Daily Life Practice

This category gathers excerpts that show how practice continues in daily life —
at work, at home, in relationships, and in ordinary activities — where mindfulness meets real conditions.

THE EXCERPTS

001 ‣ Advice on Sleepy or Tense During Sitting (34) 002 ‣ Mindfulness when Talking (38) 003 ‣ Walking Meditation: Walk Naturally (39) 004 ‣ Skillful Being Mindful while at Work (42) 005 ‣ Difference Between Reality & Concept (52) 006 ‣ Intentions (64) 007 ‣ To Maintain Awareness, Know the Mind Activity (78) 008 ‣ Noticing Reaction and Attention Skillfully (148) 009 ‣ The Meaning of Bhavana, Cultivation (159) 010 ‣ Journey of Awareness into Our Work Place (172) 011 ‣ Am I Aware or Thinking? (174) 012 ‣ Meditation Understood, is the Way of Life (224) 013 ‣ Don’t Try to Change Anything, but Watch and Learn (251) 014 ‣ Meditation and Life Must Be Together (275) 015 ‣ Defilement Wants to Know What’s Outside; Wisdom Wants to Know What’s Inside (307) 016 ‣ Meditation is Not Confined to Certain Time; Meditation is for Life (309) 017 ‣ The Need to Know How Defilement Works (317) 018 ‣ Awareness During Daily Activities (320) 019 ‣ Walking Meditation: Let the Object Be a Natural Process (338) 020 ‣ Understand How the Mind Creates Concept (363) 021 ‣ Yogis Strive Too Hard at Retreats (396) 022 ‣ Right Attitude Towards Defilements (415) 023 ‣ Sayadaw Relates His Own Experience with Natural Awareness (428) 024 ‣ Eating Meditation at Home (476) 025 ‣ Learning to Overcome Depression the Wisdom Way (523)

026 ‣ Make Our Alone Moments in Daily Life Our Formal Practice (590) 027 ‣ We Must Use Our Wisdom So that it Can Become Stronger (603) 028 ‣ Practise Walking So Awareness Becomes Habitual Whenever We Walk (617) 029 ‣ Never Say Die when It’s Hard to Practice Post-retreat (623) 030 ‣ How to Face Difficult Relationships (625) 031 ‣ Keep Our Attention Inwards (656) 032 ‣ Sit Open-eyes; We Need to Be Skilful Using All Sense Doors (661) 033 ‣ The Easy Way to Bring in Awareness in Daily Life (681) 034 ‣ You Need to Guide Your Mind Towards the Practice in Daily Life (682) 035 ‣ Using Force to Be Aware Interferes with the Experience (709) 036 ‣ To Sit or Not to Sit in Daily Life (718) 037 ‣ Expand the Practice from Center to Home (737) 038 ‣ Learning to Handle Emotions in Daily Life (751) 039 ‣ How Sayadaw Used Feelings as the Main Object in Lay Life (771) 040 ‣ Work on What Can Be Seen; Let Whatever Not Seen Be (797) 041 ‣ Noticing the Benefit and Understanding the Benefit Are Different (838) 042 ‣ Right Motivation is to Know, Discover and Learn (922) 043 ‣ Are We Aware or Lost in Thought? (944) 044 ‣ Staying Aware in Daily Activities (959) 045 ‣ Adding Awareness to What We Normally Do in Daily Life (961) 046 ‣ Does Awareness Hinder Daily Activities? (965) 047 ‣ Reality is Always New (972) 048 ‣ Mindfulness Doesn’t Have to Be Good (989) 049 ‣ The Point of Being Aware (994) 050 ‣ Recognize the Benefit of Awareness in the Present Moment (1008)

051 ‣ Fire-proofing the Mind (1019) 052 ‣ Awareness Does Not Immediately Bring in Right Decisions (1029) 053 ‣ Dealing with Depression (1034) 054 ‣ Check Whether Awareness is Present while Going About Everyday Life (1069) 055 ‣ Use Whatever You Can to Be Mindful (1081) 056 ‣ What Does Skillful Mean in Daily Life (1102) 057 ‣ Mind States that Correlate to Decision Making (1105) 058 ‣ Learning Not to Simply Believe the Unwholesome Mind (1106) 059 ‣ When We See the Value of Learning, We Will Persist (1124) 060 ‣ Be Simple and Open when We’re Aware (1130) 061 ‣ The Challenge of Practice at Home (1170) 062 ‣ Home Practice Can Surpass Retreats (1183) 063 ‣ When Do We Stop Watching and Take Action? (1226) 064 ‣ Train Not to Be Peaceful but to Be Mindful (1227) 065 ‣ Isn’t the ‘i’ Wrong View? (1230) 066 ‣ Train to Open Up the Awareness in Daily Life (1255) 067 ‣ When the Mind Becomes Disinterested in the Teachings (1298) 068 ‣ Ideas that Are Holding Us Back (1313) 069 ‣ What to Do when We Keep Falling Asleep During the Sit (1318) 070 ‣ Balancing Lay Life with Meditation (1338) 071 ‣ Think and Decide with Wisdom, Not when Confused and Emotional (1342) 072 ‣ Trusting that the Mind Knows How to Practice (1347) 073 ‣ The Right Approach to Home Practice (1372) 074 ‣ Home Practice is Real (1377) 075 ‣ How to Maintain the Peaceful Mind Throughout the Day (1409)

076 ‣ Instructions to a New Yogi (1453) 077 ‣ Don’t Rush – Just Practice Steadily (1523) 078 ‣ Check Expectations Consistently (1542) 079 ‣ We Train to Be Aware in the Meditation Centre (1565) 080 ‣ The Foundation of the Practice (1566) 081 ‣ Don’t Give Up – the Practice is Always Difficult at the Start (1622) 082 ‣ Advice on Cultivating Awareness in Daily Life (1627) 083 ‣ Daily Life Meditation Becomes Easy with Practice (1662) 084 ‣ Practicing Mindful Communication in Daily Life (1722) 085 ‣ When Should I Sit to Meditate? (1736)

THE DISCUSSIONS

001 ‣ Make Sure the Attitude is Right (2) 002 ‣ Remindfulness (6) 003 ‣ The Deeper You Understand Anger, the Less it Overwhelms You (9) 004 ‣ Stability of Mind – the Role of Non-self (Anatta) Wisdom (10) 005 ‣ Do Not Be Lax During Comfortable Times (25) 006 ‣ Right Effort Vs Wrong Effort (26) 007 ‣ Distressed Before Death: A Reflection on Cancer (27) 008 ‣ Awareness + Wisdom in Action: the Mind of a Meditator at Work (28) 009 ‣ Right View in Meditation: Recognizing Images as Mental Processes (38) 010 ‣ From Cushion to Daily Life: Establishing Mindfulness Every Time (44) 011 ‣ Without Mindfulness There’s No Wisdom; without Wisdom Work is Tiring (57)