family

Gratia L. Meyer

The goal of a family is to help each member change and grow together. The responsibility of each family member is to help all members diminish their suffering and increase their happiness. T ultimate destination of each individual is being in the moment, which constantly changing and impermanent, by being aware that one already there.

Dr. Manpreet Singh

A happy marriage is the foundation of a stable family. As the culture of divorce spreads throughout the world, some sociologists even suggest that the end of family is only a question of time. The individualism and consumerism of the West is growing and taking its toll in the Asian countries which historically have enjoyed a strong family and community system. The institution of marriage, consequently family, is threatened by prevailing wider acceptance of divorce — the cause of broken individuals, families, children and immense suffering.

Bhiksuni Thich Chan Dang Nghiem (True Adornment with Non-Discrimination)

"Dear Thay,

Sometimes there are moments that I don't want to live anymore. Then I feel like a bird locked up in a cage. How can I take care of that feeling?"

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh

The article by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh can be read at http://www.abuddhistlibrary.com/Buddhism/G%20-%20TNH/TNH/Protecting%20Families%20From%20Being%20Broken/New%20Page%2010.htm

The health and happiness of the family is essential to the he happiness of society. Despite material security and technological advances in many countries, individuals and families suffer from the lack of true communication and harmony, as well anger, violence, loneliness and despair. The papers in this address the powerful role Buddhist teaching and practice can be healing and transforming family problems at their root.