Good morning, dear Sangha. Dear friends.

Today we have a session of questions and answers. And the young people are invited to ask the first few questions, maybe five. And then the rest of the time will be for we grown-ups to ask our question.

A good question can always benefit many people. So let us ask the question of the heart. A question that has to do with our suffering, our happiness, our hope, our fear, our practice. And we all know that a good question does not need to be very long.

Um, those of us who want to ask a question are invited to come up here and to sit close to Thay. And they will take a turn to sit on that chair so that everyone can see him or her. And before asking a question, we always listen to the bell and breathe in and out three times, everyone.

And, uh, if you are a little bit shy and you don't want to come and sit there, you might like to write down your question and ask someone to bring it to Thay. Uh, there are a few questions that have already been written down. And from time to time, we read one of these questions.

So please come. Children and the teens, and then other people. Come and sit right here, around here.

We listen to the bell first, we breathe in and out three times, and we take the microphone to ask the question. Okay?

[three sounds of the bell.]

My question is, have you reached enlightenment? And if you have, how?

How, how do you reach enlightenment?

Has Thay reached enlightenment? And if Thay has reached enlightenment, how did Thay reach it?

Very interesting question. Put the microphone down.

This is a very interesting question. Enlightenment is always enlightenment about something. There is, we have to remember that. Suppose when you drink your tea, and if you, you are aware that you know that you are drinking your tea, that is already enlightenment. Because there are those who drink their tea but do not know that they are drinking their tea because they are absorbed in their worries and anger. So there is no enlightenment during the time of drinking tea.

So if you drink your tea mindfully and you know that you are drinking your tea, that is already enlightenment. It's not something very far away. And when we walk