Ajahn Siripanyo reflects on the question,” Does sila, samadhi, panna (ethics, meditation, wisdom) work? Using examples from lay and monastic life, he explains the internal benefit to oneself and the external benefit to others of cultivating this path. He describes these factors as interdependent and mutually reinforcing, For example, sila and wisdom are like two hands washing each other. The path offers something beyond the “factual” reality of the conditioned world. Our challenge is to discover this.