Falun Gong has received a range of scholarly attention — including ethnographic studies, analysis on the teleology of practice and also some studies focusing on its relationship to qigong and Buddhism. Attention from the Academic community has increased following the onset of Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong in 1999.
Prominent Falun Gong scholar David Ownby delineates three core themes in the teachings: first, "Li presents his ...
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Falun Gong has received a range of scholarly attention — including ethnographic studies, analysis on the teleology of practice and also some studies focusing on its relationship to qigong and Buddhism. Attention from the Academic community has increased following the onset of Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong in 1999.
Prominent Falun Gong scholar David Ownby delineates three core themes in the teachings: first, "Li presents his vision both as a return to a lost, or neglected spiritual tradition, and as a major contribution to modern science"; second, "Falun Gong is profoundly moral"; third, "Falun Dafa promises practitioners supernatural powers". Ownby also lists its "Chineseness" as a major part of the practice's appeal.
In 1992, Li Hongzhi introduced Falun Gong and along with teachings that touched upon a wide range of topics, from detailed exposition on qigong related phenomenon and cultivation practice to science and morality. In the next few years, Falun Gong...
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