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When the mind holds on to a feeling in meditation, Ajahn Dtun advises seeing where it is attached and finding a way to let go there. To have the mindfulness and wisdom to let go, one must practise samādhi often, every day.
Everything in the world is impermanent. Sights, sounds, smells, tastes and touches arise and cease, the eye, ear, nose, tongue and body arise and cease, moods in the mind arise and cease, and the body is born and in the end breaks up. Things people build break down, trees grow and die, the sun rises and sets, flowers bloom and wither, and life ends in death. Seeing this, the heart lets go and finds coolness. It sounds easy but is very hard, though not beyond anyone with patience and effort.
He then speaks of life in a family: be a good father, husband, wife, mother or child, build goodness and pāramī together, have mettā and forgive one another, especially when living far from home. Keeping the five precepts makes family life happier, and worldly duties and developing the mind can go together. Avoid actions that harm oneself, the family or society, and do only what benefits them.