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'''Falun Gong''' or '''Falun Dafa''' (literally, "[[Wikipedia:Dharmachakra|Dharma Wheel]] Practice" or "Law Wheel Practice") is a [[Wikipedia:new religious movement|new religious movement]].<ref name="New religious movement">Junker, Andrew. 2019. ''Becoming Activists in Global China: Social Movements in the Chinese Diaspora'', pp. 23–24, 33, 119, 207. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|978-1108655897}}; Barker, Eileen. 2016. ''Revisionism and Diversification in New Religious Movements'', cf. 142–43. Taylor & Francis. {{ISBN|978-1317063612}}; Oliver, Paul. 2012. ''New Religious Movements: A Guide for the Perplexed'', pp. 81–84. Bloomsbury Academic. {{ISBN|9781441125538}}; Hexham, Irving. 2009. ''Pocket Dictionary of New Religious Movements'', pp. 49, 71. InterVarsity Press. {{ISBN|978-0830876525}}; Clarke, Peter. 2004. ''Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements''. Taylor & Francis. {{ISBN|978-1134499694}}; Partridge, Christopher. 2004. ''Encyclopedia of New Religions: New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities'', 265–66. Lion. {{ISBN|978-0745950730}}.</ref><ref name="OWNBY-195-196">Ownby, David. 2005. "The Falun Gong: A New Religious Movement in Post-Mao China" in Lewis, James R. & Jesper Aagaard. Editors. ''Controversial New Religions'', 195–96. Oxford University Press.</ref> Falun Gong was founded by its leader [[Wikipedia:Li Hongzhi|Li Hongzhi]] in [[Wikipedia:China|China]] in the early 1990s. Falun Gong has its global headquarters in [[Wikipedia:Dragon Springs|Dragon Springs]], a 400-acre (160 ha) compound around [[Wikipedia:Cuddebackville, New York|Cuddebackville]] in [[Wikipedia:Deerpark, New York|Deerpark, New York]], near the current residence of Li Hongzhi. Falun Gong's performance arts extension, [[:Category:Shen Yun|Shen Yun]] ("Divine Rhythm") and two closely connected schools, [[Wikipedia:Apsara|Fei Tian]] ("Flying Sky-Being") College and Fei Tian Academy of the Arts, also operate in and around Dragon Springs.<ref name="JUNKER-2019-33-101">Junker (2019: 33, 101).</ref><ref name="ZADRONZY-COLLINS-2019">Zadronzy, Brandy & Ben Collins. 2019. "Trump, QAnon and an impending judgment day: Behind the Facebook-fueled rise of The Epoch Times". ''[[NBC News]]''. [https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-qanon-impending-judgment-day-behind-facebook-fueled-rise-epoch-n1044121 Online]. Last accessed May 19, 2020.</ref><ref name="VAN-DER-MADE-2019">Van der Made, Jaan. 2019. "Shen Yun: Fighting Communism – and making a stack on the side". ''[[Radio France Internationale]]'', May 13, 2019. Online. Last accessed July 6, 2020. ''Quote'': "Dragon Springs Buddhists, Inc. in the town of Cuddebackville functions as its informal headquarters"</ref>
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Falun_Gong Falun Gong], RationalWiki.
*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Falun_Gong Falun Gong], RationalWiki.

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Falun Gong

The Falun Dafa emblem

Falun Gong or Falun Dafa (literally, "Dharma Wheel Practice" or "Law Wheel Practice") is a new religious movement.[1][2] Falun Gong was founded by its leader Li Hongzhi in China in the early 1990s. Falun Gong has its global headquarters in Dragon Springs, a 400-acre (160 ha) compound around Cuddebackville in Deerpark, New York, near the current residence of Li Hongzhi. Falun Gong's performance arts extension, Shen Yun ("Divine Rhythm") and two closely connected schools, Fei Tian ("Flying Sky-Being") College and Fei Tian Academy of the Arts, also operate in and around Dragon Springs.[3][4][5]

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  1. ↑ Junker, Andrew. 2019. Becoming Activists in Global China: Social Movements in the Chinese Diaspora, pp. 23–24, 33, 119, 207. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1108655897; Barker, Eileen. 2016. Revisionism and Diversification in New Religious Movements, cf. 142–43. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1317063612; Oliver, Paul. 2012. New Religious Movements: A Guide for the Perplexed, pp. 81–84. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781441125538; Hexham, Irving. 2009. Pocket Dictionary of New Religious Movements, pp. 49, 71. InterVarsity Press. ISBN 978-0830876525; Clarke, Peter. 2004. Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1134499694; Partridge, Christopher. 2004. Encyclopedia of New Religions: New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities, 265–66. Lion. ISBN 978-0745950730.
  2. ↑ Ownby, David. 2005. "The Falun Gong: A New Religious Movement in Post-Mao China" in Lewis, James R. & Jesper Aagaard. Editors. Controversial New Religions, 195–96. Oxford University Press.
  3. ↑ Junker (2019: 33, 101).
  4. ↑ Zadronzy, Brandy & Ben Collins. 2019. "Trump, QAnon and an impending judgment day: Behind the Facebook-fueled rise of The Epoch Times". NBC News. Online. Last accessed May 19, 2020.
  5. ↑ Van der Made, Jaan. 2019. "Shen Yun: Fighting Communism – and making a stack on the side". Radio France Internationale, May 13, 2019. Online. Last accessed July 6, 2020. Quote: "Dragon Springs Buddhists, Inc. in the town of Cuddebackville functions as its informal headquarters"

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