Question: Dear Sayadaw, it happens that my brother in law lost a big amount of money on a football bet. He already ran away and left their children at home alone with the debt. My sister is now in shock. How can I help her in this situation?

In fact, the whole family, she and her kids have to give back what they had done in the past or past lives. This is not our mistakes or bad karma of but hers. We can do nothing but guide them, help them, give them to do for others, and the Truth. Doing for ourselves is natural, common. Because of doing for themselves, for their family, they are now in trouble. I allow anyone to stay in the center and then I give them opportunities to learn about doing good deeds by experiencing not only from themselves but also from me and the others. This is really effective. Doing that is good not only for them but also for me and this organization. We have been busy doing like this until now for over 12 years. This is doing good deeds together. Our teamwork is great so we have got many good results. More and more people are concerned with our organization, more and more supports, volunteers, donations, more and more meditation centers in the country, and around the world also. We can successfully create two Goodwill villages for families that have the same problems as your sister’s. In those villages, over 3500 families are staying and developing regularly. First, we should guide them to do good deeds and meditate at home and at work. It will help them to do more good deeds and to stay at TNC Hochiminh or TNC Lien Hoa Dhamma nursing home. In this way no need to worry about the future and for those children. Many people can support them and they also can do good deeds by themselves. It really works, you should try.