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Li Hongzhi (Chinese: 李洪志; born 1951 or 1952) is a Chinese religious leader.He is the founder and leader of Falun Gong, or Falun Dafa, a United States–based new religious movement.
Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, is a new religious movement centered entirely around the teachings of its founder and leader, China-born Li Hongzhi. It emerged on the public radar in the Spring of 1992 in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun , and was classified as a system of qigong identifying with the Buddhist tradition.
Falun Gong [a] or Falun Dafa [b] is a new religious movement. [9] Falun Gong was founded by its leader Li Hongzhi in China in the early 1990s. Falun Gong has its global headquarters in Dragon Springs, a 173-hectare (427-acre) compound in Deerpark, New York, United States, near the residence of Li Hongzhi. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Li Hongzhi published the Teachings of Falun Gong in Changchun, China in 1992. They cover a wide range of topics ranging from spiritual, scientific and moral to metaphysical.. The teachings of Falun Gong are based on the principles of zhēn 眞, shàn 善 and rěn 忍 (which translate approximately as truthfulness, benevolence, and forbearance) [1] articulated in the two main books Falun Gong ...
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday revived a lawsuit alleging San Jose-based Cisco Systems Inc. aided Chinese torture of Falun Gong adherents.
Dragon Springs, also known as the Mountain, [1] is a 427-acre (1.73 km 2) compound in Deerpark, New York, US that is the headquarters of the global Falun Gong new religious movement and the Shen Yun performance arts troupe. [2] Falun Gong founder and leader Li Hongzhi [a] lives near the compound, as do hundreds of Falun Gong adherents. Members ...
Shen Yun was founded in 2006 by Chinese expatriate adherents of Falun Gong, and is based at the Dragon Springs compound in Deerpark, New York, near where the group's leader Li Hongzhi and his followers reside. [8] [9] [10] Falun Gong adherents pay to rent the
Falun Gong was founded by its leader, China-born Li Hongzhi. Li Hongzhi leads Falun Gong from the compound Dragon Springs . Following a period of rapid growth in the 1990s, the CCP launched a campaign to "eradicate" Falun Gong on 20 July 1999.