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Falun Gong is entirely based around the teachings of its autocratic founder and leader: China-born Li Hongzhi. [42] According to NBC News, to his followers, Li is "a God-like figure who can levitate, walk through walls and see into the future. His ultra-conservative and controversial teachings include a rejection of modern science, art and ...
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Qigong fever (气功热, Qìgōng rè), also known as the qigong...
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Shen Yun Performing Arts (Chinese: 神韻藝術團; lit. 'divine...
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Li Hongzhi (Chinese: 李洪志; born 1951 or 1952) is a Chinese...
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Dragon Springs, also known as The Mountain, is a 427-acre...
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Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice...
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Mar 17, 2024 · Falun Gong. Notable Works: “Zhuan falun”. Li Hongzhi (born July 7, 1952, Jilin province, China) is the Chinese-born founder and leader of Falun Gong, a spiritual movement that won a wide following in China and elsewhere but was eventually condemned as a “heretical cult” by Chinese government officials. In the late 1980s and early ’90s ...
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Ongoing large-scale persecution: Falun Gong practitioners across China are subject to widespread surveillance, arbitrary detention, imprisonment, and torture, and they are at a high risk of extrajudicial execution. Freedom House independently verified 933 cases of Falun Gong adherents sentenced to prison terms of up to 12 years between January ...
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Sep 5, 2018 · Falun Gong, which means “law wheel practice” in Chinese, is a set of meditation exercises and texts that preach the virtues of truth, benevolence and forbearance. It was founded in north-east ...
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For a time growing up in Falun Gong, Anna would tell the story too, knowing it was one her mother cherished. “I wanted to believe and be a good practitioner so my mother would be happy and, you know, give me approval,” says Anna. In those early years, Anna watched as her mother gradually became absorbed in Falun Gong. She pulled Anna and her siblin...
By this time, Anna’s family had moved across the US to the east coast to be closer to Dragon Springs, Falun Gong’s 160-hectare complex in regional New York. For many it’s a sanctuary. Permanent residents include Falun Gong practitioners who fled persecution in China after the movement was banned there in 1999. But for Anna, The Mountain was no have...
For generations, Grace Woodard’s family has lived in the Deerpark area. She’s a member of the Deerpark Rural Alliance, which has been set up in opposition to Dragon Springs’ relentless expansion over the past two decades. Grace says locals originally welcomed the newcomers. “There’s no transparency,” says Grace. “They’re doing their own thing. It’s...
Reporting:Eric Campbell and Hagar CohenResearch: Anne Worthington, Lisa McGregor, Ben Sveen, Echo Hui and Tim PalmerDigital production: Matt HenryPhotography:Brendan Esposito and Scott StrazzanteLi Hongzhi published the Teachings of Falun Gong in Changchun, China in 1992. They cover a wide range of topics ranging from spiritual, scientific and moral to metaphysical.. The teachings of Falun Gong are based on the principles of zhēn 眞, shàn 善 and rěn 忍 (which translate approximately as truthfulness, benevolence, and forbearance) articulated in the two main books Falun Gong and ...
