“When both are faithful and bountiful, disciplined, living righteously, then wife and husband say nice things to each other.
They get all the things they need, so they live at ease. Their enemies are downhearted, when both are equal in ethics.
Having practiced the teaching here, both equal in precepts and observances, they delight in the heavenly realm, enjoying all the pleasures they desire.”
Paṭhamasamajīvīsutta—Bhikkhu Sujato
As I sit here in the small room I’ve rented during our separation it is hard to imagine that the scenario described by Lord Buddha above could actually exist. I have found myself too weak to give up on my children and part of that means doing all I can to salvage my marriage.
Cattāri Brahmavihārā 
It can be very tuff sometimes in a marriage, I know. I wish you all the best for all involved.
By: Barbara on 12/11/2023
at 1:45 pm
I wish you and your family the very best, and all the blessings in the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha.
By: jane on 12/27/2023
at 3:06 pm