In a Few Words: About the Use of Dafa Terms and Symbols By a Practitioner in North America
(Clearwisdom.net)
The words, "Falun Dafa" and "Falun Gong," the Falun
emblem, and the "srivatsa" symbol, are very sacred terms and symbols.
As Dafa practitioners, we should be careful when using them.
Some practitioners use "falungong" and "falundafa" as
their personal email addresses, or they call musical compositions and the
artwork created by practitioners, as Dafa music, and so on. I personally feel
that these notions are wrong and that it is not being responsible to Dafa.
Moreover, it is easy to mislead others when they see individual actions as
representative of the whole body.
Practitioners all know that different disciples have different understandings
while doing Dafa work, which is reflected by their levels in cultivation. These
cannot be compared with Dafa. We should especially never use our own
understandings to "represent" Dafa. Therefore, to accomplish the task
of validating Dafa and clarifying the truth even better, I suggest we all regard
these matters with greater care.
Posting date: 10/17/2002 |