Romania: Falun Dafa Welcomed at Body Mind Spirit Expo

(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners participated in the Body Mind Spirit Expo held in the Palace Hall in Bucharest, June 6-8, 2025.

 The festival, which has been held for over 18 years, is Romania’s largest event dedicated to mind and body health.

Practitioners demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises and talked to people about the benefits of practicing Falun Dafa. They distributed flyers and talked about Falun Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. Many people said they were interested in Falun Dafa as a way to achieve a balanced life. 



Falun Dafa practitioners demonstrate the exercises at the Body Mind Spirit Expo at the Palace Hall in Bucharest on June 8, 2025.

People were interested in Falun Dafa books during the Body Mind Spirit Expo in Bucharest on June 6-8, 2025.

Some people said they would come to the practice site in King Michael I Park and learn the exercises. Others purchased Falun Dafa books. Many people said they had heard how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has persecuted Falun Dafa for 26 years. They expressed their sympathy for practitioners and condemned the CCP.

Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Should Be Spread Worldwide

Loredana said that she’d previously heard of Falun Dafa and agreed with the practice’s approach of having practitioners incorporate the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance into their daily lives. She said that this is the only hope for humanity to live a good life. 



“Some time ago, I received a leaflet about this practice, which I found very interesting. When we put Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance into practice, that is, when we live by them, life is meaningful. Our lives change and we benefit from them. When I found out about the persecution, it aroused my compassion and at the same time my interest in learning more,” Loredana said.

Cristina said she saw practitioners when they held an event on Unirii Square, and she felt drawn to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. She said, “These principles should be spread throughout the world, because they are necessary today and would help us change as a society.”



She also knew about the persecution, and said it was a terrible thing to happen to people who just want to improve their lives.

Dan Ariciu wants to learn more about Falun Dafa.

Dan Ariciu, a tax expert, said he’s heard good things about Falun Dafa and came to the booth to learn more. “I heard about Falun Dafa a long time ago and that it is banned in China. I talked to colleagues who practice various other spiritual disciplines, and I was attracted to it. I understood that it is a discipline that promotes inner peace and social peace. I’ve heard many good things about Falun Dafa from my colleagues,” he said.



Dan said it’s important for practitioners to hold these informational activities, because people who practice Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance will benefit society.

“These informational activities must be carried out and we should send forth all our good thoughts to those who are enduring such difficult circumstances. If a person practices Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, a change will surely occur within them. But for society to change, a critical mass is needed, which would bring about major changes in society, which—as now we can see—is not really based on these moral values,” he said.



Dan wanted to encourage practitioners in China to persevere in their spiritual practice and hold onto the moral values that they espouse. “Be strong, and in the end, these moral values will probably prevail [in China] too. Change is inevitable,” he concluded.

Csűrös Terez, a nurse, said that she knew about Falun Dafa from hearing about the CCP’s human rights abuses. She supports practitioners in their efforts to end the persecution.

Csűrös Terez encouraged practitioners in China: “Their spirit transcends the boundaries of the body! May they be strong!”

“I want to convey my best wishes and admiration [to practitioners] for their peaceful opposition against the suppression and persecution of [Falun Dafa] practitioners in China. I cannot understand why peaceful people pose such a great danger to the Chinese government. Perhaps these universal values are disturbing, and peaceful opposition will ultimately have an impact and resonance in the world,” she said. 



Csűrös feels that following the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance can help people physically, mentally, and spiritually, which explains the widespread popularity of Falun Dafa around the world.



“I am appalled by the persecution that peaceful practitioners in China are enduring at the hands of a government that initiates such persecution against its own people. But their spirit transcends the boundaries of the body! May they be strong! Nothing lasts forever, and the time will come when they will be able to peacefully practice these movements that are beneficial to the body, mind, and soul,” she concluded.

The young woman on the right does the Falun Dafa exercises with practitioners.

A young woman who learned the Falun Dafa exercises in the Netherlands when she attended traditional Chinese medicine classes, said she planned to invite others to learn the exercises. She practiced the exercises with practitioners while they demonstrated them.

A gentleman watched a practitioner demonstrate the exercises for a long time and congratulated him at the end.

A man from England had heard that practitioners would be at the event, so he came to the expo because he wanted to learn how to practice Falun Dafa.



A woman who just turned 90 was very interested in Falun Dafa. She said she would go to the park to learn the exercises.

Visitors Impressed by Practitioners’ Bravery in the Face of Suppression

Doru asks for details about the situation of Falun Dafa in China.

Doru knew about the CCP-sanctioned forced organ harvesting in China and wanted to know why Falun Dafa practitioners are persecuted in China so severely. As he spoke with a practitioner, he was reminded of what happened in Romania under communism, and he gave examples from his own life of how communism affected people’s lives.

Practitioners demonstrate the Falun Dafa exercises during the Body Mind Spirit festival.

Practitioners provided informational materials and answered questions from expo visitors.

Codrin wanted the introductory book Falun Gong.

Codrin said he’d heard about Dafa a few years ago at a presentation in Botoșani and he learned the exercises, but he did not begin practicing. This time he wanted the introductory book, Falun Gong.



“The values of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance are three pillars that are very beneficial in many ways, and the more we make them a way of life to anchor ourselves, I believe the impact is beneficial. I have benefited and still benefit from the way I behave and live [by respecting these values],” Codrin said.



He believes that the power of personal example is very important in society, and he should be more persistent. He knows that high-level practices have been persecuted for thousands of years by those who want to control and manipulate the population, because they know they have no power over true practitioners.



“Remain patient, tolerant, and have faith in yourselves and the divine,” he encouraged practitioners.

People are interested in Falun Dafa books.