Falun Gong

Falun Gong is a spiritual discipline founded in China by Li Hongzhi in 1992. It has five sets of meditation exercises and teaches the principles truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance  as set out in the main books Falun Gong and Zhuan Falun

The teachings deal with issues such as “cultivation of virtue and character”, “moral standards for different levels”, and “salvation of all sentient beings.” The books, lectures, and exercise materials have been translated into over 40 languages and are available on the Internet free of charge.

Falun Gong draws on oriental mysticism and traditional Chinese medicine, criticizes self-imposed limits of modern science, and views traditional Chinese science as an entirely different, yet equally valid knowledge system, according to Yuezhi Zhao, professor in the University of California.

As Falun Gong practitioners have no membership system or rosters, numbers are unknown. In 1998, the Chinese government published a figure of 70 million practitioners in China.

Clearwisdom.net, a Falun Gong website, claims 100 million practitioners in more than 80 countries.

More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong

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