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**lmHVYs8e** · 06-13-2012, 04:51 AM

Terma's advice is very good. I think you have to decide hiow you want to live your life and then practise awakening in that context.

For me in the early days I was propelled towards monasticism through disappointment and aversion to my life, over time training the mind I began to see it wasn't my outer circumstances causing the problem but the mind. Once you learn that you can practise in any circumstance, make the most of any circumstance.

I used to think following in the footsteps of the Buddha was the way, but really what he realised was something here and now not something that necessarily requires abandoning ones life.

06-13-2012, 04:51 AM	#5
lmHVYs8e Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 392 Senior Member	Terma's advice is very good. I think you have to decide hiow you want to live your life and then practise awakening in that context. For me in the early days I was propelled towards monasticism through disappointment and aversion to my life, over time training the mind I began to see it wasn't my outer circumstances causing the problem but the mind. Once you learn that you can practise in any circumstance, make the most of any circumstance. I used to think following in the footsteps of the Buddha was the way, but really what he realised was something here and now not something that necessarily requires abandoning ones life.
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