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Falun Gong, the high-level profound technique of elevating one's mind and spirit that originated in China is slowly gaining popularity in the city.
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INNER PEACE: Practitioners are known to gain tremendous benefits. - Photos: K. Ramesh Babu
FALUN GONG, also known as Falun Dafa, originated in China and spread to over 40 countries before touching the shores of the country. Unlike other new age healing techniques like Reiki, Pranic healing and Sudarshan Kriya, Falun Dafa is relatively little known in India.
Master Li Hongzi first introduced Falun Dafa in 1992 in China. It is known to be a profound, high-level system of cultivation for elevating one's mind, body and sprit. Its practitioners are known to gain tremendous benefits like spiritual growth, improvement of health and relief from stress.
Falun Dafa involves five sets of gentle exercises. The key, however, lies in the assimilation of the universal principle of truthfulness, compassion and forbearance. A combination of study of books, Falun Gong, Zuan Falun and regular exercises with the right attitude help the person evolve gradually.
Falun Dafa came in the eye of the storm when the Communist government suddenly woke up to the fact that this little known highly intense meditation had more than a 60 million dedicated followers in China.
To the Chinese who do not recognise any organisation or religion greater than the Communist Party, it came as a shock that thousands of people could congregate under the banner of Falun in response to one call by the Master.
The threat was perceived to be so great that the Chinese government has since systematically tried to destroy Falun Gong by branding it an "evil practice" and jailing, torturing, denying jobs, and by consigning practitioners to mental asylums and labour camps.
REACH OUT: Falun Dafa involves five sets of gentle exercises.
Despite strenuous efforts, the magic of Falun refuses to fade in China and has now spread to the US, Europe and Australia. B.J. Rao first introduced it in Hyderabad. He invited a group of Falun practitioners from Bangalore, who held lectures and demonstrations of Falun.
Regular group practices are held every morning at Panjagutta Park and Public gardens. The dedication and the growing number of practitioners in Hyderabad have brought many visitors from abroad.
Recently a group of four Falun practitioners from Taiwan led by Dr. Au, an orthopaedic surgeon was in the city for a week, helping the local practitioners perfect the technique. Au is an accomplished martial arts expert and a Tai Chi practitioner of 15 years who gave it all up to take up Falun Dafa.
Au said he took up Falun Dafa when he realised that all this training to build physique and control energy was like earning money, limited only to this lifetime. "You die and it is all lost. Only Falun Dafa clears your past karma, helps cultivate your body, mind and sprit in the present life and helps you on your way to enlightenment in the future lives."
He says the ancient practice of Falun was passed down only from master to disciple and was not available to the masses. Falun was revealed to Li Hongzi by the great masters, who on their direction, modified it to suit the people at large and started teaching this ancient and powerful technique to the people.
"Worldwide practice of Falun has brought about tremendous change in people lives," Au said. "There are instances of severe illnesses like cancer, skin disease and many others being cured with practice of Falun Dafa, but," he says with a smile, "curing of disease is a small part of Falun Dafa. Practicing it with an attachment or a purpose of only curing your disease will not work."
Local practitioners in Hyderabad too have had great experiences. Sai Krishna who has been in the forefront in popularising and perfecting this technique, shares his experience and knowledge with the group at the Public gardens.
He said apart from making him more energetic, Falun has also given him the ability to distinguish and recognise people for what they are. It has helped him clarify complex emotional and thought patterns with a tremendous rise in tolerance levels. Others have got over debilitating illness like diabetes, migraine, chronic gastric problems and obesity. Dr. Srinivas Rao, an eminent homeopath, says Falun balances the negative and positive energies in the body -- the imbalance of which is mostly responsible for most of our illness.
Though there is still no scientific study done on the working of Falun Dafa, this ancient knowledge of the east seems to have done great good to millions of its followers around the globe who religiously observe May13 as World Falun Day.
For details and information contact, Sai Krishna: 3228198; e-mail: falunpractioners@rediffmail. com
ARUNA MASARGUPPI
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