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'''Falun Gong''' or ''Falun Dafa'' ([[literally]] means "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma_Wheel Dharma Wheel Practice]" or "Law Wheel Practice") is a [[spiritual]] [[discipline]] first introduced in China in 1992 through public lectures by its founder, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Hongzhi Li Hongzhi]. It combines the practice of [[meditation]] and slow-moving [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qigong qigong] exercises with a moral philosophy. Falun Gong emphasizes [[morality]] and the cultivation of [[virtue]] in its central tenets of [[Truthfulness]], [[Compassion]], and [[Forbearance]] (Chinese: 真、善、忍), and identifies as a qigong practice of the Buddhist school, though its teachings also incorporate elements drawn from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoist Taoist] traditions. Through moral rectitude and the practice of meditation, practitioners of Falun Gong aspire to better [[health]] and, ultimately, spiritual [[enlightenment]].

'''Falun Gong''' or ''Falun Dafa'' ([[literally]] means "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma_Wheel Dharma Wheel Practice]" or "Law Wheel Practice") is a [[spiritual]] [[discipline]] first introduced in China in 1992 through public lectures by its founder, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Hongzhi Li Hongzhi]. It combines the practice of [[meditation]] and slow-moving [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qigong qigong] exercises with a moral philosophy. Falun Gong emphasizes [[morality]] and the cultivation of [[virtue]] in its central tenets of [[Truthfulness]], [[Compassion]], and [[Forbearance]] (Chinese: 真、善、忍), and identifies as a qigong practice of the Buddhist school, though its teachings also incorporate elements drawn from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoist Taoist] traditions. Through moral rectitude and the practice of meditation, practitioners of Falun Gong aspire to better [[health]] and, ultimately, spiritual [[enlightenment]].

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Falun Gong'' emerged at the end of China's "qigong boom"—a period which saw the proliferation of similar [[practices]] of [[meditation]], slow-moving exercises and regulated [[breathing]]. It differs from other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qigong qigong] schools in its absence of fees or formal membership, lack of daily [[rituals]] of [[worship]], its greater emphasis on morality, and the theological nature of its teachings. Western academics have described Falun Gong as a qigong discipline, a "spiritual [[movement]]" based on the teachings of its founder, a "cultivation system" in the [[tradition]] of Chinese antiquity, and sometimes a religion or [[new religious movement]].

''Falun Gong'' emerged at the end of China's "qigong boom"—a period which saw the proliferation of similar [[practices]] of [[meditation]], slow-moving exercises and regulated [[breathing]]. It differs from other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qigong qigong] schools in its absence of fees or formal membership, lack of daily [[rituals]] of [[worship]], its greater emphasis on morality, and the theological nature of its teachings. Western academics have described Falun Gong as a qigong discipline, a "spiritual [[movement]]" based on the teachings of its founder, a "cultivation system" in the [[tradition]] of Chinese antiquity, and sometimes a religion or [[new religious movement]].

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Although the [[practice]] initially enjoyed considerable support from Chinese officialdom, by the mid- to late-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990's 1990]s, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party Communist Party] and public security organs increasingly viewed Falun Gong as a potential threat due to its size, independence from the [[state]], and spiritual teachings. By 1999, some estimates placed the number of Falun Gong adherents in the tens of millions. Tensions culminated in April 1999, when over 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered peacefully near the central government compound in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing Beijing] to request legal recognition and [[freedom]] from state [[interference]]. This [[demonstration]] is widely seen as catalyzing the [[suppression]] that followed.

Although the [[practice]] initially enjoyed considerable support from Chinese officialdom, by the mid- to late-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990's 1990]s, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party Communist Party] and public security organs increasingly viewed Falun Gong as a potential threat due to its size, independence from the [[state]], and spiritual teachings. By 1999, some estimates placed the number of Falun Gong adherents in the tens of millions. Tensions culminated in April 1999, when over 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered peacefully near the central government compound in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing Beijing] to request legal recognition and [[freedom]] from state [[interference]]. This [[demonstration]] is widely seen as catalyzing the [[suppression]] that followed.