| Ajahn Sucitto |
I spent one interview with him, it wasn’t really an interview. We were just in the car, he was in the front seat and I was in the back. We went to this Buddhist Centre where he was staying, so we all got out and people were carrying his bags, and I carried his bowl into his room. And just as I was about leave he said, “Ah, Sucitto.” He wanted me to sit down. And I thought, “Oh dear...” And he would just start talking. I can maybe speak twenty words of Thai, and he speaks maybe five words of English. And yet we talked together for an hour. Because it didn’t really matter what he was saying, you could feel the metta. And I could get maybe one word, if he said something about food or meditation, or tudong or something. I’d just get a little bit. Mainly that he was trying to make me feel comfortable. He could see I was nervous. He could give each individual so much attention, just to make them feel comfortable. Very loving. That was very impressive for me. | |
