Buddhism isn't only Meditation and You don't have to be a monk to try to put the other teachings into practice

Over the last years I listened to every Joseph Goldstein & Jack Kornfield (many others of different lineages too) dhammatalk I could find.
They helped me tremendously. Every morning I start the day with

• gratitude,
• a bodhisattva vow,
• and with the reading of the Noble eight-fold path (just a chart to remember).
• Everyday I especially pay attention to cultivate one aspect of the eight-fold path
  
• and pay attention to one of the 4 defilement.

It isn't perfect on my side, but it is changing my life. A daily practice/system like this changed my life. I always knew about the path but never tried to consciously apply and cultivate them. I always said that some day I will go to some monastery and become a devoted monk and procrastinated with my sadana .

Much love

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