I'm wondering if you could give us your thoughts, Ty, on how does one bring the beautiful sanctuary that we have here into our busy lives? And is it possible to be mindfully busy and mindfully hurried? Thank you.

You don't know, but in Plum Village I practice jogging, running also. Sometimes I play table tennis. Mindfulness is easier when you are beginners. Mindfulness is easier when you do it slowly. But if your mindfulness is strong enough, you can do things more quickly. But make sure that it's mindful. You can walk mindfully, but you can run mindfully. And then...

It depends on your way of planning. Suppose you are at the airport at 10 o'clock, and you think that from now you still have the time to linger on, you wait until that time in order to drive to the airport. But maybe there is heavy traffic and you may get a little bit late so you have to run. So you can always plan so that you have plenty of time to walk as a free person at the airport. We always do that.

We add another hour in order to have the pleasure of doing walking meditation at the airport. And we can always go from one building to another with the pleasure of walking meditation. So it should become a habit of planning in such a way that you have plenty of time to do each thing. And that's a good habit that everyone can get.

When you drive, instead of thinking of arrival, enjoy every moment of driving. This morning, before I came to the question and answer, I did not bother me with the question, what my friends will ask and how should I answer. I did not bother myself with this question at all.

From my room, I enjoy every step back here. And I live each moment of my daily life, of my walk, deeply. And when I arrive, I feel fresh and ready to offer my answers to the question.

So it is possible to enjoy mindful living in every moment of daily life. When you make your breakfast, transform breakfast making into a session of meditation, practice of mindfulness. Enjoy every moment of breakfast making. and you bring joy to the whole family. You may like to sing, you may like to practice mindful breathing.

The essential is to enjoy every moment and not to think of what you are going to do after breakfast. The secret is to dwell in the here and the now and to be happy in the moment. Of course, there are a lot of things to do. Even for us monks and nuns, there are a lot of things to do.

But we have learned to do them with joy. And do not consider the things we do as hard labor. And that is an art to be cultivated. And every one of us can do it. And if we know how to consume less, We don't have to drive a more expensive car in order to be happy. We don't have to get that big salary in order to be happy. If we know the art of simple living, then we have much more time to live our life happily and to help other people. And this is a good subject for discussion so that we can profit from the insight of others.

Thank you. My dear friends, this is the book, Creating True Peace, of very concrete practice. to bring peace into ourselves, our family, our society. It was originally written as a manual of practice. It was written originally for the United Nations. But finally they were so busy.

That is why we have entrusted to a big publisher that the circulation can be large. The book could be used by individuals, families, schools, communities. And there is another book called Joyfully Together. in which we offer our experience on community building, Sangha building. I think Sangha building, community building is a very joyful thing to do. And it is a noble, the most noble thing to do.

Because if you can create a Sangha, it can be the refuge for so many people. And each of us become a Sangha builder for our own support, our own refuge, and the refuge and support, protection from many others. We will get a lot of joy in the work of Sangha building.

So the book Joyfully Together can help and go together with the book Creating True Peace. When you feel that you have a friend who needs to read the book, when you feel that your congressman or senator needs to read the book, don't hesitate to send him a copy. And you know that in the month of September we are going to have to make retreat for them. If you want your senator or congressman to attend a retreat, write them, email them. They are so busy.

And we want them to have a chance to practice peace and to have more joy in their individual family life also. So creating peace is a manual for the practice. Only very concrete things to do to build a sangha, to build our family, and school and society. I have been in Boston, in New York, in Chicago, and we have organized book signing events.

Many people came and listened and got the book. The book is really a friend, an instrument for us to continue our practice. And after you have read the book, please share it with other people, especially in your family first and then your friends.