When some people resort to the media to criticize qigong, some practitioners waver in determination and give up their practice; it is as though those who take advantage of the media are wiser than the Buddha Fa, and that some practitioners practice cultivation for others. There are also people who become scared in the face of pressure and give up their cultivation. Can these kinds of people achieve the Right Fruit? At the crucial moment, won’t they even betray Buddha? Isn’t fear an attachment? Cultivation practice is like great waves washing away the sand: what remains is gold.

As a matter of fact, from ancient times to the present, human society has had a principle called inter-generation and inter-inhibition. So where there is good, there is bad; where there is right, there is evil; where there is compassion, there is wickedness; where there are humans, there are ghosts; where there are Buddhas, there are demons. It is even more present in human society. Where there is positive, there is negative; where there is advocacy, there is opposition; where there are those who believe, there are those who disbelieve; where there are good people, there are bad ones; where there are selfless people, there are selfish ones; and where there are people who can make sacrifices for others, there are people who will stop at nothing to benefit themselves. This was a principle in the past. Therefore, if an individual, a group, or even a nation wants to accomplish something good, there will be an equal amount of negative resistance. After success, one will thus feel that it was hard won and should be treasured. This was how mankind developed in the past (the principle of inter-generation and inter-inhibition will change in the future).

Speaking from another perspective, cultivation practice is supernormal. No matter who a person is, isn’t his criticism of qigong from an everyday person’s view? Does he have any right to deny the Buddha Fa and cultivation? Can any of mankind’s organizations rise above Gods and Buddhas? Do those who criticize qigong have the capacity to command Buddhas? Will Buddhas be bad simply because he says so? Will Buddhas cease to exist simply because he claims that there are no Buddhas? The Dharma’s tribulation during the "Great Cultural Revolution" resulted from the evolution of cosmic phenomena. Buddhas, Taos and Gods all follow heaven’s will. The Dharma’s tribulation was a tribulation for humans and religions, rather than a tribulation for Buddhas.

The greatest reason for religions being undermined is the degeneration of the human mind. People worship Buddha not to cultivate Buddhahood, but to seek Buddha’s blessings so that they can make a fortune, eliminate adversities, have a son, or lead a comfortable life. Everyone accrued a lot of karma in previous lives. How could one live comfortably? How could a person not pay for his karma after doing bad deeds? Seeing the human mind not right, demons have come out of their caves one after another to bring trouble and chaos to the human world. Upon seeing the human mind not right, Gods and Buddhas left their posts and abandoned the temples one after another. Many foxes, weasels, ghosts, and snakes have been brought into the temples by those who come to pray for wealth and profit. How can such temples not be in trouble? Human beings are the sinners. Buddhas do not punish people, because all people are driven by ignorance and have already done harm to themselves. Moreover, they have accrued great amounts of karma for themselves, and soon a great catastrophe will await them. Would there still be any need to punish them? In fact, if one does something wrong, one is bound to suffer retribution sometime in the future. It is just that people do not realize or believe it; they regard mishaps as accidents.

Regardless of whether it is a person or a social force that tells you not to practice cultivation anymore, you then give up your cultivation. Do you practice cultivation for them? Will they give you the Right Fruit? Isn’t your inclination toward them a blind faith? This, in fact, is the real ignorance. Besides, ours is not a qigong practice, but the Buddha Fa cultivation practice. Isn’t any pressure a test to see whether your faith in the Buddha Fa is fundamentally strong? If you still are not fundamentally resolute in the Fa, everything else is out of question.