It is important that we don’t take it too seriously, that we are able to laugh at ourselves and the human condition, because taking it all very seriously weighs us down. In the end it is absurd. Life is sometimes “how did I walk into this Samuel Beckett play?”
Ajahn Pasanno
Monastic
Ajahn Pasanno took ordination in Thailand in 1974 and was a disciple of Ajahn Chah. He is now the Guiding Elder at Abhayagiri Monastery.