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Integrating Mindfulness into Daily Life
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Practice-Month_The_Three_Jewels,_Buddha_Dharma_Sangha
The talk addresses the practice of incorporating the Three Jewels—Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha—into daily life, focusing on the challenges and rewards of residential group practice, including family dynamics and the integration of lay practices into Western contexts. The discussion highlights the difficulties of shared practice within a multi-generational community and emphasizes the importance of communal practice settings, like Crestone and Johanneshof, that integrate mindfulness with everyday life.
- The Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha): Central to the talk, they represent the foundational aspects of Buddhist practice emphasized as essential to integrating mindfulness into daily life.
- Crestone and Johanneshof: Mentioned as exemplary practice centers for integrating lay practice with family and community life, highlighting the need for such communities in Western Buddhist practice.
AI Suggested Title: Integrating Mindfulness into Daily Life
Being there and you have to feed them and they don't want to eat and they go to the pond and they are just so tired. They just cannot bring themselves together and you somehow have to cope with that. And then you're out there with them and you have to feed them and bring them something to eat and they run to the pond and they are so tired that they can hardly stand anymore and then you have to get rid of this situation somehow. So this is really the measure of my practice. It's not eating Oreo cookies. It's trying to just be with them in the difficult situation of having lunch together. And So this really is a challenge for the second foundation of mindfulness.
[01:14]
And it's great to be in both worlds. I mean, it's the calmness of the arioki and being able to feel the group and doing it together in this rhythm. And it's really great to be in both worlds, to do yoga, to be in the group, to feel the peace of the group and to practice together. And then when it's my turn being outside and just freaking out because it doesn't work somehow. And at the same time, when it's my turn to be outside, to flip out because the situation is so bad. Well, it's been my dream to have a way to practice together.
[02:20]
Old and young and men and women. And not just young male monks. And children. And thank you for fulfilling my dream. Because we're doing it here. There are profound difficulties in continuing a group of residential practice when it's involved with families. there are profound difficulties. Because I also feel that our Western practice, adept lay practice, needs practice centers like Crestone and Johanneshof as integrated with one's practice and daily life. No one knows how to make this work.
[03:21]
I won't go into what I think are the real problems. And why it's never been done before, at least not in Buddhism. But I want to try. I want us to try. And I think we're doing it. Even cats are allowed. Charlie doesn't care whether he's allowed or not. So thank you very much for this practice week and this practice month. And those of you who are in the next week, I'll be here next week. Thank you very much. Thank you for translating. You're welcome. Thank you for translating for your wife.
[04:47]
Thank you for translating. And it does seem to me good the way the parents have organized themselves to take care of the kids. I'm sorry Sophia is too young to be turned over to you.
[05:06]
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