I am so glad you could join us. I'm your host Mo Gaudet. This podcast is nothing more than a conversation between two good friends sharing inspiring life stories and perhaps

some nuggets of wisdom along the way.

This is your invitation to slow down with us.

Welcome to slow more. My guest today is a Terravada Buddhist monk, but not just anyone, it's the

all loved everywhere in the world, Ajan Bra.

Ajan grew up in London and earned a degree in theoretical physics from Cambridge University.

This allusion with the world of academia, he became a monk in 1974 and trained in the jungles of

Thailand under the meditation master Rajan Cha. He is revered today as a spiritual teacher and guide and is a bit of the largest Buddhist

monastery in the southern hemisphere in Australia. He is the author of many books including opening the door of your heart, mindful

bliss and beyond, the art of disappearing and don't worry be grumpy his public teachings regularly when we were allowed to go and

travel to physical places would attract thousands of people and then be watched by millions of people online.

Despite his status, he still lives in a very simple, a small hut in the forest that he actually

built himself and has no money or bank account

and enjoys nothing more than a cup of tea and sitting in meditation.

With us today is one of the greatest monks in our lifetime,

one of the greatest teachers, Ajan Bra.

That actually was a wonderful start for our conversation. Everybody loves you.

Just for our listeners of the hundred episodes I have recorded of Slowmo so far my producer and his

girlfriend Mary decided to say no no we're joining this one to tell

Ajan how much we love him to tell him for this so

Ajan Brahmo I'm going to actually ask the difficult questions not because I want them to be difficult but because I'm actually very curious myself

I really really need to understand a few things.

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