towards people and I lost the opportunity for clarifying the truth and saving this sentient being.

Weren’t these human notions that were to be gotten rid of? On second thought, why was he abusing me? Wasn’t it because he didn’t know the truth and listened to the evil party’s lies, so I realised I had to unblock his misconceptions by explaining the true story. Most human beings are under the influence of the propaganda by the evil party hence facing the disaster although they have been given the truth perhaps many times. Aren’t they pitiful in their ignorance? At this moment, I remembered what Master said: “Compassion can harmonise Heaven and Earth, ushering in spring. Righteous thoughts can save the people in this world.” (from The Fa Rectifies the Cosmos – Hong Yin II)

Was I being compassionate? Where was my righteous mind? What did I lose? Weren’t those ordinary people’s notions? I started to realise my weakness and endeavoured to improve my xinxing to expand my compassion, then I became a lot calmer knowing what to do.

但是要真去掉一颗心,需要经过反复的魔炼。RTC平台打电话讲真相就给我提供了这样一个修炼环境,我每天都在魔炼中。经过一段时间的冲击,这些人心真的磨去了很多。再遇到骂人的人,心也不会被带动了,心里很平静,只觉得对方太可怜。真正做到师父所要求的:“真正的去修你自己,碰到矛盾了,碰到问题了,看自己哪儿错了,我应该怎么去对待,用法来衡量。大家想想,这不就是修炼吗?”(大法弟子必须学法——2011年华盛顿特区法会讲法)
However, constant tests were required to truly get rid of the attachment. RTC phone platform provided such a good cultivation environment for me. After a period of time, my attachments gradually faded away. I don’t get stirred up like before if someone abuses/swears at me. Instead I feel calm and am sympathetic to them.

This is to meet master’s requirement: “Go and truly cultivate yourself—when you get into a conflict or run into some problem you should look at yourself and see what’s wrong, and ask yourself how you should handle it, using the Fa to evaluate things. Wouldn’t you say that is cultivation?” (from Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa – Fa Teaching Given at the 2011 Washington DC Metro Area Fa Conference).

2、景点讲真相救人
2. Clarifying the Truth to Save Sentient Beings at Tourists Spots

在景点讲真相,开始我不敢开口讲,只打横幅。有一天,有几个公务员模样的人,在我的展板前看了很长时间,我心里很焦急,怎么讲真相的同修一个也不回来,这几个人看了一会儿走了,我才开始后悔为什么自己不开口讲真相呢?正在悔恨的时候,又来了四、五个人,在我展板前讨论薄熙来、王立军活摘器官的事。我也跟他们一起搭起话来,后来他们问我:展板上说的这些是真的吗?我很肯定的回答他们:是真的。共产党做了这么多坏事,达到天怒人怨的地步,所以天要灭中共。怎么灭?天灾人祸。你把生命献给它,你就是它的一份子,它做的坏事都有你一份,所以就要受牵连。用小名、化名、真名退出来,把生命献给邪党这个毒誓作废,它做的坏事就与你无关,您就躲过这一劫。接着我给这四个人每人一个化名,他们都高兴的退了党。通过这件事,我真切的感觉到,这不是师父在手把手地教我吗?从此,我开始了在景点面对面讲真相的旅程。
At the beginning, I could only hold banners as I didn’t know how to speak to clarify the truth. One day, a few government officials were reading the exhibition boards for a while, I became anxious because no other practitioners were around, and worried that these people would leave soon without me telling them the truth, I blamed myself as I couldn’t clarify the truth to them.

Then four more people joined, they were talking about the organ harvesting case of BO Xilai and WANG Lijun. I started to catch the conversation with them. They asked if these were all true. I said yes, and started telling them how many evil deeds have been done by CCP that even heaven was so angry that they would punish CCP soon. How? By natural disasters. People vowed to devote their life to CCP then become a member of them and share their evil crimes, so people need to declare to withdraw to have nothing to do with them to cut off the relations to CCP to protect their life from the disasters. Upon hearing this, these people happily agreed to quit CCP with the aliases I gave them. Through this experience, I realised master helped me  to clarify the truth face to face to people, from then on I started my journey of truth-clarification at the tourist sites.

3、转变观念,不断提升自己
3. Transforming Notions and Improving Constantly

讲真相劝三退的过程也是改变人心的观念,增强正念,提高对法理认识的过程。只要你有救人的这颗心,师父就会把有缘人送到你身边。
Truth-clarification to “Quit CCP” project is a process of transforming human notions, strengthening righteous thoughts hence to enlighten from the Fa. Master brings those related people to you for salvation as long as you have a heart to saving people.

我第一次打电话劝三退,话还说不流利,可十个号码就退了三个人,我知道是师父在鼓励我,让我放下人的观念,加强正念,坚持下去。
The first time I started “Quit CCP” via phone project, I couldn’t speak fluently, yet three people out of ten quit CCP in my first round, so I felt it was master who was encouraging me so I put down my human notions and continued with my righteous thoughts.

还有一次,景点游客不多,有几个游客在一起唠嗑,我猜想:他们应该都是公务员,是既得利益者,不好退,等他们分散开,我再去讲真相劝三退。但这时突然其中有一个人问我:大姨,您有事吗?我说是啊,我就想把保平安的福音告诉你们,希望你们都平安幸福。接着,我就讲了三退保平安的真相,他们听得很认真,最后那人说:平安好啊!接着,我就给了他们每人一个化名,都高兴的做了三退。这件事对我的促动很大,破除了我的观念,让我切切实实的感受到众生都是为法而来的,师父都给我们铺垫好了,我们也只需再努力一点、再努力一点,按照师父开创的路去走就行。从此以后,我也试着对几个人同时讲,又有一点突破,心性也有了些许的提高。
Another time at the tourist site, some tourists were chatting, I assumed they were government officials who would be difficult to talk to because they usually are CCP beneficiaries. I planned to approach them after they went their separate ways. At this moment, one of them suddenly asked me: “Hi, do you have anything to tell us?” I said: “Of course, I just want to bring blessings and peace to you, and the wish you are all sound and safe.” So I continued telling them the truth of “Three withdrawals”, they listened to me carefully, then one person said: “Great to be safe!” After that they agreed to quit the CCP with the aliases I created for them. Again, through this instance I realised how important it is to break through our ordinary notions as these beings are all coming for the FA. Master has arranged all these opportunities for us, all we need is to make a step forward and follow this path steadfastly. From then on, I started to do truth-clarification with more people at the same time, and through this my xinxing also has improved.

4、凡事向内找,不断的完善自己
4. Looking Inward in all matters to Improve Self Constantly

在讲清真相过程中经常遇到人说:共产党怎么好,共产党给我钱,他们生活的如何好等等。听到这些话,除了向他们历数共产党做了多少恶事外,我也向内找自己:是不是自己还有这些不好的物质?为什么老让我听到这些?是不是我也不够纯净?所以我又重新学习了《九评共产党》和《解体党文化》,发现中国人几十年来都是生活在谎言与欺骗当中还不自知。每个人的思维模式都是从党的利益出发,完全没有了自我,我也是在这样的环境中度过了几十年,党文化的东西根深蒂固,这些邪恶的物质必须清除,随着自己认识的提高,周围的环境也在变,这些话听的也少了,听到后也能善意的解释。我会说:先生,您的工资是您劳动所得,您能当官能发财是您上辈子积的福份,您觉得生活好了是因为几十年来共产党把中国人压榨的太贫穷了。稍微宽松点,您就感觉很满足了,实际上,中国人的人均收入与台湾、新加坡、日本相比还差得很远。如果共产党不压榨,中国人会生活的更好,环境也不会像现在这样,吸着毒气、喝着毒药、吃着毒食,这和吸食毒品又有什么两样呢?中国的神州大地上应该是山清水秀,都像杭州西湖,桂林山水那样风景宜人。加上中国五千年的传统文化和名胜古迹,全世界的人都会到中国去旅游,中国的老百姓会生活的更好。很多游客听完后改变了看法。也有的问:你们每天拿多少钱?我说,三退是保您自己的平安,谁会给您买单呢?有的游客就会恍然大悟。我继续说,全世界的大法弟子都在救人,也只有大法弟子在救人。因为,我们是修真善忍的,是在做善事,您能明真相做三退我们发自内心的高兴,祝福您选择了美好的未来。您不退,我只能感到遗憾,希望您有机会要多听、多看、多了解真相,早退早平安。
During truth-clarification, you often hear people say how good the CCP is and how much wealth they have gained from it and how their life is so great. Apart from exposing what the evil crimes that the CCP has committed over the years, I also checked inside myself asking if I also carried those bad substances with me which resulted from hearing those ignorant comments all the time.

Perhaps I am not pure enough, so I read “Nine-Commentaries” and “Dissolving CCP” again realising that people have been living in the CCP lies for decades and they have become ignorant and lost in CCPs evil thinking.
 
I have also been in that environment for a long time influenced by the evil party culture, I realised that I must cleanse myself and improve, and  gradually I noticed hearing less negative comments and I could explain the CCP to people with calm heart. I would say: “Dear sir, you deserve to get good pay for the hard work you put in, it’s your predestined fortune now that you are wealthy or have become a high official  in this life. For a long time, the CCP have driven people into poverty, and now these years life is getting a bit better, so you felt that CCP is great. But in fact, the average annual income of Chinese is still far less than people in Singapore, Taiwan and Japan. Without CCP, Chinese people actually could be better off in an environment without breathing in poisonous air, bad medicine and poisoned food.

China was once a divine land and there should be more places like the beautiful West Lake in Hangzhou and mountains & rivers in Guilin. There is more than five thousand years of Chinese history with so many outstanding artefacts and remains. So many people in the world want to visit China which would make Chinese people have a better healthier lifestyle.

After my words, many tourists would change their attitude, some still ask: “How much do you earn every day to do this?” I then tell them that quitting the CCP would bring you peace.  Some would ask "who is able to pay you for doing this?”  I would reply: “Dafa practitioners are the only ones around the world who are working hard to save people. We live by Truth Compassion and Tolerance. We feel very happy for you if you understand and quit the CCP, and may our blessings give you a bright future. We also would feel very regretful if you don’t. I hope you can take opportunity to listen to the truth and quit CCP.

总之,在景点讲真相劝三退,师父会针对我的各种人心,让我在各种各样的矛盾中暴露人心,修去它。为了弟子心性的提高,师父真是费尽了苦心。每念及此真的没有任何理由不去做好三件事,也唯有做好三件事,才能报答师父的救度之恩。我会在这条路上继续下去并会更加的勇猛精進!
All in all, when clarifying the truth of “Three Withdrawals”, Master would use all opportunities to expose our human attachments in order to dispose of them. Master has tried hard to help improve disciples’ xinxing. Only by doing the three things well are we able to return our gratitude toward our master. I will continue to strive to progress in the path of my cultivation.

不当之处请同修慈悲指正。
谢谢师父!
谢谢同修!
If there is anywhere improper in my sharing, please kindly point it out.
Thanks to master.
Thanks to fellow practitioners.