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How to save her? She jumped off a building, is she still alive? XD

Anyway, it sounds like a cult. Any belief which causes more personal harm than good, is a cult.

Falun Gong (Falun Dafa) is spiritual practice, not a religion or cult.


http://www.falundafa.org/eng/intro.html


Add: Depending on her level of skill, she may also be following the practice, even if it is to her detriment. I had a friend who studied to be a guru in yoga, and her teacher advised her to remove all earthly attachments that included divorcing her husband. Some people find it shocking in the Western World, but it's more common than what people want to admit for Asiatic spiritual practices to behave in this manner as your friend.

Also, some people are just stubborn like that. If you've done all you can, you've done all you can. It hurts, but that's the way life is sometimes: you can't save everyone.

Actually, according to Christianity, all religions except theirs is a cult 3nodding
Not entirely sure if offense was intended 3nodding

Extreme forms of ascetism are actually a fairly recurring theme in south-east asian religions. Falun Gong seems somewhat related to the extremely ascetic Jainism branch of that area.

Then again, like a buddhist friend of mine told me said: One should avoid extremes of this world and thread the paths between paths; the middle way.

All forms of religious extremism, cult or not, is generally a bad concept.

Before I even begin I am going to point out that this is all merely debate, none of it is meant to offend anyone. I would also like to point out that this is going strictly by the definitions.. First off all religions are for he most part considered false by the MAJORITY of the people not following them... if they weren't then things would be complicated.... Christianity was very exclusive in the very beginning if for no other reason than to protect themselves from those who persecuted them... the Romans.... everything is a fad at some point whether or not it lasts for a long time by those who love it or believe in it or not... to those who are not Christians they could say that Jesus was the charismatic leader... the way he did things was extremely different and considered wrong by the society he lived in... it was very unorthodox and extremist at the time... and asto pointing out the hurting and killing of children and such must I point out the witch trials and the Inquisition.... I know those were after christianity had grown but cults generally don't do that kind of thing on a large scale until it has grown to a certain size... and also you have to admit that normally people inside the cults either don't notice or ignore or don't talk about the bad aspects of the cult and thus how would we know that there weren't things done earlier on in the days of christianity that were wrong... I only went on about christianity because it was the one brought up in conversation.... and it's the only one I know enough about to full on question like this because I know so much of its history having been raised in it... going by the definition it was a cult... and the fad part of the definition is a different, nonreligious meaning of the word normally used to describe a movie or something that wasn't meant to be big but acquires a huge following and eventually a subculture.... much like the rocky horror picture show..... and therefore isn't included in the analysis....

Hmmm, well, most religions, or those we now "accept" as religions started out as a cult.
As far as saving this woman:
1) She jumped off a building. Is she even alive?
2) Her decisions, whether good for her or not, are her decisions. You just have to accept that.

That's a good point, and I'll admit the Oxford definition is a lot more accurate then Google's. ^_^ Calling a religious group a cult is still insulting though. Most people, when they refer to a cult, mean a group that's unhealthy in their beliefs in some way. It's just not the ideal term for most religious groups, even when it applies.