Embodied,
We should try to strive to the best of our ability even as a lay person. I applaud religious lay people who, despite being a family man or woman, have a dedicated room where they can practise meditation and do prayers and chanting. Basically, they treat this room like a cave. They don’t really go out and socialise with people unnecessarily. No party, no movie, no music. Meditate and contemplate. But of course, they would still carry out their family responsibilities dutifully. The Buddha said there are 2 mistakes one can make in the spiritual path: One, is not to embark on this spiritual journey at all. The other is not to go all the way.