"My life is very busy,
I have no time for meditation. What should I do?"
You can practice meditation in your daily life.
For example, if you have children,
of course, you have to care for them.
Especially with children
you can develop loving-kindness and compassion.
There is no problem.
In the texts, as my teacher told me,
the best object for developing loving-kindness and compassion,
the first and the best object is with your loved ones.
So if you have children,
there is naturally a connection with them, right?
A heart connection.
So it is easy to develop love.
But if this love is mixed with attachment and grasping,
then there will be suffering and problems.
You have to develop genuine love and compassion.
So, try to learn about your children,
their feelings,
their mental thinking,
behaviour, etc.
Actually, we are the same,
children and adults, we are similar.
Of course, they make a lot of problems,
it can be pretty difficult, but try to learn patience also.
So you can try to develop love and compassion with your children,
and patience, but it does not mean,
"Alright children, you can do whatever you want.
I can not say anything!
I am practicing loving-kindness and compassion
so I have to treat my children very well.
Oh, my dear! My love, what happened?"
You do not have to do this too much.
Therefore, loving-kindness and compassion
connected with wisdom is important.
The goal of loving-kindness and compassion is to benefit,
not just saying, "Hehe.
Even if I do not want to say ‘hehe’ I have to say it.
It is not like that.
The goal of loving-kindness and compassion is to benefit.
Of course, you have to give love and be kind to children,
but you can guide them.
But not by being mean,
"You should do this! Do not do that!"
That does not work so well most of the time.
Instead, try to use your knowledge, wisdom, capabilities,
and guide and teach your children.
You can teach them a lot,
but do not teach them many things at the same time.
I do not have children, of course,
so I am not an expert on this,
but I have heard a lot of things from other people.
Many of my brothers have families.
You can do many things with your children,
although it is a busy life.
If you consider this your practice,
then you can do a lot.
But if you think that this is an obstacle,
"I need peace and a special place to meditate."
then this becomes contradictory to your practice.
I am not saying that this is easy.
It is difficult, very difficult,
but at least you can try.
Even if you can just develop one percent...
...practicing with your children,
with your busy life,
that is wonderful!
Even just the wish to practice,
the wish to integrate your practice in your busy life
and with your children,
that is wonderful!
That will also help you in the future...
...to really develop your practice.
In this way, an obstacle becomes an opportunity.
Thank you!