I think we females have a lot of work to do for each other.
There are wars, there's pestilence, there are plagues, there is corruption in religious circles, corruption in the government, when was it not?
The Buddha always emphased the important of good friends.
In one way I would like to teach, but I have no qualifications to teach Westerners.
Monastic life cuts off the distractions and emotional entanglements one becomes involved in, in the lay life.
Distraction is the main problem for us all - what the Buddha called the monkey mind. We need to tame this monkey mind.