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Life in the monastery: it's not like in a meditation center, everything is given out of the generosity of the lay people, so be contented and grateful by what is given to you; Generosity/Respect/Gratitude and the 5 precepts: the path to go to Heaven; Generosity: giving up material things is easier than giving up our views, thoughts and ideas, so we need to train it; Joy of giving: generosity brings joy 3 times (at the time we think about it, at the time we give, at the time we receive something as a result (kamma)); Respecting all other beings: learning how to dissociate the being from the deeds/actions of this person/being, not disrespecting someone because he did a bad action; Respect/Generosity/Gratitude in Thailand: they are born with those values, but it's a problem for us westerners and it will become an hindrance in our practice; Hell: not keeping the 5 precepts brings you to Hell; Anatta: we are not what we think we are, we see persons, animals but not the essence, like sand castles, we see the forms and we compare but we don't see the essence (sand) which is the same.