#dhamma

There is no God in Buddha’s teachings. There is no religious ritual in Buddha’s teachings. All that there is, is simple “Karma” or “Work” – that is the “Dhamma” or “Duty” or “Religion” he preached.

Gradually, in daily life also, one will be able to immediately look within when one faces some unwanted situation and understand the law of impermanence - anicca, anicca, anicca. So one has developed awareness and therefore one has understood how to live. You are householders. I do not say you should renounce your householder's life. But for those who have left their households, what else have they got to do other than this? If you had the intention to do other things, then why did you set aside your household responsibilities? You could very well have led a householder's life. Why did you renounce it? You have renounced it so that you can work seriously day and night, with no other work. You have such a profound technique, what else do you need? You have taken birth as a human being and have received this wonderful technique, now you only have to practise it. You have released yourself from all other responsibilities. The food that you require is being provided by charitable donors. You have the clothing you need to cover yourself. What more do you require? Now you only need to work hard. But for a householder, he has the responsibilities of the household, of his family, of the society. Performing all these duties, the bodhisatta lived not for one life but many lives and thus he provided an example to others that while being a householder, one can lead a good life. In every life as a householder, he worked hard to fulfil one parami or the other for his own good and for the good of others; for his own benefit and for the benefit of others.

Thirst of thirsty villages quenched!