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Falun Gong is pretty harmless. I used to go along to mooch off the free meditation and qigong during my salad days. While there is a fundamental cult of perso
by l33tbro 8y ago
Falun Gong is pretty harmless. I used to go along to mooch off the free meditation and qigong during my salad days. While there is a fundamental cult of personality around the leader, the values seemed morally sound and in accordance with your meat-and-potatoes buddhism.
Would actually recommend to fellow cheap-skates. Definitely no hard-sell from the believers to recite their scripture (which they call 'The Fa').
- changchuming 8y agoFalun gong is basically Scientology of the east. Whether you would call them harmless is debatable but they're definitely not just your meat-and-potatoes Buddhism. They believe in spiritual healing, reject modern medicine, and believe that one can gain superpowers and that only the leader of Falun gong can activate them.
- l33tbro 8y agoSo Falun Gong has celebrity drop-in centers? Aggressively pursues you if you leave? Has a central structure to where people donate all of their money? I'm not sure you know what you are talking about.
- changchuming 8y agoNo, yes, yes. Does it really answer your question though? I don't know what you're assuming but I frequently have encounters with Falun gong practitioners in China and Taiwan.
- l33tbro 8y agoFair enough. All that I can say is that the people I've met have certainly been devout, but not to a degree as extreme as a scientologist.
- tschwimmer 8y ago> meat-and-potatoes buddhism an ironic and somewhat unclear turn of phrase
- walrus01 8y agoI get the joke, but not all 'mainstream' (non falun gong) buddhists are vegetarian, google "tibetan buddhism meat eating" for example.