“Falun Dafa practitioners from the judicial system wish Compassionate Great Master a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival. All the disciples dearly miss you!” says one note, accompanied by a radiant, golden-colored and sparkling boat, riding the ocean under a rainbow. The pictures were sent to the Falun Gong website Minghui.org, which posted them in multiple articles.
“Falun Dafa practitioners serving in the military industry wish Master a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival. Thank you Master, for your compassionate salvation,” says another message, which featured a Bodhisattva (in Buddhist tradition a female goddess) riding a celestial cloud, while a divine assistant holds a bright scroll imprinted with the Chinese characters of the principles of Falun Gong’s teachings: truthfulness, compassion, tolerance. The mention of “compassionate salvation” in the message refers to what Falun Gong practitioners believe is the power of its teachings to effect inner transformation and purity in those who adopt them.
Greetings regularly feature natural objects and scenes: a moon lighting up branches of cherry blossoms, bright pink and red flowers, sweeping landscapes of mountains and rivers, lotus flowers blooming in a pond, pagodas, and a glorious sunrise. They express hope for an end to the persecution in China, and gratitude to the founder of the practice for his fortitude in the face of the Communist Party’s campaign.
