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2. “What would be the most difficult thing if you were to go back to lay life? What would be the most enjoyable, fun, nice thing about lay life?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Ajahn Karuṇadhammo] [Lay life] // [Disenchantment] [Happiness]
4. “Why do you think we sometimes don’t know what to do with our lives? Did you experience this before becoming a monk and do you sometimes still experience it? What helped you when you felt that way?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Purpose/meaning] [Ajahn Karuṇadhammo] [Monastic life] // [Delusion] [Sensual desire] [Māra] [Impermanence] [Clinging] [Truth] [Determination]
1. “This morning, Ajahn Karuṇadhammo spoke of the arising and passing away of dukkha and the subsequent non-arising. Is the non-arising synchronous with knowing, spacious knowing, boundless knowing, unborn, uncreated, unformed, unconditioned, Deathless element, the amata Dhamma?” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Ajahn Karuṇadhammo] [Impermanence] [Suffering] [Cessation of Suffering] [Knowing itself] [Unconditioned] [Deathless] // [Liberation] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Proliferation] [Relinquishment] [Language]
17. “In 2018 you stepped away from the role of abbot of Abhayagiri, passing the role to Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Ñāṇiko. Both these monks are American and have mostly trained in the United States at Abhayagiri. How do you feel about this milestone?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Abhayagiri] [Abbot] [Retirement] [Ajahn Karuṇadhammo] [Ajahn Pasanno ] [Ajahn Ñāṇiko] [History/Western Buddhist monasticism] [Culture/West] // [Monastic life]