What books do you recommend about the history and persecution of the Falun Gong movement?
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Can't recommend any books,just do a yahoo search on falun gong,there is an organization that documents abuses,with pictures of torture victims ,that did not survive and the methods used ,as well as individual stories and pictures of those who were tortured and did or did not survive,there are also links to places where you can practice or order books about zhuan falun,but I do not recall books about the persecution aspect
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I find those books to be very helpful when you don't want a complete in depth book to read but you just want to know enough information to get you through - \n\nThere are also "The Complete Idiots guide to ____" books and "The Everything _____ Books"\n\n"The Everything World Religions Book" is a great one. If you want to talk to a buddhist, pagan, mormon, wiccan or jehova's witness without sounding like a complete jerk, this book will help you.
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a HUGE impact. look at the da vinci code. even the author said it was completely fiction and people still took it seriously and started to question their ways of life and religion. or take the red book everyone carried in communist china. that little book ruled their lives (along with mao, but he was the author so it's all connected). there you go. it can change a person's whole point of view almost instantly
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I have many books of his, and I thoroughly love them.  One of the best is "Destructive Emotions" by Daniel Goleman with the Dalai Lama.  I love his book called "The Compassionate Life" and I love his philosophy in general.  I think that he is the "real deal."  He is altruistic and as genuine as anyone I have ever seen.
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The Satanic Bible by Anton LeVey.  There is also the Satanic Ritual and The Black Book of Satan, also by Anton LeVey.
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Laogai—The Chinese Gulag by Hongda Harry Wu (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, Inc., 1992); 247 pages; $34.95.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_Massacre
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http://www.cultwatch.com/
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Actually to answer peace, it is perhaps the most translated book in history next to the bible and is known by the whole of china which makes up a 1/5 of the world's population, + lots of scholars and philosophy interested people, + taoists of course.  As one of the main 3 texts of taoism it is indeed an important book (Tao Te Ching, Chuang Tzu, Lieh Tzu)\n\nYes I was aware of this, did you know the I-Ching is even older still!  And perhaps contains some really startling information.\n\nA lot of what would have gone into the Tao Te Ching would also have survived in other texts or by oral tradition before becoming the works we know today as the Tao Te Ching.  The Hua Hu Ching is a good read too, again with some interesting thoughts on the nature of things. (i think they pioneered quantum physics millenia ago!)\n\nIt is a wonderful book that everyone should have a look at!\nYou can get it off the internet easy enough.
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any book concerning the teachings of Silver Birch\nor\nby Neale Donald Walsh
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Dear $$$$,\n\nOne of the first things the Communists did in China after taking power in 1949 was to reform family law. Polygamous marriages (previously a strong tradition in Chinese culture) were outlawed and divorce was made available to women as well as men. The Communists also promoted the advancement of women in every area of society. In that regard, the Communists can indeed be argued to have dealt positively with some of the more unsavoury realities of traditional Chinese culture, which was often extremely unfavourable towards women.\n\nFor the rest, however, their record is frankly dismal. From the very beginning the Communists launched a massive attack on most aspects of Chinese culture, cracking down on religious practice and the millennia-old tradition of ancestor worship, which were dismissed as "bourgeois superstitions". Spiritual figures such as Buddhist monks and shamans, previously an integral part of Chinese culture, were imprisoned. Cultural festivals were abolished - even Chinese New Year was considered to be part of the "old superstitions", and the Communists replaced it by the politically correct appelation of "spring festival" (which is still in use today).\n\nIn the 1970s, Mao's wife Jiang Qing initiated a "criticise Confucius" campaign, seeking to cast shame and discredit on one of China's greatest cultural influences. There was even a plan at some point to abolish the Chinese writing system altogether and replace it with the Roman alphabet. Thankfully this plan proved to be unworkable and was quickly scrapped.\n\nBut nothing compares with the catastrophe unleashed upon Chinese culture by the Communists during the infamous Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). During that fanatical time, all icons of traditional culture were decreed to be "reactionary" and violently attacked. Classical Chinese literature was banned. Thousands of temples and churches across the country were ransacked, looted or destroyed and millions of priceless cultural artefacts were lost. \n\nThis is without even mentioning, of course, the millions of people who were brutally killed, tortured, or removed from their jobs and sent to undergo hard labour in the countryside for somehow becoming associated with "old ways of thinking". This was a huge trauma for Chinese society, and the country still has not finished recovering from it. All in all, the Communists have been very bad news for Chinese culture.\n\nBut it is also important to note that things have changed, and nowadays the Communist authorities have advocated a revival of Chinese culture. It is fine to read Confucius again, temples have reopened and the government has openly espoused a traditional Chinese architectural style for many of its buildings (and encouraged this trend in the private sector too). The Cultural Revolution has been cautiously condemned as a mistake.\n\nHope this helped,
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Lao Tsu's book is more about life on a day-to-day basis.  Like Buddhism, a religion was made out of him.  It is an interesting, and very short, book (The Tao-te-Ching) and somewhat difficult to read if you're not in the right frame of mind, so to speak.  \n\nI imagine Lao Tsu existed, but there is no proof (like a lot of other religion founders) and he was more a philosopher than a religious leader.  I would go with a more spiritual immortality, based on the Tao-te-Ching, but it is difficult to tell.
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http://athenaeum.asiya.org/Abramelin1.pdf\n\nhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/grim/magus/
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Well, I can't believe all mindless Xian sheep that has answered this question. Shows how brainwashed the followers of the Xian cult are.  Yeshua(Jesus) is most definitely fictional, otherwise thier would historical accounts of him. And no, the Bibble isn't a history book, but just a book of myths.
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There are lots of books out there so you may want to narrow your search.  Reinhold Messner books are awesome especially "the crystal horizon".  It's about his solo climb of Everest in the early 80's without oxygen.   Here are some others:\nThe Climb: By Anatoli Boukreev\nanything by John Krakauer\nThe white spider" \nThe Climb up to hell\n"Touching the void" Joe simpson\n These are mostly mountain disaster books.  If your looking for a "how to" on mountain climbing and mountaineering I would by\n"Mountaineering: the freedom of the hills"\nLastly depending on your area, buy the local guidebook with trails and descriptions.
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You might perhaps check out a World Religion textbook.  I can suggest "World Religions" by Warren Matthews, but I'm really no expert.\n\nHope your have an enjoyable evening~
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Check out "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera.  Parts of the story deal with free speech and it's also just a great book.