2003 Australia Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was successfully held
on September 14, 2003.
On the afternoon of September 12, the Sydney-Melbourne
SOS Urgent Rescue Drive team completed their 900-kilometer (562 miles) journey
for ten days and arrived at the final destination: The Chinese Consulate in Melbourne.
They and other Dafa practitioners from various places of Australia held large
scale candlelight vigils to commemorate those fellow practitioners tortured to
death in China, protest the killing and send forth righteous thoughts, which formed
the prelude of the three-day large scale truth-clarification and the conference.
Mourning fellow practitioners
tortured to death in China at this full-moon night
Sending forth righteous thoughts
Practitioners participating in this candlelight
vigil include those from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan, New Zealand, and
Malaysia. The practitioners sat in long lines in front of the Chinese
Consulate and sent forth righteous thoughts intensively in the solemn
atmosphere to eliminate remnant evil forces in the other dimensions. The
grand procession attracted the attention of drivers and passengers in
the cars passing by. Many of them honked to show support. Melbourne residents
are already familiar with candlelight vigils in front of the Chinese Consulate.
After the candlelight vigil, the practitioners
from each country exchanged experiences on clarifying the truth and saving
sentient beings in the Fa-rectification period, especially discussing
how to better utilize the media. The practitioners realized that as long
as we conduct ourselves with pure hearts, Dafa would endow us wisdom to
be able to do what we should do.
At the rally on Saturday, an Australian Democrat Senator addressed the fact that Falun Gong practitioners have filed lawsuits against those who violated human rights with international courts, saying that this was good news, and that if there are more such lawsuits, the Chinese government must surely pay attention.
The conference is the first one held in Melbourne.
Thus we will take advantage of this opportunity to have more people know
the truth. Beside the experience sharing conference on September 14, there
was a large march, rally and press conference in downtown on September
13. There was also music and song performances and exercise demos in shopping
centers and a large music and vocal concert.
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Posting date: 15/Sep/2003
Original article date: 15/Sep/2003
Category: Events
