Question: Dear Sayadaw. I think my family has a kind of karma about separating. All of them, my grands, my aunts and uncles, my siblings, all have that kind of karma. So what actions could we do to liberate us from that karma of separating?

“If we are doing much what we want to do, it will be different from each other even with our family members because of different desires, different aims. If we try to do what we should do, for example: doing social activities for the society, of a village or town, for a religion, or for the truth like this, we can be together as much as we are able to do what is good. We can do it together with our family members and friends, because of the power of merits, good deeds.

Because of doing only for ourselves, you become far away from each other. That’s why you should do for the others for the Truth. This is better, complete. If you are able to do for long term, more and more people who are concerned with you can follow. In this way you can be togther again.

In our center from the beginning, only old and sick people who can not survive by themselves in the society come to stay in the center. Because of doing good deeds, they are satisfy and happy to stay in the center while their family members in the society are in trouble. That’s why they also came to stay in the center one by one. We accept it. That’s why so many families in the center at that time. I have to create Good Wills village for those families. Not only from the center but also from the outside, many families can stay together in the village which we established for free whoever in need or help.

Doing good deeds like this is also helpful to be together with our family and friends. We will get the same results what we give to the others. If we arrange the members from those families to stay together, we can be together with our family members also. It’s better if we are able to do good deeds seriously for long-term and help everyone’s family members who are in need of help. If we help them as much as we can, we can be together with everyone including our family members and friends.”