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	Falun Gong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Falun Gong (Falun Dafa) was introduced to the public by Li Hongzhi on May 13, 1992 in Changchun, China.
		Falun Gong was introduced to the public by Li Hongzhi on May 13, 1992, in Changchun, China.
		Falun Gong practitioners are often seen on the streets in major metropolitan areas, directly informing the public of the pesecution of practitioners in China.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Falun_Gong (3068 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: Falun Gong
		The Falun Gong symbol consists of a spinning swastika surrounded by four smallerspinnig swastikas and four spinning yin-yang symbols.
		Falun Gong members have repeatedly claimed that Falun Gong is not a religion, but a cultivation discipline of a routine set of practices.Li Hongzhi has stated that Falun Gong members can be of many differnent faiths, as Falun Gong does not contradict nor preclude anyfaith.
		Falun Gong is defined by the government as a dangerous cult, and accused of the murders and destruction of manyChinese and their families.
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/falungong.html (3822 words)

	Teachings of Falun Gong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Falun Gong is an introductory book that discusses the Falun Gong exercises, and provides illustrations and explanations.
		Central to Falun Gong is the concept of "cultivation practice" (xiulian) in which the practitioner Sstrives to improve his “xinxing” (heart-nature/mind-nature) by gradually letting go of attachments such as selfishness, hatred, jealousy, greed and all bad thoughts.
		I hereby solemnly clarify that Falun Gong is qigong of the Buddha School.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Falun_Gong_teachings (5215 words)

	Falun Gong, Falun Dafa, Falungong - religious cults, sects and movements
		Falun Gong's founder, who promotes racism, has told Western reporters that humanity will soon be wiped out, that space aliens are on Earth trying to replace human beings with clones and that he is invested with supernatural powers allowing him to move through dimensions.
		Falun Gong (pronounced fah-luhn gung) borrows heavily from Buddhist and Taoist philosophies and styles itself as a school of qigong (pronounced chee-gong), a traditional Chinese practice that uses meditation and martial arts exercises to channel unseen forces and improve health.
		Falun Gong followers in Hong Kong and the United States are squabbling over assertions by a woman in the southern Chinese territory that she is the ''true master'' of the spiritual movement, having taken over from its founder, Li Hongzhi, who has dropped from view.
	www.apologeticsindex.org /f02.html (4921 words)

	falun gong
		Falun is the miniature of the universe with all the abilities of the universe.
		In short, Falun Gong is based upon the belief that the universe consists of magical energies that can be tapped into by certain practices and which can eliminate the need for medicine, bringing one to a state of enlightenment and physical immortality.
		It is anti-science, anti-medical establishment, and anti-materialism; thus, Falun Gong is attractive to many people who are fed up with the world as it is and their position in it.
	skepdic.com /falungong.html (965 words)

	Falun Gong - ReligionFacts
		Falun Gong (Chinese, "Practice of the Wheel of Dharma") is a Chinese movement founded by Li Hongzhi in 1992.
		Falun Gong has claimed not to be an organization and its texts speak of it as a practice rather than a religion.
		"The Falun Emblem." Excerpt from the Zhuan Falun at FalunDafa.org.
	www.religionfacts.com /a-z-religion-index/falun_gong.htm (1418 words)

	-- Beliefnet.com
		Falun Gong stems from the Chinese tradition of qigong, an ancient tradition of exercise and meditation.
		Falun means "law wheel," and Gong means "the cultivation of energy and capabilities." Falun Gong is the name for the actual practice; its followers and practitioners typically were called Falun Dafa.
		The Falun Gong emblem is a mixture of Taoist and Buddhist symbols.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/73/story_7310_1.html (292 words)

	China's Human Rights Record and Falun Gong
		Mere belief in the practices of Falun Gong, even without public expression of its tenets, is sufficient grounds for practitioners to receive punishments ranging from loss of employment, to mandatory anti-Falun Gong study sessions designed to force practitioners to renounce the Falun Gong, to imprisonment.
		After release from RTL camps, hundreds of Falun Gong adherents who have refused to recant their beliefs continue to be held in legal education centers, another form of administrative detention.
		Falun Gong cases are often handled outside normal legal procedures by a special Ministry of Justice office, known as the 610 office.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/rm/2005/50110.htm (1786 words)

	Fear and Loathing in Tiananmen Square
		The Falun Gong, with its mixture of religious philosophy and meditative exercise, might seem to some an unlikely foe.
		Falun Gong spokespeople say at least 5,000 members have been condemned to labor camps in administrative actions that do not require a trial.
		Beijing accuses the Falun Gong of causing the deaths of more than 1,500 people, mostly by forcing them to forgo medical care for serious illnesses.
	www.gluckman.com /FalunGong.html (1380 words)

	Falun Dafa UK - Falun Dafa UK
		A central component of Falun Gong practice is conforming to the greatest extend to the universal principles of Truthfulness Benevolence Tolerance.
		Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa is an ancient practice for refining the body and mind, moral and spiritual elevation in accordance with the universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance; includes qigong exercises and meditation.
		A female Chinese Falun Gong practitioner was punched in the head by a Chinese man while she sat in meditation at the ongoing 24-hour protest opposite the Chinese Embassy in Portland Place W1 around 9:00 p.m.
	www.falungong.org.uk (1643 words)

	AsiaSource: AsiaTODAY - A resource of the Asia Society
		The practice of Falun Gong involves meditation and breathing exercises and espouses mysticism that draws on traditional Chinese religion and philosophy.
		To understand the rationale behind the outlawing of the spiritual group, read about the Chinese government’s perspective on Falun Gong as a “heretical organization.” International human rights groups are expressing concerns over government treatment of Falun Gong members and their freedom to practice.
		A basic description of Falun Gong as “a complex of techniques for physical and spiritual well-being, with a tradition in China predating the Christian era.“ This was written as an entry in the forthcoming book Cults 101, edited by James R. Lewis.
	www.asiasource.org /news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=5308 (1779 words)

	Mario's Cyberspace Station: China: FaLun Gong
		Practitioners of Falun Gong "cultivate their hearts in accordance with the principle of Truth-Compassion-Tolerance to become a better person and gain wisdom toward life, the universe and humanity".
		It is told that the poor man was a Falun Gong practitioner obsessed with the cult from Chongqing.
		HK newspapers pointed out that if Falun Gong practitioners insist on continuing with their illegal anti-China activities and undermining Hong Kong's prosperity and stability, they are bound to be discarded by Hong Kong people.
	mprofaca.cro.net /falungong1.html (1333 words)

	Justice for Falun Gong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On July 21st, 2006, French Falun Dafa Association entrusted by three Falun Gong practitioners as the plaintiffs filed a complaint to Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris to sue Zhou Yongkang, the CCP regime’s Minister of Public Security and State Council Member of China, the former CCP general secretary of Sichuan Province.
		Lan Ning, a Falun Gong practitioner in Italy.
		This charge was brought by Falun Gong practitioners after they filed criminal complaint on July 24th against the visiting president of the Tongji Hospital Transplantation Research Institute in Wuhan City, Chen Zhonghua, and the dean of the Zhongshan Hospital Organ Transplantation Center in Shanghai, Zhu Tongyu.
	www.flgjustice.org (666 words)

	China: The crackdown on Falun Gong and other so-called "heretical organizations" - Amnesty International
		The government banned Falun Gong on 22 July 1999 and launched a massive propaganda campaign to denounce its practice and the motivation of its leaders, in particular Li Hongzhi.(6) Since then, the government's accusations against the group have been repeatedly publicized by the state media and government officials.
		In the case of Falun Gong practitioners, this means that anyone who has petitioned the authorities or taken part in peaceful assemblies or demonstrations against the ban on the group, or who continue to practice Falun Gong despite the ban, is liable to be punished.
		A husband and wife, accused of being leaders of the Falun Gong in Wuhan, Hubei province, were sentenced on 6 January 2000 after being found guilty of ''organizing and using a heretical organization to undermine the implementation of the law''.
	www.web.amnesty.org /ai.nsf/index/ASA170112000 (16098 words)

	Australia Falun Dafa Information Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But, they cannot understand or relate to the fact that Falun Gong practitioners continue to brave danger and risk their personal freedom and even life in order to clarify the truth about Falun Gong, and expose the CCP's lies and hate propaganda against Falun Gong.
		Falun Gong members are suing Mr Downer, saying certificates he issued banning their protests outside the Chinese Embassy were invalid.
		The event was organised by local practitioners of Falun Gong because many of the victims of illegal organ harvesting are proponents of the meditation exercise who were captured and jailed as prisoners of conscience.
	www.falunau.org /index.jsp (867 words)

	Falun Gong Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ever since the ban, the Falun Gong propaganda has featured two themes to gain sympathy and support: 1) the Falun Gong is just a form of peaceful Tai Chi like exercises, 2) practitioners’ freedom of belief is violated and some are even tortured to death in China.
		It’s not the Falun Gong practitioners themselves who are responsible for this duplicity, but rather their Master who has so cleverly infiltrated their minds with his coercive teachings that they no longer can think for themselves.
		In China, Falun Gong is still teaching its followers not to seek medical treatment, therefore putting their health in danger.
	www.falungonginfo.org /page08.html (2726 words)

	Falun Gong Exposed
		It is intended to provide an outsider's honest and critical commentary of the Falun Gong movement founded by Li Hongzhi in 1992.
		On one hand the Chinese government claims that 1,404 Falun Gong practitioners died before the Falun Gong was banned in July 1999, largely due to their belief in the Falun Gong’s teaching that when they are sick they don’t need to seek medical treatment.
		On the other hand the Falun Gong organization claims that two thousand plus practitioners have died as a resut of the Chinese government’s persecution.
	www.falungonginfo.org /index.html (505 words)

	What is Falun Gong?
		Falun Gong is a set of exercises carried out by followers of the discipline Falun Dafa.
		Still, she said, if Falun Gong follows the basic tenets of Buddhism, it could fit into that expansive world view.
		If the Chinese government's claims that Falun Gong promotes suicide are true, then the teaching is outside the pale of Buddhism, Roberts said.
	www.post-gazette.com /neigh_north/20030817ncoverside0817p5.asp (578 words)

	Clearharmony - Falundafa in Europe
		In the morning of September 8th, a representative of the Finland Falun Dafa Association delivered a letter and other related documents to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the Prime Minister, requesting the Finnish government to ban Bo Xilai from entering the country.
		After the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20th, 1999, because I had seen my wife's changes in both body and mind, and I knew that she cultivated Truth-Compassion-Tolerance, I always supported her in her practise.
		On September 1st, Singapore Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference at the Speakers’ Corner in the Hong Lim Park.
	www.clearharmony.net (1592 words)

	CNN.com Specials
		U.S. Falun Gong says its philosophies and slow-motion meditation exercises aim to promote good health and moral living.
		While Beijing has arrested and imprisoned hundreds of Falun Gong members since the movement was outlawed in 1999, followers continue to protest around the world and in Hong Kong where the sect is still a legally registered society.
		The debate surrounding Falun Gong's status as a harmless organization or evil cult continues with the Chinese government remaining implacable.
	edition.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2001/falungong (134 words)

	Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group
		On March 8, 2006, a Chinese journalist on the run from the Chinese communist regime disclosed to Falun Gong practitioners in the United States some appalling news: a secret death camp in Sujiatun, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province in China.
		Since then, millions of Falun Gong practitioners have faced serious violations of their human rights.
		Currently, no one knows the true toll of lives lost or persons subjected to extreme torture due to the crackdown against Falun Gong in China, but preliminary data indicates that this is one of the most devastating events in modern history.
	www.falunhr.org (828 words)

	Falun Gong In Washington
		Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) is an ancient form of qigong, the practice of refining the body and mind through special exercises and meditation...
		Perhaps more profound, though, have been the changes in my mental and emotional health, such as an ever-greater clarity of mind, a kinder heart, a willingness to think of others first, and the strength to live a principled life
		Falun Gong Received 2nd Place Award in 2004 Daffodil Parade
	www.falungong-wa.org (158 words)

	Falun Gong a.k.a. Falun Dafa
		Falun Gong turns to international courts in campaign against Chinese leadership
		Falun Gong Blamed for 24 Deaths, Injuries in Inner Mongolia
		Falun Gong practices in HK amid China ban
	www.rickross.com /groups/falun.html (1088 words)

	Falun Gong in Boulder, CO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Falun Gong (or China Falun Gong) and the main book of Falun Gong, Zhuan Falun can also be ordered online at
		In Colorado, China Falun Gong and the main book of Falun Gong, Zhuan Falun, as well as the Falun Gong Excercise Instruction video tapes are available at:
		Following two tables are the bookstores and libraries that carry Falun Gong Books and/or video tapes.
	www.falun-co.org /Books.html (241 words)

	Learning Falun Gong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Falun Gong has a set of five exercises.
		The exercises are described and illustrated in the book Falun Gong, and free instructional videos are available online.
		As with the exercise video, both books can be downloaded for free (see our books and tapes page), purchased from a variety of bookstores, borrowed from your local library, or from someone at your local practice site.
	www.falun-inlandnw.org /learning.htm (199 words)

	TIMEasia.com: Falun Gong
		Falun Gong began as a spiritual movement, but China's leaders saw it as a political threat
		Beijing's insecure leadership intensifies its war on Falun Gong, launching the biggest political witch-hunt since 1989
		The crackdown against followers of Falun Gong could turn the group into Beijing's most feared organization
	www.time.com /time/asia/features/falun_gong (201 words)

	Falun Dafa & Falun Gong
		Falun Dafa is a largely spiritual movement that incorporates:
		However, the Falun Dafa is taught as more than this; it is seen a way of life.
		Barend ter Haar, "Falun Gong: Evaluation and further references," at: http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/
	www.religioustolerance.org /falungong.htm (133 words)

	Falun Gong
		The Falun Refines the Practitioner Even When He or She is Not Doing the Exercises.
		Appendix II Regulations for Falun Dafa Disciples in Propagating Dafa and Teaching the Exercises
		Appendix IV Notification for Practitioners of Falun Dafa
	www.falundafa.org /book/eng/flg.htm (165 words)

	Falun Dafa Information Center
		Harry Wu, head of the China Information Centre, has made a number of statements attacking and undermining reports that Falun Gong practitioners have been targeted for organ harvesting by the Chinese authorities.
		He has actively approached the media and members of US Congress to persuade them the allegations are fraudulent and has even accused Falun Gong practitioners of fabricating the story...Falun Dafa Information Center feels it is time to respond to Mr.
		My misgivings were finally cleared up after witnessing a court hearing against some Falun Gong practitioners in Zhuhai City, in nearby Guangdong Province.
	www.faluninfo.net (648 words)

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