What is the problem with Falun Gong?
Like many other cults in the world, Falun Gong has the nature of being anti-mankind, anti-science and anti-society. It practices cult leader worship, spreads fallacies, exercises mind control, ruins human lives and endangers society.
Is Falun Gong still practiced?
Outside of China, Falun Gong is practiced in over 70 countries, with as of 2008 estimates on the number adherents ranging from roughly 40,000 to several hundreds of thousands.
Who started Falun Gong?
Li Hongzhi
Falun Gong has its roots in the qigong boom of the 1980s. According to Falun Gong sources, Li Hongzhi developed Falun Gong from 1984, after himself being the recipient of the teachings of ‘more than 20 masters’. Testing the new system out on several disciples first, he made the system public in May 1992.
Who is the leader of Falun Gong?
Li Hongzhi, the founder and chief ring leader of “Falun Gong”, currently lives in New York. He has made up large numbers of lies and fallacies to deceive the practitioners and the general public.
What is Falun Dafa exercise?
Falun Gong: Exercises & Spiritual Movement | Live Science.
Is Falun Gong qigong?
Falun Gong is an offshoot of qigong (Chinese: “discipline of the vital breath”), an amalgam of traditional medical and self-cultivation practices developed in the early 1950s by members of the Chinese medical establishment as part of an effort to promote traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in modern socialist China.
Is Falun Gong banned in Hong Kong?
Since the suppression by Chinese authorities begin in July 1999, Falun Gong has retained its legal standing in Hong Kong, and practitioners there are still entitled to freely exercise their beliefs and assemble for protests, marches, and conferences.
What does Falun Gong mean in Chinese?
law wheel practice
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 China in 1992 by Li Hongzhi, a former trumpet player.
Where can I learn about Falun Dafa in Singapore?
Welcome to Singapore Falun Dafa web site. We hope that you will find this Web Site a good place to start learning about the practice of Falun Dafa. All of the content in this site – excepting the founder’s writings – represents the ideas and opinions of Falun Dafa practitioners, and should not be taken as representative of Falun Dafa itself.
Is the Falun Gong movement banned in Singapore?
(The above is an excerpt from RICE’s interview with Mr. Koh Kim Hong, veteran FLG practitioner) Contrary to popular belief, Falun Gong is not banned in Singapore. In 1996, it was legally registered in Singapore as the Falun Buddha Society and remains a legal entity today.
Who is the leader of the Falun Gong movement?
To summarise Falun Gong’s history based on the generally accepted facts: Falun Gong, or Falun Dafa, is a ‘new religious movement’ that was founded in China in the early 1990s by its leader Li Hongzhi, riding the wave of the ‘qigong boom’ at the time. Qigong is a slow-moving energy exercise that traces back to ancient Taoist practices.
What is the general worldview of Falun Dafa?
The general worldview of Falun Dafa is that morality in modern society is in decline and that Falun Dafa is a way to help navigate the mental and physical stresses that this society brings about. To quote the words of their master Li Hongzhi, “What we are doing is saving people from this world by guiding them to greater spiritual heights.”