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Forum Opposing Falun Gong Cult Held at Sacred Buddhist Site

Religious figures and representatives of groups opposing Falun Gong have held a forum to discuss the cult. The cult severely profaned the spirit of Buddhism and upset all Buddhist disciples, said Shenghui, deputy director of the Buddhist Association of China.


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Religious figures and representatives of groups opposing Falun Gong have held a forum to discuss the cult.

Master Shenghui, deputy director of the Buddhist Association of China said this is the first time a sacred Buddhist site has been chosen for a forum on the Falun Gong Cult.

Explaining the difference between Buddhism and the Falun Gong cult, he said Li Hongzhi, ringleader of the cult, plagiarized Buddhist terms to concoct his "Fa Lun Da Fa" which misled ordinary people, defrauded people of their money and even took practitioners' lives.

The cult severely profaned the spirit of Buddhism and upset all Buddhist disciples, he added.

The forum sponsored by the China Anti-Cult Association also focused on such topics as the relationship between freedom of religion and the policy of cracking down on the cult, as well as religion's role in stamping out evil cults.

China's Buddhist society was the first to oppose Falun Gong.

As early as 1996, Zhao Puchu, the late director of the Buddhist Association of China, said Falun Gong was an evil cult.



Former Falun Gong Practitioners on Falun Gong
  • "The Falun Gong cult misled me into killing my beloved uncle".


    • "I suspected that my uncle was plotting to murder me and could not control myself when thinking about a Falun Gong cult lecture which summons followers to endure until there is no need to."

    -- A Falun Gong Cult Devotee's Contrition


  • "I hope my experience will help transform those obsessed Falun Gong followers".


    • "I completely refused contact with the outside world and only believed in the cult and the propaganda that flooded the cult website".

    "I have not been abused since my detention and have not seen any sign of beating or admonishment here. Police in the centre are very polite and kind".

    "I am happy now, justice will finally defeat evil."

    --Former Falun Gong Follower Leads New Life



  • "I have never thought that Falun Gong could be so shockingly cruel."


    • "It reminds me of my own bitter experience."

    "I hope that the exhibition can make any person of benevolence keep a cool head."

    "I thought I was fighting for justice then, but when I was sent to the camp myself, I came to know that I had been wrong and fooled."

    --Former Falun Gong Addicts Visit Anti-Cult Exhibition



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