My Dear comrades may the Buddha bless you all. 

I wish you be happy and prosperous in the new year.

I wish you all a happy and prosperous new year 2018

MINDfULNESS

v I have no home. I make mindfulness as my home.

Ø When I first read these lines, I felt so happy. I felt this is true, so true.

Ø If you are not mindful, what happens to your mind? Your mind just wanders around; it has no place to rest.

Ø You may have a big house physically, but mentally you may be homeless.

Ø When you practice mindfulness, if you keep practicing for long time diligently, you will come to the point that you know that you know. You know that you are seeing, you know that you are hearing, you know that you are talking.

Ø And then thinking stops and the mind is quiet, and though it is quiet, there is still this knowing.

Ø It is called awareness of awareness, and at that point you feel a kind of energy and power.

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         By Practicing Ana-Pana Sati Meditation one can improve one’s mindfulness.   To practice mindfulness there are many Buddhist meditation centers around the world, one can utilize these centers.  If you can find a suitable one then you are lucky.

                       SOURCES: From Sayadaw U Jotika’s Dharma lectures