Bhikkhu Samāhita,

Please give a dharma lesson for a  layperson (me) who works,
watches his daughters, has little money/time for  retreats,
and just wants to be a good layperson Buddhist.

Thank  You
JABergmann
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1: Keep the precepts completely clean.
2: Meditate 45 min every morning 5-6 am
3: Study the Sutta Pitaka.
4: Support the Sangha.

Details: Please see what the Buddha himself said:

Reharding Lay Buddhist Praxis:
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The layperson's code of conduct:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/digha/dn-31-nt1.html
What it takes for a layperson to become a stream-winner:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an10-092.html
How a layperson can best work for the welfare of others:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an08-026.html
Five qualities of a sincere lay follower:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an05-175.html
Five rewards a layperson can expect for having conviction:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an05-038.html
Actions that only lead to one's downfall:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/suttanipata/snp1-06.html
How skillful actions and choices can protect you:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/suttanipata/snp2-04.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/khp/khp.html#khp-5
Development of the first six recollections can be done no matter how busy you are:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an11-013.html
How to recognize a lay stream-winner:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an05-179.html
Examples of lay stream-winners in the suttas:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index-subject.html#stream
Anathapindika:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/hecker/wheel334.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index-names.html#anathapindika
Nakula's mother:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an06-016.html
Suppabuddha (the leper):
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/udana/ud5-03.html
Visakha (a.k.a. Migara's Mother): see her entry in the
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index-names.html#visakha1
Buddhist Culture, The Cultured Buddhist (Robert Bogoda)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bogoda/bl139.html

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