(Minghui.org) With the New Year just around the corner Falun Dafa practitioners in Sydney gathered at the Royal Botanic Garden and Hyde Park on December 19, 2020, and wished the founder Master Li Hongzhi, a Happy New Year. 

Practitioners dressed up for the group photos, pressing both hands together in heshi (a gesture of respect), and they said in chorus, “Australia Falun Dafa Practitioners wish Master a Happy New Year! Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!” 

Falun Dafa practitioners in Sydney wish Master Li a Happy New Year.Young practitioners wish Master Li a Happy New Year.Vietnamese practitioners in Sydney wish Master Li a Happy New Year.

Practicing Falun Dafa Leads to a Happy Life

Alexander Nilsen and his son FaBian wish Master a Happy New Year. 

Alexander Nilsen began practicing Falun Dafa 15 years ago. He said, “Falun Dafa is peaceful. Practicing it makes one full of energy. After reading Zhuan Falun I felt inspired. The book answers many of my questions about life.” 

He said as he continued reading Zhuan Falun he enlightened that the book teaches people to become better people. He realized that he had bad habits, such as judging others, low self-esteem, anxiety about trivial things, etc. Those habits were gone after he followed Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance in his daily life. 

Nilsen had been struggling with back pain due to injury. After practicing Falun Dafa for a few weeks, his back problems were resolved. 

He said practicing Falun Dafa changed his life, “My mind becomes clear. I can identify what I truly want to do in life. I love shooting movies and videos. So I decided to do this business, and eventually I established a video production company in Sydney.” 

“Practicing Falun Dafa lets me have a perfect job, a balanced and harmonious marriage, and a good family life. After seeing these benefits, my family members also started to practice Falun Dafa one after another.” 

He said he likes that Falun Dafa is completely unstructured. It does not have memberships—instead it is just a free meditation practice. Anyone can come and go as his wishes. So he told his friends, family, and colleagues about his beneficial experience. 

He said, “I sincerely appreciate Master Li for his teaching and I wish Master a Happy New Year.’

Healthy and Happy After Practicing Falun Dafa

Huynh Thi Bay and her family

Young and beautiful Huynh Thi Bay is a new practitioner. She has two children and a happy family. Although she appears very healthy she was diagnosed with stomach cancer in August 2020. 

The doctor's diagnosis was upsetting. Huynh went home and told her husband, “The doctor said I have stomach cancer. If anything goes wrong, you must take care of the two children.” 

Her husband who had just begun practicing Falun Dafa was calm. He said, “You’ll be fine. You need to practice Falun Dafa.” 

Huynh said, “I did the five exercises that night. My headache disappeared and I felt healthy and happy.” 

She set up a timer to get up at five a.m. the next morning to practice the exercises. She said, “I feel Falun Dafa is very good. So I decided to practice Falun Dafa.” 

Huynh said, “I enlightened to many principles from reading Zhuan Falun. I understand I need to improve my xinxing, and I should follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to eliminate my bad habits. Though I cannot do well all at once, I will remind myself to do better. Now I won't get angry when others do not treat me well.” 

New practitioner Huynh Thi Bay appreciates Master and wishes him a Happy New Year. 

Huynh said, “One day I had tears when I practiced the second exercise. Master is so compassionate and bears many hardships for me and sentient beings. My tears flowed when I did the exercises. 

“I feel so fortunate even though I just started practicing. I appreciate Master for saving me and bearing so much karma. Master, Happy New Year! Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!” 

Doing the Right Thing

After William Wang, a software engineer, began practicing Falun Dafa in 1998 he understood the principles of being a good person. His view of life changed. 

At the beginning of 2010, he was entrusted by a friend to foster a young boy in his home for a few months. The government provided regular subsidies. When William checked his bank account, he found that another government agency was also providing subsidies. 

William thought, “This is all taxpayers' money. If it is a mistake, I need to tell them and return the money.” William contacted the government and was told that the subsidy was reasonable for the child.

William saved the money (about over 8,000 Australian dollars) and gave it to the parents one year later when the child was reunited with them.

He said, “I appreciate Master for his caring and protecting me in the past over 20 years. I wish Master a Happy New Year!”