How would you suggest integrating Dharma into daily life, based on your own example? Especially, how to overcome the excuse of having no time?
Venerated lineage holder of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism
“You have to make time. There is enough time. You work eight hours a day. Some people then say: I have no time to practice. But instead they go to a bar, sit front of the television, go to the movies, or do other things. If you really want to practice, then you have to give up those things. It is not necessary to cut yourself off from life completely, but you must slowly eliminate distraction. If you practice all the time, then your mind becomes tired. That is not so goodβyou lose concentration. Then you can watch a little television, read some books (not Dharma books), you can go for a walk in the forest or on the beach, or work in the gardenβyou can do those sorts of things. Also, if you work in a job where you do not need to talk, you can recite mantras while you are working. At work, or when I do my house duties, I recite a lot of prayers; sometimes I do mantras, sometimes I sing Tibetan songs.”
βJetsΓΌn Kushok Chimey Luding
from Cho Yang, Norbulinka Institute, 1996, page 99
