The tall and robust Martins Rubenis is a sports celebrity in Latvia. The master of the luge program has won many awards in international competitions — first place in the 1998 World Youth Championship, two more silver medals in 2003, bronze medals in the 2004 World Championships, and bronze medals in the 2005 World Cup.
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Learn a Powerful Meditation System for Fitness, Energy & Stress Release
In ancient times, dedicated “qigong” practitioners of mind-body cultivation ways would withdraw from society and go into the mountains and forests to secretly learn the teachings from their masters. Away from the distractions of society, they could develop powerful “gong” or “cultivation energy” and refine themselves physically, mentally and spiritually.
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A Martial Arts Expert Finds His True Calling
On July 4, 2019, the annual Independence Day parade was held in Redwood City in San Francisco’s Bay Area. As in previous years, local practitioners of Falun Gong, an ancient Chinese spiritual and meditation practice, were also invited to participate in the parade. Leading the Falun Dafa parade was none other than the world-renowned martial arts expert and professor Tao Zhongxian. Professor Tao is the founder of Jing Quan Dao (a type of martial arts), and champion of several martial arts competitions — China’s Martial Arts Eight Routines, Free Style Martial Arts, and Martial Arts Qigong.
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US Sends Clear Message on Communist China’s 20-Year Persecution of Falun Gong
In 1999, China was entering a period of unprecedented economic growth. Yet for tens of millions of upstanding Chinese citizens, awaiting them in the 21st century was one of the most harrowing episodes of political terror in modern history.
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How a Chinese Spiritual Practice Helps an Indian Model
Pooja Mor is an Indian model working in New York who balances daily life between numerous advertising gigs and spending a good Bollywood night with friends. What keeps her balanced is her practice of the Buddha School system known as Falun Dafa (also called Falun Gong), which she credits to have brought peace into her life.
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Why the Persecution of Falun Gong?
(photo credit: faluninfo.net)
It’s one of the largest campaigns of religious persecution happening in the world today.
Millions of innocent people in China have been fired, expelled, jailed, tortured, or killed simply for practicing Falun Gong. And the Chinese Communist Party is trying everything to keep you from knowing.
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Tribunal: World Needs Action to End Organ Harvesting in China
This article is reprinted from Vision Times.
(TOP PHOTO: Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, Chairman of the China Tribunal which found that large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners have been killed for their organs in China. Credit: Justin Palmer)
It has been proven beyond doubt that the Chinese state is killing large numbers of prisoners of conscience for their organs and the world must act to end it were part of a final judgment made by an independent tribunal.