PureInsight | April 22, 2002
Dafa practitioners frequently quote the Fa taught by Master in their articles. As a disciple, one must treat Master and the Fa with reverence.
In Lecture Three of Zhuan Falun, Master gave clear instructions to practitioners with regards to spreading the practice and introducing Dafa to everyday people. But sometimes we do not do very well. At times, we may mix the Fa with our own words, the first half is our own speech, and the latter half are Teacher's words. For instance, we may mix Master's poems with our own poems, or quote half of Master's poems in the title, and so on. Although quotation marks are used, it is very important to ensure that the quoted words are accurate and are provided with specific references. This is crucial to the articles that are circulating among everyday people in society at present. Master's words are the Fa. Safeguarding the Fa is a Dafa practitioners' most important mission. We are not the only beings who safeguard Dafa, there are also gods from multi-layered dimensions that guard the Fa as well. The Fa principles of the cosmos treat all lives fairly. We do not want to set barriers in our cultivation path simply because we still have gaps in our own minds. We must be strict with ourselves. We must stand on the position of safeguarding Dafa, and to carefully examine our own words and deeds in order to prevent the evil from taking advantage of any loopholes. When writing articles, we should use quotations properly and to consider its appropriate place in the text. I believe that there are no problems in incorporating Teacher's words in one's experience sharing article only if one truly understands the Fa responsibly. However, we must be extremely careful when we express our own viewpoint to everyday people because everyday people have not read the Fa. Randomly selecting some parts from the Fa easily leaves the impression of "taking sentences out of context." In this Fa-rectification period, we must rationally understand the importance of safeguarding the Fa. We must treat the Fa with reverence!
Translated from:
http://www.zhengjian.org/zj/articles/2002/4/4/15269.html
