This is the final talk of this one week series

Ajahn reads from S.12: 38-40. It can be found here: https://thebuddhaswords.net/sn/sn12.html

Ajahn reads from and talks about sutta SN47.42 available here: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn47/sn47.042.than.html

0:53 Q1 I'm very impulsive and I find that smoking grounds me. I'd like to quit but it's not the proper time or the moment. Do you have any suggestions? 07:29 Q2 I have a question about recognizing not self, anatta. It's difficult to maintain this perspective over a longer period of time. I feel quite content but my personality keeps popping up and I struggle with the anxiety of aging and losing my job. How can I handle living in the real world? 18:40 Q3 Some questions on measureless States: a) I was attending a retreat with Ayye Anandabodhi what arose was a sense of gratitude. Is gratitude a prerequisite for cultivating the brahmaviharas? b) A local sangha leader often mentions "it's like this now'. Sometimes I find this just frustrating. Can you say something about this? c) 27:29 Q4 Sometime ago you talked about the fruition of karuna / compassion as boundless space, muditha/sympathetic joy as boundless consciousness and upekkha / equanimity as no-thing-ness. Can you speak more about this? 33:17 Q5 Resignation and acceptance. I can only accept my life situation at this moment is to resign myself to the circumstances. I experience a lot of direct and indirect rejection but feel sorry and defeated. 44:12 Q6 I'm 54 and I'm feeling in a kind of bardo, an in-between space in my life. My question is not about ambition but how do I want to spend the rest of my life. What can you advise?

Born into a Buddhist family in Malaysia, she began practising more seriously after she became a Chartered Accountant. She received the Going Forth as a Sīladharā in July 2019 at Amaravati where she resides.

Tan Anejo is a Swedish monk who accompanied Ajahn Sucitto

Questions are précised. Q1 Can you please explain once more what you mean by 'widen and expand attention around a tight solid object in the body'; 23:00 Q2 I'm afraid to leave the retreat. The world I return to is not made for the fine tuned sensitivity of awareness. Can you please advise? How can I live with my demanding small children, giving them what they need but not losing myself. 35:25 Q3 What are the differences and similarities between sampajanna (thoroughly completely knowing), dhamma vicya (exploring phenomena ) and yoniso manisakara (attention that goes to the origin); 43:35 Q4 Is it possible for a lay person to ordain when they are retired/ in old age? 47:34 How can I be with extreme fear of death? What happens when body and breath cannot be anchors for the period around death?