Following the Principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance

Most importantly, Capt. Nguyen has changed in terms of how he interacts with others.

“I try to follow Falun Gong’s teachings—Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, and try to always consider others,” he explained.

He used to be hard on others. He is an excellent pilot and often won first place in professional races. Because of his skills, he developed an attitude of superiority and looked down on those who were not as good as he was. When co-workers’ performances didn’t meet his expectations, he would get angry and criticize them. His mother often said that his words were sharper than a knife.

Since cultivating Falun Gong, he now focuses on his own improvement. When others don’t do well, he often reminds himself to be tolerant and patient, and try to see things from others’ perspectives.

“When I have the urge to criticize others, I often ask myself—would this person be able to handle this? Everybody has different understandings of things. Should I measure others with my own criteria?” he asked. “When my heart changes, I find that the environment changes accordingly. Now, I get along with my friends and family.”

Nguyen is a happy person now. He is glad to share his experiences with co-workers, and those around him feel that he is a different and easy-going person. His co-workers enjoy working with him.

When asked what brought about the change, he often tells people it is Falun Gong’s teachings, and suggests that they give it a try.

Move to Taiwan to Read Zhuan Falun in Chinese

When he first started practicing, Capt. Nguyen worked for a Middle Eastern airline. He studied Zhuan Falun in English and Vietnamese. Yet he believed that reading the book in Chinese would help him come to a better understanding of the teachings, and he developed a wish to move to a Chinese-speaking environment.

An opportunity came soon after. Although the salary at the Taiwanese airline is only half of what he made in the Middle East, he feels that it’s worth it because he can take part in many different Falun Gong activities in Taiwan, and he can now read the Falun Gong books in Chinese.

It took him 10 months to learn all the Chinese words in Zhuan Falun. He is happy that he can now read the book in Chinese with local fellow practitioners.

Capt. Nguyen reading the Chinese version of Zhuan Falun.

Besides reading the books and doing the exercises, the captain wants to tell the public, especially Chinese tourists, what Falun Gong really is. With his fellow practitioners, he often talks to Chinese tourists at the airport, telling them of his own experiences practicing Falun Gong and about the brutal persecution in China.

Captain Nguyễn hopes to further improve his spoken Chinese so that he can do better in explaining the facts of Falun Gong to Chinese people and in this way help bring about an end to the persecution.

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