I was with Joseph in Thailand, he was “Pabbakaro” then, we were young and very intense, and dedicated to the practice.  And I think Ajahn Chah was fascinated by us, because we were so eccentric, and so intense, and we all thought too much.  He was interested in us, in our crazy way, but in the end he said “You Westerners are just the same, you’ve just got bigger noses”.… Read the rest