Tu in everyday life - When it comes to "tu", many people think that it is not for yourself but only for the round head square shirt at the other. To them, tu is the work of people who are holy and not for the human as we are. In their thinking, tu tu is to escape, find a quiet place, away from the noisy social life without regard to the suffering of others.

However, the word "tu" in the Buddhist sense is very broad and open. Although from the very beginning, the Buddha advised his disciples to seek solitude in order to nourish and develop the tranquility of the mind, but not so as to become separated from one's life. The Buddha was born for the happiness and well-being of all people, so his path of cultivation and advocacy can not deviate from this mainstream.

On that basis, no matter who is searching for a place to settle down, they will definitely have a way to share their fruitfulness to help others live happily, happily in a way that is not indifferent, Living selfishly with life. Some people think that tu, there must be the divine, the ability to show other people are. So, the concept of "tu" seems alien to ordinary people in this life.

But, Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh once said, "It does not matter if you go on water or go out of space. The true divine is on  the ground . " This sentence is very close to the Buddha said in the  School of  business, No. 11: Kevaddha business  that he just see the teachings of suffering people into happiness, bad to good, evil real is truly spiritual. In other words, to make ourselves and help someone transform from good to good to become human with good qualities is the greatest supernatant not only of the Buddha and many others can do torch. This sentence is very close to the Buddha said in the School of business, No. 11: Kevaddha business that he just see the teachings of suffering people into happiness, bad to good, evil real is truly spiritual. In other words, to make ourselves and help someone transform from good to good to become human with good qualities is the greatest supernatant not only of the Buddha and many others can do torch. This sentence is very close to the Buddha said in the School ofbusiness, No. 11: Kevaddha business  that he just see the teachings of suffering people into happiness, bad to good, evil real is truly spiritual. In other words, to make ourselves and help someone transform from good to good to become human with good qualities is the greatest supernatant not only of the Buddha and many others can do torch.

We do not need to scrape off the hair from our family to the pagoda, we do not need to change our lives, we can still live. The word "tu", in the way of the Buddha mentioned in His teachings, is very close to us as eating rice, drinking water, breathing air. Let's put ourselves in practice in a normal day.

Wake up with a healthy mind

The first thought of waking up early is to remind ourselves, how can one nourish a good heart? If you just say to yourself or say to others, " I should be nice, I should love, I should not be this, but so should I ", in fact, What to use with raising your good heart. We need to know how to practice, to transform the mind in a practical way, not the theory with beautifully formal words. 

People can not become more peaceful, this world can not become better if we sit there thinking, imagining, talking freely without acting to realize our goodwill. We need to truly develop good heart through words and actions. Good morning is the first thing in the morning, before thinking about what to eat this morning, I will have the first call of the day with whom, what work to do right when coming to the office ... 

The first concept of the day was the material that nourishes words and actions, " Today, as far as I can, I will not hurt anyone. I will try to do something that will benefit others. Today, if there is a chance, I will do all in my ability to bring happiness and long-term happiness to all beings . " 

Starting a new day with such positive motivation from a quiet source of energy and excitement is great. If there is such a clear, decisive decision in the early morning, the full power of the day is enough to nourish this notion throughout the day. After such a heartbreak, we lightly leave the bed, stepping to the ground in peaceful steps with calm mind. After personal hygiene, we begin to practice meditation. Sitting meditation at this time has the highest results, the easiest mind after the body was rested for a long night and is in the state of alert.

Practice meditation at home

As physical exercise exercises, exercise regularly every day to get results. Meditation - the way to train the body and mind - must also be. Meditation needs to be practiced regularly every day as an integral part of a successful new life. In fact, only those who practice earnest meditation feel the benefits of this particular mind-body-training method, from which one can appreciate this activity for a certain period of the day. 

For those who do not practice, guess, imagine, there is never a good will to put this activity into daily routine because these people have never known the benefits of meditation. 

" Meditation? I do not have time to sit still and take a breath. I have to run the market to get food for the whole family "is how they used to think, say and do. 

Actually, they have time to watch television, chat with friends for hours, they often take the time to shop around, go to supermarkets and entertainment. At home, they do not know how many times they go down to the fridge for junk food, then this dish, sometimes other dishes, but when they talk about meditation, they do not have time. 

Twenty-four hours a day can consume other work, but there is absolutely no time for meditation. Only if one understands the wonderful results of meditation, it should give it a worthy place. Once meditation becomes a priority activity in life, we will know how to distribute time and now, with no excuse, we will definitely have time for meditation. We eat three meals a day and many snacks should also think of feeding the mind by the meditation period. Recognizing this, we immediately have time to cut down on time watching TV, shopping, meeting friends play compensated play meditation. Taking care of the mind, taking care of the mind and devoting a worthwhile respect to the spiritual life, means that we respect ourselves as a sentient being.

When you realize the need for meditation is when you can begin. The first concept of the day is spreading the mind to all living beings and expecting more people to have peace, benefit from practicing meditation, and then practicing breathing meditation. Sit still, feel the breath in and out, be aware of the breath is permeating the body and feed each cell, you will feel pleasure, contempt. Just concentrate on the breath, stay calm in the present, naturally, the idea of ​​whirring gradually settles down, you just feel the breath. Anyone can arrange and wake up early to meditate, including those with young children, if we work hard and persevere. 

We can get up earlier and practice meditation while the child is still sleeping. At that time, the space was still calm and calm. The practice of meditation is not difficult; the difficulty is how to maintain attention in each sitting meditation and how to maintain this practice to become a regular part of your daily life. However, anyone who is beginning to meditate also has to go through a difficult period when the mind wavering without stopping at a place, at times nodding sleepy trying to open his eyes. You are no exception if you experience these states. Do not worry, just be persistent, everything takes time to go into its stable process and meditate too.

If instructed, parents can help their children learn to meditate together to sit with their parents. When parents need quiet space while meditating, they respect the quiet space of their parents without making noises. They become more subtle, respectful of others than this natural osmosis. This is a very effective way of education that even parents can not think of. 

On the contrary, if your parents pantomimize friends, talk on the phone with vain content, discuss nonsense, or spend hours in front of the television, then children will do the same. Learning by imitation is the fastest way to learn. How do we want our children to learn? If you care about your child properly, first of all pay attention to yourself to maintain a healthy, balanced lifestyle to bring real benefits and long-term benefits to yourself.

Just do the homework

Whatever work you do in society, you also have a certain amount of work to do. Homework is unknown, keep working, time is running out. It is because of that, a common psychology is easily irritated, irritated by tired, tense when struggling with all the work, no longer rest. I tried, tried again, but work efficiency is not high, psychological heavy every day. Everything will be much different if you know "tu" in this situation. 

Life is ours, so we have the right to choose how to live. With home work, do not overly embrace the divides that work in a reasonable order of priority, must plan what to do in the beginning, what is important and urgent we do before. Done this, we start another in calmness, lightness.

One of the most natural ways to relax your mind, as well as getting our children to become familiar with the virtues is to do housework, we just open the music, let the children listen to spirit to be more comfortable in At work. In their spare time, parents give their children religious songs and teach them to sing melodies with cheerful melodies and simple words for the children, a way for both parents and children to cultivate. Many children learn foreign languages ​​through listening to music. Likewise, the children will be gentler, more caring when words convey ethical values ​​that mourn their souls often. 

Parents can ask them to help with some small things while cleaning the altar, or asking them to meditate, asking simple questions that stimulate their curiosity about the Buddha and The basic things in Buddhism, tell the children the simple Buddhist ethics in the understanding of the children ... If combined smoothly, we can both work at home, teach children, have cultivated , Just relax and every day life is full of meaning.

In addition, we should spend a certain amount of time during the day to hear the Dharma, read the Dharma. Do not try to force or force yourself to listen to a certain time, which can stop at any time, listen to French as a way to enjoy in the spirit of comfort. We should approach Buddhism as a normal news channel. If you feel the benefit of hearing the dharma, you should maintain each day and spend more time, hearing purpose and direction. When it rains for a long time, when it is raining, you will be surprised when the dharma is received as a kind of background music for everyone in your family to hear in your dear home!

The dual benefit of cultivating myself and my family members, especially the children, is possible when the family becomes a warm, peaceful environment. If parents apply the dharma regularly in their daily lives, their children will have the opportunity to receive this good energy from the practice of their parents. These are the most effective ways of teaching morals to your children and are also the easiest way for parents to cultivate and cultivate, cultivate, cultivate, and raise children.

Practice meditation at work

We spend most of our day at work, so you can use this time to practice your way. After breakfast, my daily job is to go to work. Get out of the house with a positive mentality, full of loving energy of a new day and send this positive thought to all those who meet, talk, talk and collaborate with you throughout the day. Hey. Throughout the day, even when busy, do not let the pressure create you. Just remind yourself, today, I come here to work for my benefit, to people, not to hurt anyone.

We can practice loving-kindness through all situations and events of the day. The simplest and most common way to get out of your home is the traffic light. The hustle and bustle of a big city sometimes goes away in a hurry and tensions, and when we see a red light in less than a minute, we often have an uneasy mentality. The thought that arises in the mind now is " how come it's so bad, at the crossroads I see red lights "; "The red light is so long, it's late ". 

If we keep such negative ideas in our minds, we carry a heavy mood to work, what is fun? In order to be able to make fun, in the same situation in the red light, standing in the middle of a busy line, we breathe lightly, gently and think " I want to love all these people ." Or when there are many people carrying heavy goods, bulky in front or side, we start " they are too hard, too pitiful in life to live " ... 

Similarly, when the phone rings, if the idea of ​​" I'm going to be disturbed " then my mind is heavy. Instead, when the phone rings, I think, " I'm going to have a chance to help someone here, " then my heart warmth with love and this energy gives me life, a source of joy to nurture. I am in favor. So it was cultivating in everyday life.

For the rest of the day, we need to remind our minds, to dwell in our minds, to act, to know and to do everything from thinking, feeling, speaking and doing, to putting them in the orbit of our supervision. Gradually mature, rather than living too "natural", want to do by instinct. When living with a natural instinct, we often have a mixed reaction to what is happening in life. 

For example, it's hot, I'm annoyed to think that it's not cooler than the red light, complaining that it's not a blue light, it's raining, why does not sunshine ... then I pour all the frustration in my mind to those Do the same, with the subordinates in the style of "angry fish cutting board" while they have no fault with themselves. In this way, we make social relationships worse, we ourselves are not really in touch with the present and do not feel the mysteriousness of life. When I do not know myself, I treat myself as a stranger. 

If someone asks in half an hour what we think, feel ... I shut up because I do not know, not aware of what is happening to myself, while, what comes up in The mind affects the way we perceive ourselves and how we relate to others we do not know. If we control our minds, we can contribute to our emotion and regulate our behavior more appropriately in daily communication, then things will get better. This is the job that is needed for everyone.

 Nurture mindfulness

The excuse for indifferent lifestyle is the lack of control that is practicing and cultivating mindfulness, that is, being mindful of our thoughts, feelings, speech and actions in the present moment. This is a way to keep yourself from slipping off ethical standards, living with a warm heart without compassion. By nourishing consciousness, one gradually adopts the habit of indoctrinating himself or herself objectively rather than looking outside with judgment, criticism, and praise. 

Mindfulness will help each one of us to come back to ourselves, take responsibility for what we have created, to act, not to blame other people for the situation. Mindfulness awareness will help us a lot in monitoring, mastering our emotions, gradually remove the negative mentality, rebellious groundless and pour on others. In this way, we do not turn the very cute people around us into poor victims of our rough, gruff, rough and rough. 

The practice of mindfulness begins with the concentration of the breath, we will mature in the breath, return to live with the loving, innocent heart, gentle heart to everyone.

With mindfulness, we realize that we are a cell in relationships with people and the outside world, so we find ourselves in the midst of this great world. Once we understand the intimate relationship between ourselves and this cosmic coexistence world, we are more aware of the domino effect, the impact and the chain effect between ourselves and all. Each of our actions, words and thoughts have an impact on the environment, so that we can consider more, have a sense of protection of our environment, our sense of nurture our social relationships in life. . It's just that!

Review a day passed

With the practice of mindfulness of mindfulness on all our actions during the day, we return home in mindfulness, with a calm and loving mind. Go to the family home, instead of spending time in front of the TV, or people are busy immersed in the laptop, ipad, ipod, or smartphone, let's spend a few minutes quietly Static, away from everything modern machines. This is a rare time to look back on a day of work in mindfulness, in love, to feel a lot of useful and interesting for myself. 

Before going to sleep to recharge for a new working day the next morning is the best time to revisit a day's work, emotional one day, how to react in a day. This is a way to help us to evaluate ourselves objectively, learn from experience effectively and express the desire for progress and improvement in work as well as in behavior of themselves. What in the past one day I was completely aware and mastered myself well. 

There are many cases, we do with the engine si si but at that time, we did not get to know, but when home, the mind calm down, we calm enough to see the problem more complete and objective, again Seeing that I was wrong and more awkward. Review again to test what is going on in our minds throughout the day, but it does not mean that we are tormented, insecure about things that we are not happy about ourselves. Forgive yourself and what is needed is the lesson from those mistakes. With an attitude of openness and tolerance, we go to sleep easily and have a deep and delicious sleep.

Tu in everyday life like that is actually not difficult nor does it take time. We always have time, 24 hours a day. I do not need to cut a period of time, although very short, dedicated to the practice, I practice at home, practice at work, practice while doing housework, Here in every place, every situation we are living. In this way, dhamma is a material that permeates our body, accompanies us in our awakening, as well as in sleep, study, work and play, and we will surely have meaningful lives. Fullness in this world! 

To put it bluntly enough, even in the busiest of people, mindfulness and perseverance in life are common. END=NAM MO SHAKYAMOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.29/6/2017.