But why, asked King Ajatasattu, should we give up worldly satisfactions to meditate? The Buddha's response was a discourse on the rewards of spiritual life which became known as one of his most important, the Samannaphala-sutta. Written by the first Western woman to be ordained a Theravadin Buddhist nun, author of Being Nobody, Going Nowhere and other books, this practical commentary expands on the sutta with a simple, direct and loving approach.