Falun Dafa''=``A Fraud's Dafa''

By Jia Fang

Was Li Hongzhi, the founder of ``Falun Dafa,'' ``the first to disclose the supreme theory of the universal law--`truthfulness, benevolence and tolerance'--and with skill and patience to teach people distressed by the unchecked spread of human and material desires how to be a good or better person, braving the wind and dew, and rushing about day and night,'' as some obstinate ``Falun Gong'' diehards claim? Or was he ``the first to expose the nature of the heretical cult--`falseness, wickedness and ugliness'--and rack his brains to shamelessly and savagely deceive kind people in order to defraud them of money?'' It is beyond doubt that the answer should be the latter. We should make a close study of the nature of ``Falun Gong.''

First, the principle of ``truthfulness, benevolence and tolerance,'' which is supposed to be the core of ``Falun Gong,'' is a basic principle of behavior, which can be found in ancient Chinese teachings. It has been advocated in Chinese culture since ancient times. For example, an old Chinese saying goes: ``If one suppresses indignation for a day, one will not be worried for a hundred days.'' However, Li Hongzhi ludicrously boasts that this basic principle of behavior is a ``universal Dafa'' which``has never been propagated before.''

Christians would definitely disagree that ``truthfulness, benevolence and tolerance'' was initiated by Li Hongzhi.

Second, it is not surprising that some practitioners have ``enhanced their health, and cured their illnesses'' through practicing ``Falun Gong.'' As we all know, proper exercise and rest are good for one's health. In fact, the original intention of most of the practitioners of ``Falun Gong'' was to follow its ordinary system of exercises in order to improve their health. How could they be aware of the sinister intentions of the founder of ``Falun Gong''? It is not to the credit of ``Master Li'' that some followers of ``Falun Gong'' have improved their health through practicing it, so it is absurd to claim that this improvement has come from any ``divine power" of Li Hongzhi.

Third, Li Hongzhi boasts in his book Zhuan Falun as if he were an immortal who has descended to earth. He says that he has gone beyond the bounds of ``the five elements and three realms,'' and ``can bring people to a high level.'' He controls the minds of the people who go to him seeking to improve their health and receive treatment for their illnesses by integrating Qigong with mysticism. Thus he has laid a solid ``public foundation'' for realizing his long-term goal of ``making small profits but quick turnovers.'' As Li Hongzhi is not an adherent of any religion, he has only a superficial knowledge of such things. Therefore, it is not surprising that he talks incoherently, and his followers have tried in vain to ease the situation for him.

Li Hongzhi's purpose is to earn money. The master trickster, who has never studied economics, has repeatedly practiced fraud successfully. He collects money by using the management tactic of ``making small profits but quick turnovers,'' which is a business principle, traveling from Jilin to Beijing, and both at home and abroad.

However, Li Hongzhi is not interested in his ``universal Dafa,'' for instead of spreading it to his wife and child, he made them cross over to the United States, where Jesus is cherished, leaving them in a strange land. When ``Falun Gong'' was banned by the Chinese government, ``Master Li'' was counting American dollars in his splendid house in New York. Therefore, what really interests ``Master Li'' is the ``way to make small profits but quick turnovers.'' His ``Falun Dafa'' is merely a fraud's Dafa, which muffles other's eyes and ears!

(Compiled by New Star Publishers, Dec., 1999)