The qigong arts have a long history that dates back to ancient times in China. Chinese people thus have a natural advantage in practicing qigong. There are two upright systems of qigong cultivation, the Buddhist system and the Daoist system, which have made public many great methods of cultivation that before were taught in private. While most people believe that qigong is about cultivating and harnessing “qi” (pronounced “chee”), the true practice of qigong has their practitioners focus on cultivating “gong”. The Origins of Qigong My Master said qigong as we know it today was not, in fact, originally called qigong. It originated from the solitary cultivation ways of the ancient Chinese…

My Master said no matter how you cultivate, you should not mess up your cultivation by adding other things. Even within Buddhism itself, it is taught that no two denominations or sects can be mixed together. Those who practice Pure Land can’t practice Zen, for example. The two cannot be mixed. I am telling you that in the end, you will obtain nothing because no one will give you anything. Though both practices count as Buddhist, there is a problem with your thinking as well as the issue of not staying true to one practice. Each system has its own energy mechanism that helps you develop gong, which is higher…

My Master said many people readily mistake energy practices, or qigong exercises, for being essentially a form of physical exercise. And it’s only natural to think that way, since the two are comparable on a superficial level, as both promote physical health. But it turns out the two differ greatly if you get into the specifics of the techniques and approaches they employ. Physical exercise aims to foster health, and so those who do it need to engage in physical exertion and go through training routines that condition the body. The opposite holds true with energy practices. One needs to be still when doing them, and any movement that does take place…

Just as what goes up must come down, the energy of your actions eventually comes back to you in some form. When you have an illness or face misfortunes, this is a way of paying off your karmic debts. Karma is a black substance that has a physical existence in another dimension. When you do wrongful things, you acquire karma, which will bring suffering and hardships to anyone who possesses it. In contrast, when you do good deeds, you gain virtue, which is a white substance that exists in the same dimension as karma. When you gain happiness, fame, or wealth, it literally means “cashing out your virtues”. This is…

My Master said the consequences that follow from taking life are so great. When the term “killing” was used in early Buddhism it mainly referred to taking human life, which is the most serious form of it. Later on, the killing of large creatures such as livestock and other larger animals also came to be regarded as serious. Let’s consider why religious communities have always held the taking of life to be so serious. There is a Buddhist teaching that a life ended prematurely becomes a lost soul or “wild ghost,” and so services have traditionally been performed to save these lives from purgatory. As the teaching goes, were they…

Our true “home” is not on this earth. To go back to our “home”, we must follow a true spiritual cultivation practice. Master Li Hong Zhi is the only one who can teach the Great Way of Cultivation to a high level. He is the founder of Falun Dafa – an ancient self-cultivation practice based on the authentic teachings of the Buddha School. Dafa is not a religion; it has no form. You don’t have to pay any fee to gain Dafa because money is not the thing we take with us when we leave this life. Yet Dafa will assure you cultivate to be a good person in any…

Spirit possession is when a person’s body and mind are taken over by a supernatural entity. This could be a ghost, demon, deity, animal, or other spiritual force. But what is the root cause of spirit possession? It is only when someone has unrighteous thoughts that they attract bad things. Spirits can see when someone wants to gain fame, wealth, or psychic power in another dimension. People don’t need to do rituals to evoke a deity. Their thoughts and emotions are clearly seen by multitudes of gods, devils, and spirits in other dimensions. When someone has an attachment to money, for example, a low-level spirit can see it and will…