#bodhi-light-teachings  What's more difficult, cultivating in a forest alone or cultivating at a temple with others? >> Cultivating in a temple with others is far more difficult than living alone. Why is that? The Hinayana training is basically living alone because it's all the people who makes you afflicted. The worst source of afflictions is other people. So, that's why the Hinayana people are smart. They run away from society. They run away from the crowd. They run away from the marketplace in order to be alone. When you're alone, it feels more peaceful because no one around. That's the bottom line. However, what I found to be much more effective in training the next generation is staying in the cities. Why? Because it's so much more difficult. >> [snorts] >> The more difficult it is, >> [music] >> those few who survive can go very far. Develop skills a lot faster.