A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2024-09-06 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt. Q&As: 1. What is the best and simplest way to make someone smile? 2. The Buddha advised that the one who practices guarding the sense faculty, moderation in eating, and is intent on mindfulness has laid the groundwork for the destruction of the taints. Could you please provide instructions on what it means to practice sense restraint/ guarding the sense faculty? 3. As I’m practicing the question “who” at some point I don’t get an answer at all and experience silence. What should happened when this question is asked? What is the piracies and what should be happening during it?