Translations of Dhamma talks given by Ajahn Anan, a disciple of Ajahn Chah and abbot of Wat Marp Jan Monastery in Thailand. For more information, visit www.watmarpjan.org/en. Many of the featured talks were given during daily sessions of chanting and meditation held on "Zoom", 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7). To join these sessions, simply email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for a link.
The Three Principles of Buddhism
'The Three Principles of Buddhism' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 24 Feb 2024, translated from Thai to English.
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2/27/2024 • 16 minutes, 45 seconds
All the Awakened Ones wish for our Success | Online Retreat Feb 2024 | Ajahn Paet
'All the Awakened Ones wish for our Success' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Paet on 20 Feb 2024, translated from Thai to English.
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'Accumulating our Parami' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 20 Feb 2024, translated from Thai to English.
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2/26/2024 • 16 minutes, 56 seconds
Maintaining One’s Practice in The World | Online Retreat Feb 2024 | Day-5 Q&A
'Maintaining One's Practice in The World' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 19 Feb 2024, translated from Thai to English.
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2/25/2024 • 16 minutes, 38 seconds
The Mind with Wisdom has Great Value | Online Retreat Feb 2024 | Ajahn Gamon
'The Mind with Wisdom has Great Value' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Gamon on 19 Feb 2024, translated from Thai to English.
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2/25/2024 • 23 minutes, 3 seconds
Meditation on Emptiness | Online Retreat Feb 2024 | Day-5 Morning
'Meditation on Emptiness' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 19 Feb 2024, translated from Thai to English.
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2/25/2024 • 17 minutes, 34 seconds
Drowsiness, Soreness, and War | Online Retreat Feb 2024 | Day-4 Q&A
'Drowsiness, Soreness, and War' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 18 Feb 2024, translated from Thai to English.
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'Awakening Our Thoughts' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 18 Feb 2024, translated from Thai to English.
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2/24/2024 • 17 minutes, 28 seconds
The Workings of Mindfulness | Online Retreat Feb 2024 | Ajahn Maha Nu
'The Workings of Mindfulness' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Maha Nu on 17 Feb 2024, translated from Thai to English.
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2/23/2024 • 19 minutes, 41 seconds
Why Must We Practice?
'Why Must We Practice?' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 17 Feb 2024, translated from Thai to English.
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2/23/2024 • 17 minutes, 24 seconds
Fearing Pain and Death | Online Retreat Feb 2024 | Day-2 Q&A
'Fearing Pain and Death' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 16 Feb 2024, translated from Thai to English.
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2/21/2024 • 10 minutes, 23 seconds
Reaching the Pinnacle Begins with Patient Endurance
'Reaching the Pinnacle Begins with Patient Endurance' - Friday Dhamma videos | 16 Feb 2024.
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2/21/2024 • 16 minutes, 46 seconds
The Timelessness of the Dhamma | Online Retreat Feb 2024 | Luang Por Somchai
'The Timelessness of the Dhamma' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Somchai on 16 Feb 2024, translated from Thai to English.
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2/20/2024 • 13 minutes, 58 seconds
Purifying the Mind | Online Retreat Feb 2024 | Day-2 Morning
'Purifying the Mind' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 16 Feb 2024, translated from Thai to English.
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2/20/2024 • 11 minutes, 2 seconds
Meditation Instructions | Online Retreat Feb 2024 | Day-1 Evening
Meditation instructions given by Ajahn Anan on 15 Feb 2024, translated from Thai to English.
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2/19/2024 • 19 minutes, 19 seconds
Chinese New Year
'Chinese New Year' - Friday Dhamma videos | 9 Feb 2024.
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2/10/2024 • 15 minutes, 28 seconds
Heart of an Angel
'Heart of an Angel' - Friday Dhamma videos | 2 Feb 2024.
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2/9/2024 • 14 minutes, 21 seconds
Loving Kindness Meditation
'Loving Kindness Meditation' - Friday Dhamma videos | 26 Jan 2024.
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1/27/2024 • 15 minutes, 56 seconds
Honouring Venerable Ajahn Chah Through Our Practice
'Honouring Venerable Ajahn Chah Through Our Practice' - Friday Dhamma videos | 19 Jan 2024.
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1/22/2024 • 17 minutes, 45 seconds
The Perfection of Morality
'The Perfection of Morality' - Friday Dhamma videos | 12 Jan 2024.
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1/21/2024 • 16 minutes, 36 seconds
Starting the New Year with the 4 Sublime Abidings
'Starting the New Year with the 4 Sublime Abidings' - Friday Dhamma videos | 31 Dec 2023.
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1/20/2024 • 17 minutes, 55 seconds
Bidding Farewell to 2023
'Bidding Farewell to 2023' - Friday Dhamma videos | 29 Dec 2023.
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12/29/2023 • 16 minutes, 54 seconds
Giving Others a Mountain of Blame While Blind to Our Own Faults
'Giving Others a Mountain of Blame While Blind to Our Own Faults' - Friday Dhamma videos | 15 Dec 2023.
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12/17/2023 • 18 minutes, 25 seconds
Reflecting on the Dhamma of His Majesty King Rama IX
'Reflecting on the Dhamma of His Majesty King Rama IX' - Friday Dhamma videos | 8 Dec 2023.
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12/16/2023 • 16 minutes, 47 seconds
Stop Being a Slave to Ignorance
'Stop Being a Slave to Ignorance' - Friday Dhamma videos | 1 Dec 2023.
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12/7/2023 • 17 minutes, 52 seconds
The Heated Mind from the Power of the Defilements
'The Heated Mind from the Power of the Defilements' - Friday Dhamma videos | 24 Nov 2023.
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12/6/2023 • 16 minutes, 10 seconds
The Big View Nourishing Committed Determination | Retreat Nov 2023 | Ajahn Achalo
'The Big View Nourishing Committed Determination' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Achalo on 4 Nov 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/14/2023 • 58 minutes, 24 seconds
The Path to Victory | Online Retreat Oct 2023 | Day-8 Morning
'The Path to Victory' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 4 Nov 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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'Dreams, Kamma & Not-Self' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 3 Nov 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/13/2023 • 16 minutes, 37 seconds
Happiness in the World, Happiness in the Dhamma | Retreat Nov 2023 | Ajahn Kong Pandito
'Happiness in the World, Happiness in the Dhamma' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Kong on 3 Nov 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/13/2023 • 31 minutes, 5 seconds
Even If It’s Difficult | Online Retreat Oct 2023 | Day-7 Morning
'Even If It's Difficult' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 3 Nov 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/13/2023 • 21 minutes, 44 seconds
Forgiveness, Healing, and Merit Giving | Online Retreat Oct 2023 | Day-6 Q&A
'Forgiveness, Healing, and Merit Giving' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 2 Nov 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/12/2023 • 10 minutes, 55 seconds
Developing Qualities to be Amiable | Retreat Nov 2023 | Kruba Dterng Akkapanyo
'Developing Qualities to be Amiable' - A Dhamma talk given by Kruba Dterng on 2 Nov 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/12/2023 • 28 minutes, 36 seconds
How to Care for Your Heart | Online Retreat Oct 2023 | Day-6 Morning
'How to Care for Your Heart' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 2 Nov 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/12/2023 • 28 minutes, 6 seconds
Sleepiness, Worry, and Vows | Online Retreat Oct 2023 | Day-5 Q&A
'Sleepiness, Worry, and Vows' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 1 Nov 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/11/2023 • 14 minutes, 54 seconds
No Pain No Gain | Retreat Nov 2023 | Ajahn Kamon Katapunyo
'No Pain No Gain' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Kamon on 1 Nov 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/11/2023 • 20 minutes, 28 seconds
Buddha in All Things | Online Retreat Oct 2023 | Day-5 Morning
'Buddha in All Things' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 1 Nov 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/11/2023 • 22 minutes, 9 seconds
Intention is Sīla (Virtue) Itself | Online Retreat Oct 2023 | Day-4 Q&A
'Intention is Sīla (Virtue) Itself' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 31 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/10/2023 • 15 minutes, 54 seconds
Follow the Advices of the Great Teachers | Retreat Oct 2023 | Ajahn Pong Suddhiyano
'Follow the Advices of the Great Teachers' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Pong on 31 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/10/2023 • 22 minutes, 35 seconds
The Way to Freedom from Suffering | Online Retreat Oct 2023 | Day-4 Morning
'The Way to Freedom from Suffering' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 31 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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'Contemplation, Illness & Ordination' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 30 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/9/2023 • 16 minutes, 41 seconds
Cultivating Mental Strength through Dana Sila Bhavana | Retreat Oct 2023 | Ajahn Petch Khantidhammo
'Cultivating Mental Strength through Dana Sila Bhavana' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Petch on 30 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/9/2023 • 10 minutes, 2 seconds
Just Practice Step by Step | Online Retreat Oct 2023 | Day-3 Morning
'Just Practice Step by Step' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 30 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/9/2023 • 22 minutes, 2 seconds
Dealing with Conflict & Self Loathing | Online Retreat Oct 2023 | Day-2 Q&A
'Dealing with Conflict & Self Loathing' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 29 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/8/2023 • 20 minutes, 34 seconds
Benefits of Developing Mindfulness | Online Retreat Oct 2023 | Luang Por Somchai
'Benefits of Developing Mindfulness' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Somchai on 29 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/8/2023 • 21 minutes, 5 seconds
To Understand Just This Much | Online Retreat Oct 2023 | Day-2 Morning
'To Understand Just This Much' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 29 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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11/7/2023 • 20 minutes, 58 seconds
Retreat Beginning | Online Retreat Oct 2023 | Day-1 Evening
A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 28 Oct 2023 for the opening session of the Oct retreat, translated from Thai to English.
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11/7/2023 • 17 minutes, 18 seconds
Letting Go of Self
'Letting Go of Self' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 18 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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10/28/2023 • 17 minutes, 1 second
Dealing with Pain in Long Sits
'Dealing with Pain in Long Sits' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 17 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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10/27/2023 • 5 minutes, 18 seconds
The Mind of a Stream Enterer
'The Mind of a Stream Enterer' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 22 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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10/26/2023 • 18 minutes, 7 seconds
Moods in the Mind of an Arahant
'Moods in the Mind of an Arahant' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 21 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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10/25/2023 • 18 minutes, 25 seconds
Gathering Parami – Ways to Acquire Spiritual Perfections
'Gathering Parami - Ways to Acquire Spiritual Perfections' - Friday Dhamma videos | 20 Oct 2023.
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10/24/2023 • 18 minutes
To Rely on Samadhi or Wisdom
'To Rely on Samadhi or Wisdom' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 19 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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10/23/2023 • 20 minutes, 39 seconds
Learning to Accept What’s Normal
'Learning to Accept What’s Normal' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 15 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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10/19/2023 • 23 minutes, 4 seconds
Understanding Suffering
'Understanding Suffering' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 11 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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10/14/2023 • 17 minutes, 23 seconds
How Wise Effort Takes Us to Seeing Dhamma
'How Wise Effort Takes Us to Seeing Dhamma' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 8 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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10/13/2023 • 22 minutes, 40 seconds
Put Up a Good Fight
'Put Up a Good Fight' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 10 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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10/12/2023 • 17 minutes, 1 second
For When You Feel Disheartened
'For When You Feel Disheartened' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 9 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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10/11/2023 • 20 minutes, 23 seconds
Step by Step to Liberation
'Step by Step to Liberation' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 7 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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10/10/2023 • 19 minutes, 7 seconds
The Fastest Way
'The Fastest Way' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 5 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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10/8/2023 • 15 minutes, 44 seconds
Destroying the Fetters, That Which Tie Down the Mind
'Destroying the Fetters, That Which Tie Down the Mind' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 4 Oct 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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10/7/2023 • 17 minutes, 24 seconds
Respectful and Humble: Venerable Assaji Thera
'Respectful and Humble: Venerable Assaji Thera' - Friday Dhamma videos | 6 Oct 2023.
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10/6/2023 • 17 minutes, 2 seconds
Another Home You Will Not Build
'Another Home You Will Not Build' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 21 Sep 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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10/5/2023 • 9 minutes, 58 seconds
For a Steady, Stable Mind
'For a Steady, Stable Mind' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 26 Sep 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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10/1/2023 • 19 minutes, 20 seconds
A Guide to Stream Entry
'A Guide to Stream Entry' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 25 Sep 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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9/30/2023 • 16 minutes, 3 seconds
The Value of Generosity
'The Value of Generosity' - Friday Dhamma videos | 29 Sep 2023.
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9/29/2023 • 14 minutes, 7 seconds
Levels of Goodness
'Levels of Goodness' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 24 Sep 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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9/29/2023 • 12 minutes, 28 seconds
Mind Unburdened
'Mind Unburdened' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 20 Sep 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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9/28/2023 • 12 minutes, 53 seconds
The More You Seek, the Further Away You Become
'The More You Seek, the Further Away You Become' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 17 Sep 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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9/27/2023 • 11 minutes, 57 seconds
How to Give in the Most Fruitful Way
'How to Give in the Most Fruitful Way' - Friday Dhamma videos | 22 Sep 2023.
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9/23/2023 • 16 minutes, 25 seconds
Contemplating Food
'Contemplating Food' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 19 Sep 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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9/21/2023 • 19 minutes, 43 seconds
To Bring the Mind to Buddha
'To Bring the Mind to Buddha' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 18 Sep 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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9/20/2023 • 17 minutes, 52 seconds
How Can I Improve My Life?
'How Can I Improve My Life?' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 31 Aug 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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9/19/2023 • 26 minutes, 21 seconds
Arisings Rare in This World
'Arisings Rare in This World' - Friday Dhamma videos | 15 Sep 2023.
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9/15/2023 • 14 minutes, 52 seconds
Dhamma for the Elderly
'Dhamma for the Elderly' - Friday Dhamma videos | 8 Sep 2023.
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9/11/2023 • 14 minutes, 41 seconds
The Way to True Happiness
'The Way to True Happiness' - Friday Dhamma videos | 1 Sep 2023.
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9/1/2023 • 16 minutes, 15 seconds
6 Secrets to Friendships That Last
'6 Secrets to Friendships That Last' - Friday Dhamma videos | 25 Aug 2023.
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8/26/2023 • 16 minutes, 57 seconds
Gratitude and Respect Begin with Right View
'Gratitude and Respect Begin with Right View' - Friday Dhamma videos | 18 Aug 2023.
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8/19/2023 • 16 minutes, 40 seconds
The Buddhist Way of Developing Inspiration
'The Buddhist Way of Developing Inspiration' - Friday Dhamma videos | 11 Aug 2023.
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8/12/2023 • 15 minutes, 53 seconds
Asalha Puja 2566
'Asalha Puja 2566' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 1 Aug 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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8/6/2023 • 16 minutes, 12 seconds
Seeing Emptiness in All Phenomena
'Seeing Emptiness in All Phenomena' - Friday Dhamma videos | 4 Aug 2023.
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8/5/2023 • 17 minutes, 1 second
47 Year Ordination Anniversary
'47 Year Ordination Anniversary' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 3 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/31/2023 • 21 minutes, 35 seconds
Cultivate Mindfulness & Faith
'Cultivate Mindfulness & Faith' - Friday Dhamma videos | 28 Jul 2023.
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7/29/2023 • 18 minutes, 22 seconds
Maintaining Clarity, Joy and Peace | Online Retreat Jul 2023 | Ajahn Achalo
'Maintaining Clarity, Joy and Peace' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Achalo on 23 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/24/2023 • 39 minutes, 19 seconds
Seeking a Way Out of Suffering | Online Retreat Jul 2023 | Day-9 Morning
'Seeking a Way Out of Suffering' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 23 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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'Mettā & Compassion' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Dtom on 22 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/22/2023 • 17 minutes, 28 seconds
Finding Happiness in Our Lives | Online Retreat Jul 2023 | Ajahn Gong
'Finding Happiness in Our Lives' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Gong on 22 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/22/2023 • 19 minutes, 56 seconds
Making the Mind at Ease | Online Retreat July 2023 | Day-7 Q&A
'Making the Mind at Ease' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 21 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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'Empowering Faith Nourishing Resolve' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Achalo on 21 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/21/2023 • 44 minutes, 8 seconds
Results Unbounded by Time | Online Retreat Jul 2023 | Day-7 Morning
'Results Unbounded by Time' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 21 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/21/2023 • 39 minutes
The Well-Trained Mind Brings Happiness | Online Retreat Jul 2023 | Day-6 Q&A
'The Well-Trained Mind Brings Happiness' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 20 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/20/2023 • 21 minutes, 36 seconds
Don’t Back Down from Fear | Online Retreat Jul 2023 | Luang Por Somchai
'Don't Back Down from Fear' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Somchai on 20 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/20/2023 • 32 minutes, 35 seconds
Above Birth and Beyond Death | Online Retreat Jul 2023 | Day-6 Morning
'Above Birth and Beyond Death' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 20 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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'Developing Calm' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 19 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/19/2023 • 13 minutes, 7 seconds
Faith in Teacher Helps Us Progress | Online Retreat Jul 2023 | Ajahn Larry
'Faith in Teacher Helps Us Progress' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Larry on 19 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/19/2023 • 53 minutes, 49 seconds
Giving Rise to Right View | Online Retreat Jul 2023 | Day-5 Morning
'Giving Rise to Right View' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 19 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/19/2023 • 34 minutes, 10 seconds
Day-4 Q&A | Online Retreat Jul 2023
Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 18 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/18/2023 • 24 minutes, 55 seconds
Dhamma for the Last Moment in Life | Online Retreat Jul 2023 | Ajahn Gamon
'Dhamma for the Last Moment in Life' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Gamon on 18 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/18/2023 • 30 minutes, 12 seconds
Sense Consciousness is Impermanent | Online Retreat Jul 2023 | Day-4 Morning
'Sense Consciousness is Impermanent' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 18 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/18/2023 • 39 minutes, 8 seconds
Staying on the Path | Online Retreat Jul 2023 | Day-3 Q&A
'Staying on the Path' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 17 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/17/2023 • 39 minutes, 47 seconds
The Happiness of the World & the Happiness of Dhamma | Online Retreat July 2023 | Ajahn Gong
'The Happiness of the World & the Happiness of Dhamma' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Gong on 17 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/17/2023 • 31 minutes, 3 seconds
This Is Within Your Ability to Realize | Online Retreat July 2023 | Day-3 Morning
'This Is Within Your Ability to Realize' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 17 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/17/2023 • 29 minutes, 9 seconds
Sila and Samadhi | Online Retreat July 2023 | Day-2 Q&A
'Sila and Samadhi' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 16 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/16/2023 • 22 minutes, 12 seconds
Sati Sampajanna and the Five Bala | Online Retreat Jul 2023 | Ajahn Katanyu
'Sati Sampajanna and the Five Bala' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Katanyu on 16 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/16/2023 • 25 minutes, 15 seconds
Recollection of the Dhamma | Online Retreat Jul 2023 | Day 2 Morning
'Recollection of the Dhamma' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 16 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/16/2023 • 27 minutes, 51 seconds
Entering the Path of the Buddha | Online Retreat July 2023 | Day-1 Q&A
'Entering the Path of the Buddha' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 15 Jul 2023.
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'Opening Our Inner Eye' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Somchai on 15 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/15/2023 • 29 minutes, 19 seconds
Recollecting the Buddha | Online Retreat Jul 2023 | Day-1 Opening
'Recollecting the Buddha' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 15 Jul 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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7/15/2023 • 22 minutes, 47 seconds
Ready for the Passing of Conditioned Things
'Ready for the Passing of Conditioned Things' - Friday Dhamma videos | 14 Jul 2023.
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7/14/2023 • 16 minutes, 46 seconds
How to Train for Peace & Wisdom
'How to Train for Peace & Wisdom' - Friday Dhamma videos | 7 Jul 2023.
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7/12/2023 • 16 minutes, 40 seconds
Friday Q&A | 19 May 2023
Friday Q&A | 19 May 2023.
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7/6/2023 • 23 minutes, 3 seconds
A Guide for Contemplating the Body
'A Guide for Contemplating the Body' - Friday Dhamma videos | 30 Jun 2023.
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7/5/2023 • 18 minutes, 15 seconds
Friday Q&A | 02 Jun 2023
Friday Q&A | 02 Jun 2023
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7/1/2023 • 19 minutes, 51 seconds
Servant to the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha
'Servant to the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha' - Friday Dhamma videos | 12 May 2023.
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6/30/2023 • 14 minutes, 50 seconds
Savouring the Bliss of Liberation
'Savouring the Bliss of Liberation' - Friday Dhamma videos | 16 Jun 2023.
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6/22/2023 • 22 minutes, 10 seconds
Jealousy & Envy
'Jealousy & Envy' - Friday Dhamma videos | 9 Jun 2023.
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6/21/2023 • 19 minutes, 52 seconds
Dhamma Teachings for Visakha Puja
'Dhamma Teachings for Visakha Puja' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 3 Jun 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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6/20/2023 • 19 minutes, 35 seconds
Persist in Developing Noble Inner Wealth
'Persist in Developing Noble Inner Wealth' - Friday Dhamma videos | 2 Jun 2023.
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6/19/2023 • 14 minutes, 59 seconds
Practicing on the Torturous Path
'Practicing on the Torturous Path' - Friday Dhamma videos | 19 May 2023.
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6/17/2023 • 19 minutes, 47 seconds
When Faith is Firm, Aims are Accomplished
'When Faith is Firm, Aims are Accomplished' - Friday Dhamma videos | 26 May 2023.
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6/16/2023 • 17 minutes, 10 seconds
The Gradual Path
'The Gradual Path' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 11 Jun 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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6/14/2023 • 20 minutes, 44 seconds
How to Manage Impatience and Heated Emotions
'How to Manage Impatience and Heated Emotions' - Friday Dhamma videos | 5 May 2023.
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6/10/2023 • 16 minutes, 25 seconds
Practicing the Four Noble Truths
'Practicing the Four Noble Truths' - Friday Dhamma videos | 28 Apr 2023.
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6/9/2023 • 20 minutes, 11 seconds
Blessings will be Fulfilled through Action & Practice
'Blessings will be Fulfilled through Action & Practice' - Friday Dhamma videos | 27 Jan 2023.
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6/6/2023 • 16 minutes, 1 second
Like a Tree Giving Fruit
'Like a Tree Giving Fruit' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 16 Mar 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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4/16/2023 • 16 minutes, 34 seconds
Ways to Motivate Oneself
'Ways to Motivate Oneself' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 15 Mar 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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4/15/2023 • 15 minutes, 25 seconds
The Truth Is All Around You – Vipassana | Online Retreat Mar 2023
'The Truth Is All Around You - Vipassana' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 2 Apr 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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4/10/2023 • 21 minutes, 22 seconds
Om Mani Padme Hum, Silence & Worry | Online Retreat Mar 2023
'Om Mani Padme Hum, Silence & Worry' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 1 Apr 2023, translated from Thai to English.
To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7.15pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).
4/10/2023 • 18 minutes, 15 seconds
Patient Endurance | Ajahn Khamron | Online Retreat Mar 2023
'Patient Endurance' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Khamron on 1 Apr 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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4/9/2023 • 16 minutes, 37 seconds
Powers that Lead to Liberation | Online Retreat Mar 2023
'Powers that Lead to Liberation' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 1 Apr 2023, translated from Thai to English.
To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7.15pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).
4/9/2023 • 21 minutes, 28 seconds
In Homage to Our Teacher | Ajahn Larry | Online Retreat Mar 2023
'In Homage to Our Teacher' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Larry on 31 Mar 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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4/8/2023 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 20 seconds
Gratitude for Our Mother & Father in the Dhamma | Online Retreat Mar 2023
'Gratitude for Our Mother & Father in the Dhamma' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 31 Mar 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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4/8/2023 • 16 minutes, 28 seconds
Ordaining for Nibbana | Online Retreat Mar 2023
'Ordaining for Nibbana' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 30 Mar 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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'Utilising ‘Thinking’ - Reflective Meditations' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Achalo on 30 Mar 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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4/7/2023 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 5 seconds
Taming the Monkey Mind | Online Retreat Mar 2023
'Taming the Monkey Mind' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 30 Mar 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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4/6/2023 • 24 minutes, 15 seconds
Buddha and God, Children and Spouses | Online Retreat Mar 2023
'Buddha and God, Children and Spouses' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 29 Mar 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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4/6/2023 • 16 minutes, 37 seconds
Determination and Perseverance | Ajahn Ñāniko | Online Retreat Mar 2023
'Determination and Perseverance' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Ñāniko on 29 Mar 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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4/5/2023 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 43 seconds
Developing the Mind to Purity | Online Retreat Mar 2023
'Developing the Mind to Purity' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 29 Mar 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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4/5/2023 • 23 minutes, 37 seconds
Offering Our Dhamma Practice | Ajahn Gamon | Online Retreat Mar 2023
'Offering Our Dhamma Practice' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Gamon on 28 Mar 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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4/4/2023 • 14 minutes, 22 seconds
Growing in Dhamma | Ajahn Gamon | Online Retreat Mar 2023
'Growing in Dhamma' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Gamon on 28 Mar 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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4/4/2023 • 18 minutes, 14 seconds
Expressing Gratitude | Online Retreat Mar 2023
'Expressing Gratitude' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 28 Mar 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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4/3/2023 • 18 minutes, 10 seconds
The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching
'The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 6 Mar 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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3/7/2023 • 27 minutes, 11 seconds
Retreat Closing | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
Closing session for In-Person & Online Retreat 2023 on 25 Feb, translated from Thai to English.
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3/1/2023 • 15 minutes, 27 seconds
Return to Daily Life | Ajahn Pavaro | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'Return to Daily Life' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Pavaro on 25 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/28/2023 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 47 seconds
Dana, Sila, Samadhi, Vipassana | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'Dana, Sila, Samadhi, Vipassana' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 25 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/28/2023 • 19 minutes, 34 seconds
Parting Encouragement from Luang Pu Boonchu | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'Parting Encouragement from Luang Pu Boonchu' - A Dhamma talk given by Luang Por Boonchu on 25 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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'Boredom & Equanimity, Food & Rebirth' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 24 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/27/2023 • 30 minutes, 4 seconds
Be Well Established in Heedfulness | Luang Por Boonchu | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'Be Well Established in Heedfulness' - A Dhamma talk given by Luang Por Boonchu on 24 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/26/2023 • 22 minutes, 23 seconds
Sad Mind, Happy Mind, Awakened Mind | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'Sad Mind, Happy Mind, Awakened Mind' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 24 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/26/2023 • 32 minutes, 14 seconds
How to Contemplate Death | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'How to Contemplate Death' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 23 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/25/2023 • 30 minutes, 31 seconds
Just Like Waves Hitting the Shore | Luang Por Boonchu | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'Just Like Waves Hitting the Shore' - A Dhamma talk given by Luang Por Boonchu on 23 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/25/2023 • 19 minutes, 17 seconds
Closing Off the Lower Realms | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'Closing Off the Lower Realms' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 23 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/24/2023 • 26 minutes, 53 seconds
How to Contemplate Not-Self and How to Eat | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'How to Contemplate Not-Self and How to Eat' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 22 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/24/2023 • 14 minutes, 17 seconds
Starving the Tiger & Nourishing the Good Qualities | Ajahn Ñāniko | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'Starving the Tiger & Nourishing the Good Qualities' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Ñāniko on 22 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/23/2023 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 38 seconds
Why Let Go of Self? | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'Why Let Go of Self?' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 22 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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'Are Heaven & Hell Real?' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 21 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/22/2023 • 23 minutes, 52 seconds
Follow the Teaching of Ajahn Chah | Luang Por Boonchu | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'Follow the Teaching of Ajahn Chah' - A Dhamma talk given by Luang Por Boonchu on 21 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/22/2023 • 23 minutes, 53 seconds
A Mind Free from the World | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'A Mind Free from the World' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 21 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/21/2023 • 28 minutes, 51 seconds
Metta, Death, Loss and Virtue | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'Metta, Death, Loss and Virtue' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 20 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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'Forgiveness Practice Supporting Insight' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Achalo on 20 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/20/2023 • 55 minutes, 14 seconds
Putting Down Doubts, Attachments | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'Putting Down Doubts, Attachments' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 20 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7.15pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).
2/20/2023 • 26 minutes, 23 seconds
Kamma, Upekkha and the Distracted Mind | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'Kamma, Upekkha and the Distracted Mind' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 19 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/19/2023 • 19 minutes, 57 seconds
The Right Path of Practice | Ajahn Somchai | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'The Right Path of Practice' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Somchai on 19 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/19/2023 • 29 minutes, 6 seconds
The Power of Faith | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'The Power of Faith' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 19 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7.15pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).
2/18/2023 • 20 minutes, 1 second
For Freedom from Suffering | In-Person & Online Retreat 2023
'For Freedom from Suffering' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 18 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/18/2023 • 10 minutes, 47 seconds
Purifying the Mind
'Purifying the Mind' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 6 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/13/2023 • 6 minutes, 32 seconds
Practice that is Always Right
'Practice that is Always Right' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 1 Feb 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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2/12/2023 • 15 minutes, 54 seconds
Causes for the End of Suffering
'Causes for the End of Suffering' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 24 Jan 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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1/28/2023 • 10 minutes, 42 seconds
Development of the World; Development of the Mind
'Development of the World; Development of the Mind' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 21 Jan 2023, translated from Thai to English.
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1/27/2023 • 17 minutes, 22 seconds
Bidding Goodbye to the Old Year and Welcoming in the New Year 2023
'Bidding Goodbye to the Old Year and Welcoming in the New Year 2023' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 31 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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1/5/2023 • 14 minutes, 2 seconds
Reflecting on Our Lives This Year
'Reflecting on Our Lives This Year' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 18 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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1/4/2023 • 24 minutes, 30 seconds
Letting Go of Anger
'Letting Go of Anger' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 17 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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1/3/2023 • 15 minutes, 52 seconds
Feeling the Flow of the Dhamma
'Feeling the Flow of the Dhamma' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 17 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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1/2/2023 • 31 minutes, 37 seconds
Cutting the Fetters
'Cutting the Fetters' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 16 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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1/1/2023 • 23 minutes, 59 seconds
A Mind Made Beautiful by Dhamma
'A Mind Made Beautiful by Dhamma' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 16 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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12/31/2022 • 25 minutes, 17 seconds
Smart in Dhamma
'Smart in Dhamma' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 15 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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12/30/2022 • 15 minutes, 55 seconds
Do Nothing
'Do Nothing' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 15 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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12/29/2022 • 28 minutes, 34 seconds
Resolving Anxiety and Depression
'Resolving Anxiety and Depression' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 14 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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12/28/2022 • 25 minutes, 43 seconds
Seeing Everything Arise & Cease in the Present Moment
'Seeing Everything Arise & Cease in the Present Moment' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 14 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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12/27/2022 • 29 minutes, 30 seconds
Joy, Happiness & Intense Fear
'Joy, Happiness & Intense Fear' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 13 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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12/26/2022 • 16 minutes, 41 seconds
The Path to Victory
'The Path to Victory' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 13 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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12/26/2022 • 20 minutes, 13 seconds
What is Reborn?
'What is Reborn?' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 12 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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12/25/2022 • 20 minutes, 10 seconds
This Biological Machine of a Body
'This Biological Machine of a Body' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 12 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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12/25/2022 • 25 minutes, 29 seconds
Working with Difficult Emotions
'Working with Difficult Emotions' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 11 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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12/24/2022 • 19 minutes, 27 seconds
How to Practice for Freedom
'How to Practice for Freedom' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 11 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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12/24/2022 • 17 minutes, 56 seconds
Developing Meditation and Caring for Parents
'Developing Meditation and Caring for Parents' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 10 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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12/23/2022 • 26 minutes, 3 seconds
What Arises from Virtue
'What Arises from Virtue' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 10 Dec 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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12/23/2022 • 22 minutes, 5 seconds
Making Nibbana Clear in Our Hearts
'Making Nibbana Clear in Our Hearts' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 23 Nov 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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11/25/2022 • 6 minutes, 5 seconds
An Excellent Day
'An Excellent Day' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 16 Nov 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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11/18/2022 • 20 minutes, 55 seconds
Fishing in a Fishless Pond
'Fishing in a Fishless Pond' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 13 Nov 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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11/15/2022 • 19 minutes, 38 seconds
Friends in Birth, Ageing & Death
'Friends in Birth, Ageing & Death' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 12 Nov 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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11/14/2022 • 15 minutes, 25 seconds
Mindfulness of the Right Thing
'Mindfulness of the Right Thing' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 6 Nov 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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11/10/2022 • 17 minutes, 27 seconds
A Fragrance that Flows Against the Wind
'A Fragrance that Flows Against the Wind' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 5 Nov 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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11/9/2022 • 18 minutes, 25 seconds
The Power of Faith
'The Power of Faith' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 4 Nov 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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11/8/2022 • 17 minutes, 3 seconds
Seeing the True Buddha
'Seeing the True Buddha' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 3 Nov 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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11/7/2022 • 16 minutes, 50 seconds
The Great Importance of Training Our Minds
'The Great Importance of Training Our Minds' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 2 Nov 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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11/6/2022 • 19 minutes, 59 seconds
Seeing Clearly
'Seeing Clearly' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 31 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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11/5/2022 • 13 minutes, 45 seconds
No One Reaches Nibbāna
'No One Reaches Nibbāna' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 30 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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11/4/2022 • 13 minutes, 22 seconds
Preventing Our Minds from Suffering
'Preventing Our Minds from Suffering' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 29 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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11/3/2022 • 18 minutes, 18 seconds
Harmony Leads to Success
'Harmony Leads to Success' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 16 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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10/20/2022 • 9 minutes, 7 seconds
Finding Time for Ourselves
'Finding Time for Ourselves' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 15 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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10/19/2022 • 17 minutes, 49 seconds
Wat Marp Jan Kathina Ceremony 2022
'Wat Marp Jan Kathina Ceremony 2022' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 16 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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10/18/2022 • 11 minutes, 14 seconds
The Blessings of Parami
'The Blessings of Parami' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 13 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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10/18/2022 • 20 minutes, 51 seconds
Like an Empty Bubble
'Like an Empty Bubble' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 12 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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10/17/2022 • 17 minutes, 28 seconds
The Most Important Miracle
'The Most Important Miracle' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 11 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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10/16/2022 • 20 minutes, 8 seconds
Forgiveness and Harmony
'Forgiveness and Harmony' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 10 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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10/15/2022 • 10 minutes, 41 seconds
Accepting Truth
'Accepting Truth' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 8 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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10/14/2022 • 18 minutes, 28 seconds
The Heart of the Buddha’s Teachings
'The Heart of the Buddha’s Teachings' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 6 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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10/13/2022 • 14 minutes, 1 second
The Birthplace of All Illnesses
'The Birthplace of All Illnesses' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 5 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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10/9/2022 • 8 minutes, 57 seconds
The Khandas Are Heavy Burdens
'The Khandas Are Heavy Burdens' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 4 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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10/8/2022 • 15 minutes, 51 seconds
From Difficult to Easy
'From Difficult to Easy' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 3 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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10/7/2022 • 21 minutes, 14 seconds
Knowing the Mind & Its Objects
'Knowing the Mind & Its Objects' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 2 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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10/6/2022 • 17 minutes, 7 seconds
Ways to Bring Our Minds to Peace
'Ways to Bring Our Minds to Peace' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 1 Oct 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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10/3/2022 • 17 minutes, 15 seconds
Where Holiness Is Found
'Where Holiness Is Found' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 29 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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10/2/2022 • 19 minutes, 13 seconds
Why Don’t We See the Harm of Attachment?
'Why Don't We See the Harm of Attachment?' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 28 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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10/1/2022 • 18 minutes, 34 seconds
The Importance of Pāramī
'The Importance of Pāramī' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 27 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/30/2022 • 21 minutes, 9 seconds
The Direct Path
'The Direct Path' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 26 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/29/2022 • 22 minutes, 33 seconds
Putting an End to the Cycle of Birth
'Putting an End to the Cycle of Birth' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 25 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/28/2022 • 15 minutes, 41 seconds
Anger, Enmity & Forgiveness
'Anger, Enmity & Forgiveness' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 24 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/27/2022 • 16 minutes, 22 seconds
Do You Clean Your Mind?
'Do You Clean Your Mind?' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 22 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/26/2022 • 12 minutes, 45 seconds
Realms of Becoming & their Ending
'Realms of Becoming & their Ending' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 21 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/25/2022 • 10 minutes, 24 seconds
Preparing Our Minds for Passing On
'Preparing Our Minds for Passing On' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 20 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/24/2022 • 14 minutes, 25 seconds
Gaining Success in Dhamma
'Gaining Success in Dhamma' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 17 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/20/2022 • 19 minutes, 4 seconds
Our Lives are so Short
'Our Lives are so Short' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 15 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/17/2022 • 12 minutes, 51 seconds
The Noble Wealth of Virtue
'The Noble Wealth of Virtue' - Friday Dhamma videos | 2 Sep 2022.
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9/16/2022 • 15 minutes, 15 seconds
A Mind Freed From All Danger
'A Mind Freed From All Danger' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 14 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/16/2022 • 27 minutes, 24 seconds
How to Behave Around Fools
'How to Behave Around Fools' - Friday Dhamma videos | 26 Aug 2022.
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9/15/2022 • 15 minutes, 54 seconds
This Body is a Robot
'This Body is a Robot' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 12 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/15/2022 • 17 minutes, 21 seconds
Those Rare People in This World
'Those Rare People in This World' - Friday Dhamma videos | 19 Aug 2022.
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9/14/2022 • 11 minutes, 31 seconds
Kavampati Thera: Excellence Arises From Exceptional Causes
'Kavampati Thera: Excellence Arises From Exceptional Causes' - Friday Dhamma videos | 5 Aug 2022.
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9/13/2022 • 13 minutes, 9 seconds
Cultivating Mindfulness & Equanimity
'Cultivating Mindfulness & Equanimity' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 11 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/13/2022 • 17 minutes, 2 seconds
A True Friend in the Dhamma
'A True Friend in the Dhamma' - Friday Dhamma videos | 29 Jul 2022.
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9/12/2022 • 16 minutes, 22 seconds
Just One Month Left
'Just One Month Left' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 10 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/12/2022 • 19 minutes, 40 seconds
Yasa’s Ordination & the Gradual Discourse
'Yasa’s Ordination & the Gradual Discourse' - Friday Dhamma videos | 22 Jul 2022.
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9/11/2022 • 14 minutes, 15 seconds
Listening Carefully Brings about Wisdom
'Listening Carefully Brings about Wisdom' - Friday Dhamma videos | 8 Jul 2022.
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9/11/2022 • 15 minutes, 13 seconds
Our Support for This World & the Next
'Our Support for This World & the Next' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 7 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/10/2022 • 25 minutes, 45 seconds
Not Too Tense & Not Too Slack
'Not Too Tense & Not Too Slack' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 6 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/8/2022 • 17 minutes, 10 seconds
Going Forth
'Going Forth' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 5 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/7/2022 • 15 minutes, 28 seconds
Know Your Own Body
'Know Your Own Body' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 4 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/6/2022 • 17 minutes, 37 seconds
We Are Born from Our Kamma
'We Are Born from Our Kamma' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 3 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/5/2022 • 18 minutes, 51 seconds
Don’t Get Lost In Lights or Visions
'Don’t Get Lost In Lights or Visions' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 1 Sep 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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9/4/2022 • 10 minutes, 55 seconds
Samadhi & Self-Hate | Q&A
'Samadhi & Self-Hate' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 28 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/30/2022 • 15 minutes
Stop Wasting Time
'Stop Wasting Time' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 27 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/29/2022 • 19 minutes, 48 seconds
Freeing Ourselves From Māra’s Snare
'Freeing Ourselves From Māra’s Snare' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 24 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/25/2022 • 16 minutes, 1 second
No Mahayana, No Theravada
'No Mahayana, No Theravada' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 22 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/24/2022 • 12 minutes, 53 seconds
To Watch Thoughts or to Stop Thoughts | Q&A
'To Watch Thoughts or to Stop Thoughts' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 21 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/23/2022 • 17 minutes, 14 seconds
Is Mindfulness the Only Way? | Q&A
'Is Mindfulness the Only Way?' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 20 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/22/2022 • 13 minutes, 4 seconds
How to Enter the Stream
'How to Enter the Stream' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 18 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/22/2022 • 10 minutes, 30 seconds
A Heart Filled With Dhamma
'A Heart Filled With Dhamma' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 17 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/20/2022 • 13 minutes, 30 seconds
To Benefit Oneself and Others
'To Benefit Oneself and Others' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 16 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/19/2022 • 12 minutes, 44 seconds
True Liberty of Heart
'True Liberty of Heart' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 15 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/18/2022 • 18 minutes, 40 seconds
Gratitude for Those of Goodness
'Gratitude for Those of Goodness' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 14 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/17/2022 • 19 minutes, 7 seconds
The Five Spiritual Powers
'The Five Spiritual Powers' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 11 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/12/2022 • 21 minutes, 34 seconds
Reprogramming the Mind
'Reprogramming the Mind' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 10 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/11/2022 • 19 minutes, 52 seconds
Idappaccayatā: Specific Conditionality
'Idappaccayatā: Specific Conditionality' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 9 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/10/2022 • 14 minutes, 26 seconds
Suffering & Its Cessation
'Suffering & Its Cessation' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 7 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/9/2022 • 18 minutes, 41 seconds
Taking Dhamma Practice Back Home | In-Person & Online Retreat 2022
'Taking Dhamma Practice Back Home' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 7 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/8/2022 • 24 minutes, 8 seconds
Close to the Buddha | In-Person & Online Retreat 2022
'Close to the Buddha' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 6 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/8/2022 • 18 minutes, 29 seconds
To Stay or to Leave | In-Person & Online Retreat 2022
'To Stay or to Leave' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 5 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/7/2022 • 20 minutes, 40 seconds
Closing the Door to the Lower Realms | In-Person & Online Retreat 2022
'Closing the Door to the Lower Realms' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 4 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/7/2022 • 18 minutes, 13 seconds
This Path Is For Everyone Of All Religions | In-Person & Online Retreat 2022
'This Path Is For Everyone Of All Religions' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 3 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/6/2022 • 27 minutes, 57 seconds
Relating to Thoughts and Realizing Emptiness | In-Person & Online Retreat 2022
'Relating to Thoughts and Realizing Emptiness' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 2 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/5/2022 • 21 minutes, 31 seconds
The Turning Point of My Life | In-Person & Online Retreat 2022
'The Turning Point of My Life' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 1 Aug 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/4/2022 • 21 minutes, 37 seconds
Dana and Sila Parami | In-Person & Online Retreat 2022
'Dana and Sila Parami' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 31 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/3/2022 • 21 minutes, 4 seconds
Setting Our Hearts Well | In-Person & Online Retreat 2022
'Setting Our Hearts Well' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 30 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/2/2022 • 13 minutes, 23 seconds
Do Whatever Works
'Do Whatever Works' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 28 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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8/1/2022 • 16 minutes, 25 seconds
The Emptiness of the Elements
'The Emptiness of the Elements' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 27 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/31/2022 • 25 minutes, 3 seconds
Skeletons Can Walk
'Skeletons Can Walk' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 26 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/27/2022 • 17 minutes, 39 seconds
Where Am I?
'Where Am I?' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 24 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/26/2022 • 22 minutes, 26 seconds
Mindfulness throughout the Day
'Mindfulness throughout the Day' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 23 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/25/2022 • 24 minutes, 8 seconds
Seeing the Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha as One
'Seeing the Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha as One' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 21 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/24/2022 • 19 minutes, 14 seconds
Never Give Up and You Will Succeed
'Never Give Up and You Will Succeed' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 20 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/22/2022 • 16 minutes, 3 seconds
The Four Protections
'The Four Protections' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 18 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/20/2022 • 18 minutes, 30 seconds
Mindfulness of Breathing for Peace & Insight
'Mindfulness of Breathing for Peace & Insight' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 17 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/19/2022 • 14 minutes, 57 seconds
Wisdom Emerging from Peace
'Wisdom Emerging from Peace' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 16 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/18/2022 • 13 minutes, 27 seconds
Touching Emptiness
'Touching Emptiness' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 15 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/17/2022 • 20 minutes, 36 seconds
Entering the Rains 2022
'Entering the Rains 2022' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 14 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/16/2022 • 17 minutes, 35 seconds
The Happiness of the Buddha’s Liberation
'The Happiness of the Buddha’s Liberation' - Friday Dhamma videos | 1 Jul 2022.
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7/15/2022 • 21 minutes, 30 seconds
Nothing to Be
'Nothing to Be' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 11 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/15/2022 • 24 minutes, 11 seconds
Begin with Faith, Wisdom and Perseverance
'Begin with Faith, Wisdom and Perseverance' - Friday Dhamma videos | 17 Jun 2022.
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7/14/2022 • 14 minutes, 37 seconds
Experiencing the Noble Truths
'Experiencing the Noble Truths' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 10 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/14/2022 • 21 minutes, 3 seconds
Quelling Anger, Curbing Its Intensity
'Quelling Anger, Curbing Its Intensity' - Friday Dhamma videos | 10 Jun 2022.
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7/13/2022 • 15 minutes, 45 seconds
The True Dhamma Comes from the Heart
'The True Dhamma Comes from the Heart' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 9 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/13/2022 • 24 minutes, 10 seconds
Why Haven’t We Seen the Dhamma
'Why Haven’t We Seen the Dhamma' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 7 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/8/2022 • 18 minutes, 26 seconds
The Way to Awakening
'The Way to Awakening' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 6 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/7/2022 • 37 minutes, 22 seconds
Kondañña Knows!
'Kondañña Knows!' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 5 Jul 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/6/2022 • 18 minutes, 21 seconds
Mindfulness of the Body
'Mindfulness of the Body' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 30 Jun 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/4/2022 • 14 minutes, 39 seconds
The Arising of Insight
'The Arising of Insight' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 28 Jun 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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7/3/2022 • 13 minutes, 48 seconds
Where is True Happiness
'Where is True Happiness' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 27 Jun 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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6/28/2022 • 20 minutes, 33 seconds
Going to Die & Meeting the Buddha
'Going to Die & Meeting the Buddha' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 25 Jun 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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6/27/2022 • 25 minutes, 43 seconds
We’re Never as Skilled as Ageing
'We're Never as Skilled as Ageing' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 22 Jun 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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6/23/2022 • 10 minutes, 58 seconds
The X-ray Vision of Vipassanā
'The X-ray Vision of Vipassanā' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 11 Jun 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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6/14/2022 • 18 minutes, 32 seconds
Vipassana with Sound
'Vipassana with Sound' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 3 Jun 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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6/7/2022 • 17 minutes, 36 seconds
Virtue for Liberation
'Virtue for Liberation' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 4 Jun 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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6/6/2022 • 24 minutes, 59 seconds
The Multifold Sacrifices of the Buddha
'The Multifold Sacrifices of the Buddha' - Friday Dhamma videos | 27 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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6/5/2022 • 15 minutes, 51 seconds
Leaving the Shore of Birth & Death
'Leaving the Shore of Birth & Death' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 1 Jun 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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6/5/2022 • 17 minutes, 47 seconds
Firm Intent
'Firm Intent' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 30 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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6/2/2022 • 19 minutes, 50 seconds
The World & Beyond
'The World & Beyond' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 31 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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6/1/2022 • 23 minutes, 12 seconds
Genuine Love for Ourselves
'Genuine Love for Ourselves' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 28 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/29/2022 • 21 minutes, 56 seconds
Escaping the Fires of Ageing, Sickness & Death
'Escaping the Fires of Ageing, Sickness & Death' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 26 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/27/2022 • 30 minutes, 12 seconds
This Bag of Bones
'This Bag of Bones' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 22 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/26/2022 • 18 minutes, 30 seconds
Mindfulness & Suchness
'Mindfulness & Suchness' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 24 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/25/2022 • 17 minutes, 29 seconds
We Know, So Why Can’t We Let Go?
'We Know, So Why Can’t We Let Go?' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 23 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/24/2022 • 18 minutes, 2 seconds
Why Practice?
'Why Practice?' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 7 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/23/2022 • 19 minutes, 23 seconds
Seeing Our True Selves
'Seeing Our True Selves' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 21 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/22/2022 • 28 minutes, 41 seconds
Qualities that Lead to Success
'Qualities that Lead to Success' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 19 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/21/2022 • 17 minutes, 33 seconds
Closing Off the Lower Realms
'Closing Off the Lower Realms' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 18 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/20/2022 • 24 minutes, 39 seconds
The Trouble of Clinging to Views
'The Trouble of Clinging to Views' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 4 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/19/2022 • 13 minutes, 26 seconds
Each Breath is One Less Left
'Each Breath is One Less Left' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 17 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/18/2022 • 18 minutes, 9 seconds
The Search for the Path out of Suffering
'The Search for the Path out of Suffering' - Friday Dhamma videos | 13 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/17/2022 • 17 minutes, 21 seconds
Going Against The Stream Of The World To The Stream Of Dhamma
'Going Against The Stream Of The World To The Stream Of Dhamma' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 16 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/17/2022 • 24 minutes, 7 seconds
Visākha Pūjā 2565: Learning from Normal Things
'Learning from Normal Things' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on Visākha Pūjā 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/16/2022 • 13 minutes, 31 seconds
Not Beyond One’s Ability
'Not Beyond One’s Ability' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 3 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/16/2022 • 15 minutes
No Matter What Happens, It’s All Normal
'No Matter What Happens, It’s All Normal' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 2 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/15/2022 • 23 minutes, 49 seconds
You Can See the Dhamma in This Life
'You Can See the Dhamma in This Life' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 1 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/14/2022 • 19 minutes, 9 seconds
Above Wrong & Beyond Right
'Above Wrong & Beyond Right' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 12 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/13/2022 • 20 minutes, 43 seconds
There Is No Glass
'There Is No Glass' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 11 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/12/2022 • 18 minutes, 24 seconds
The Way of Nature
'The Way of Nature' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 10 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/11/2022 • 16 minutes, 11 seconds
The Path to Becoming a Buddha
'The Path to Becoming a Buddha' - Friday Dhamma videos | 6 May 2022.
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5/10/2022 • 12 minutes, 54 seconds
The Birth of a Buddha in the Heart
'The Birth of a Buddha in the Heart' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 9 May 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/10/2022 • 23 minutes, 7 seconds
A Handicapped Body but a Healthy Mind
'A Handicapped Body but a Healthy Mind' - Friday Dhamma videos | 25 Feb 2022.
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5/9/2022 • 15 minutes, 49 seconds
The Difficult Path to Letting Go
'The Difficult Path to Letting Go' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 30 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/9/2022 • 19 minutes, 48 seconds
About Rapture
'About Rapture' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 29 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/2/2022 • 16 minutes, 18 seconds
The Faith of an Arahant
'The Faith of an Arahant' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 27 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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5/1/2022 • 20 minutes, 5 seconds
Seeing the Dhammas which Should Be Seen
'Seeing the Dhammas which Should Be Seen' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 26 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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4/30/2022 • 16 minutes, 21 seconds
All Dhammas are Not-self
'All Dhammas are Not-self' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 23 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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4/29/2022 • 19 minutes, 1 second
The Elements of Buddhism
'The Elements of Buddhism' - Friday Dhamma videos | 22 Apr 2022.
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4/28/2022 • 13 minutes, 15 seconds
Finding a Refuge in Ourselves
'Finding a Refuge in Ourselves' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 21 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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4/27/2022 • 24 minutes, 54 seconds
Misapprehending Reality
'Misapprehending Reality' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 20 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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4/26/2022 • 16 minutes, 52 seconds
Waking Up Our Sleeping Minds
'Waking Up Our Sleeping Minds' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 19 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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4/25/2022 • 16 minutes, 42 seconds
Q&A: Mindfulness & Consciousness
'Mindfulness & Consciousness' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 18 Apr 2022.
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4/24/2022 • 20 minutes, 8 seconds
Giving Rise to Wisdom
'Giving Rise to Wisdom' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 17 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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4/23/2022 • 18 minutes, 11 seconds
The Decision to Ordain
'The Decision to Ordain' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 16 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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4/22/2022 • 19 minutes, 4 seconds
Overcoming Doubts
'Overcoming Doubts' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 14 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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4/21/2022 • 21 minutes, 23 seconds
The Right Way
'The Right Way' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 13 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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4/20/2022 • 20 minutes, 42 seconds
Merely a Convention
'Merely a Convention' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 12 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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4/19/2022 • 20 minutes, 59 seconds
We Are All Refugees
'We Are All Refugees' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 11 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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4/18/2022 • 19 minutes, 59 seconds
Why Do We Suffer
'Why Do We Suffer' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 10 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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4/17/2022 • 19 minutes, 6 seconds
Don’t Let Your Days Pass in Vain
'Don’t Let Your Days Pass in Vain' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 9 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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4/16/2022 • 19 minutes, 23 seconds
Separating the Mind from Feelings
'Separating the Mind from Feelings' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 3 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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4/15/2022 • 20 minutes, 3 seconds
Benefits of Dhamma Practice | Ajahn Gamon
'Benefits of Dhamma Practice' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Gamon on 1 Apr 2022.
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4/14/2022 • 38 minutes, 8 seconds
The Noble Path | Ajahn Serm
'The Noble Path' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Serm on 31 Mar 2022.
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4/13/2022 • 32 minutes, 53 seconds
Directing Our Own Destiny | Ajahn Naret
'Directing Our Own Destiny' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Naret on 30 Mar 2022.
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4/12/2022 • 34 minutes, 13 seconds
The Two Dimensions of the World & Dhamma | Ajahn Kong
'The Two Dimensions of the World & Dhamma' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Kong on 29 Mar 2022.
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4/11/2022 • 38 minutes, 53 seconds
True Refuge | Ajahn Somwang
'True Refuge' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Somwang on 28 Mar 2022.
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4/10/2022 • 26 minutes, 25 seconds
The Skill & Benefit of Long Sits | Ajahn Achalo
'The Skill & Benefit of Long Sits' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Achalo on 27 Mar 2022.
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4/9/2022 • 55 minutes, 49 seconds
Putting the Teachings into Practice | Ajahn Somchai
'Putting the Teachings into Practice' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Somchai on 26 Mar 2022.
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4/9/2022 • 21 minutes, 46 seconds
Q&A: Seeing Dhamma at the Time of Death
'Seeing Dhamma at the Time of Death' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 2 Apr 2022.
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4/8/2022 • 18 minutes, 6 seconds
Q&A: Peace for Knowledge
'Peace for Knowledge' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 1 Apr 2022.
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4/8/2022 • 32 minutes, 15 seconds
Seeing Dhamma is Like This
'Seeing Dhamma is Like This' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 1 Apr 2022, translated from Thai to English.
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4/7/2022 • 33 minutes, 44 seconds
Q&A: Is Being Born as a Woman Bad Kamma?
'Is Being Born as a Woman Bad Kamma?' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 31 Mar 2022.
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4/7/2022 • 22 minutes, 20 seconds
Q&A: Mindfulness & Rebirth
'Mindfulness & Rebirth' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 30 Mar 2022.
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4/3/2022 • 24 minutes, 54 seconds
Putting in Good Causes
'Putting in Good Causes' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 30 Mar 2022.
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4/3/2022 • 31 minutes, 44 seconds
Q&A: Peace, Asubha & Ordination
'Peace, Asubha & Ordination' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 29 Mar 2022.
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4/2/2022 • 36 minutes, 50 seconds
Dhamma for Liberation
'Dhamma for Liberation' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 29 Mar 2022.
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4/2/2022 • 46 minutes, 31 seconds
Q&A: Eating, Sleeping & Smoking
'Eating, Sleeping & Smoking' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 28 Mar 2022.
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4/1/2022 • 36 minutes, 54 seconds
Why Don’t We See the Truth
'Why Don’t We See the Truth' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 28 Mar 2022.
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4/1/2022 • 40 minutes, 25 seconds
Q&A: There’s No Other Way
'There’s No Other Way' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 27 Mar 2022.
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3/31/2022 • 26 minutes, 19 seconds
The Path to the End of Suffering
'The Path to the End of Suffering' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 27 Mar 2022.
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3/31/2022 • 25 minutes, 40 seconds
Seeing According to Reality
'Seeing According to Reality' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 27 Mar 2022.
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3/31/2022 • 27 minutes, 8 seconds
Q&A: The Clear Pool of Knowing
'The Clear Pool of Knowing' - Q&A session with Ajahn Anan on 26 Mar 2022.
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3/30/2022 • 16 minutes, 38 seconds
Make This Life the Best You Can
'Make This Life the Best You Can' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 26 Mar 2022.
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3/30/2022 • 21 minutes, 14 seconds
Online Retreat Opening Talk
A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 26 Mar 2022.
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3/30/2022 • 20 minutes, 26 seconds
Mindfulness Brings Awakening
'Mindfulness Brings Awakening' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 21 Mar 2022.
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3/29/2022 • 8 minutes, 50 seconds
Pulling Apart & Reassembling Our Bodies
'Pulling Apart & Reassembling Our Bodies' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 16 Mar 2022.
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3/28/2022 • 12 minutes, 55 seconds
Cutting Through the Fetters
'Cutting Through the Fetters' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 24 Mar 2022.
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3/27/2022 • 17 minutes, 1 second
Mindfulness: The Central Pillar of the Practice
'Mindfulness: The Central Pillar of the Practice' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 17 Mar 2022.
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3/26/2022 • 13 minutes, 7 seconds
The Great Blessing of Dhamma Practice
'The Great Blessing of Dhamma Practice' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 20 Mar 2022.
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3/25/2022 • 14 minutes, 51 seconds
The Truth of the World
'The Truth of the World' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 23 Mar 2022.
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3/24/2022 • 18 minutes, 27 seconds
Exchanging Self for Not-self
'Exchanging Self for Not-self' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 22 Mar 2022.
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3/23/2022 • 14 minutes, 16 seconds
Real Practice Gives Real Results
'Real Practice Gives Real Results' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 5 Jan 2022.
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3/22/2022 • 22 minutes, 42 seconds
Nature is Revealed Already
'Nature is Revealed Already' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 4 Jan 2022.
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3/21/2022 • 11 minutes, 49 seconds
Loving Kindness and Compassion Care for our Hearts
'Loving Kindness and Compassion Care for our Hearts' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 3 Jan 2022.
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3/20/2022 • 12 minutes, 49 seconds
No 8th Life
"No 8th Life" - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 29 Dec 2021.
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3/16/2022 • 25 minutes, 45 seconds
From Inner Beauty to Nobility
'From Inner Beauty to Nobility' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 12 Mar 2022.
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3/13/2022 • 22 minutes, 10 seconds
Overcoming Fear
'Overcoming Fear' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 9 Mar 2022.
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3/11/2022 • 16 minutes, 32 seconds
This Day May Be Your Last
'This Day May Be Your Last' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 8 Mar 2022.
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3/10/2022 • 18 minutes, 4 seconds
What Is There in the World that We Can Take as Self?
'What Is There in the World that We Can Take as Self?' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 6 Mar 2022.
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You are invited to join us for the 2022 annual online retreat with Ajahn Anan, open to everyone in all time zones and of all commitment levels. During these 8 days, he will teach us, 'The path to peace and wisdom for the sake of clear insight and freedom from suffering.'
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3/7/2022 • 11 minutes, 35 seconds
Seeing Clearly into the Dhamma
'Seeing Clearly into the Dhamma' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 3 Mar 2022.
To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7.15pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).
You are invited to join us for the 2022 annual online retreat with Ajahn Anan, open to everyone in all time zones and of all commitment levels. During these 8 days, he will teach us, 'The path to peace and wisdom for the sake of clear insight and freedom from suffering.'
Please use this link to register and find out more information: https://watmarpjan.org/en/live/
3/5/2022 • 24 minutes, 12 seconds
Seeing Through the Mind’s Illusions
'Seeing Through the Mind’s Illusions' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 2 Mar 2022.
To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7.15pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).
You are invited to join us for the 2022 annual online retreat with Ajahn Anan, open to everyone in all time zones and of all commitment levels. During these 8 days, he will teach us, 'The path to peace and wisdom for the sake of clear insight and freedom from suffering.'
Please use this link to register and find out more information: https://watmarpjan.org/en/live/
3/4/2022 • 30 minutes, 53 seconds
Drinking Deep the Deathless
'Drinking Deep the Deathless' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 1 Mar 2022.
To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7.15pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).
You are invited to join us for the 2022 annual online retreat with Ajahn Anan, open to everyone in all time zones and of all commitment levels. During these 8 days, he will teach us, 'The path to peace and wisdom for the sake of clear insight and freedom from suffering.'
Please use this link to register and find out more information: https://watmarpjan.org/en/live/
3/3/2022 • 27 minutes, 17 seconds
Reducing Our Lives Left
'Reducing Our Lives Left' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 28 Feb 2022.
To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7.15pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).
You are invited to join us for the 2022 annual online retreat with Ajahn Anan, open to everyone in all time zones and of all commitment levels. During these 8 days, he will teach us, 'The path to peace and wisdom for the sake of clear insight and freedom from suffering.'
Please use this link to register and find out more information: https://watmarpjan.org/en/live/
3/1/2022 • 20 minutes, 2 seconds
Nibbāna – That Which Exists in Emptiness
'Nibbāna - That Which Exists in Emptiness' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 22 Feb 2022.
To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7.15pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).
2/25/2022 • 27 minutes, 23 seconds
Finding Happiness in Life
2021.12.26 | What gives us a real feeling of happiness? And how much happiness can we expect?
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2/21/2022 • 16 minutes, 49 seconds
From Simple Acts of Goodness
'From Simple Acts of Goodness' - Friday Dhamma videos | 7 Jan 2022.
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2/20/2022 • 14 minutes, 30 seconds
Conditions Giving Progress
'Conditions Giving Progress' - Friday Dhamma videos | 24 Dec 2021.
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2/19/2022 • 12 minutes, 49 seconds
The Dhamma of Not-Self
'The Dhamma of Not-Self' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 17 Feb 2022.
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2/18/2022 • 15 minutes, 3 seconds
In this World Just Temporarily
2021.12.21 | Our lives in this world are fleeting - what will we do with the time that we have left?
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2/17/2022 • 12 minutes, 20 seconds
Uttara and the Power of Loving Kindness
'Uttara and the Power of Loving Kindness' - Friday Dhamma videos | 17 Dec 2021.
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2/16/2022 • 13 minutes, 30 seconds
A Pure Love
'A Pure Love' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 14 Feb 2022.
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2/15/2022 • 15 minutes, 27 seconds
The Importance of the Body
'The Importance of the Body' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 12 Feb 2022.
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2/14/2022 • 18 minutes, 48 seconds
Mind Like a Still, Clear Pool
'Mind Like a Still, Clear Pool' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 11 Feb 2022.
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2/14/2022 • 11 minutes, 44 seconds
Happiness Through the Brahma-Viharas
'Happiness Through the Brahma-Viharas' - Friday Dhamma videos | 10 Dec 2021.
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2/13/2022 • 16 minutes, 34 seconds
How to Give Our Hearts Strength
2021.12.18 | During the space of a single day, our minds think about so many things and this drains all their energy. But now is the time to gather inner energy and give our hearts strength through stillness.
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2/12/2022 • 5 minutes, 51 seconds
Laying Down Our Burdens
2021.12.15 | Attachment to our bodies and minds is a heavy burden. As soon as one attaches, the experience of heaviness arises right there. Sila leads to samadhi, and samadhi leads to wisdom and clear knowing that can cut off attachments.
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2/11/2022 • 11 minutes, 52 seconds
Brahmaviharas Support Our Practice
2021.12.12 | Virtue and the four divine abidings support and care for our samadhi, which then is a support for wisdom to arise. We have good fortune to meet with the Buddha’s teachings in this life. May we set our hearts on this practice.
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2/10/2022 • 6 minutes, 13 seconds
The Homage of Our Practice
2021.12.07 | Out of all the forms of venerating him, what the Buddha praised was offering the homage of our Dhamma practice.
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2/9/2022 • 8 minutes, 25 seconds
Losing Everything or Gaining Dhamma
2021.12.05 | If we choose to follow the way of the world—delighting in its many sensual attractions—in the end we die and we’re left with nothing at all. But if we seek out the way of Dhamma, what we have to gain is peace, happiness and freedom from suffering.
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2/8/2022 • 10 minutes, 31 seconds
Living Harmoniously
In this videoconference talk from 26 Nov, 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about the importance of having harmony.
2/7/2022 • 16 minutes, 58 seconds
A Peaceful and Harmonious Society
In this translation from a recorded talk, Ajahn Anan teaches on causes for both harmony and discord in society. The full story of the killing of the Sakyan clan can be read here: https://www.vridhamma.org/Why-Was-the-Sakyan-Republic-Destroyed
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2/2/2022 • 26 minutes, 56 seconds
A Good Blessing Requires Wisdom
'A Good Blessing Requires Wisdom' - Friday Dhamma videos | 28 Jan 2022.
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2/1/2022 • 18 minutes, 2 seconds
What Good Arises from Establishing Oneself on a Wholesome Path
'What Good Arises from Establishing Oneself on a Wholesome Path?' - Friday Dhamma videos | 21 Jan 2022.
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2/1/2022 • 7 minutes, 1 second
Overcoming Restless Thinking in Meditation
2021.04.25 | The hindrances feed ignorance and prevent peace, and a very important hindrance is proliferation and restless thinking. In this talk, Ajahn Annan teaches about how to relieve this proliferation.
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1/31/2022 • 18 minutes, 50 seconds
Illness is Normal for Me
In this translation from a recording, Ajahn Anan describes how we should contemplate the nature of our bodies—how they must get sick and pass away—in order to bring up understanding and heedfulness.
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1/31/2022 • 26 minutes, 34 seconds
The Path to Purity & Freedom
2021.04.20 | The Buddha has pointed the way already. What’s left is for us to walk it. Bringing up mindfulness, looking through the body, being aware of everything that arises in the mind—these are what will bring us to purity and freedom.
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1/30/2022 • 23 minutes, 31 seconds
The Way Things Are
2021.04.15 | In this talk, Ajahn Anan reflects upon the importance of mindfulness, humility, clarity and calm in order to see things for how they actually are. As he explains, our minds are blind and we’ve accepted what we have been taught since we were children without any questions. Now, however, is the time to start asking questions so we can understand reality.
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1/30/2022 • 37 minutes, 3 seconds
Types of Emptiness
2021.04.11 | Ajahn Anan discusses different types of emptiness and how to realize them—natural emptiness, emptiness from samadhi, and emptiness from wisdom. Don’t give up, keep practising without stopping, and with this continuous effort one can see the truth clearly for oneself, thereby dispelling all doubts.
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1/29/2022 • 39 minutes, 27 seconds
The Path to Freedom from ‘I am’
2021.04.07 | We practice sila, samadhi, and panna, the path of virtue, collectedness, and wisdom—this cuts off clinging to views and conceit, thinking one is better, equal, or lesser. We see the Buddha in our own heart and all doubts are dispelled.
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1/29/2022 • 30 minutes, 33 seconds
Why We Don’t See Clearly
'Why We Don't See Clearly' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 27 Jan 2022.
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1/28/2022 • 13 minutes, 20 seconds
Even the Mind is not Ours
'Even the Mind is not Ours' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 26 Jan 2022.
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1/28/2022 • 17 minutes, 37 seconds
A Place to Rest Our Hearts
2021.04.05 | If we live our lives without much awareness or attention, our minds will be unsettled and thinking without end. So we need to find some inner rest, and the place our hearts can relax and recharge is in the practice. Whether we use mantras or topics of contemplation, this path of meditation brings about calm and inner ease. This then forms a basis for the arising of insight.
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1/27/2022 • 22 minutes, 12 seconds
The Danger of Attaching to Realisation
2021.04.03 | In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells us of the ways that people can falsely believe in their attainments. For beings who have actually realized a stage of awakening, they won’t want to attach to it. They see that picking up anything—even awakening—is heavy and a cause of suffering. They understand that there is knowledge, but no one who knows.
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1/27/2022 • 21 minutes, 15 seconds
Tools for Peace
2021.04.01 | Despite all the material development we’ve experienced, our hearts still suffer. No one has been able to invent a gadget to bring our minds to calm. The Buddha, however, gave us all the tools we need to realize true peace.
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1/26/2022 • 19 minutes, 22 seconds
Seeing Instability, Realizing Purity
2021.03.28 | We practice restraint in virtue, to be mindful, to collect our minds in samadhi, and this allows the mind to see clearly that all conditioned phenomena are, by nature, unstable and ever changing. With this clear seeing, the mind realizes purity, Nibbana. Therefore, we have effort and firm intent to practise the Dhamma to see this for ourselves.
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1/26/2022 • 35 minutes, 12 seconds
Ordination Instructions
2021.03.21 | Four things which should not be done, four things which should be done, and five meditation objects. These are taught to all Bhikkhus (monks) when they ordain.
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1/25/2022 • 17 minutes, 21 seconds
Pure Love & Selfish Love
2021.02.14 | Love that is pure must abide within the bounds of morality. If it strays outside, it can cause much harm. We see the deep wish of all beings—ourselves included—to be happy, and so we act in ways that lead to joy and ease. If our love is bound up with attachment, however, it can morph into anger in an instant.
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1/25/2022 • 24 minutes, 40 seconds
Enoughness
The things of this world never bring satisfaction and are never enough. Seeing this, and that one must leave behind everything at death, one seeks a wealth and happiness that does not decay.
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1/24/2022 • 20 minutes, 11 seconds
Cleaning House, Cleaning Mind
2021.02.13 | Like dust in a house, sense impressions and our identification with them constantly come in and cover over the mind. We clean our minds with meditation. We also practise patient endurance when the mind is not at peace.
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1/24/2022 • 16 minutes, 56 seconds
Cultivating Merit
In a talk given to a group travelling to many monasteries making offerings, Ajahn Anan describes how to cultivate merit.
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1/23/2022 • 18 minutes, 28 seconds
The Password to the Dhamma
2021.02.09 | Just as how we need passwords to access our phones, realizing awakening requires a code. The Buddha has already discovered and revealed it to the world, but we must put it to use.
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1/23/2022 • 20 minutes, 57 seconds
Different Methods for Different Minds
All things must pass away. To see this truth clearly, we practise developing a meditation object such as loving-kindness or the other brahma-viharas, amongst others. Old age, sickness, death, and suffering are coming for us. We prepare our minds through this Dhamma practice.
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1/22/2022 • 24 minutes, 44 seconds
I am Not This Out-breath
2021.02.18 | We can use our wisdom to contemplate our breath—the air is not-self, the sensation of breathing is not-self, the knowing of that sensation is not-self. I am not the five khandas, the five khandas are not me.
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1/22/2022 • 23 minutes, 22 seconds
Ways to Overcome Drowsiness
2021.03.02 | In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells us of the ways that drowsiness can catch us while meditating, and how we can overcome it.
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1/21/2022 • 21 minutes, 12 seconds
Seeing Things as they Actually Are
2021.03.03 | All of the teachings of the Buddha point us to seeing the nature of conditions as they really are.
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1/21/2022 • 20 minutes, 45 seconds
The Faith to Ordain
2021.03.04 | It’s not easy to leave the lay life and take on the robes, especially for more elderly men and those from overseas. But the benefits that come from this devotion and sincerity are great.
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1/20/2022 • 23 minutes, 39 seconds
The Mind Awake
'The Mind Awake' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 19 Jan 2022.
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1/20/2022 • 12 minutes, 24 seconds
Realising Pure Emptiness
'Realising Pure Emptiness' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 5 Jan 2022.
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1/19/2022 • 23 minutes, 3 seconds
The Virtues and Teachings of Ajahn Chah (Ajahn Chah Memorial Day 2022)
'The Virtues and Teachings of Ajahn Chah' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on Ajahn Chah Memorial Day, 16 Jan 2022.
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1/18/2022 • 40 minutes, 1 second
A New & Awakened Mind
'A New & Awakened Mind' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 30 Dec 2021.
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1/17/2022 • 17 minutes, 2 seconds
The Way Beyond All Doubt
"The Way Beyond All Doubt" - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 27 Dec 2021.
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1/16/2022 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
Relieving the Affliction of Lust
2021.12.25 | Delighting in the apparent beauty of bodies is something that burdens the mind and prevents it from becoming calm and bright. In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains various ways to overcome this hindrance.
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1/15/2022 • 12 minutes, 47 seconds
Like Leaning on a Rotten Stump
2021.12.23 | Relying on our bodies is like leaning on a rotten stump - it breaks and we fall. We have seen people die from this world; what do they take with them when they go? May you set your hearts on training the mind.
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1/14/2022 • 9 minutes, 59 seconds
Practice This Way and You Will See the Dhamma
2021.12.22 | If we set our hearts in the right way, practising to cultivate goodness and let go of our attachments, we will gain insight into truth.
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1/13/2022 • 24 minutes, 39 seconds
What it Means to be Human
'What it Means to be Human' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 11 Jan 2022.
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1/12/2022 • 22 minutes, 1 second
Setting One’s Heart Correctly
'Setting One's Heart Correctly' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 10 Jan 2022.
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1/11/2022 • 4 minutes, 47 seconds
What is This Body?
'What is This Body?' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 9 Jan 2022.
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1/10/2022 • 13 minutes, 1 second
37 Years of Wat Marp Jan
'37 Years of Wat Marp Jan' - Friday Dhamma videos | 3 Dec 2021.
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1/9/2022 • 9 minutes, 9 seconds
A Sincere Heart
2021.12.20 | In order to reach the Dhamma, we must be sincere. We need to raise up our energy and follow our teacher’s instructions well. If we do this, even though it’s tough, we’ll get there.
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1/9/2022 • 22 minutes, 52 seconds
From Peace to Wisdom to Nibbāna
2021.12.16 | Initially, all the objects of meditation we use are for the sake of bringing our minds to the present moment and settling them in peace. As we carry on practising in this way, our hearts’ steadiness grows, and wisdom emerges. Here, Nibbāna—the bright, clear and pure mind—appears.
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1/8/2022 • 10 minutes, 17 seconds
Our Impossible Dreams
2021.12.13 | We like the wealth, status and possessions we gain in this world, and we wish for them to last forever, but this cannot be. All conditioned phenomena are like sandcastles in the wind, steadily crumbling away. What is important for us to do is steady our minds so we understand the truth of these conditions, and stop experiencing the pain of clinging to them.
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1/7/2022 • 12 minutes, 18 seconds
The Mind Unwavering
2021.12.08 | The untrained mind is blown about by sense impressions like leaves in the wind. The well trained mind can see the mind as separate from sense impressions and is therefore unshaken.
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1/6/2022 • 11 minutes, 45 seconds
Finding Pleasure in Meditation Practice
2021.12.06 | If we enjoy doing something and we have a desire to do it, then it’s not difficult to bring up energy and get the task done. This is true for the cultivation of samadhi as well; it’s important to bring up both pleasure and effort.
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1/5/2022 • 8 minutes, 29 seconds
The Rarity of a Dedicated Practitioner
2021.12.01 | We have incredible good fortune to meet with teachings that, if practised, can bring about the end of suffering.
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1/4/2022 • 16 minutes, 2 seconds
Welcome to the New Year 2022
'Welcome to the New Year 2022' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 31 Dec 2021.
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1/3/2022 • 20 minutes, 9 seconds
May You Fill This Year with Goodness
'May You Fill This Year with Goodness' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 1 Jan 2022.
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1/3/2022 • 16 minutes, 42 seconds
The Importance of Samatha
Only a peaceful and steady mind is able to see clearly into the truth. In order to gain this inner calm, however, we need to practise. By keeping the movements and activities of our bodies in mind, our hearts settle and turn bright. This is when insight can take place.
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1/2/2022 • 24 minutes, 36 seconds
Building Inner Strength by Meditating All Night
Taking on the special practice of staying up and meditating all night long helps us to cultivate our powers of faith, effort and mindfulness.
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1/1/2022 • 18 minutes, 57 seconds
Effort Will Set Us Free
By raising up our energy and resolution, we can gain freedom from suffering.
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12/31/2021 • 23 minutes, 39 seconds
What About This Body is Really Me?
It is worth asking ourselves some questions: What is the nature of this body? Is it actually me? What in this world lasts? By inquiring into life in this way, our hearts grow wise.
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12/30/2021 • 21 minutes, 49 seconds
Thinking our Way into Peace
If we have an active mind that just won’t stay with the breath, then we need to direct our thoughts to think in a manner that brings calm. We can look at our bodies, for instance, bringing up the perception of their instability or unattractive nature.
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12/29/2021 • 24 minutes, 38 seconds
The Harmony of Outer and Inner Work
In whatever society we live in, we need to be of benefit to it. We do this through our kindness, sacrifice, consideration and virtue. But we also need to cultivate our hearts as well to bring them to peace and wisdom. The skill of living well in a group lies in getting out inner and outer work in balance.
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12/28/2021 • 21 minutes, 52 seconds
Seeking Out Inner Value
No one is able to take the things of this world with them when they die, and so they don’t hold much worth to them. Therefore, we should focus on seeking out that which is of true value: our own minds.
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12/27/2021 • 28 minutes, 40 seconds
The Earth Spins Around, But Time Never Returns
2021.02.07 | The Earth is always spinning in orbit around the sun, but no matter how far it travels, it always comes back to the same spot. Likewise, for most people, life never really gets anywhere; each day is spent lost in the world. Time, however, is different—it is always moving onwards and never returns. Those with intelligence will spend their time left in this life walking along the path that leads to heaven and Dhamma.
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12/26/2021 • 19 minutes, 29 seconds
Living in Line with Dhamma-Vinaya
In this talk given to a gathering of monks, Ajahn Anan teaches on the standards of practice and living that he learned from Luang Pu Chah. He also explains how it is important to take time and place into account when applying these principles, adapting them where necessary to be appropriate for the situation at hand.
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12/25/2021 • 25 minutes, 9 seconds
Becoming Settled
2021.05.03 | The ways of the world come from agitation and lead to more agitation; struggling to get what we want, then struggling to get more. But the whole purpose of the path of Buddhism is to reach peace.
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12/24/2021 • 17 minutes, 27 seconds
If I die, then I die — My Time with Luang Pu Chah
Ajahn Anan tells us of the lessons he learned from the years he spent with his teacher, and how these gave him the motivation and confidence to meet with terror and hardship.
12/23/2021 • 30 minutes, 51 seconds
Recollecting the Buddha’s Life and Disciples
By turning our thoughts to the Buddha and his disciples, our minds will grow joyful and radiant.
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12/22/2021 • 21 minutes, 6 seconds
Polishing Our Hearts
When we gain true knowledge of the things of this world, we’ll see that they have no real essence to them. What’s of genuine value and worth is the heart that’s been polished by the Dhamma. This is what brings us a lasting happiness that we simply cannot find in the world.
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12/21/2021 • 23 minutes, 3 seconds
Emulating the Great Disciples
Anathapindika and Lady Visakha were declared the foremost lay supporters of the Buddhasasana. They were stream-enterers and firm in their practice of the 5 precepts and 8 precepts on lunar observance days. For the laity, one practices following their example - practicing dana, sila, and bhavana to see clearly for oneself the Buddha in one’s own heart.
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12/20/2021 • 40 minutes, 6 seconds
Letting Go Through Wisdom
There's a certain equanimity that comes through not knowing, not understanding and not caring, but it's not right. What we're after is the ability to put things down through wisdom.
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12/19/2021 • 19 minutes, 1 second
Born in the Age of the Dhamma
2021.11.30 | Even though we haven’t been born during the Buddha’s time, we have come into this world while the Buddha’s Dhamma is still here.
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12/18/2021 • 23 minutes, 3 seconds
We Need Peace
2021.11.29 | Inner calm is necessary for awakening to the Dhamma. In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells us ways of bringing our minds to peace and stability so they can gain wisdom.
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12/17/2021 • 18 minutes, 44 seconds
A Temple for Our Hearts: Wat Marp Jan’s 37th Anniversary
2021.11.28 | Having built the external temple through faith and effort, what we now need to do is build our inner temple.
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12/16/2021 • 24 minutes, 52 seconds
Peace, Contemplation, and Radiance
2021.11.23 | Delusion cannot affect the mind with wisdom, just as dark cannot affect the light. One trains the mind in a meditation object like loving-kindness or the in and out breathing, then one can contemplate the body. The well-trained mind brings happiness.
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12/15/2021 • 12 minutes, 36 seconds
Divine Abidings
2021.11.22 | The four divine abidings of metta, karuna, mudita, and upekkha are qualities a Dhamma practitioner cannot go without. Loving-kindness cools the fires in the heart and is directly linked to generosity, virtue, and the development of wisdom.
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12/14/2021 • 12 minutes, 30 seconds
The Boat to the Other Shore
2021.11.21 | The path of sila, samadhi, and panya is like a boat we use to reach our destination. Having arrived, we leave the boat and do not use it anymore. We practise with continual effort, wisdom, and patient endurance. Seeing the Dhamma is not hard.
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12/13/2021 • 8 minutes, 5 seconds
Talent or Striving, Which is More Important?
In this videoconference talk from 8 Oct, 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about the results that come from past lives, and the effort that has to be made in this life, in order to meet with success.
"So talent could be called an old merit, which has been done in the past. The merit that has been done in past lives, this is merit, this is talent. But persistent effort must be made in this lifetime, and this must be imbued with Dhamma."
12/12/2021 • 15 minutes, 1 second
Of the Nature to Arise & Cease
After chanting the Buddha's first sermon, Ajahn Anan gives a talk on how whatever is of the nature to arise, is of the nature to cease.
12/12/2021 • 19 minutes, 55 seconds
Awakening to Dhamma
2021.11.20 | When one sees clearly the things of this world - the body, names, labels, and so on - one sees the Dhamma. Seeing the Dhamma, one sees the Buddha. This is a heart that is bright and pure. May we all set our hearts on this practice, cultivating qualities such as the brahma-viharas, effort, khanti, sacca, dana, sila, samadhi, and mindfulness.
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12/11/2021 • 14 minutes, 20 seconds
The Importance of a Dhamma Teacher
2021.10.31 | Just as we need teachers to impart their knowledge to us in order for us to learn subjects like science and math, the same holds true for the Dhamma. Without a teacher who has practised the Dhamma and knows it directly, it is easy for us to get lost.
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12/10/2021 • 12 minutes, 44 seconds
A Temporary Gathering of Elements
2021.10.30 | There are many ways to contemplate the body to give rise to wisdom. The untrained mind tends to see the body as permanent, a source of happiness, beautiful, and a self, but if we look closely we see that the body is changing, stressful, not beautiful, and not self.
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12/9/2021 • 12 minutes, 20 seconds
The Māras of Body and Mind
In this Māgha Pūja talk from yesteryears, Ajahn Anan tells us of the different kinds of obstructions we must face during the course of our practice.
12/8/2021 • 15 minutes, 23 seconds
Refuge and Putting Down Burdens
2021.03.20 | We may think carrying a heavy block of gold will bring us happiness, but all we get is suffering, and there is no end to it. We all want lightness but pick up heaviness continuously. We carry burdens up until old age, sickness, and death, and then keep carrying it to the next birth as well. Seeing clearly the heavy object for what it is, we can realize lightness. To help realize this freedom, we go for refuge in the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha.
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12/7/2021 • 13 minutes, 43 seconds
Being a Good Parent for Our Minds
Just as a child needs good parents to look after it, making sure it doesn’t get itself into trouble, so too our minds need ‘the one who knows’—this knowing nature—to keep an eye on it, making sure it doesn’t do anything that will cause suffering.
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12/6/2021 • 25 minutes, 7 seconds
The Essence of Ajahn Chah’s Teachings
In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells us the heart of the teachings he learnt from his time with Ajahn Chah.
12/5/2021 • 15 minutes, 33 seconds
The Importance of Looking After Our Minds
The mind that’s left to its own devices will cause a lot of suffering. Therefore, we need to have knowledge, mindfulness and wisdom looking after these minds so dukkha does not arise.
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12/4/2021 • 22 minutes, 58 seconds
Seeing Through Conventions Into Liberation
2021.03.29 | All the labels that we give to things are merely conventions. When we can understand this truth, the heart let’s go and reaches freedom.
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12/3/2021 • 17 minutes, 58 seconds
A Long & Short Journey
2021.03.27 | If you heard that the Buddha was one million kilometres away, you would travel to see him, right? Even if it meant passing through immense hardship, and possibly losing our lives, we would still go. But actually, this isn’t necessary as the Buddha is right next to us all the time.
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12/2/2021 • 33 minutes, 15 seconds
For the Sake of Freedom
In this morning talk, Ajahn Anan teaches about establishing mindfulness, contemplating emptiness, the benefits and rare opportunity of ordination, building merit, heedfulness, and more.
12/1/2021 • 23 minutes
Unshakable Faith
When we see for ourselves the nature of reality, we know that the Buddha is real and his teachings are genuine. We know that walking this path actually leads us out of suffering. It doesn’t matter what other people say, we know that the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha are real.
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11/30/2021 • 30 minutes, 51 seconds
Form is in Emptiness & Emptiness is in Form
2021.06.08 | All forms are not self, and so they are empty. And within that emptiness, there is the convention of form.
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11/29/2021 • 18 minutes, 47 seconds
Cultivating Compassion
In this talk, Ajahn Anan gives us guidance on how to develop our hearts in the quality of compassion.
11/28/2021 • 21 minutes, 14 seconds
Choosing the Way of Light
In the world there are many paths that we can travel along—dangerous ones, difficult ones and smooth ones. It’s the same for our minds. We can choose to take them along a path that leads to difficulty and darkness, or a path that leads to happiness and light. It’s up to us.
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11/27/2021 • 29 minutes, 26 seconds
How to Purify Negative Kamma
In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains the correct method to purify negative kamma in line with the teachings of the Buddha.
11/24/2021 • 16 minutes, 26 seconds
Our Inner and Outer Bodies
We have a coarse outer body that all people can see, but we also have a subtle inner body that is invisible to our eyes. This is the body of our minds, and it’s important for us to develop this one to be higher and better.
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11/23/2021 • 28 minutes, 59 seconds
Seeing the World for What It Is
In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains how the world is completely composed of conventions. When our minds understand this, they can put the world down and abide above it.
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11/22/2021 • 38 minutes, 15 seconds
Samatha, Vipassanā & the Highest Happiness
In many places they teach to focus solely on vipassanā (insight), but really, in the initial stages, every aspect of the practice is samatha (tranquility). When we develop this way of bringing our hearts to peace, then investigating reality, we'll realize the highest happiness that the Buddha himself gained.
To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/ajahnanan
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11/21/2021 • 29 minutes, 51 seconds
Unification of Mind for Liberation of Mind
The five hindrances obstruct peace of mind, samadhi. And having gained samadhi, one must be careful not to misunderstand this peace as awakening and enlightenment. One practises samadhi for the sake of seeing clearly the nature of reality, that all phenomena are anicca, dukkha, and anatta. This insight is capable of liberating the mind from all suffering.
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11/20/2021 • 14 minutes, 38 seconds
Nature is Always Teaching Us
2021.10.28 | Is there anything constant in this world? Inconstancy is the only constant thing here. Nature is always trying to teach us this lesson, and the important thing is that we take it to heart.
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11/19/2021 • 15 minutes, 22 seconds
Nowhere for Dust to Alight
2021.10.27 | Dust alighting on a mirror is a simile for sense impressions alighting on the mind. As long as we have a mirror or mind, then we must constantly clean it. With the understanding of not-self, however, we see clearly with wisdom, and there is nowhere for dust to alight.
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11/18/2021 • 11 minutes, 46 seconds
Choosing a Path Through Life
The decisions we make are very important; they're what make the difference between heaven and hell. Those with intelligence will pick the way to genuine happiness and peace: the Noble Path.
11/17/2021 • 17 minutes, 26 seconds
The Permanent Destruction of Defilement
2021.10.26 | In the beginning of the practice, we must endure many things and develop many qualities, but as we carry on, the practice eventually gains momentum. Here, it's fun to meditate as we know that we are steadily cutting away at the defilements until they are forever gone.
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11/16/2021 • 24 minutes, 7 seconds
Where Can We Find Peace?
2021.10.25 | Where can we go to find peace? We may stay in a forest or a cave and flee from disturbing sights and sounds, and this can be useful to bring energy to our minds. But we can't flee forever. So, in order to find true peace, we must develop wisdom that allows us to understand and let go of all sense impressions.
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11/15/2021 • 24 minutes, 5 seconds
Where all 84,000 Teachings of the Buddha Gather
Every teaching that the Buddha gave gathers into the single point of seeing form, feeling, perception, mental formations and sense consciousness as inconstant.
11/14/2021 • 21 minutes, 7 seconds
The Ebb and Flow of Worldly Winds
2021.10.23 | With the recent ending of the rains retreat, we can reflect on the origin story for the Kathina ceremony. We also reflect on the impermanence of worldly Dhammas, external harmony, and the internal harmony of sila, samadhi, and panya in the mind that leads to liberating insight.
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11/13/2021 • 23 minutes, 4 seconds
The Wisdom that Gives Us Freedom
2021.10.11 | All of us currently have mindfulness, samadhi and wisdom, but for the most part it's in a form that is useful for our work and studies, but ineffective for insight into truth. In order to gain this insight, we must walk along the path that the Buddha taught, until we are able to transcend the world and reach freedom from all suffering.
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11/12/2021 • 19 minutes, 31 seconds
About Jhana
2021.10.10 | The 16 Brahma realms of form correspond to the 4 form jhanas, and the upper five levels are the Pure Abodes for Anagamis. If we practise without ceasing, then we are all capable of realizing jhana and insight knowledge. In the beginning, however, we must patiently endure the proliferating mind, increasing our samadhi and reducing kilesas gradually.
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11/11/2021 • 17 minutes, 47 seconds
Watching the Movements of the Mind
As Ajahn Anan teaches in this talk, every aspect of the practice gathers together in the qualities of mindfulness and clear comprehension. If we can bring our minds to stillness and hold awareness over them, then as they start to move, liberating wisdom will arise in our hearts.
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11/10/2021 • 26 minutes, 57 seconds
Mindfulness, Peace & Wisdom
It’s important to try to keep our mindfulness steady and even throughout the day. If we can do this, our minds will easily settle into peace. Once they are established in calm, wisdom arises which is able to solve all our problems.
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11/9/2021 • 16 minutes, 44 seconds
Cooling Down a Hot Heart
On the occasion of Thai New Year, Ajahn Anan gave this talk about how to relieve the heat of our bodies and also the heat within our hearts.
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11/8/2021 • 9 minutes, 26 seconds
The Precious Gift of a Human Birth
With a human birth, we have an excellent opportunity to cultivate goodness. All the other beings—animals, hungry ghosts, and even devas—wish for a rebirth in this state. So, while we have it, we should make the most of it by creating merit, practicing meditation and understanding.
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11/7/2021 • 29 minutes, 16 seconds
The Buddha is Still Here
When we see the Dhamma, we see the Buddha, and our heart is Sangha. We see that the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha are actually one. When we see clearly like this, no doubts are left in the heart.
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11/6/2021 • 22 minutes, 39 seconds
Blessings We Are Born with and Blessings We Strive For
2021.10.09 | Some people are born with more innate talents than others. They learn and excel quickly in various fields. This is due to past efforts they have made. Whether we are born with a little or a lot of past merits and skills, we put forth effort in the present to see the Dhamma.
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11/5/2021 • 21 minutes, 19 seconds
Founding our Practice in Kindness
No matter what meditation method we use, it's important to establish kindness in our hearts first so that it flows from this place of mettā. Really, all the aspects of the path—generosity, virtue and inner cultivation—are an expression of that kindness.
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11/4/2021 • 25 minutes, 42 seconds
The Triple Gem is Worth the Most
When we've come to understand the true worth of the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha, all the wealth in the world won't mean much to us. We see that it's only stuff that we borrow, but it's not actually ours.
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11/3/2021 • 27 minutes, 43 seconds
Quick Wisdom
2021.10.07 | Those who have trained their minds in meditation in the past can learn and understand things quickly. We can learn from the examples of Venerable Sariputta understanding Venerable Assaji’s brief teaching, and from Venerable Bhadda Kundalakesa, the Bhikkhuni foremost in quick understanding. We also reflect on the benefits of ordination.
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11/2/2021 • 23 minutes, 20 seconds
Understanding What We’re Doing
2021.10.06 | While being dependent on and using the necessities of life—food, shelter, clothing and medicine—it’s important that we reflect on them, being aware of why we are using them. The same holds true for special practices we may take up; we need to understand what their purposes are.
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11/1/2021 • 22 minutes, 46 seconds
Inner Peace from Mindfulness
In this videoconference talk from 29 Oct, 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about the inner peace that comes from having mindfulness. When we are able to know with mindfulness and wisdom, the various moods and sense objects as they arise, we can realise true peace.
"There was once when venerable Ajahn Chah was discussing Dhamma with a western monk, Ajahn Chah said that even if you go up to the moon, to Mars, or go anywhere at all, we will still have suffering there if our hearts don’t have right view. So we need to try to be able to train in this."
10/31/2021 • 14 minutes, 58 seconds
Correcting Distorted Perceptions
In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells how viewing the body as being stable, a source of happiness, a self, and beautiful are insane perceptions that cause our hearts to be enveloped in darkness. When we perceive the body as unattractive, however, our minds turn bright and radiant.
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10/31/2021 • 39 minutes, 45 seconds
Talent vs Persistence
In this videoconference talk from 8 Oct, 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about the results that come about from ‘talent’, which is a result of merit done in past lives, and ‘persistence’, which is the effort one must put forth in this life. “So talent could be called an old merit, which has been done in...
10/30/2021 • 15 minutes, 1 second
The Mind Beyond the World
2021.10.05 | Like Anathapindika and Lady Visakha, we train in giving, virtue, and mental cultivation. We train ourselves in mindfulness and wisdom to know sense impressions as they arise such that the mind may cross over sense impressions and go beyond the world.
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10/30/2021 • 21 minutes, 35 seconds
Of the Nature to Change
2021.10.04 | We can observe change in many ways - natural disasters change the outer environment, our bodies age, get sick, and die, pandemics arise and cease, possessions are gained and lost, perceptions and sense contacts come and go, obstacles arise and cease, and so on. If we practise the eightfold path, we can overcome ignorance regarding reality. May we all be intent on this.
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10/29/2021 • 23 minutes, 43 seconds
Sīla, Samādhi & Paññā
2021.10.03 | It's important for us to be virtuous people as this allows us to live together in happiness and experience inner peace. This calm mind then becomes a suitable foundation for cultivating samādhi. Even though this stage of samādhi is tough, if we are sincere in our efforts, we can certainly achieve it. And with a firm and energised mind, insight and knowledge into the Dhamma can arise.
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10/28/2021 • 23 minutes, 49 seconds
Loving-Kindness and Compassion
2021.10.02 | Loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity are known as the Four Divine Abidings (brahmaviharas). They are meditation objects that we can use to bring our minds to samadhi. Loving-kindness is also one of the protective meditations. With a heart of loving-kindness, we are naturally well-established in the first precept and do not wish harm to others.
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10/27/2021 • 27 minutes, 44 seconds
The Path that Leads Beyond the World
2021.09.30 | There are many roads in this world, and many ways to travel along them, but they can only take us around this world. We also have this Noble Path, however, and by following it, we can leave this world and go beyond suffering.
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10/26/2021 • 24 minutes, 36 seconds
Protection for the Mind
2021.09.29 | Similar to how the immune system can be trained to protect the body from disease, we can teach and train our minds to be protected from arammanas - sense impressions. We all want happiness and do not want suffering, so we use our faith in the Triple Gem to follow the Buddha’s teachings to realize freedom from all stress.
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10/25/2021 • 29 minutes, 51 seconds
The Merit of Hearing and Sharing the Dhamma
In the beginning of our practice it's important to listen to a lot of teachings from the wise. They can help to steer us in the right direction, and through this we can realize within ourselves the validity of their words.
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10/24/2021 • 25 minutes, 19 seconds
Kamma & Equality
2021.09.28 | It’s common these days for people to demand equality, but all beings have their own kamma, and this causes us to be different. But, no matter who we are or what situation we are in, we all have the capability to create new good kamma and grow in merit, mindfulness and wisdom.
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10/23/2021 • 24 minutes, 8 seconds
Peace in Body, Speech & Mind
2021.09.27 | In order to reach peace, firstly we must cultivate it in our body and speech, making sure our external actions are virtuous. Upon this foundation of sīla, we then go about cultivating inner peace through samādhi and wisdom.
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10/22/2021 • 40 minutes, 29 seconds
Heaven, Hell, and Elephants
2021.09.26 | We experience heaven in the present through skillful acts and hell in the present through unskillful acts. We are not sure when sickness and death will arrive. Therefore we should establish ourselves firmly in heedfulness.
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10/21/2021 • 21 minutes, 46 seconds
I Will Die For Sure
No matter who we are, no matter what position we hold in the world, death is steadily closing in on us. By realizing this, energy arises to walk the path that will lead us to the end of death and towards the birth of an inner Buddha in our hearts.
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10/20/2021 • 18 minutes, 50 seconds
How to Reach Nibbāna
2021.09.25 | We have the goal of reaching Nibbāna—the end of all suffering—but, how do we get there? We must use this life to cultivate goodness and develop the wisdom that allows us to let go of all things.
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10/19/2021 • 30 minutes, 38 seconds
Cool Water for the Heart
2021.09.23 | Greed, aversion, and delusion are heat in the heart. Practising the path of sila, samadhi, and panya gives rise to coolness in the heart. We practise patient endurance. We reflect: why get angry when all of our lives must end in death? We cut off heat/unskillfulness, give rise to coolness/goodness, and bring the mind to purity.
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10/18/2021 • 14 minutes, 34 seconds
Heaven in the Heart
As we progress along this path of practice—being generous, keeping good virtue, and meditating—we'll get the feeling that heaven is close by. And that's because it is—the inner heaven is the happiness we feel from all the goodness we have created.
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10/17/2021 • 23 minutes, 34 seconds
All for the Sake of Nibbāna
2021.09.22 | When we are generous and virtuous without expecting anything in return, what we gain is inner wealth, happiness and emptiness. So, we shouldn’t desire any plane of birth or state of becoming, but set our hearts on the highest happiness instead: Nibbāna.
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10/16/2021 • 17 minutes, 21 seconds
From Jealousy to Stream-Entry
2021.09.21 | In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells the story of Lady Uttarā and Lady Sirimā, and how it is possible to go from a heart afflicted by very strong, painful emotions to seeing the Dhamma.
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10/15/2021 • 19 minutes, 40 seconds
Types of Stream-Enterers
2021.09.19 | The mind that sees the truth enters into the stream of Dhamma, a stream which is cool and peaceful. One disciple during the Buddha’s time, upon receiving a teaching from Venerable Ananda, saw that he must die and separate from all his material possessions. His mind gathered together and cut the first three fetters. If we practise ourselves, it is not beyond our ability to enter the stream of Dhamma.
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10/14/2021 • 22 minutes, 58 seconds
Ten Ways to Create Merit
In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains to us the many ways we can build goodness, including generosity, virtue, meditation and humility. As this merit grows in our hearts, so too does our joy and vitality. It gives us an energy that propels us along the Noble Path.
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10/13/2021 • 23 minutes, 11 seconds
The Rarity of a Sincere Meditator
2021.09.18 | For those who can easily be generous and virtuous, it shows they have cultivated these qualities and deeds in the past. And as difficult as it is to find someone like this, it is far more difficult to come across someone interested in meditation and who can bring their minds to peace. But whatever the case, we must ensure that we are one of those people.
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10/12/2021 • 15 minutes, 14 seconds
Knowing How to Eat is Knowing How to Practise
2021.09.16 | Ajahn Chah often said to his monks, “If you know how to eat, you know how to practise.” In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains this teaching and how we can implement it.
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10/11/2021 • 25 minutes, 5 seconds
The Buddha’s Wondrous Dhamma
The timeless truth that the Buddha pointed to is the most amazing thing there is. If we humbly bow our hearts into this Dhamma, we can experience a wondrous inner joy.
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10/10/2021 • 28 minutes, 6 seconds
The Nature of the Body
2021.09.15 | Is the body permanent or impermanent? Impermanent. Is that which is impermanent sukha (pleasurable) or dukkha (stressful)? Dukkha - it cannot last or endure. That which is changing and stressful is unsuited to be called ‘self’. The same is true for feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness.
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10/9/2021 • 17 minutes, 46 seconds
What Our Minds Are Really Like
2021.09.14 | The real nature of our minds is one of brightness and purity, but because we are deluded by the sense impressions we experience, we never see this radiance. We need to bring our minds to peace in order to know what they are really like.
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10/8/2021 • 24 minutes, 25 seconds
Finding Our Real Home
2021.09.13 | If we are sincere in our studies and work, using effort, mindfulness and wisdom to overcome all the obstacles we encounter, we will be able to find success and wealth in this world. What we will also find out, however, is that these things cannot give brightness to our hearts. Even though we may build a mansion for our bodies, this cannot offer shelter to our hearts. So we should endeavour to seek out a home for our hearts as well—our real home.
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10/7/2021 • 23 minutes, 22 seconds
Putting our Bodies to Good Use
As long as it is still breathing, the body becomes a vessel for the mind to reside in. If we are intelligent, we’ll use it while it’s still strong and living to create merit and goodness.
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10/6/2021 • 24 minutes, 43 seconds
Moods and the Mind
2021.09.12 | Moods and sense impressions, arammanas, are constantly contacting the mind through the six sense doors. If there is clinging to these phenomena, then birth and death, suffering, arises. This cycle of birth and death has gone on and on for a long time - a beginning is not to be found. Therefore we would do well to have sincere effort in training our minds, to practise dana, sila, and bhavana, and to have care with moods that enter the mind.
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10/5/2021 • 14 minutes
What’s Wrong with Being Right
2021.09.11 | Even though we may be right, if we attach to that rightness, it turns wrong. It’s normal for everyone in the world to have their own views, but if we each cling on to our own, there will be no end to the arguments and chaos. So we must learn to lay aside our opinions and listen to others, reflecting on what they have to say. And who knows? Maybe they actually are correct. But it’s only when we get to the heart of the matter—the place where right and wrong cease to exist—that we can find real peace.
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10/4/2021 • 23 minutes, 21 seconds
Don’t Overlook the Results of Making Merit, No Matter How Small
In this videoconference talk from 24 Sep, 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about how making merit and building goodness leads to good results, whether through Dana, Sila or Bhavana. Whether we are coming from darkness or from brightness, in this life may we build our parami and go to brightness.
"So we people need everything in all ways. We need a good place to live. We need a strong body. We need a beautiful complexion. We want happiness. We want eyes that are bright. But not everyone gets all this. Why is this? Because of kamma, the actions we have done in the past are different. But people don't know or understand whether this matter is related to kamma or not. Isn't it only our efforts that matter? It can be both. One, our old kamma that we have created. We might have used to give food, give water. We used to donate these things. These are material and physical things, but we have turned them into a form of energy that is in our heart. We have given clothes and garments to others, and this also makes goodness grow in our heart. It makes our complexion better in whatever life we are born in."
10/3/2021 • 15 minutes, 32 seconds
Why We Were Born
In the Tibetan tradition they give a metaphor: You've been caught by an ogre. He says he'll ask you one question, and if you get it right, he'll let you go. If you get it wrong, however, he'll eat you. His question is, "Why were you born?"
So how will you answer?
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10/3/2021 • 26 minutes, 55 seconds
Where Purity Arises
2021.09.09 | Cleanliness arises right where it’s dirty - the clean mind arises right where the mind is defiled. We practise to restrain our behavior of body, speech, and mind, to put down our views and conceit, and to practise virtue, collectedness, and wisdom in order to realize true happiness.
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10/2/2021 • 17 minutes, 41 seconds
The Cause of Dukkha & the Cessation of Dukkha
2021.09.08 | Even though none of us wishes to suffer, if the causes for that suffering still exist within our hearts, then we must suffer. So the Buddha taught us the way to develop our minds so they are able to put down those causes and realise the end of all suffering.
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10/1/2021 • 21 minutes, 54 seconds
Contemplation for Collectedness
2021.09.06 | There are many methods to cultivate samadhi, collectedness and unification of mind. One method is to use contemplation to bring about peace. Once the mind is peaceful in samadhi, then wisdom and clear knowing can arise by itself. We can see the Dhamma. For this we need effort and diligence in our practice.
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9/30/2021 • 34 minutes, 27 seconds
Developing Wholesome Habits
As we all know, habits can go both ways: good or bad. Much of the path is about getting into skillful habit patters—being generous, virtuous and wise.
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9/29/2021 • 18 minutes, 49 seconds
Seeing Nibbāna Within Our Hearts
2021.09.05 | When we set out on this path of practice, our aim is to reach the end of suffering. Having set this intention, we firmly apply ourselves to the teachings of the Lord Buddha, and in no long time we will see Nibbāna clearly within our own hearts.
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9/28/2021 • 28 minutes, 5 seconds
Enduring Harsh Words & Strong Emotions
2021.09.04 | In this age of communication and social media, we’re more easily subjected to the criticism and foul moods of other people than we were before. We need to bear with this, however, and ensure that we maintain our own virtue and goodness, no matter how intense our emotions may be.
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9/27/2021 • 21 minutes, 3 seconds
Recharging our Minds
Even if we were to spend our entire lives looking through all the news and bits of information available to us via WhatsApp, Facebook and the like, we would never be done with it. It's endless. And receiving all of this information depletes our hearts' energy, potentially leading to depression or neurosis. So we need to take the time to recharge our inner batteries everyday to regain our strength and calm.
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9/26/2021 • 24 minutes, 48 seconds
Developing Ourselves to Abandon Self
2021.09.02 | When we reach the highest level of Dhamma, we understand that the body is just the body, the mind is just the mind; not a being, self, or other. Before we get there, however, we still have a self that we attach to. So, we must cultivate this self so that it gains the goodness, peace and wisdom necessary to see into the Dhamma.
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9/25/2021 • 35 minutes, 51 seconds
How We Live This Life
2021.09.01 | The Buddha said that there are four kinds of people: those who comes from darkness and go to darkness; those who come from darkness and go to light; those who come from light and go to light; and those who come from light and go to darkness. How we come into this world, and the situation we are born into, depends on the kamma we’ve made in the past. What’s of true importance, however, is how we live this life. No matter how we came, we should all ensure we leave in a state of brightness.
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9/24/2021 • 38 minutes, 28 seconds
Ways to Cure Depression
2021.08.31 | It’s entirely normal to go through periods when we feel down and low in spirits. When we experience this, we need to find ways to lift our mood and give some freshness and joy to the heart. In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains many of such methods.
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9/23/2021 • 33 minutes, 8 seconds
The Blessing of Associating with the Wise
In this evening talk, Ajahn Anan explains to us the many ways in which foolish people can lead us to harm and loss. Being close to good people, however, will naturally cause our lives to take on a wholesome and joyful direction.
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9/22/2021 • 21 minutes, 48 seconds
The Great Opportunities Within Difficulties
2021.08.30 | The current difficulties of the world are actually great opportunities for those with wisdom. When people suffer, this is a chance for us to cultivate hearts of compassion. When people are lacking, this is an opportunity for us to be generous. If everyone had everything they needed, who would there be for us to give to? And how could we build this kind of pāramī?
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9/21/2021 • 42 minutes, 32 seconds
Free from Craving, Free from Suffering
In this videoconference talk from 17 Sep, 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about how contentment does not mean we don't be diligent or put forth effort, whether in our work, studies or Dhamma practice. It is taṇhā, desire, that is the cause of suffering.
"Is this called taṇhā, desire? We have to understand that taṇhā is the cause for suffering to arise. So if we don't do anything and we have only desire, we have no effort and application, then suffering keeps coming up. But when we have effort, application and are determined, then this lies within sila-dhamma, morality and goodness. It is not that we just say that everything is desire, and whatever we do is all desire, so then we don't need to do anything at all. Then we just stay someone who is poor and underprivileged as always. We have no expertise, we have no knowledge. We don’t have a good reputation in society, not being someone who is recognized. So it is not like this. We put in effort and perseverance, and this is correct in terms of sila-dhamma."
9/20/2021 • 17 minutes, 55 seconds
Healing a Heavy Heart
2021.08.29 | Sometimes we feel discouraged, depressed, agitated, or hopeless. This is normal. We can apply the medicine of the Buddha’s teachings on generosity, virtue, and meditation. With the arising of samadhi the heart is uplifted and energized again.
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9/20/2021 • 35 minutes, 31 seconds
Passing Through Life’s Obstacles
In order to make it to the age that we have, we've had to overcome countless difficulties. Similarly, developing the way of Dhamma has its obstructions. But if we apply our faith, energy and mindfulness, we have what it takes to pass through them and reach inner purity in this life.
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9/19/2021 • 30 minutes, 26 seconds
Breaking the Habit of Ignorance
2021.08.28 | Whenever we create kamma, we are also building a habit to act in that way again. Ignorance pushes us to cling and act in immoral ways, creating bad kamma, which leads us on to suffering. If we build the good kamma of generosity, virtue and meditation, however, we steadily walk on the path to the end of all suffering.
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9/18/2021 • 26 minutes, 45 seconds
Seeking a Way Out
2021.08.25 | The practice of recollecting the Buddha can give rise to great rapture and joy. We practise to establish ourselves in generosity, virtue, and meditation. We see our situation as being in a house on fire—on fire with aging, sickness, and death, and we seek to escape. The Buddha has already taught the way to freedom, so we practise to see this for ourselves.
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9/17/2021 • 35 minutes
Separation from the Loved
2021.08.24 | Whether we are rich or poor, we must all be separated from that which we find pleasing. But if we are wise, this separation can be an opportunity for us to understand the Dhamma. Patacara Theri, for example, lost her parents, husband, brother, and children, all within a very short space of time. Soon after this, however, she attained Arahantship.
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9/16/2021 • 33 minutes, 31 seconds
Immunity From Sorrow
Just as our bodies require an immune system to ward off illness, so our hearts need protection from the objects of the six senses that they experience throughout the day. Mindfulness is our inner immunity. With it, we're able to feel these sensations while knowing that they are separate from the mind. No sense of self is conjured up, and so we don't suffer.
9/15/2021 • 18 minutes, 32 seconds
Dhamma Rapture
2021.08.23 | When chanting with faith, rapture and fullness of heart can arise, and when the mind sees clearly the nature of reality, rapture can arise to a great degree. The Dhamma gives results irrespective of time. May we all be intent and put forth effort in our Dhamma practice.
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9/14/2021 • 26 minutes
Sati & Sampajañña: The Two Most Beneficial Qualities
2021.08.22 | The two qualities of sati (mindfulness or recollection) and sampajañña (clear knowing) are very important in Dhamma practice. In order for the mindfulness to be right, it must come from Right View. This Right Mindfulness then works to develop Right View even further.
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9/13/2021 • 30 minutes, 35 seconds
The Valuable Human Life
In this videoconference talk from 10 Sep, 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about the importance of using our incredibly rare gift of being born as a human being to continue building goodness.
"The ones who have died and are human-beings in this present life, where did they come from? We just don't know. Did they come from heaven? Come from the human realm? Come from the animal realm? We don't know. But whatever the case is, we are lucky that we have been born as a human. We got a good body already. So the important thing is that we have to continue building goodness. Because we don't know when we can be reborn as a human again. And the chance to listen to the Dhamma teachings of the Lord Buddha is incredibly difficult. For a fully enlightened Buddha to be born into the world, and to teach the Dhamma and proclaim the path, is incredibly difficult."
9/12/2021 • 14 minutes, 27 seconds
We Don’t Destroy Darkness
It's not the case that through the practice we annihilate darkness, rather we bring light into it. Even though the darkness is still there, if there's a constant bright presence, it can't do any harm to us.
9/12/2021 • 21 minutes, 54 seconds
Overcoming Discouragement and Despair
In this videoconference talk from 3 Sep, 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about experiencing discouragement and despair, which is common amongst people in these difficult times, and how we can overcome them.
"So a good method to overcome our loss of motivation and spirit, is by trying to charge the battery of our spiritual heart. We need to inject the vaccine into our spiritual hearts in order to protect against all serious illnesses. We do this through exercising and through accepting the success that others gain. We are happy with them for their success in their activities, studies, learning, and in their various occupations. When we feel this way, then we are not putting too much pressure on ourselves. We do our thing, according to our abilities, and according to our vassana parami, spiritual accumulations."
9/11/2021 • 17 minutes, 17 seconds
The Clarity of the Original Mind
When dye is mixed with clear water, it takes on that colour. But whenever we separate the two out, then the water returns to its original clarity. So too, our original mind is clean and pure, but when it gets mixed with defilement, it becomes dirty and dark. But the defilements and the mind are two separate things, so it is possible to extract them and realise this state of inner purity and clarity.
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9/11/2021 • 11 minutes, 47 seconds
House Builder You’ve Been Seen
2021.08.19 | Ignorance, craving, and attachment are constantly building houses for the mind, revolving in the cycle of birth and death. It is our great good fortune that the path to freedom that the Lord Buddha taught is still here. We do not know when we will get the chance to meet with this path again, so we should practise wholeheartedly while we still can.
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9/10/2021 • 38 minutes, 18 seconds
The Process of Letting Go of Self
2021.08.18 | When we start out on this path, even though we learn the teaching of not-self, we still have a self. This attachment to ‘me’ and ‘mine’ is not something that we are able to instantly put down. Therefore, we need to make this self good first, by teaching it to be kind, generous, moral and peaceful. Only when we have a stable and wholesome sense of self can the insight into not-self appear.
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9/9/2021 • 42 minutes, 8 seconds
Maintaining the Buddha’s Traditions
In this morning talk, Ajahn Anan tells us of the benefits that accrue from keeping the practices that the Buddha laid down. He recalls how the establishment of his monastery, Wat Marp Jan, came about through maintaining the practice of going on alms round.
9/8/2021 • 19 minutes, 56 seconds
Everything Arises & Ceases
2021.08.17 | The processes of the body are constantly displaying the ways of nature for us to see; the heart beats on and on, the breath comes and goes. Everything in this world is forever changing. When we understand this, we see the Dhamma.
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9/7/2021 • 29 minutes, 15 seconds
Letting Go of Anger
2021.08.16 | None of us want to be angry, yet we still get angry… So what should we do? If we have great desire to just be a good person who never gets angry, we will suffer a lot. So, when we walk this path, we need to do so with a sense of letting go.
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9/6/2021 • 28 minutes, 31 seconds
The Protective Power of Sīla
In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells many stories of monks narrowly escaping harm to illustrate how taking good care of our virtue can help keep us safe from danger.
9/5/2021 • 24 minutes, 40 seconds
The Path to True Freedom
2021.08.15 | Everyone desires freedom. We see this in a nation’s struggle for independence from oppressors, or a child’s struggle for maturity. But even though we may gain external liberation, the mind is still controlled by ignorance, craving and clinging, and thus still bound to suffering. It is only the path of virtue, samadhi and wisdom that can lead us to real happiness and genuine emancipation from the defilements.
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9/4/2021 • 31 minutes, 30 seconds
Wouldn’t It Be Better to Seek the Deathless?
2021.08.14 | When we gain an understanding of the nature of the world, we see how all beings must pass away and that nothing here truly belongs to us. We then get the feeling that we must strive to seek out that which doesn’t die.
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9/3/2021 • 26 minutes, 44 seconds
The Goodness of Our Mothers
2021.08.14 | On the occasion of Thai Mother’s Day, Ajahn Anan gave this reflection on the great kindness and care that mothers give to their children, and the best way in which their children can repay this.
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9/2/2021 • 31 minutes, 20 seconds
Faith in our Teachers
Having conviction is very important. It's what allows us to lay our doubts and views aside, and sincerely walk the path of practice. If we have the good fortune to have a wise teacher, following their teachings with faith will greatly speed up our progress.
9/1/2021 • 20 minutes, 35 seconds
Our Great Good Fortune
2021.08.11 | The arising of a fully self-awakened Buddha is the hardest thing to find. It is our great good fortune and merit to meet with the Buddha’s teachings that lead to liberation from all suffering. Therefore, may we practise with sincerity and not give up on the way to reach true peace.
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8/31/2021 • 28 minutes, 4 seconds
Our Responsibility to Our Parents
In this videoconference talk from 27 Aug, 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about the hungry ghost festival in the Chinese tradition, doing good and sharing the merits with our parents, relatives and ancestors.
"And there is a question that when our parents have passed away already, what goodness should we do? First, is that we ourselves must build goodness, because our parents are our body. We have taken a part of them already for this body, this flesh and blood. Now we can look after ourselves, we can maintain our bodies. But in the beginning, this physical body came from them. All our cells, we got from our father and mother. We have them now already in this body. So we take this body to build goodness. We build dana--generosity, we build sila--morality, we build bhavana--developing our minds. The extent to which we take this body to make goodness, will be the extent that our mind will grow in inner joy."
8/30/2021 • 17 minutes, 2 seconds
Hurry Up and Walk this Path
2021.08.10 | The Buddha went through such great effort and hardship to discover and teach this Noble Path that can free us all from suffering. So now that we’ve found the Way, why don’t we hurry up and walk it while we have the chance?
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8/30/2021 • 27 minutes, 19 seconds
The Chance to Develop Our Minds: Wat Marp Jan 36 Year Anniversary
We may be highly educated in worldly subjects and skills, but we do not even know when or how we will die. What we do know is that death must come, and we cannot take anything with us when we die. In this life, we have the great good fortune to have the opportunity to practice and develop our minds.
8/29/2021 • 12 minutes, 25 seconds
Training in Dhamma like an Olympic Athlete
2021.08.09 | For us to develop on this path of practice, we do need to put in consistent effort and apply ourselves to it. Samadhi, for instance, doesn’t come about just through being idle. But when we set our hearts on it and really go for it without stopping, we will get there for sure.
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8/28/2021 • 25 minutes, 32 seconds
May You Set Your Hearts on this Noble Path
2021.08.08 | The days and nights are relentlessly passing by, how well are we spending our time? We have the firm intent to practise the Noble Eightfold Path. May we continue to walk this path of practice and never give up. With consistent effort we can meet with amazing results. We can see the Dhamma and realize great rapture and happiness, even for 3 days and 3 nights continuously on first seeing the truth.
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8/27/2021 • 25 minutes, 41 seconds
A Heart Free from Burdens
2021.08.05 | Clinging to the five aggregates of form, feeling, perception, mental formations and sense consciousness is stressful. But this is what most of us do—we carry them around with us everywhere we go—and as a result, we’re always burdened by them. But when we see just how heavy they are, our minds instantly drop them, and we experience lightness and freedom.
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8/26/2021 • 25 minutes, 55 seconds
Living Freely
In this videoconference talk from 20 Aug, 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about the importance of khanti, forbearance, and how it leads us to true freedom.
"So when we train in the beginning, if we want freedom then we need to endure. We call this sila. And when we can do it, then bit by bit our minds will develop samadhi. Then our minds can be free from all the sense objects that contact our mind. We can let it go. We can put it down."
8/25/2021 • 15 minutes, 51 seconds
Now is the Time for Peace
It's natural that when we sit to meditate, we'll have a lot of thoughts going through our heads. Our minds re-run the issues that we've dealt with throughout the day. But it's important to put all of our worries and concerns down for now, and allow our hearts to find peace.
8/25/2021 • 12 minutes, 27 seconds
Buddhas and Bodhisattvas Mettaya and Sumedha
2021.08.04 | Recollecting the Buddha is a skillful way to bring the mind to peace. We can also recollect the stories of Mettaya Bodhisattva, the next Buddha, and Bodhisattva Sumedha, who was a past life of our Gotama Buddha.
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8/24/2021 • 15 minutes, 56 seconds
Beyond Birth & Above Death
2021.08.03 | In the Mangala Sutta, Lord Buddha clearly explained what the highest blessings in life are. These take us right from the basics of generosity and living a good lay life, right up to transcending the world and realising the deathless.
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8/23/2021 • 25 minutes, 51 seconds
Putting Down Our Burdens
Brief meditation instructions and contemplations for putting down the busyness and burdens of mind, letting the mind gather in samadhi.
8/22/2021 • 6 minutes, 39 seconds
Self-Sacrifice & Teamwork
2021.08.02 | When we live together, we need to have kindness for one another and help each other out. In doing so, the community we live in becomes a happy one. If we are selfish, however, this leads to discord and is a significant hindrance to our inner cultivation.
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8/21/2021 • 25 minutes, 31 seconds
Shutting Down the Factory of Ignorance
2021.08.01 | Time swallows all, and old age, sickness, and death are inevitable results of birth - considering this, we strive to put down the causes of suffering. Suffering arises based on causes, and with the cessation of those causes, suffering ceases. Seeing clearly, then in no long time, we can understand the Dhamma like Venerable Sariputta.
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8/20/2021 • 34 minutes, 34 seconds
While We’re Still Breathing
2021.07.31 | Right now, we still have life and breath. So we should use this opportunity to create as much goodness and cultivate our hearts as best we can, because we simply don’t know when we will die.
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8/19/2021 • 30 minutes, 15 seconds
The Blessing of Humility
There are many kinds of goodness that we can cultivate, and one of them is being humble. Just as how a rice plant laden with grains bows over, so too, when we are able to be humble and respectful, it shows our hearts are filled with goodness, and the Dhamma is about to blossom.
8/18/2021 • 24 minutes, 1 second
The Baby Quail and Truthfulness Parami
2021.07.29 | Sacca adhitthana, or determinations of truth, play a role in our Dhamma practice. For example, the monastics determine to stay in one place for the annual rains retreat and may make additional determinations for this time period, as well. Our Buddha, as a Bodhisattva, had immense truthfulness parami, as demonstrated in the story of the baby quail.
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8/17/2021 • 12 minutes, 53 seconds
How does Wisdom Arise?
2021.07.28 | All people want wisdom, as this is the quality that can solve all the difficulties and suffering we experience. But how does it arise? The Buddha taught that we need a strong, stable and still mind—one that has been brought into samādhi—in order for us to gain knowledge of reality.
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8/16/2021 • 18 minutes, 2 seconds
Gratitude
In this videoconference talk from 13 Aug, 2021, Ajahn Anan shares stories on gratitude and how it is a mark of a good person.
"So a person who knows the goodness they have received and tries to repay it is a person who has gratitude. They know the value of the goodness that others have done to them, and they express themselves in homage to that goodness. And they aren't careless and don't put off what they should do for their mother for later. Because life is uncertain. There may be no time left to give back to them. Or when one becomes aware of what they should do, it is too late to fix it."
8/15/2021 • 12 minutes, 48 seconds
The Supreme Transcendence of All Stress and Pain
Having come into this world, shortly we must depart. Given this, what should we do? We build goodness and practice virtue, collectedness, and wisdom.
8/15/2021 • 22 minutes, 52 seconds
Selflessness and Harmony
In this videoconference talk from 6 Aug, 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about the importance of harmony in today's world.
"Our world is livable together because of metta and karuna. But if there is no metta and karuna anymore, the world will come ablaze, and we will be unable to live together. This is because of not having Dhamma, which are just these qualities of metta and karuna. So metta and karuna are dhammas that support the world. They support the family and they support the work and activities in the company to go well."
8/14/2021 • 13 minutes, 53 seconds
Our Lives are Uncertain, but Death is Certain
2021.07.27 | It’s especially easy to notice the uncertain nature of life during this time of pandemic; people of all ages are passing away. But that’s just the way life is. If we can understand this truth—see the arising and ceasing of everything—then we’ll gain the joy and peace of seeing the Dhamma.
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8/14/2021 • 19 minutes, 37 seconds
A Different Caste
2021.07.26 | The Buddha said that the monks who ordain are a special caste, that of the samanas: ones desiring peace. They depend on the pāramī of the Buddha, and the kindness of the laity, for their existence. And in order to repay this and not get into debt, they must practise the Dhamma with ardent effort.
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8/13/2021 • 26 minutes, 17 seconds
The Path to Dhamma Understanding
2021.07.25 | On the occasion of entering the 37th rains retreat at Wat Marp Jan, we set our hearts fully and completely on this practice of Dhamma.
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8/12/2021 • 28 minutes, 27 seconds
Merit is the Support for This and the Other World
No matter how big or small our bodies are, just a small amount of air is what keeps them alive. When the breath stops, the body dies right there. So what can we truly call our own in this world?
8/11/2021 • 18 minutes, 42 seconds
Going Against the Flow of the World
2021.07.21 | Most people who are born into this world are always following the current of their emotions. But for those who are willing to endure the hardships of going against the flow of the world, their minds will fall into the stream of the Dhamma.
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8/10/2021 • 37 minutes, 23 seconds
A Tiny Bird Singing in the Vast Sky
2021.07.20 | When we chant the praises to the great qualities of the Buddha, our voice is like a speck of dust in the universe, or a small bird singing in the open sky. But due to the power of the Buddha’s virtues, when we chant with faith, the sound reaches to the ends of the universe.
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8/9/2021 • 30 minutes, 34 seconds
The Beauty of Giving and Virtue
A story of great generosity at a fast food restaurant, the benefits and merit of respect and right view, and more. These bodies are merely natural elements borrowed from the world; we should contemplate them as ‘not me, not mine’ every day.
8/8/2021 • 20 minutes, 40 seconds
A Heart of Goodness
2021.07.19 | As we bring the Buddha’s teachings into our lives, our hearts grow in radiance and joy. Cultivating goodness is our way of paying homage to the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha.
To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).
8/7/2021 • 13 minutes, 42 seconds
Seeing the Dhamma is Like This
2021.07.18 | We have all seen old age, sickness, and death in our lives but we don’t yet fully accept these phenomena. This is due to ignorance and not contemplating with samadhi. We train and teach our minds to accept reality. When we see clearly, great rapture, fullness of heart, and happiness arise - the mind realizes Buddha, awakening.
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8/6/2021 • 30 minutes
A Refuge for the Heart: Guidance for the Last Days of Life
A message from Ajahn Anan to the grandmother of one of his disciples who was ill with terminal cancer. This short teaching tells us how to find a bright and peaceful inner refuge when the body is failing.
8/5/2021 • 1 minute, 49 seconds
To Free All Beings from Suffering
2021.07.15 | Through compassion, the Buddha cultivated the pāramīs for countless lives in order to help all of us. It’s due to his great determination and kindness that we are able to hear the Dhamma.
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8/5/2021 • 28 minutes, 25 seconds
Not Higher, Not Lower, Not Equal
A talk translated on 19 November, 2020. Ajahn Anan discusses letting go of conceit and views, monastic etiquette abroad, a story of cigarettes in a spittoon, and more.
8/4/2021 • 14 minutes, 31 seconds
Knowledge, Wisdom, Liberation
2021.07.04 | We set our hearts on this practice of Dhamma. When sila, samadhi, and panya gather together in the heart, then the Dhamma is revealed. Doubts are dispelled and one sees the truth of reality following Venerable Anya Kondanya, the first awakened disciple of the Buddha.
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8/3/2021 • 23 minutes, 48 seconds
Asalha Puja
"So Asalha Puja is important because it is the day that the Triple Gem was complete in the world. Because after Ven. Anya Kodanya had seen the Dhamma, he requested for ordination, and was ordained as the first monk in the Buddha Sasana. So the Buddha taught the Dhamma for the first time, and exclaimed the teachings for the first time. And there was a noble Sangha arising for the first time, which was Ven. Anya Kodanya, who was a noble monk. And it was the first ordination as well, because he had listened to Dhamma, saw the Dhamma, and so ordained. So the Buddha gained his first disciple, Ven. Anya Kodanya."
8/2/2021 • 17 minutes, 46 seconds
Eternal Bliss
A talk on how innate knowledge is not enough. We develop our minds to grow and cultivate wisdom to one day know for ourselves that the pure mind does not decay.
8/1/2021 • 20 minutes, 15 seconds
Anumodana
In this videoconference talk from 30 Jul, 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about the determination to bhavana, and gives his anumodana to all those who have rendered their help and support to Wat Marp Jan during this period of lock down.
"In the present situation, we can see that to have a means of living for a human-being is hard, troublesome, and full of much suffering. There is a battle to fight against the taking over of the pandemic, which is an enemy that we can’t see. And this isn't easy. It's very difficult. So this infectious virus has spread all over the world. But though we may have the most suffering like this or the most fear towards this, when times of disaster come up like this, what should we do? The Lord Buddha said that if the time comes when we are suffering and troubled, without any refuge or support, recollect him, the Tathagatha. We think of the Buddha, we think of the Dhamma, we think of the Sangha as our highest recollection and true refuge. When we recollect like this, then our minds have a refuge."
7/31/2021 • 8 minutes, 9 seconds
How to Not Suffer Over Bad Thoughts
As good people, we wish for all our actions and thoughts to be good as well. But this often means that we try to force bad thoughts out of our minds, and this pressure just creates more bad thoughts. Then we end up hating ourselves. Ajahn Chah said that the way to overcome this is to just know these thoughts for what they are—yet another phenomenon that arises and ceases and doesn’t belong to us. This way, the mind can have bad thoughts in it, and we don’t suffer.
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7/31/2021 • 18 minutes, 28 seconds
Types of Happiness
2021.07.12 | Since being born, we’ve all experienced happiness. This comes to us through experiencing sights, sounds, tastes and odours that we find pleasing, but it’s also a common form of happiness that becomes the cause for suffering. Through practising Dhamma, however, we find more refined forms of happiness—that which comes from being generous and virtuous, from samadhi, and from permanently cutting off the defilements. Finding true happiness of heart is the most important thing.
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7/30/2021 • 24 minutes, 53 seconds
The Miracle of Dhamma
In this videoconference talk from 23 Jul, 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about the seven weeks following the Buddha's enlightenment, and the Buddha's great compassion to endure many obstacles to teach.
"So this is encompassed in the period that the Buddha travelled to Varanasi City with metta and compassion. We could imagine that if we had the highest happiness already, alone were already happy, what we would do. But the Buddha had to go through difficulties and hardships in walking, in teaching, in receiving arguments from other sects, all for the benefit and happiness of the multitudes of people. For the devas and all human beings. So this the Buddha’s virtue of great compassion, which is boundless and without equal. We can reflect on the sacrifice of the Buddha, where he traveled to teach the Pancavaggiya, and they evaded him by going to the Deer Park, and so the Buddha followed them. Where would there be another teacher that would have the patience, determination and sacrifice like this."
7/29/2021 • 12 minutes, 50 seconds
The Truth is All Around Us
2021.07.10 | Reality is not hard to see; it’s all around us. Arising and ceasing is happening all the time—leaves constantly fall from trees, people are always ageing and passing away. So why have we not understood this yet?
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7/29/2021 • 24 minutes, 16 seconds
Victory over Fear
A talk on overcoming fear and the animal state of animals.
7/28/2021 • 18 minutes, 32 seconds
The Heart’s Foundation
2021.07.08 | Just as a house relies on its foundation for its strength, so too, our minds need meditation objects to give them stability. If we can keep our minds engaged with these skilful activities, they’ll be able to settle into deep peace and gain liberating insight.
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7/27/2021 • 28 minutes, 51 seconds
Types of Happiness for Laypeople
In this videoconference talk from 16 Jul, 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses about the various types of happiness that laypeople can have.
"So we have to train our minds to have metta, karuna, mudita--sympathetic joy, and upekkha--equanimity. Sometimes we don’t have a mind of mudita to others, we have had jealousy in the past as well, but we trained ourselves and then the jealousy reduces by itself. Before we had a mind with no metta to ourselves and others, or we used to have no compassion for ourselves and others. But when we know that we want to have happiness, then we know it's better not to harm ourselves, nor harm others. This is progressing to be better. And if we are living as a householder, and we want to have the happiness of a layperson, of a householder, then the Buddha taught that the happiness of a lay person is 1. have wealth, 2. use wealth for benefit, 3. not having debt, 4. doing actions that are blameless."
7/26/2021 • 15 minutes, 7 seconds
Is It Stable? Is It Lasting?
2021.07.07 | We spread loving-kindness to ourselves and all beings, then we can contemplate and ask ourselves if any aspect of the body is permanent or stable. This can give rise to more samadhi. We put forth effort to train our minds using the great opportunity we have while still alive.
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7/26/2021 • 19 minutes, 38 seconds
The Buddha Found the Way to True Happiness
The eightfold path is the way out of suffering, the way to true happiness.
7/25/2021 • 14 minutes, 57 seconds
This Is How It Is
The body is just the body, feelings are just feelings, the mind is just the mind, and dhammas are just dhammas. None of it should be clung to as self. With virtue as a foundation, we can realize samadhi, which in turn allows wisdom to arise. With wisdom we see emptiness and realize the liberation for which we all wish.
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7/24/2021 • 16 minutes, 36 seconds
Never Give Up
No matter how many times you fall in the practice, never give up. It’s normal to feel discouraged every now and then, but don’t lose heart.
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7/23/2021 • 17 minutes, 57 seconds
The Way Out of Transiency
Is there anything in the world which does not pass away? Look at one’s experience and see. All the six sense objects just come and go. Clinging to experience with delusion is likened to being in a house on fire - and the Buddha taught the way out: the path of virtue, collectedness, and wisdom.
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7/22/2021 • 16 minutes, 7 seconds
The Buddha is Always Teaching Us
All that arises is Dhamma. Dhamma practice is like planting a tree—we take care of the watering, fertilizing, and protection from pests, and the tree flowers and fruits in its own time.
7/21/2021 • 19 minutes, 37 seconds
When the Causes Are Ready, the Fruits Arise
We recollect the first awakened disciple of the Buddha, Venerable Anya Kondanya, and practise to follow in his footsteps. We see that whether one is a Buddha or a disciple, the results of one’s practice come from causes that one has laid down. We put in the causes of generosity, virtue, collectedness, and wisdom, and the result is seeing clearly the nature of reality - the Buddha is seen in one’s own heart.
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7/20/2021 • 22 minutes, 23 seconds
Faith in Action
2021.06.30 | As Buddhists, we all have faith in the Buddha. We believe that he really did awaken to the Dhamma, and that he taught the Dhamma well. We also need to put this faith into action, however, by putting his teachings into practice in our own lives.
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7/19/2021 • 21 minutes, 8 seconds
Breathing & Living
Have you every seen the living dead? Actually they are all around us - those who live their lives in unskillful, negligent ways. These people have died, even though they are still breathing. But we need to learn how to both breathe and be alive. We do this by living our lives well, with heedfulness and integrity. These are the people who never die.
7/18/2021 • 26 minutes, 52 seconds
The Microscope of Insight
2021.06.29 | When we normally view the world through our physical eyes, we see humans, animals, and other beings. When we view it through the microscope of inner knowledge, however, we see matter arising and ceasing, and we understand the nature of not-self.
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7/17/2021 • 24 minutes, 49 seconds
Direct Knowing
2021.06.28 | What is written in the scriptures is correct, but our interpretations of it are often misguided. Whether or not we have read a lot, what is important is that we come to practise in order to gain direct knowledge from our own experience.
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7/16/2021 • 23 minutes, 35 seconds
The Path to Freedom from Fear
2021.06.27 | There are many types of fear. We begin to train our minds to be free of fear with generosity, virtue, and mental cultivation. When one sees the truth clearly, the sense of self is seen through and fear reduces. Having seen clearly, one truly enters the Triple Gem: the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha.
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7/15/2021 • 19 minutes, 38 seconds
Higher Wisdom
There are many levels of wisdom. Listening to the Dhamma brings one kind, and contemplating what we've heard brings another. But the wisdom founded in a peaceful mind goes higher—it transcends the world.
7/14/2021 • 21 minutes, 24 seconds
Cutting the First Three Fetters
The fetters of self-view, skeptical doubt, and attachment to precepts and rituals are what keep the cycle of birth and death going for limitless lifetimes. When one cuts these off through the strength of the Path, the heart becomes much lighter. Steadily, the defilements are reduced, until only purity remains.
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7/13/2021 • 43 minutes, 14 seconds
Triple Gem as Our Highest Refuge
In this videoconference talk from 9 Jul, 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses about the importance of having the Triple Gem as our highest refuge in facing the many difficulties of life.
"So the deep rooted faith we have in the Triple Gem, we should make it to be full in our hearts, because the Buddha was one with the mind of purity and radiance. The Dhamma is the teaching of the Buddha that he has taught well. There is no one who can dispute and argue against the Buddha’s teachings. The Sangha that is included in the Triple Gem is the Ariya—Noble Sangha, those who have perfect and complete faith and confidence in the Triple Gem. Ones who are beyond worries and concern. The Buddha said that whoever has this supreme refuge, this highest refuge, by this refuge, one will make an end of all Dukkha, suffering. It is that which reduces the renewed births and deaths, cycling around in Samsara. And it also makes suffering cease in the present as well. That is why the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha is the supreme and highest refuge."
7/12/2021 • 11 minutes, 2 seconds
The Mind Radiant Like the Full Moon
Venerable Subadha, Venerable Anya Kondanya, Anathapindika, and Lady Visakha are amongst the Buddha’s most eminent disciples. Looking at their examples, we can gain strength of heart to practise ourselves - to practice giving, virtue, and mental cultivation, to practise the noble path of virtue, collectedness and wisdom, for the sake of true security and freedom, Nibbana.
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7/12/2021 • 38 minutes, 12 seconds
Using our Discernment
In this videoconference talk from 25 Jun, 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses about using our discernment with regards to current events.
"Do you really see it? If the economy is good, the pigs die, the chickens die, the ducks die, the cows all die. They are all food for humans. The more well they sell, the more animals die. And even all the animals aren’t crying, they aren’t complaining. But we also come to eat them and do other harmful things to them. We may have some loss, but at least we still have the breath. So we still have a lot of things, which is just this breath. We are born with this breath, so we are people who have something valuable. If we have no more breath anymore, then all the things we have now, will they still have meaning or not? So now, what do we possess? We still have the breath, we have time. So we should find the time to chant a lot. Exchange it for merit instead. Is this a good idea?"
7/11/2021 • 7 minutes, 50 seconds
Having an Aim & Letting Go
In meditation we do need to set a goal and raise our efforts, but we also need to relax and let go.
7/11/2021 • 26 minutes, 49 seconds
Worldly Knowledge & Liberating Knowledge
Even though we have studied a lot at school, what we have received is a superficial knowledge. This is necessary to make our way in this world, but it cannot lead us out of suffering. It’s only the inner knowledge that we gain through cultivating our minds that can lead us to liberation.
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7/10/2021 • 42 minutes, 39 seconds
The Dangers of Striving
We practice to relieve suffering, not to heap it up upon ourselves. Great determination and self-aversion are a dangerous combination, something we need to be on the lookout for. If our minds do have self hate, it's important to develop kindness towards ourselves. We must also have self awareness to know our own limits and resources, and how much we are capable of. Our efforts must come through wisdom.
7/7/2021 • 25 minutes, 54 seconds
Knowing Our Minds
By keeping our awareness focused on the mind and its contents, we'll gain an understanding of how it operates. We can then discern how it is that stress arises, and how we can be freed from it.
7/4/2021 • 26 minutes, 22 seconds
Be a Refuge Unto Yourself
Based on faith one may ask for success in various things. However, the Buddha taught that all phenomena arise based on causes. Therefore, whether in worldly activities or Dhamma, one needs to put in the appropriate causes in order to gain success. Through the path of sila, samadhi and panna, we can succeed in the practice and know the Dhamma for ourselves, realizing true refuge in our own hearts.
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7/2/2021 • 42 minutes, 30 seconds
The Results of Being Generous and Stingy
Not sharing our wealth has its consequences, bringing us pain in the present and hardship in the future. But the goodness we create through being generous also gives results—happiness here and now, and being well looked after in the future.
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7/1/2021 • 33 minutes, 25 seconds
Solving Life’s Problems
We're all trying to solve the problems in our lives. How successful we are depends whether the methods we're using are correct or not, and whether our minds have peace and wisdom.
6/30/2021 • 23 minutes, 23 seconds
The Inestimable Value of Faith
2021.06.16 | Faith in dana, sila, and bhavana is of value beyond measure. When we see the results of meditation practice for ourselves, then motivation to practise arises of its own accord.
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6/29/2021 • 23 minutes, 20 seconds
The Great Benefits of Mindfulness
Whenever we have our mindfulness established on a right object, right then and there we are practising Dhamma.
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6/28/2021 • 31 minutes, 57 seconds
His Own Children
The Buddha cared for all of us—every being in every realm—like we were his own children. This is what drove him through so much difficulty to realise perfect self-awakening.
6/27/2021 • 17 minutes, 38 seconds
Taking Refuge in Our Good Kamma
Our actions of body, speech and mind form the central principles of the Buddha’s teachings. There’s no point in seeking happiness outside of ourselves; if we create good kamma, the result will be happiness.
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6/25/2021 • 26 minutes, 22 seconds
Passing the Test of Samsāra
2021.06.09 | If we live our lives as we always have, then nothing changes. But it’s when we try to improve our acts of body, speech and mind that our lives get better and we grow in goodness. When we develop our minds well enough, we’ll be able to pass the test of samsāra, and not have to come back and be reborn in order to retake the test.
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6/24/2021 • 23 minutes, 58 seconds
Internal Awareness
In the scriptures the process of ignorance and stress—dependent origination—is mapped out in great detail. In the practice, however, all we need is to have mindfulness over our hearts when they begin to attach to anything at all.
6/23/2021 • 30 minutes, 50 seconds
Don’t Be Heedless
When we look at our lives, and see how they are steadily passing by, it will be clear to us that we must be heedful. We must use the time that we have left as best we can in order to cultivate as much goodness and peace as possible.
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6/22/2021 • 35 minutes, 58 seconds
So that this Religion may Last Long
The strength of the Buddha Sāsanā depends on the faith and practice of the fourfold assembly—the lay men and women, monks and nuns. By devoting ourselves to practising the teachings of the Buddha, we are helping to strengthen the religion.
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6/21/2021 • 27 minutes, 6 seconds
Freedom
As we develop mindfulness over feelings, we come to see how they're conditioned by the worldly winds. The mind then puts all of it down—returns the whole lot—and gains freedom.
6/20/2021 • 26 minutes, 43 seconds
Atthamī Pūjā: The Day of the Buddha’s Cremation
2021.06.03 | Eight days after the Buddha’s passing into final Nibbāna, many of his disciples, kings and devas gathered to pay their final respects and cremate his body. Ajahn Anan gives a talk of the 2564th anniversary of this day, relating the events that took place around this occasion and their importance.
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6/19/2021 • 20 minutes, 5 seconds
Right Samādhi
2021.05.31 | What is right samādhi? How can one obtain it? How can it give rise to wisdom? In this talk, Ajahn Anan gives the answers to these questions.
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6/18/2021 • 21 minutes, 44 seconds
Wealth That Survives Death
We practise sharing merits with those who have passed away, like King Bimbisara did in the time of the Buddha. But we shouldn’t wait until we are dead to get merit; being alive now we have the great opportunity to build goodness through giving, virtue, and mental cultivation. This gives us an inner wealth that cannot be stolen away and goes with us when we die.
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6/17/2021 • 20 minutes, 8 seconds
The Skill of Effort
As the Buddha said, it's effort that releases beings from suffering. As we carry on skillfully applying our effort, it turns into a factor for awakening that, when combined with the other factors, are able to permanently destroy the defilements.
6/16/2021 • 17 minutes, 59 seconds
The Buddha’s Last Teachings
2021.05.29 | On his final day, the Buddha gave two important teachings. The first was to Subhadda about what conditions are necessary for awakening, and the second was to the monks gathered around him to be consummate in heedfulness.
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6/15/2021 • 29 minutes, 44 seconds
Where is the Most Important Place?
2021.05.27 | Sometimes people ask, “Out of the four holy sites, which is the most important?” In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains the significance of each location, and tells us where the most important place is.
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6/14/2021 • 23 minutes, 41 seconds
So Very Long
We've been stuck in this cycle of birth and death for so long. It's like a tangled ball of yarn a thousand kilometers wide—how can we possibly find its beginning? And if our hearts don't gain Dhamma, we'll never see the end either. But as we persist on this Noble Path, we steadily cut samsara down.
6/13/2021 • 26 minutes, 53 seconds
Reaching Inner Radiance and Purity
2021.05.22 | It was due to the immense forbearance of the Buddha and his great determination to help all beings to be freed from suffering that has allowed us to find this path out of delusion. When we gain clear understanding, the mind turns bright, and its darkness vanishes. Here is where we meet with the inner purity that the Buddha was pointing to.
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6/12/2021 • 22 minutes, 11 seconds
Settled in the Present
2021.05.20 | It’s important to bring our minds into the present moment and gain understanding of arising and ceasing here. To do this, we must go against our ingrained habits to be thinking and following our moods. It can be tough, but it can also be done. What we have to gain is freedom from all suffering.
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6/11/2021 • 31 minutes, 49 seconds
Countless Lifetimes in a Day
2021.05.19 | We are born and we die countless times even in a single day, based on grasping after phenomena of the six senses as a self. Out of great compassion for the welfare of beings, the Buddha built parami and sacrificed over the course of inestimable lifetimes in order to break through to the truth, and teach us all the path to freedom from birth and death. What is left for us to do is simply to walk the path and realize the fruits for ourselves.
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6/10/2021 • 26 minutes, 50 seconds
Seclusion
In this evening talk, Ajahn Anan explains the three types of seclusion: external, internal, and lastly, the seclusion of relinquishment.
6/9/2021 • 25 minutes, 52 seconds
108 Itipiso – The Recollection of the Buddha | Ajahn Anan
“Through chanting the recollection of the Buddha 108 times a day with firm intention, the mind is firmly established on the path to heaven and Nibbāna.”
Itipi so bhagavā (He, the Blessed One)
Arahaṃ (Is indeed the Pure One)
Sammāsambuddho, (The Perfectly Enlightened One)
Vijjācaraṇa-sampanno (He is impeccable in conduct and understanding)
Sugato (The Accomplished One)
Lokavidū, (The Knower of the Worlds)
Anuttaro purisadamma-sārathi (He trains perfectly those who wish to be trained)
Satthā deva-manussānaṃ (He is Teacher of gods and humans)
Buddho (He is Awake)
Bhagavā’ti. (And Holy)
This chant praises the qualities of the Buddha. Chanted in Pali 108 times by Venerable Ajahn Anan Akincano.
This chant is a support for one's practice of Buddhanusati, the recollection of the Buddha. Ajahn Anan praises the recitation of this chant as part of one's practice in many of his Dhamma talks. Ajahn Anan suggests that we chant it every day, even many hundreds of times in a day, and throughout our daily activities as a way to support mindfulness and brighten the mind as foundations for peace, collectedness, and insight into the Dhamma.
One can follow along on pages 202-3 of the Wat Marp Jan chanting book and see the translation in English as well: https://watmarpjan.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/Wat-Marp-Jan-English-Chanting-Book-2562-Edition.pdf
6/8/2021 • 21 minutes, 45 seconds
Why Are People Different?
2021.05.18 | Some people can realise Dhamma very quickly, while others slowly with much effort. Why is this the case? Why do we differ like we do?
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6/8/2021 • 23 minutes, 33 seconds
Refinement and Happiness in Body and Mind
2021.05.17 | It’s possible to gain bodies of great refinement and pleasure. We can also develop deeply peaceful and collected mind states. None of these, however, last. It’s only the path of virtue, samādhi and wisdom that can destroy all suffering.
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6/7/2021 • 23 minutes, 42 seconds
The Heart’s Nourishment
Just as we need to feed and care for our bodies in the right way, so too we must nourish our hearts with the Dhamma.
6/6/2021 • 20 minutes, 37 seconds
The Most Excellent Medicine
2021.05.16 | If we live in a nice house and someone tries to convince us that it is not ours and we should leave, they would have difficulty changing our minds. It’s even harder to change the mind into letting go of the view of self - but it is possible. We use the supreme medicine that the Buddha found and taught, the medicine that is the path of virtue, collectedness, and wisdom. This medicine has the power to cure the disease of suffering.
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6/5/2021 • 30 minutes, 38 seconds
The Great Compassion of the Buddha
In this videoconference talk from 4 Jun, 2021, Ajahn Anan answers a few questions about certain events in the Buddha's life and what we can learn from them.
"The Buddha had metta and compassion to walk to teach the son of a goldsmith, named Cunda, to become a sotapanna. And the Buddha went to teach the last disciple, the ascetic who became the Ven. Arahant Subaddha. He had made a determination to be the last arahant monk. So the Buddha walked the journey, which was something no one else could do. The Buddha travelled having diarrhea (dysentery). Where would he have the strength to travel? But the Buddha had effort and resolution, along with the parami of the Buddha, so he could do it. If it was any other person, they would have died along the way. It would not be possible to walk that distance."
6/4/2021 • 12 minutes, 51 seconds
Lessons Learned from Elephants & Monkeys
In this recorded talk, Ajahn Anan tells stories of monks’ encounters with snakes and dogs, elephants and monkeys.
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6/4/2021 • 20 minutes, 47 seconds
Pour Your Heart Into It
2021.05.12 | Just like how scientists worked diligently to make a Covid vaccine quickly, so we should strive with sincerity to obtain medicine for the diseases in our hearts. Practitioners have achieved the highest of goals in the past; if we make effort without giving up then we, too, must reach the goal of true freedom.
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6/3/2021 • 30 minutes, 45 seconds
Bodhisattvas & Arahants
In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells us about the great aspiration of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, and how the pāramī of the arahants is still here.
6/2/2021 • 17 minutes, 30 seconds
Loving-Kindness
2021.07.17 | We cultivate the divine abiding of loving-kindness, which brings peace and coolness to the mind. Loving-kindness supports the world and allows us to live together in harmony. We can recollect the story of the Buddha in a past life as Suvannasama, when he perfected the parami of loving-kindness. We practice loving-kindness and the four Brahmaviharas throughout the day during all our various activities.
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6/1/2021 • 15 minutes, 37 seconds
Do Good and It’s Good Right There
2021.05.10 | We recollect death - life is unsure, death is for sure. Having been born, one must die. And we have all been wandering on in this endless cycle of birth and death for such a long time. Therefore, we do goodness for the sake of shortening our time left in the cycle of birth and death, until we realize the state free of all birth and free of all death.
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6/1/2021 • 26 minutes, 3 seconds
A Second Birth
In a recorded talk that Ajahn Anan gave to a large lay group travelling around to many different monasteries, he talks of the nature of humanity. There are physical humans—and we can see many of them—but what’s more important is gaining the mind of a human. To reach this, we must be born again internally—born into goodness, virtue and peace.
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5/31/2021 • 27 minutes, 18 seconds
Traveling Beyond the World
When we cultivate all three aspects of generosity, virtue and meditation, our minds gain a wisdom that allows us to travel above the world to a place of only happiness and ease.
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5/30/2021 • 34 minutes, 46 seconds
The Well-Trained Mind Brings Happiness
2021.05.08 | Even though the practice is tough, it is something that we can do, if we keep at it. Ajahn Anan shares some of his experiences in the practice as a younger monk, the difficulties he went through, and how he managed to reach some profound states.
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5/29/2021 • 34 minutes, 36 seconds
What Will You Do with the Little Time You Have Left?
2021.05.06 | When we hear news of someone having passed away, we should ask ourselves, “What would they have done if they knew they would die? ” And what about us? When will we die? And what are we going to do with the time we have left in this life?
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5/28/2021 • 17 minutes, 17 seconds
Developing Through Degeneration
Seeing the slow but steady nature of deterioration of the body allows our hearts to grow in the Dhamma.
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5/26/2021 • 21 minutes, 52 seconds
Following the Buddha’s Footsteps
2021.05.05 | Even though we may go on pilgrimage to India, travelling the paths that the Buddha himself walked, we can only do this for a handful of days a year. We spend many days, however, in our own countries, so we should follow his steps right where we are. And we do this by walking the Noble Path of sīla, samādhi and paññā.
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5/25/2021 • 20 minutes, 47 seconds
Making the Mind Noble
2021.05.04 | The lunar observance days—noble days—are a good opportunity for us to cultivate our hearts and bring them to nobility.
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5/24/2021 • 33 minutes, 38 seconds
Helping the Deceased
Through cultivating goodness and sharing the blessings that arise, we can aid the spirits of those who have passed away.
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5/23/2021 • 28 minutes, 50 seconds
The Dhamma is in Normal Things
2021.05.02 | When we see what’s normal as being normal, we’ve seen the Dhamma.
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5/22/2021 • 20 minutes, 20 seconds
Recollecting the Buddha
In this videoconference talk from 21 May, 2021, Ajahn Anan answers a few questions about the Buddha and how we should recollect his teachings.
"The Buddha was a normal human. But a human that had a high level of mindfulness and wisdom. He had the highest level of parami in the world. He was one who was developed, supreme, and who was skilled, having mindfulness and wisdom already. He was the most developed in the world. The most supreme in the world. The most excellent in the world."
5/21/2021 • 14 minutes, 1 second
Our Steady March Towards Pain
2021.05.01 | With each step we take, our bodies are moving towards illness and pain. What are we doing now to prepare ourselves?
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5/21/2021 • 22 minutes, 24 seconds
Sickness is a Noble Truth
2021.04.29 | Sometimes people say, “I’ve made so much merit and kept the precepts for so long, so why am I ill like this?” But they’re getting things mixed up—when we do good things, we receive good things; when we get a body, we get illness. But when illness arises, this is the Dhamma arising. It’s a Noble Truth.
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5/20/2021 • 11 minutes, 30 seconds
Unruly Elephants & Gracious Ghosts—Stories from Tudong
Inspired by a monk's encounter with wild elephants the previous night, Ajahn Anan tells many tales of encounters with spirits, snakes and the like while practicing in the jungle.
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5/19/2021 • 19 minutes, 55 seconds
Don’t Stop at Heaven
2021.04.28 | The benefits of generosity and virtue is the arising of heaven. But we shouldn’t stop there, as heaven, too, is a conditioned phenomena that is unstable and unsatisfactory. We must proceed to make the mind firm and calm in order to develop the wisdom that’s able to overcome all defilement.
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5/18/2021 • 17 minutes, 54 seconds
Taking it For Real
2021.04.26 | Even though we may already be well established in generosity and virtue, practising meditation is very important. If we put in real effort, then we’ll meet with the real Dhamma.
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5/17/2021 • 20 minutes, 21 seconds
Cessation Without Remainder
During this talk, Ajahn Anan tells us of great teachers who had passed away in peace. Even though their bodies were full of illness, their minds were radiant and joyful.
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5/16/2021 • 27 minutes, 40 seconds
Determination Leads to Success
In this videoconference talk from 14 May, 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses the determination and sacrifice that many people had, in order to help others in the fight against COVID-19.
"So all the people of this world need to help each other. It's like all the people in the world are fighting with a vicious enemy. That is this covid-19 virus. It is an enemy that is tiny and miniscule, which we cant see. And even if we have weapons that can harm the world, it is unable to harm the infectious covid-19 virus at all. There needs to be medicine, or vaccine, that has been researched and come up with until it can die."
5/15/2021 • 14 minutes, 28 seconds
The Difference Between Theory & Practice
2021.04.22 | When we learn to drive a car, we study about it in books first. But it’s only when we actually start trying to drive that we begin to become skilled. Dhamma is the same—we can read about it in books, but this knowledge doesn’t go in so deep. Only when we get down to meditation can we clearly understand reality.
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5/15/2021 • 16 minutes, 27 seconds
The Things of the World Belong to the World
2021.04.21 | The mind under the influence of delusion grasps at things of this world, such as the body, as a self, a ‘me’ or ‘you’. Grasping at things as a self is nothing but suffering. So we train our minds to put down the heavy burden of grasping things as self through the path of virtue, collectedness, and wisdom in order to reach true lightness and freedom from all stress.
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5/14/2021 • 23 minutes, 26 seconds
You Can Do It
2021.04.19 | No state of birth is eternal. We seek the Dhamma, true peace and happiness. To reach this goal we must be firm and continuous in our efforts, like making a fire by rubbing sticks together. We come back to our meditation object, make the mind peaceful, then contemplate with wisdom to see the truth clearly, thereby realizing freedom.
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5/13/2021 • 24 minutes, 11 seconds
Tasting the Fruit of Peace
When we have reached a state of calm, there's no need to give it a label. Like fruit in a basket—what people name them is insignificant; what's important is that we taste their flavor.
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5/12/2021 • 26 minutes, 48 seconds
Like Falling from a Tree
2021.04.18 | We can study about the stages of dependent origination in books, but it happens so quickly in reality that very few people are able to observe them. Like falling from a tree—we only know that we’ve hit the ground and it hurts. So, given this, what do we do? We focus at the point where the mind attaches, and see how that is the cause of suffering.
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5/11/2021 • 37 minutes, 59 seconds
Preparing for the Last Moments of Life
2021.04.17 | After hearing the news of a disciple in hospital with stage four cancer, Ajahn Anan gave this talk about how we should prepare ourselves now for our last moments.
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5/10/2021 • 20 minutes, 58 seconds
Inner Wealth
In this videoconference talk from 7 May, 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses the 7 types of inner wealth and why they are so important.
"The outer wealth, the money and gold, is not lasting, stable, or doesn't stay safe. Sometimes it may be taken from us. This wealth may disappear one day. It is possible. Or it may be a cause for its owner to get into big trouble. If the owner likes to boast, like they wear gold, or valuables on their body, ornaments around their neck or on their wrist. This may catch the eye of a bad person who comes to kill, or to steal it away from us.
So if we have wealth and we don’t know how to maintain it well, it could be a danger to its owner. But in regards to the inner wealth, there are many types. We call it supreme wealth, because it is far from enemies, there is no-one who can take it away from us."
5/9/2021 • 14 minutes, 13 seconds
Where We Truly Belong
"Put a fish on land and he will remember the ocean until he dies. Put a bird in a cage and he'll never forget the open sky." So why is it that us humans have forgotten our true home—the radiant, joyful purity of our original mind?In this talk inspired by a poem by the zen master Han Shan, Ajahn Anan tells us how we can return to where we really belong.
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5/9/2021 • 24 minutes, 3 seconds
You Can Be Confident This Is the Way to Realization
2021.04.14 | Reflecting on the Thai New Year, Songran, we reflect on the Dhamma. We are fortunate to be alive and to meet with the teachings of the Buddha. We reflect that all conditions are unstable and we practise to purify our hearts. We contemplate that all phenomena arise, stay for a little while, and pass away—we can be confident that this is the way to see the Dhamma for sure.
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5/8/2021 • 24 minutes, 15 seconds
Responding to COVID With Heedfulness
2021.04.13 | Some people ask, “Why do we have to take precautions with COVID-19? Won’t the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha protect us?” But it doesn’t work like that. The Buddha taught us to be heedful, to see how everything is uncertain.
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5/7/2021 • 25 minutes, 47 seconds
Making New and Better Friends
2021.04.12 | What we are doing when we sit in meditation, is making new friends, getting our hearts closely acquainted with wholesome objects that lead to peace and wisdom. The problem is that we also have old friends—the qualities that prevent inner calm and stability. We need to break away from these old, bad friends, and be faithful to our new ones.
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5/6/2021 • 17 minutes, 26 seconds
Ferraris & Toothaches
In a talk the day prior to Ajahn Somchai's birthday, Ajahn Anan tells us of children's capacity for realising truth, if only we can get them to listen to the Dhamma. He then speaks about the pain hidden within our bodies, and Ajahn Chah's great bravery and endurance in getting all of his teeth pulled in one go.
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5/5/2021 • 30 minutes, 36 seconds
Weapons Against the Defilements—A Novice Ordination
2021.04.10 | On the occasion of Markus’ ordination as a novice, Ajahn Anan teaches about the meditation objects he received from his preceptor.
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5/4/2021 • 26 minutes, 34 seconds
Laying Down Our Heavy Burdens
2021.04.08 | The five khandas are like heavy rocks. If someone carries them around everywhere they go, never able to put them down, they will always suffer. Even happiness can be suffering, if we cling to it. The Buddha was able to put all of these things down, and realized the peace and joy of an unburdened heart. This is something that we too can realize, if we walk this path.
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5/3/2021 • 33 minutes, 29 seconds
Being Better Than Chickens
If we live our lives day by day, finding money to eat and drink then going to sleep, we're no better than chickens. Many people in the world live in this way. But having gained a human birth, we should set our hearts on growing in goodness and cultivating our minds. In doing so, we give true value to our lives and honor this great opportunity.
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5/2/2021 • 23 minutes, 33 seconds
Beyond Doubt, Beyond Self (Chapter Five from The World and the Heart)
"Is this right for me? Am I doing it correctly? Maybe I should use another method..." In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains the nature of uncertainty in meditation, and how much doubt he had himself. He teaches us that the contemplation of emptiness is an effective way to not only cut through doubt, but also transcend all deluded clinging to a self.
5/1/2021 • 11 minutes, 18 seconds
Training in Discipline
In this videoconference talk from 30 April, 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses the topic of training in discipline, together with a story of venerable Upāli Thera.
"In times of disaster, during this world pandemic, we have to be careful. We have to have the 5 precepts to protect and look after our minds. And when we have sila, this sila will protect us to not fall to a place where we will receive suffering, difficulties and troubles. So we should know that being well-trained in discipline is one of the highest blessings of our life."
4/30/2021 • 10 minutes, 30 seconds
Something That Endures (Chapter Four from The World and the Heart)
When we see conventional reality as being absolute truth, we're in trouble. We believe that this body—a collection of protons, neutrons and electrons—is really me. We fixate on labels like male or female, human or animal. All of this causes us endless struggle and distress. It's when we see that these conventions are mere creations of our minds that we transcend them and discover the happiness of Nibbāna.
4/30/2021 • 22 minutes, 18 seconds
From Wisdom, Freedom (Chapter Three from The World and the Heart)
When we've refined our speech and actions, and learned to settle our minds and gather them inwards, our hearts gain enough energy to see into the truth. By perceiving the nature of ourselves and the world around us, we put down the anger and ignorance that has been burdening us for so long. We are free.
4/29/2021 • 25 minutes, 46 seconds
Build the Heart, then the Monastery
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how we best teach others by setting an example with our practice, trusting in the path to take us to liberating insight.
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4/28/2021 • 27 minutes, 35 seconds
Recollecting with Joy for the Sake of Liberation
2021.04.06 | We can recollect stories of Lord Buddha or his great disciples, such as Queen Samavati, which can give rise to joy, rapture, and peace. With a mind well-collected we can then clearly see anicca, dukkha, and anatta, cutting through the ties that bind us to suffering. With one foot on the shore of freedom, we keep practising to cut through the ties that bind the mind, in order to realize true freedom, true peace and happiness.
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4/27/2021 • 42 minutes, 46 seconds
The Suffering of Wanting to be Good
2021.04.04 | It’s natural for Dhamma practitioners to want good things, and only good things. We think we should be good people and have no bad thoughts. The problem is that it’s also natural for us to have bad thoughts. In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells us how we can not allow this to become a source of turmoil for us, and learn to put things down.
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4/26/2021 • 35 minutes, 55 seconds
A Growing Light
In this talk given at the end of the annual rains retreat, Ajahn Anan speaks about the precious opportunity we have as practitioners to develop the heart.
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4/25/2021 • 26 minutes, 50 seconds
Ajahn Anan Birthday Dhamma Talk
2021.03.31 | A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on his Birthday.
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4/24/2021 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
Venerable Maha Kassapa
In this videoconference talk from 23 April, 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses the topic of humbling and lowering oneself, as well as a story of venerable Maha Kassapa.
"Respect and reverence is being aware of the goodness and virtue of others or of other things. And then one behaves to that person with respect and reverence, mainly shown through one’s body and speech. In regards to humility and lowering oneself, this is being aware of oneself and one is able to behave correctly and appropriately."
4/23/2021 • 10 minutes, 25 seconds
Don’t Cling to the Things of the World
2021.03.31 | The worldly winds come and go, and the mind that clings to them is tossed about in suffering. By seeing clearly and not attaching, the mind realizes peace and true happiness.
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4/23/2021 • 18 minutes, 14 seconds
Reaching the Dhamma in No Long Time
2021.03.30 | If we sincerely put in our efforts, always trying to be mindful, and meditating whenever we get the chance, it won’t be long at all until we see into the Dhamma.
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4/22/2021 • 35 minutes, 40 seconds
The Gathering of the Path
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how the path, strengthened, can transcend the defilements and issue into a vision of emptiness.
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4/21/2021 • 18 minutes, 33 seconds
Maitreya Bodhisattva
In this translation from a recorded talk, Ajahn Anan tells us a story about the next Buddha from the time of our own Buddha.
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4/20/2021 • 17 minutes, 17 seconds
The Nature of the Universe
2021.03.24 | The truth that the Buddha discovered pervades the whole universe. Through understanding its emptiness, our mind turns empty and leaves. But it doesn’t actually go anywhere; all of this happens within our heart.
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4/19/2021 • 23 minutes, 18 seconds
The Sitter’s Practice
Beginning with the Buddha's words on persistence, Ajahn Anan then encourages his monks to develop viriya, effort, by taking on the traditional dhutanga practice of sitting all night.
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4/18/2021 • 17 minutes, 34 seconds
Experiencing the World with Wisdom
2021.03.23 | If we have wisdom, all of the experiences we have—the things we see, hear and feel—can all become a source of knowledge and faith. The difficulty is when we have an undiscerning mind—everything we contact becomes a source of confusion and turmoil. This is why we must practise.
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4/17/2021 • 34 minutes, 2 seconds
The Buddha Doesn’t Discriminate
In this videoconference talk from 16 April, 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses the Buddha-nature of every person and how people aren't high or low according to their birth.
"The Buddha taught that we people aren't high or low according to our birth. This birth, if we practise goodness, practise with sila dhamma, morality, then we can be high on the level of the mind. We aren’t high or low because of the exterior. The Buddha's teachings are like a stream of water, and those who learn Dhamma, will gain coolness and happiness. Drinking this water, their thirst will disappear."
4/16/2021 • 14 minutes, 19 seconds
Who is the One Talking?
2021.03.22 | Those inclined towards wisdom should use that discernment to always be reflecting upon their experiences—who is the one talking? Who is the one listening? Everything is empty.
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4/16/2021 • 30 minutes, 2 seconds
Using Dhamma to Heal Suffering’s Wounds
Ajahn Anan explains how understanding our role in our own suffering can help us accept it and bring heedfulness to our practice.
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4/14/2021 • 17 minutes, 43 seconds
The Wealth that Virtue Gives Us
The wealth of this world is a source of stress—we have to protect it from dangers and thieves, and even then we may lose it all the same. Virtue, however, provides us with human and divine wealth and leads us to inner peace. When we use this calm mind to reflect upon the nature of reality, we gain the wealth of Nibbāna.
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4/13/2021 • 19 minutes, 38 seconds
Four Mountains Approaching
Old age, sickness, and death, are closing in—what should we do? We do goodness with heedfulness. The heedful do not die; the heedless are as if dead already.
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4/12/2021 • 20 minutes, 48 seconds
The Birth of Light
Nature has always been the way it is; truth is always true. Even though we may have eyes, if they are closed, everything will be dark. It's when our minds are full of goodness and our hearts are at peace that we can open our eyes of Dhamma, thereby giving birth to light in our hearts.
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4/11/2021 • 21 minutes, 59 seconds
Death is Crushing In
If you received news that four great mountains were coming towards you, crushing everything in their path, leaving no chance for escape, what would you do? How are you going to prepare for death?
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4/10/2021 • 30 minutes
Respect for the Dhamma
In this videoconference talk from 9 April, 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses the value of the Dhamma and how fortunate we are to have the conditions to practise it.
"The Buddha was the highest, the Supreme Teacher, complete in all ways and qualities, but his mind still inclined to have homage and respect. But he could not find anyone whom he could respect with regards to sila, samadhi, wisdom, liberation, among the human, deva, Brahma worlds, from all the Maras and Brahmas. He could not find any individual. So the Buddha respected and honored the Dhamma. And the past Buddhas after becoming Enlightened, respected and honored the Dhamma. And the future Buddhas who will attain Enlightenment, will respect and honor the Dhamma."
4/9/2021 • 14 minutes, 21 seconds
The Only Refuge
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about the importance of cultivating the true refuge of the Triple Gem rather than allowing the mind to get deluded by the false refuges of superstition, wealth, and entertainment.
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4/9/2021 • 15 minutes, 45 seconds
A Better Flavour
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how to contemplate and practice with food in order to let go of attachment to it.
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4/8/2021 • 12 minutes, 36 seconds
A Train Ride With Ajahn Chah
Beginning with a reflection on the benefits of contemplating Dhamma, Ajahn Anan then tells stories of his teachers. Firstly, Luang Pu Boonnaa and the joy found in being verbally harassed by a nun. Then many beautiful tales of Luang Pu Chah and his skill in guiding his disciples. One of them is about a train ride they had together to Bangkok, which illustrates the reverence and admiration Ajahn Anan has for his teacher.
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4/7/2021 • 26 minutes, 41 seconds
A Pendulum at Rest
When we endure the difficulties that present themselves in the initial stages of the practice, our hearts start to gain peace and clarity. They stop swinging between attraction and aversion, staying settled and centered, like a still pendulum.
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4/6/2021 • 26 minutes, 9 seconds
House on Fire | Virtual Retreat Day 8 Morning
2021.03.13 | In the same way as our minds, it’s like our dwelling or house is on fire with ageing, illness and death. We are in the house while it is on fire all around us, and we try to escape. This is seeing the drawbacks of our situation, that death is coming.
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4/5/2021 • 39 minutes, 14 seconds
Attachment is the Cause of Stress | Virtual Retreat Day 7 Morning
2021.03.12 | Whatever we attach to will be a cause of stress for us. So Luang Por Chah taught that no matter how important anything might be, letting go is more important.
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4/4/2021 • 37 minutes, 5 seconds
Rousing the Sense of Urgency | Virtual Retreat Day 6 Q&A
2021.03.11 | One needs to see the drawbacks of Samsara, the endless cycle of wandering on. Time passes; the days are passing by and life is uncertain. When our time runs out, we are unable to do acts of merit anymore. So we need to train our minds to be firm in the doing of goodness, not to let go of one’s effort and get lost in the various moods and sense objects of the world.
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4/4/2021 • 25 minutes, 2 seconds
Power for Practice | Virtual Retreat Day 6 Evening
2021.03.11 | Faith, effort, mindfulness, samādhi and wisdom give strength and energy to our search for freedom from suffering. In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells us how they work.
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4/3/2021 • 21 minutes, 1 second
The Buddha is in Everything | Virtual Retreat Day 6 Morning
2021.03.11 | In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells us of a vision he had of a Dhamma discussion with a Chinese Zen master.
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4/3/2021 • 36 minutes, 51 seconds
Stopping the Mind from Spinning with the World
In this videoconference talk from 2 April, 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses the positive and negative aspects of a developed world and how we should relate to it.
"During the Buddha’s time, even though the world was not developed, it was very well-developed in terms of the mind. People had to travel with difficulty, go far distances and through the wilderness, yet many saw and knew the Dhamma. Now, the world is much more developed. These days you can learn the Dhamma, and there is all the technology (communications) to support it. But for those who don't know and are deluded, there are many dangers."
4/2/2021 • 19 minutes, 27 seconds
Visions in Meditation | Virtual Retreat Day 5 Q&A
2021.03.10 | In this question and answer session of the online retreat, Ajahn Anan explains what to do when we encounter visions in meditation.
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4/2/2021 • 30 minutes, 12 seconds
Peacefulness and Collectedness | Virtual Retreat Day 5 Evening
2021.03.10 | As we continue to practise, we can experience a rapture and fullness of heart that’s greater than anything we have ever felt before, a greater happiness than we have ever experienced previously. We study to know for ourselves, what is it like to have a mind in peace, a mind that is one-pointed? We experience for ourselves.
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4/2/2021 • 15 minutes, 15 seconds
Separating the Mind from its Objects | Virtual Retreat Day 5 Morning
2021.03.10 | Just like clear water that has been mixed with dye, the mind gets coloured by the objects it experiences. If it meets with a sight or sound that is a basis for anger, the mind picks this up and turns angry. The same is true for love, hate and fear. When we can start putting these sense objects down, however, the mind separates from them, and returns to its clear, original state.
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4/1/2021 • 28 minutes, 59 seconds
Gaps Between Thoughts | Virtual Retreat Day 4 Q&A
2021.03.09 | In this question and answer session of the online retreat, Ajahn Anan explains many aspects of meditation to clarify doubts.
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4/1/2021 • 15 minutes, 35 seconds
Reducing Desire for Food | Virtual Retreat Day 4 Evening
2021.03.09 | In this talk, Ajahn Anan covers many difficulties faced by those participating in the online retreat, including how to overcome the desire to eat delicious food and dealing with unskillful thoughts.
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3/31/2021 • 24 minutes, 33 seconds
Through Haunted Graves and Tigers’ Jaws | Virtual Retreat Day 4 Morning
2021.03.09 | Ajahn Anan tells of what Ajahn Chah had to face in order to gain the Dhamma that he taught, and what Ajahn Anan experienced while following in his teacher’s footsteps.
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3/31/2021 • 39 minutes, 16 seconds
All Things are Stably Unstable | Virtual Retreat Day 3 Q&A
2021.03.08 | In this question and answer session of the online retreat, Ajahn Anan explains that all things are impermanent and Dhamma is stable, which is the understanding that all things are impermanent.
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3/30/2021 • 15 minutes, 51 seconds
Sati, Sampajañña and Paññā | Virtual Retreat Day 3 Evening
2021.03.08 | In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains the difference between Sati, Sampajañña and Paññā. In breath meditation, mindfulness recollects the breath, Sampajañña knows the breath clearly, and Paññā knows why we bring the breath to mind--this act of recollecting the breath with Sati-Sampajañña is a path to the end of suffering.
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3/30/2021 • 19 minutes, 13 seconds
It’s Natural for Lust and Anger to Arise | Virtual Retreat Day 3 Morning
2021.03.08 | It's natural for lust, anger and delusion to arise, but what is really important is that we get to know them as they arise. If our mindfulness is well-established, then we can just know that they have arisen already. When we know that, then the mind is in a skillful place; the mind is skillful at that time.
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3/29/2021 • 37 minutes, 57 seconds
Ways to Avoid Rebirth in Lower Realms | Virtual Retreat Day 2 Q&A
2021.03.07 | In this question and answer session of the online retreat, Ajahn Anan talks about how to apply Satipatthāna to our daily lives and how to avoid rebirth in the lower realms.
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3/29/2021 • 11 minutes, 8 seconds
Knowing Feelings as Merely Feelings | Virtual Retreat Day 2 Evening
2021.03.07 | It’s important for us to get to know and understand all the feelings that arise in our bodies and minds. In doing this, we put them down, and suffering doesn’t arise.
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3/28/2021 • 29 minutes, 23 seconds
Taking Nibbāna as the Purpose of Our Lives | Virtual Retreat Day 2 Morning
2021.03.07 | If we see this world clearly, we’ll understand that there’s nothing much to it—everything we gain gets lost, nothing stays with us for long. As the things of this world lose their worth, the Dhamma becomes more and more important to us. After all, isn’t it better to seek out the truth?
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3/28/2021 • 37 minutes, 18 seconds
Equanimity & Christian Meditation | Virtual Retreat Day 1 Q&A
2021.03.06 | In this question and answer session of the online retreat, Ajahn Anan talks about different kinds of equanimity and whether Christians can meditate.
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3/27/2021 • 17 minutes, 33 seconds
Watching Over the Mind | Virtual Retreat Day 1 Evening
2021.03.06 | Like a farmer looking after livestock, we practise keeping watch over the mind. Otherwise, the mind chases after sense impressions and moods and gets into trouble, like a cow getting into the crops.
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3/27/2021 • 22 minutes, 3 seconds
Skilled in Our Crafts
In this videoconference talk from 26 March, 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses the various skills that one may have and develop in life.
"So someone who has an art or craft needs to have certain inner qualities. They need to have faith, and they need confidence in whatever they are doing. They need to believe that it is something truly good, and that it really has benefits. They have a heart that loves to do what they are doing. They are determined and firm to do it until they succeed."
3/26/2021 • 18 minutes, 42 seconds
This Body is not Beautiful | Virtual Retreat Day 1 Afternoon
2021.03.06 | Suppose we have a glass of clean water, or some delicious food on a very beautiful plate, and some hair falls into that. Then immediately, we get the feeling that the food is unclean. The water that was pure before has now become dirty, and that happens instantly. We can contemplate the hair of the head, hair of the body, nails, teeth and skin, until samadhi arises and joy comes up.
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3/26/2021 • 24 minutes, 39 seconds
The Bases for Mindfulness | Virtual Retreat Day 1 Morning
2021.03.06 | Sila, virtue, is an important condition that we try to develop because it is what allows mindfulness and samadhi to come up, and this brings us a lot of benefits. When our samadhi is well-established, it will cultivate wisdom. When wisdom is established, then it will culminate in liberation.
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3/25/2021 • 18 minutes, 39 seconds
Lifting the Mind Out of Depression
We need to have an instrument to measure our hearts, to know how they are and what they're doing. That instrument is mindfulness. When we are aware of our inner world, then we can adjust our practice according to its state. If our hearts are gloomy, there are many ways to lift them up.
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3/24/2021 • 26 minutes, 15 seconds
Giving It Our Best
2021.03.01 | The wise say Nibbāna is supreme, so we have to give it all we have to get there. But, at the same time, it’s not beyond what we are capable of.
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3/23/2021 • 20 minutes, 7 seconds
Meditation Instructions in English
Meditation instructions given by Ajahn Anan.
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3/22/2021 • 5 minutes, 43 seconds
Meditation Instructions in Chinese | 静坐指导(中文)
Meditation instructions given by Ajahn Anan (Translated to Chinese). 阿姜阿南静坐指导(中文)。
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3/22/2021 • 4 minutes, 58 seconds
The Source of Every Problem
2021.02.28 | If we focus externally, we’ll believe that our problems are caused by other people and the ways they treat us. If we look within, however, we’ll gain the accurate understanding that all our problems arise from attachment to a sense of self. This path takes us to putting down ‘me’ and ‘mine,’ thus freeing us from all difficulties and issues.
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3/22/2021 • 33 minutes, 6 seconds
Pure Emptiness
Starting by praising the benefits of chanting, Ajahn Anan then reflects upon emptiness. When we see clearly into emptiness, our inner nature of awakening emerges in our hearts.
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3/21/2021 • 20 minutes, 39 seconds
The Buddha’s Renunciation
In this videoconference talk from 19 March, 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses the parami of Nekkhamma, renunciation.
"In the Buddhist Mahayana tradition, 20th March 2021 is the anniversary of when the Buddha practised Nekkhamma parami, the spiritual perfection of renunciation. So we can reflect on the Bodhisattva who was born as the son of the great King Suddhodana, and who had the parami to rule over the four directions as a wheel-turning monarch. However, he saw that no matter how much power and virtue he had like this, it would not lead to freedom from old age, sickness and death. He must still part from loved ones and loved things. So he renounced everything in order to realise the truth, and spread the Dhamma until it reached us."
3/20/2021 • 14 minutes, 54 seconds
Would You Choose Heaven or a Septic Tank?
If we don't know of a higher happiness, then we'll stubbornly cling to our current views and habits. Even if someone tries to pull us up, we won't want to go. So, we must learn to let go of our thoughts in order to cultivate our minds to the highest level.
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3/17/2021 • 25 minutes, 15 seconds
The Happiness of Harmony
In this Dhamma discourse, Ajahn Anan speaks on the importance of forgiveness and understanding. When we are involved with others, be it in a monastery, a family, or at work, we should realize that it's natural for us to hold different opinions. The difference between harmony and conflict lies in our relationship to our views, and how strongly we attach to them.
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3/14/2021 • 20 minutes, 35 seconds
The Goal of Nibbana
In this videoconference talk from 12 March, 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses the goal of Nibbana.
"And the highest of these 38 blessings is making Nibbana clearly visible, leading to the goal of the Buddha’s teachings in this dispensation. It is taking the mind to the highest point, developing the mind to the highest. Because it is leading to the goal at the end of the path for the mind. We could compare it to setting a goal of leading one’s life to having the highest happiness."
3/12/2021 • 16 minutes, 11 seconds
No Victory, No Defeat
In the cycle of birth and death there are no winners or losers. If we see the danger of being trapped in this cage, we gain the incentive to practice the Dhamma and rise above birth and death.
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3/10/2021 • 26 minutes, 57 seconds
The Power of Faith
2021.02.27 | When we have a firm faith in the Triple Gem, our efforts will be aroused to reach Nibbāna. We gain the energy and strength to do things we previously thought we couldn’t do.
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3/9/2021 • 20 minutes, 39 seconds
In Praise of Patient Endurance
2021.02.25 | The Buddha praised forbearance, so much so that in a former life he exalted this quality even while being tortured to death. We, too, need to endure with all the frustrations and emotions we feel, and in doing so, we steadily forge ahead along the path to the highest peace.
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3/8/2021 • 11 minutes, 21 seconds
Escaping the Cave of Confusion
Being caught in doubt is like being lost in a dark cave without a torch. We need a guide to lead the way, to show us the right path that will take us out of darkness and towards the light of truth.
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3/7/2021 • 22 minutes, 18 seconds
Taking Nibbāna as Our Ideal
2021.02.24 | When we take inner peace and purity as our highest ideal, we then devote ourselves to this path that the great teachers have practised and taught. Reaching Nibbāna is not too difficult for us. We can get there in this life.
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3/6/2021 • 25 minutes, 36 seconds
The Supreme Incinerator of Obscurations
In this videoconference talk from 5 March 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about the quality of khanti, patient endurance, described by the Buddha in the Ovada Patimokkha as the supreme incinerator of defilement.
"...especially coming to Dhamma practice and bhavana [mental cultivation], then we must have patience towards the practice and bhavana - standing, walking, sitting, and lying down with effort. To aspire to Nibbana, we must be determined to practice seriously. Then ultimately we will gain peace in the mind. We will then know and see the Dhamma."
3/5/2021 • 18 minutes, 9 seconds
The Teaching of All Buddhas
2021.02.22 | Every single Buddha teaches the principles of abandoning harmful acts, bringing skillfulness to completion, and making the mind pure and bright. In this talk, Ajahn Anan expands on what it means to put these principles into practice.
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3/5/2021 • 32 minutes, 55 seconds
Buddhist Methodology & Ideology
2021.02.20 | In the Ovādapatimokkha Sermon, the Buddha laid down the ideals that we aim for: Nibbāna and purity of mind. To get there, however, we need to put into practice the methods of the Path.
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3/4/2021 • 22 minutes, 26 seconds
Religion is Emptiness
Beginning with highlighting the importance of forbearance, Ajahn Anan then goes on to relate an occasion when Luang Pu Chah taught a couple of Catholic nuns who came to see him. He said that really all religion is emptiness.
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3/3/2021 • 17 minutes, 42 seconds
Not Taking Advantage of the Community
2021.02.21 | In this talk, Ajahn Anan emphasises the importance of everyone pulling their weight and doing their part in the community.
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3/2/2021 • 23 minutes, 50 seconds
The Buddha’s Dhamma Body
2021.02.17 | As the Buddha emphasised, whoever sees the Dhamma, sees the Buddha. By realising that all conditions are inconstant, we see his Dhamma body. We understand that the Buddha and the Dhamma are the same thing.
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3/1/2021 • 21 minutes, 19 seconds
How Suffering Can Save Us
In this talk Ajahn Anan explains how there is a natural path to the practice: getting lost in worldly pleasures, seeing the pointlessness and suffering inherent in that kind of happiness, seeking a way out, finding that path, and finally, going beyond dukkha. It can take time though, and we may get lost in worldly delights for a while. But if we stick with it, we'll make it.
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2/28/2021 • 27 minutes, 47 seconds
Magha Puja 2021
A talk on the occasion of Magha Puja (February 26, 2021) by Venerable Ajahn Anan Akincano.
"Whether lying down or sitting in a quiet place, one must put down all sense stimulation. Be determined to train one's mind, to make one's mind peaceful, and to be concentrated in samadhi. Make the mind greater than the ordinary level that already possesses goodness, such as giving alms and keeping the moral precepts. But the thinking still doesn't stop, so we then train the mind to be concentrated in samadhi. Then we will see the enormous value of the teachings of the Lord Buddha. This is the principle of Dhamma practice and of developing the mind (bhavana). However you practice, may you all, the monks and laity, see the Dhamma in this life."
2/26/2021 • 18 minutes, 49 seconds
Tearing Down Our Own House
2021.02.16 | If you spent a whole year building a strong and beautiful home, what would it take for someone to convince you to pull it down? When the mind has resided in this body since birth and is clinging so tightly to it, how can we get it to let go?
Ajahn Anan will be conducting an 8-Days Virtual Retreat via Zoom, on 6th - 13th March 2021. The daily programme is scheduled from 5am to 9.30pm (Bangkok, GMT+7), and includes daily sitting/walking meditation, Dhamma talks and QnA sessions. This retreat will be conducted in both Thai and English, and welcomes those who are not able to commit to all sessions due to time zone differences, work commitments, etc.
Registration Link: http://t.ly/QTD8
Closing Date: 26th Feb 2021
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2/26/2021 • 24 minutes, 59 seconds
Magha Puja Chanting (English)
English devotional chanting for the occasion of Magha Puja.
2/25/2021 • 2 minutes, 8 seconds
No One Walks the Way
2021.02.15 | Really, there is no one who walks the path; no one who sees the Dhamma, no one who knows the Dhamma, and no one who is freed from suffering. Everything is empty. This is how the awakened mind sees things.
Ajahn Anan will be conducting an 8-Days Virtual Retreat via Zoom, on 6th - 13th March 2021. The daily programme is scheduled from 5am to 9.30pm (Bangkok, GMT+7), and includes daily sitting/walking meditation, Dhamma talks and QnA sessions. This retreat will be conducted in both Thai and English, and welcomes those who are not able to commit to all sessions due to time zone differences, work commitments, etc.
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Closing Date: 26th Feb 2021
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2/25/2021 • 28 minutes, 38 seconds
Knowing the True Mind
When we've come to know our true mind, we'll understand that all the things of this world have no truth to them.
Ajahn Anan will be conducting an 8-Days Virtual Retreat via Zoom, on 6th - 13th March 2021. The daily programme is scheduled from 5am to 9.30pm (Bangkok, GMT+7), and includes daily sitting/walking meditation, Dhamma talks and QnA sessions. This retreat will be conducted in both Thai and English, and welcomes those who are not able to commit to all sessions due to time zone differences, work commitments, etc.
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Closing Date: 26th Feb 2021
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2/24/2021 • 19 minutes, 44 seconds
Leaving in Light
2021.02.11 | Some people are born in darkness, and others in brightness. But regardless the case, we should take this way of light.
Ajahn Anan will be conducting an 8-Days Virtual Retreat via Zoom, on 6th - 13th March 2021. The daily programme is scheduled from 5am to 9.30pm (Bangkok, GMT+7), and includes daily sitting/walking meditation, Dhamma talks and QnA sessions. This retreat will be conducted in both Thai and English, and welcomes those who are not able to commit to all sessions due to time zone differences, work commitments, etc.
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Closing Date: 26th Feb 2021
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2/23/2021 • 19 minutes, 47 seconds
Encouragement to Practise
2021.02.10 | The Buddha went through so much difficulties to discover this Noble Path and reveal it to us, and all we have to do is walk along it. So, whether we are energetic, lazy, doubtful or impatient, we just carry on walking. In the end, we’ll get there.
Ajahn Anan will be conducting an 8-Days Virtual Retreat via Zoom, on 6th - 13th March 2021. The daily programme is scheduled from 5am to 9.30pm (Bangkok, GMT+7), and includes daily sitting/walking meditation, Dhamma talks and QnA sessions. This retreat will be conducted in both Thai and English, and welcomes those who are not able to commit to all sessions due to time zone differences, work commitments, etc.
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Closing Date: 26th Feb 2021
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2/22/2021 • 20 minutes, 34 seconds
The Truth in This Life
Time consumes everything, including itself. The Buddha, therefore, taught us not to be heedless. We should endeavor to cultivate our inner virtues by being generous and moral, and making meditation practice a normal part of our everyday lives. If we can do this, in no long time we can realize the truth.
Ajahn Anan will be conducting an 8-Days Virtual Retreat via Zoom, on 6th - 13th March 2021. The daily programme is scheduled from 5am to 9.30pm (Bangkok, GMT+7), and includes daily sitting/walking meditation, Dhamma talks and QnA sessions. This retreat will be conducted in both Thai and English, and welcomes those who are not able to commit to all sessions due to time zone differences, work commitments, etc.
Registration Link: http://t.ly/QTD8
Closing Date: 26th Feb 2021
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2/21/2021 • 21 minutes, 41 seconds
There is No Light Equal to the Light of Wisdom
Everyone wishes for wisdom, and we all do have it to one degree or another to make our way in the world. But the wisdom that can illuminate the truth is a different kind—one that must be based on a virtuous and calm mind. This is what we gain through our practice.
Ajahn Anan will be conducting an 8-Days Virtual Retreat via Zoom, on 6th - 13th March 2021. The daily programme is scheduled from 5am to 9.30pm (Bangkok, GMT+7), and includes daily sitting/walking meditation, Dhamma talks and QnA sessions. This retreat will be conducted in both Thai and English, and welcomes those who are not able to commit to all sessions due to time zone differences, work commitments, etc.
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Closing Date: 26th Feb 2021
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2/20/2021 • 15 minutes, 29 seconds
Seeing Through our Inner Eye
The truth is right in front of our nose, so why don’t we see it? It’s because our minds are dark. Just as if there is no external light, we can’t perceive forms; when our minds lack radiance, they can’t understand Dhamma. When we settle our hearts down, however, they grow bright, and here wisdom can emerge.
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2/19/2021 • 20 minutes, 39 seconds
The Teaching on the Entryway to Liberation
In this videoconference talk from 19 February 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses Magha Puja, a holiday falling on February 26 this year.
This is the day the Lord Buddha gave the Ovada Patimokkha (which can be roughly translated as "Teaching on the Entryway to Liberation) to a group of 1,250 bhikkhus who had come together without any prior arrangement on the full moon day of the third lunar month (the Magha month), who were all fully enlightened with psychic abilities, and who were ordained by the Buddha himself. The Ovada Patimokkha contains the heart of the Buddha's teachings, which is to refrain from evil, do good, and purify the mind.
2/18/2021 • 12 minutes, 39 seconds
The Dhamma is Open for Everyone
Are we able to realise the fruits of this practice? Can we reach Nibbāna? This depends on us—how firmly we set our hearts on walking this path. And we can do it, no matter who we are, because the Dhamma is there for those who practise the Dhamma.
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2/18/2021 • 19 minutes, 48 seconds
The Purpose of Life
If you were asked what the purpose of your life is, how would you respond? Most people in the world can't give a good answer because they don't know. But, as Ajahn Anan tells us, the answer we can give depends on the energy in our hearts. As we practice further and our minds gain more clarity, we begin to uncover the highest purpose of them all.
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2/17/2021 • 22 minutes, 5 seconds
Lives That Fall Away Like Leaves
2021.02.08 | Like leaves falling, the lives of beings in this world all must pass away. When we truly understand nature in this way—that it’s not sure—our hearts become sure.
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2/16/2021 • 19 minutes, 6 seconds
Success in the World and Dhamma
Reaching our goals in our studies, professions, or in transcendent liberation, requires resolve and setting our minds on the task at hand. If we can do this without giving up, one day we will meet with success.
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2/15/2021 • 14 minutes, 40 seconds
Waxing Moon, Waxing Wisdom
In this talk, given on the Uposatha day, Ajahn Anan speaks about how to use wisdom to develop the factors of enlightenment.
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2/14/2021 • 27 minutes, 20 seconds
Can Death Contemplation Take Us to Awakening?
Some people read the texts and wonder whether certain objects of meditation will lead to true insight, but as Ajahn Anan points out in this talk, all of them reach peace and knowledge.
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2/13/2021 • 24 minutes, 52 seconds
Causes of Blessings; Chinese New Year
In this videoconference talk from 12 February 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses Chinese New Year, the topic of blessings, stories of Great Disciples, and more.
"So let us look at these blessings, that whatever the blessings that are given to others, everything comes down to having causes and conditions. So we need to practice ourselves as well. Like if we want to have a long life. Everyone wants to have a long life, of the type where we are strong. Then we need to have a mind of metta, loving-kindness, and not killing living beings, not harming living beings. This is the practice to gain long life."
2/12/2021 • 14 minutes, 37 seconds
The Storehouse of our Actions
All the actions we create get stored in our mind, like how a single seed stores roots, leaves, branches and fruit within it. All it takes are the right conditions, and those things will manifest. Therefore, creating goodness and abandoning evil are of great importance.
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2/12/2021 • 23 minutes, 24 seconds
Enduring and Overcoming Hardships
It's normal for us to meet with difficulties along this path, but they don't go away just because we don't like them. Instead, we must figure out a way of clearing these obstacles out and then steadily go about doing it. None of the Buddha's teachings are beyond our capabilities.
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2/11/2021 • 19 minutes, 34 seconds
The Light of Wisdom
In this talk, Ajahn Anan commemorates the Buddha’s first discourse by describing the difference between the wisdom of the world and the wisdom of the Dhamma.
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2/10/2021 • 18 minutes, 52 seconds
What Doesn’t Die
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how to develop the perception of death to the point where one understands the importance of developing a goodness that doesn’t fade.
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2/7/2021 • 16 minutes, 28 seconds
The Body and Beyond
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how to develop wisdom to the point of awakening through looking carefully at the body’s true nature as Ajahn Chah taught.
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2/3/2021 • 21 minutes, 19 seconds
Wanting the Fastest Route
It's natural for us to want to know which method of practice will give us the fastest results. But this attitude of wanting things quick can easily stir our hearts into a mess. Ajahn Anan tells us how the best way of cutting through this line of thinking—and the doubts that produce it—is the reflection on emptiness.
1/31/2021 • 27 minutes, 22 seconds
Samadhi
In this videoconference talk from 29 January, 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses samadhi - concentration or collectedness.
"...So try to train in samadhi well. Restrain your actions and speech to be within sila, restrain the mind to have samadhi, and ultimately you will progress to have wisdom, step by step, until one sees the Dhamma. May you all have happiness and prosperity, may you grow in blessings."
1/29/2021 • 13 minutes, 38 seconds
Unburdening a Heavy Heart
In the beginning, the minds of most beings are weighed down by the defilements. But as we progress along this path of generosity, virtue and meditation, they grow lighter, and are able to rise up to higher and higher levels.
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1/29/2021 • 24 minutes, 18 seconds
The Mind’s Web
In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells us how to make our mindfulness like a spider waiting in the middle of its web. He then goes on to teach how we don't need to concern ourselves with developing deep levels of samādhi, or seeing visions; we just need to straighten out our views.
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1/27/2021 • 28 minutes, 27 seconds
Luang Pu Chah Memorial Day Talk 2021
In the many years since Luang Pu Chah's passing in 1992, this is the first year Ajahn Anan has not been to his Memorial Day gathering at Wat Nong Pa Pong due to the pandemic. He gave this talk at Wat Marp Jan on how Luang Pu Chah is still with us in his teachings. If we have deep respect for him, we should practice what he taught until we reap their liberating results.
1/26/2021 • 12 minutes, 2 seconds
A Healthy Heart
During this time of pandemic, it's important that we look after our bodies so they stay strong enough to fight off illness. It's also the same for our minds—we need to use mindfulness and samādhi to forge inner strength. And when the mind is strong, it's able to ward off suffering.
1/25/2021 • 26 minutes, 11 seconds
King Milinda & Ven. Nāgasena
Ajahn Anan relates the story of how Nāgasena's father developed faith in Buddhism, and how Nāgasena in turn used his great wisdom to inspire King Milinda to become a devout Buddhist.
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1/24/2021 • 25 minutes, 32 seconds
Equanimity
In this videoconference talk from 22 January 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about equanimity, evenness of mind.
1/22/2021 • 14 minutes, 37 seconds
Veils that Obscure Truth
Ajahn Anan talks about what it is that covers over the body's qualities of inconstancy, pain and not-self. He then gives a detailed description of the many ways we can see the unattractive nature of these bodies.
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1/20/2021 • 26 minutes, 1 second
Putting Out the Fire of Jealousy
For us living in the highly competitive, self-centered societies that we do, it's natural that we'll feel jealous sometimes when others gain success. This can feel like an inner fire, and is something we need to be cautious of. We can combat this unskillful emotion by cultivating sympathetic joy—thoughts and feelings of finding happiness in the gains and achievements of others.
1/19/2021 • 24 minutes, 15 seconds
Right Here in the Heart
A talk given to a lay group from Bangkok who frequently visit forest monasteries throughout Thailand to give offerings and listen to the Dhamma.
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1/17/2021 • 28 minutes
Growing in Goodness During a Pandemic
Even though we may be experiencing restrictions in certain areas of our lives, it's still very possible to cultivate merit during lockdown. In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells us of some of the ways that we can do this.
1/16/2021 • 21 minutes, 51 seconds
Who’s to Blame for my Suffering?
When we suffer, we mostly look to the world outside of us to find a cause—the nasty things people say; the inconsiderate things they can do. But this is looking in the wrong place, as the cause is inside of ourselves.
1/15/2021 • 23 minutes, 35 seconds
Appreciative Joy
In this videoconference talk from 15 January 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses the practice and quality of mudita, sympathetic joy/appreciative joy.
"...mudita is a meditation that looks after our mind well. Our sila will be complete, and our samadhi concentration will be able to be firmly established. Wisdom will be able to arise. We will be able to see the truth of Dhamma."
1/15/2021 • 15 minutes, 43 seconds
Love for Oneself
Ajahn Anan teaches us of the importance of giving metta to oneself first, because if our hearts are full of suffering, we aren't able to relieve the suffering of others. Keeping good morality is also a way of developing kindness, as through this we harm neither ourselves nor others. Ajahn then goes on to tell stories from the time of the Buddha that illustrate the importance of kindness and morality.
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1/13/2021 • 28 minutes, 1 second
May All Beings Be Free from Suffering
In this videoconference talk from 8 January 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses compassion.
"In reference to the compassion as in the virtue of Great Compassion of the Lord Buddha, this is extremely vast, boundless, and incomparable. Wise people have given a simile that if we praise the great virtues of the Lord Buddha, it's like a little bird that chirps into the infinite universe. This is because the virtue of great compassion of the Lord Buddha is incomparable.
'So let's talk about compassion, in terms of the compassion that we cultivate as a meditation, or the compassion of the 4 Brahmaviharas, sublime abidings. When we want to practice or meditate by developing compassion, then this is the mind that thinks to help free others from suffering."
1/11/2021 • 17 minutes, 53 seconds
Finding the Path (Chapter Two from The World and the Heart)
Beginning with an explanation of one of the Buddha's most famous and succinct teachings to, "Refrain from all wrongdoing, bring goodness to perfection and purify the mind," Ajahn Anan then goes on to talk on the importance of grounding our minds in patience and kindness. Upon this foundation we can build the mindfulness and wisdom that will allow us to directly and clearly understand the nature of our lives.
1/11/2021 • 23 minutes, 36 seconds
The Highest Goal in Life—Luang Por’s 66th Birthday
In this translation from a recording of the talk Luang Por gave during his 66th birthday celebration in March 2020, he tells us we should use the time we have left in this life to persuade the highest, most noble goal there is.
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1/10/2021 • 21 minutes, 20 seconds
Wisdom for the New Year
In this evening talk, Ajahn Anan tells us how to approach this new year with wisdom that allows us to let go and solve our suffering.
1/7/2021 • 23 minutes, 20 seconds
Objects of Recollection
Ajahn Anan talks on the how to use patient endurance and the various objects of recollection to bring our minds to peace and allow us to let go of all physicality and mentality.
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1/6/2021 • 18 minutes, 50 seconds
Skillful and Unskillful Ways to Relieve Suffering
We all experience stress and pain in life, and how we try to escape from that depends on our mindfulness, wisdom and pāramī. Those who lack wisdom will use unwholesome routes—drinking alcohol, for example—that just work to dig themselves into a deeper mess. But for those with true intelligence, they'll seek out the Dhamma—that which is actually able to cure our suffering.
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1/5/2021 • 37 minutes, 52 seconds
Remembering the Dead
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about the importance of dedicating merit to those who have passed before.
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1/3/2021 • 14 minutes, 58 seconds
The Days are Falling Away
With the steady passing of time, our lives are getting shorter and shorter. Therefore, we must use our time as best we can.
12/31/2020 • 20 minutes, 12 seconds
Building a Refuge, Demolishing Self-View
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how practice consists both in the creation of an internal refuge through the practice of the 8-fold path as well as the destruction of self-view.
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12/30/2020 • 20 minutes, 3 seconds
Using Fear’s Energy for Awakening
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how one can harness the energy coming from fear to spur one on in practice, referencing his own experiences in charnel grounds and with wild animals as a young monk.
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12/27/2020 • 27 minutes, 50 seconds
Lovingkindness and Compassion
In this videoconference talk from 25 December 2020, Ajahn Anan talks about lovingkindness and compassion and how all religions teach compassion.
12/26/2020 • 14 minutes, 11 seconds
A New Kind of Knowledge
Even though we may have gained much learning in various academic subjects, this knowledge isn't able to cure the stress and discontent in our hearts. So, we need a new kind of knowledge: clearly seeing dukkha along with its cause, and the cessation of dukkha and its cause.
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12/23/2020 • 18 minutes, 19 seconds
Silence and Wisdom Woven Together
Ajahn Anan talks on how samatha and vipassana work together as a pair in the practice, enabling the mind to cross to the shore of Dhamma. Even though we may have read about these states, the lived experience is different - a wordless and direct inner knowledge.
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12/20/2020 • 29 minutes, 41 seconds
The Merit of Listening to and Teaching Dhamma
In this videoconference talk from 18 December 2020, Ajahn Anan describes the merit and goodness that arises from listening to and teaching Dhamma, with stories and examples of each.
"By listening to Dhamma, we will gradually change our views from being wrong view to right view. We will gain understanding into the foundations of Dhamma practice, understanding about merit doing merit, about practicing bhavana, developing the mind, understanding about meditation and samadhi, knowing the in and out breath, knowing how to contemplate the breath, and the gaining of varying degrees of Dhamma for each person. Ultimately, the result from developing bhavana is for the mind to have emptiness and the body to have emptiness arise. This is the result from listening to Dhamma.
And when listening to Dhamma, the mind is radiant and serene constantly. So listening to Dhamma has good results..."
12/19/2020 • 14 minutes, 8 seconds
The World and the Heart (Chapter One from “The World and the Heart”)
"We are looking for peace, looking for the mind to settle down and be still. So why won't it be still?" If we are constantly seeking happiness in the world—in things external to us—our hearts will never find peace. We'll constantly be tossed around by the changing, uncertain nature of life. But if we direct that search inwardly we'll discover a joy that lasts and is far beyond anything we have experienced before.
12/19/2020 • 18 minutes, 47 seconds
Preface to The World and the Heart
Preface to Venerable Ajahn Anan's book, 'The World and the Heart.'
12/19/2020 • 4 minutes, 28 seconds
The Wise Old Man’s Beard
Ajahn Anan tells us how an intelligent mind is similar to a lichen in a tree that's able to get its sustenance from the surrounding air.
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12/16/2020 • 11 minutes, 44 seconds
Stillness in a Spinning World
The world, and everything in it, turns in accordance with the Worldly Dhammas. If met with delusion, these pairs of gain & loss, fame & disrepute, praise & blame, and happiness & suffering can cause immense confusion and unrest. But, as Ajahn Anan teaches us, if we are well established in mindfulness and wisdom, they don't disturb us. We realize that the world is just this way.
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12/13/2020 • 21 minutes, 25 seconds
The Merit of Giving Service, Rejoicing, and Sharing Merits
In this videoconference talk from 11 December 2020, Ajahn Anan describes the merit and goodness that arises from rendering services, rejoicing in other's merits, and sharing merits with others.
"So I would like to give my anumodana [rejoicing] to all of you who have rendered services in all kinds of activities and have spread the merit to all living beings. Anumodana to all the merits that everyone has done and all of can anumodana with each other’s good actions. May you all grow in Dhamma and in blessings."
12/11/2020 • 12 minutes, 17 seconds
Why Are We Here? by Ven. Ajahn Chah
Not long before he lost his speech and slipped into his final illness, Ajahn Chah gave this teaching. He compassionately uses his own failing body as the starting point for this deep reflection on the nature of life and death, and how we can find a true refuge for our own hearts.
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12/11/2020 • 26 minutes, 52 seconds
Time Well Spent
The days and nights never stay still, but are constantly passing us by. We should reflect on this so that we give the time we have due importance and use it for achieving our goal—realizing truth.
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12/9/2020 • 23 minutes, 28 seconds
What We Really Should Know
In this evening talk, Ajahn Anan tells us how we can get to understand our bodies and minds—things that we really should know about already.
12/6/2020 • 27 minutes, 12 seconds
The Blessings of Humility
In this videoconference talk from 4 December 2020, Ajahn Anan describes the merit and goodness that arises from humility and reverence.
12/5/2020 • 13 minutes, 30 seconds
Just This Much by Ven. Ajahn Chah
External study is hard to get finished, but inner study does have a point of completion. In this short Dharma talk, Ajahn Chah explains to us how all the teachings of the Buddha take us to look at our body, speech and mind. If we understand just these three things, we'll know the taste of freedom.
12/4/2020 • 4 minutes, 21 seconds
Everything is Dhamma
After the evening chanting, Ajahn Anan teaches us to view all phenomena—whether skillful or unskillful—as simply dhammas that have arisen. This helps us to avoid the pain and difficulties that come from taking it all so personally.
12/2/2020 • 25 minutes, 6 seconds
The Most Precious Jewels in the Three Worlds
If we give the practice our best shot, the jewels of the Buddha and Dhamma will transform our hearts into the jewel of the Sangha.
11/29/2020 • 20 minutes, 30 seconds
The Merit of Right View
In this videoconference talk from 27 November 2020, Ajahn Anan describes the 10 types of conventional right view and the merits and goodness that arise from having right/correct view.
11/27/2020 • 12 minutes, 42 seconds
Still, Flowing Water by Ven. Ajahn Chah
In this deeply insightful talk, Ajahn Chah clearly explains the path of practice and beautifully describes what it leads to—the awakened mind.
11/27/2020 • 54 minutes, 22 seconds
The Ladder to Awakening
In this talk, Ajahn Anan details how each subsequent step on the path to awakening rests on the previous, from morality all the way to the ultimate goal.
11/25/2020 • 16 minutes, 12 seconds
Instinct and Learning
In this videoconference talk from 20 November, 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses instinct and learning, how humans have more ability to learn and grow than animals, the topic of developing wisdom, and more.
11/24/2020 • 13 minutes, 52 seconds
The Heart’s Home
Describing his own path towards meditation, Ajahn Anan details how we can each build a true refuge for our minds through the cultivation of ethics and development of wisdom through contemplation of the body.
11/22/2020 • 24 minutes, 18 seconds
The Elixir of Immortality
In this talk, Ajahn Anan gives details instructions for contemplating the unattractive nature of the body, a practice that frees the mind from the conditioned.
11/22/2020 • 14 minutes, 36 seconds
Developing Samadhi by Ven. Ajahn Chah
The meditation instructions that Ven. Ajahn Chah gave to a lay group in Hampstead Vihara, London.
11/20/2020 • 20 minutes, 36 seconds
Venerable Yasa’s Vision
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about the vision that disillusioned the great monk Yasa with his former life of luxury and how we can cultivate similar spiritual qualities.
11/18/2020 • 15 minutes, 3 seconds
The Miracle of the Teaching
In this talk, Ajahn Anan describes how, of all the miraculous powers that can emerge from meditation, that of instruction was praised by the Buddha as highest.
11/15/2020 • 21 minutes, 22 seconds
Not Too Tense
In this videoconference from 13 November, 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses listening to Dhamma, right effort, and intention as it relates to virtue.
11/13/2020 • 18 minutes, 15 seconds
Becoming a Samaṇa by Ven. Ajahn Chah
In this talk Ven. Ajahn Chah describes the path of virtue, concentration and wisdom to the monks and novices living with him. He emphasizes the necessity of knowing for ourselves what we are doing and being fearless in our practice.
11/13/2020 • 56 minutes
Venerable Ratthapala Thera
A videoconference talk from 6 November, 2020, where Ajahn Anan discusses the stories of Venerable Ratthapala Thera, Venerable Nagasena Thera, and other topics. The theme of impermanence is highlighted.
11/12/2020 • 16 minutes, 7 seconds
Pavarana 2020
A talk from 2 October 2020, about the traditional "Pavarana" ceremony where monastics invite admonition from one another at the conclusion of the annual three-month rains retreat.
11/12/2020 • 15 minutes, 10 seconds
A Steady Stream
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about the ways in which a practitioner can make steady effort in order to "fill the glass" of their spiritual qualities and achieve liberation.
11/11/2020 • 23 minutes, 50 seconds
A Fearful Place
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how to find refuge from fear in the Dhamma, and how such practice can steel us for our journey towards awakening.
11/11/2020 • 23 minutes
The Ripening of Realization
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how we will experience realization like the Buddha's disciple Añña-Koṇḍañña only if we too cultivate the proper causes in our practice.
11/8/2020 • 22 minutes, 6 seconds
A Gift of Dhamma by Ven. Ajahn Chah
Just prior to the departure of a visiting French woman, Ajahn Chah gives her this gift to take back home with her. As he explains, "Dharma is that which can cut through the problems and difficulties of mankind, gradually reducing them to nothing."
11/6/2020 • 20 minutes, 24 seconds
What’s There in Between
During this Dhamma talk, Ajahn Anan teaches us on the wisdom of not letting our painful emotions spill out of our hearts, the foundations of mindfulness, and the nature of the empty mind.
11/4/2020 • 28 minutes, 49 seconds
If it Isn’t Good, Let it Die.
Ajahn Anan gives a powerful teaching based on Ven. Ajahn Chah's saying, "If it isn't good, let it die. If it won't die, make it good."
11/1/2020 • 28 minutes, 2 seconds
Letting Go—Completing the Path (Simple Teachings on Higher Truths Ch. 9)
Short teachings that bring us to let go of our attachments. Ajahn Anan tells us a simple yet profound story from his time with Ajahn Chah. He then goes on to describe how to become unmoved by the conditions in the world, thus discerning our inner Buddha. And lastly, emboldening encouragement to keep us going with our practice.
10/30/2020 • 9 minutes, 21 seconds
The Best Chance in Saṃsāra
In this teaching after the evening chanting, Ajahn Anan lets us all know how incredibly fortunate we are to have been born at this time—in time to meet with and sincerely follow the liberating teachings of the Buddha that can take us beyond birth, death, and all pain and suffering.
10/28/2020 • 26 minutes, 27 seconds
For When We Feel Discouraged
In this talk, Ajahn Anan gives advice on how to lift our spirits when we're feeling like this path is beyond our abilities.
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To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Every day 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7).
10/27/2020 • 24 minutes
The Heart in Equipoise (Part 2)
In this second half of the Dhamma talk, Ajahn Anan explains how Ajahn Chah's simple instructions to "not fall into liking and disliking" short-circuit the chain of dependent origination and help one avoid suffering.
10/25/2020 • 26 minutes, 44 seconds
Wisdom—Insight Into Truth (Simple Teachings on Higher Truths Ch. 8)
In these seven short teachings we learn how to see in accordance with truth. By observing how everything we experience arises and passes away, we start to gain a direct and deep understanding of both the world, and our bodies and minds. This allows us to stop claiming possession over everything, to stop taking it all personally. It's here that we can begin to truly let go.
10/23/2020 • 14 minutes, 47 seconds
The Heart in Equipoise (Part 1)
The path to realizing the Dhamma is to be found in the heart that's kept in the middle - not falling for either liking or disliking. This heart of equipoise isn't bland, however, but is filled with great joy and peace.
10/21/2020 • 24 minutes, 36 seconds
Great Forbearance
Luang Por Anan tells us of the importance of forbearance and how much we've all gained from the great endurance of the Buddha.
Talk given on May 12th, 2020
10/17/2020 • 21 minutes, 1 second
Kindness—Being at Ease (Simple Teachings on Higher Truths Ch. 7)
In these eight short teachings we discover how to live in the world with ease. Even though it's normal to get angry at those around us, we can learn to develop kindness and acceptance towards them. And by seeking out the teachings of the wise and the company of good friends, they can help steer our life in a wholesome direction. We learn to live skillfully and with gratitude, knowing how to wisely care for those around us.
10/16/2020 • 19 minutes, 23 seconds
True Happiness
Everyone in this world is rushing around searching for true happiness, but hardly anyone finds it. In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains the nature of lasting happiness and how we can get there.
10/14/2020 • 27 minutes, 57 seconds
Preparing for Retreat
In preparation for the annual three-month rains retreat, Ajahn Anan exhorts Wat Marp Jan's community to clean the monastery and purify their intention so that the time may be used wisely. He describes in detail how one can use contemplation of the body to overcome greed and lust.
10/11/2020 • 25 minutes, 22 seconds
Kathina Morning Talk—Perpetual Joy
After the Buddha became awakened under the Bodhi Tree, his heart was constantly joyful. Through faith, cultivating goodness and developed meditation, we too can realize our own inner awakened nature and become joyful like the Buddha.
10/9/2020 • 16 minutes, 50 seconds
Karma—Actions & Their Results (Simple Teachings on Higher Truths Ch. 6)
The question of what happens after death, and whether our actions really do have results, has been around for a long time. In these five short teachings, Ajahn Anan tells us how we don't need to look far away for the answer—we can see karma at work right within our own minds in the present moment. With this knowledge, we try to create as much goodness as we can in this life. But we must also accept the mistakes that we've made, learn our lesson, forgive ourselves, and move on.
10/9/2020 • 10 minutes, 54 seconds
Inside and Out
Ajahn Anan reflects on the fleeting nature of external goals and possessions, and the enduring worth of internal qualities cultivated in the practice. He describes in detail how to develop the internal wealth of faith through pilgrimage and practice.
10/7/2020 • 21 minutes, 24 seconds
Kathina 2020—The Single Moment That Takes a Long Time
The coming about of a Kathina ceremony is no small feat. It requires the great compassion of the Buddha, the faith of the laity, and the harmony of the Sangha. Likewise, the single, liberating moment of insight arises in a flash, but the process of producing that spark requires the unity of many conditions.
10/6/2020 • 25 minutes, 20 seconds
Divide and Conquer
Ajahn Anan speaks about how a calm mind imbued with samadhi can be used to divide the body into the four elements and dispel attachment and conceit.
10/4/2020 • 20 minutes, 10 seconds
Virtue—Guidelines for Life (Simple Teachings on Higher Truths Ch. 5)
Six short teachings on how to cultivate our lives so they become a genuine source of happiness. By being wise with our actions, we foster feelings of trust and peace, both in our relationships with others and within our own hearts. This provides us with a strong and stable foundation upon which we can grow internally; without this base, our meditation will always be unsettled. When we develop generosity and virtue well, they form into an inner wealth that is truly ours.
10/2/2020 • 11 minutes, 1 second
The Essential Links of Dependent Co-Arising
Ajahn Anan speaks about the points in the Buddha's twelve links of Dependent Co-Arising where one should focus to avoid suffering. Using analogies from the Suttas and stories of his time with Ajahn Chah, he expands on the path of practice that can ready one for such insight.
9/30/2020 • 22 minutes, 47 seconds
Realising Our True Self
Ajahn Anan gives a talk from Ubon province, where he traveled for the occasion of Luang Pu Chah's birthday gathering. He teaches us about the nature of self, and how by perceiving anatta, we discover our true self.
9/27/2020 • 27 minutes, 44 seconds
Lovingkindness to Alleviate Anger and Foster Forgiveness
In this videoconference talk from 25 September 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses putting out the fire of anger with lovingkindness and compassion, and cultivating a forgiving heart.
One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
9/25/2020 • 11 minutes, 36 seconds
Motivation—Why Practice? (Simple Teachings on Higher Truths Ch. 4)
These eight short teachings tell us of the nature of life. Throughout just one day we meet with a huge number of sights and sounds that tug at our hearts. If we haven't cultivated much mindfulness or wisdom, our minds chase after them all, becoming exhausted in the process. Furthermore, the things of this world don't last. If we cling tightly, we'll suffer a lot. During the Buddha's time a young woman felt deep pain over the loss of her son, and we discover how the Buddha skillfully taught her to put her grief down and come to a place of acceptance and peace. Through this practice, we too can learn to let go of our suffering.
9/25/2020 • 16 minutes, 3 seconds
The Whirlpool of Doubt
Ajahn Anan teaches us on the nature of our emotions, and how we can avoid letting them pull us under.
9/23/2020 • 24 minutes, 38 seconds
The Nature of Conditioned Phenomena
The day after Visakha Puja, Ajahn Anan praises the novices in India that joined the ceremony. He also gives us a talk about the various fabrications that we experience through the khandhas.
If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk every day via Zoom from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.
9/20/2020 • 24 minutes, 25 seconds
Mindfulness—The Heart of the Practice (Simple Teachings on Higher Truths Ch. 3)
In these seven short teachings, we learn how to cultivate mindfulness—the very heart of our practice. It's the ability to keep the mind aware and centered in the present moment, knowing what's going on. At the beginning it appears as just individual drops. Over time, however, these join together into a steady stream that brings clarity into our lives and minds, helping us to resolve any difficulties we may be dealing with. As we continue to cultivate mindfulness, both on our meditation cushion and throughout our day, it becomes a safe haven that we can always return to and abide in.
9/18/2020 • 11 minutes
True Refuge
In this videoconference talk from 18 September 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses refuge.
One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
9/17/2020 • 3 minutes, 58 seconds
Clearing the Water, Purifying the Mind
When untroubled and calm, the nature of the mind is like clear water. In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how we can remove the coloring of mental impressions and defilements that "color" our heart.
9/16/2020 • 13 minutes, 7 seconds
Steps Towards Emptiness
From cultivating ethical action to strengthening the perception of inconstancy, Ajahn Anan describes the basic practices that lead towards realization.
9/13/2020 • 20 minutes, 21 seconds
The Meaning of Life
In this videoconference talk from 11 September 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses the meaning of life. For what have we been born?
One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
9/11/2020 • 21 minutes, 25 seconds
Meditation (Part Three)—Reflection (Simple Teachings on Higher Truths Ch. 2)
In these five short teachings, Ajahn Anan talks about a side of meditation that is often neglected—using our minds' activity to bring inner calm and direct knowledge into truth. Both the recollection of life's impermanence and chanting are effective tools to cut off distracted thought. And with a clear mind we can examine what the Buddha called the 'three characteristics of existence,' thereby gaining true insight.
9/11/2020 • 12 minutes, 11 seconds
The One Who Knows
During the course of this talk, Ajahn Anan tells some stories from Ven. Ajahn Chah, and how he used his Zen-like wisdom to teach his disciples that it's better not to attach.
9/9/2020 • 24 minutes, 53 seconds
Peace in the Midst of Chaos
Ajahn Anan talks on the importance of grounding our minds, both at work and on the meditation cushion. He then describes the recollection of emptiness and how it's possible for us to remain at peace even during troubled times.
9/6/2020 • 21 minutes, 25 seconds
The Value of Friendship
In this videoconference talk from 4 September 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses how to choose one's friends in order to succeed in life and in Dhamma. Included in this talk are discussions on the qualities of good and bad friends, the goodness of one's parents, a story of Ajahn Anan's past, and more.
One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
If we try to force our minds to be a certain way, or hold high expectations, meditation can be a pretty stressful experience, can't it? In these short teachings, we learn to bring a sense of acceptance and mindful knowing to our cultivation. We can also reflect on the Buddha's beautiful qualities and the Four Sublime Abidings to allow the heart to relax and recharge.
9/4/2020 • 12 minutes, 42 seconds
The World is Swept Away (Part 2)
In this talk, Ajahn Anan expands on the four reflections contained within the Ratthapala Sutta (MN 82), one of the most profound discourses in the Pali Canon. Ven. Ratthapala relates the Buddha's teachings on how the world
"is swept away and does not endure", "is without shelter, without protector", "without ownership" and "a slave to craving." These disenchanting reflections lead towards liberation.
9/2/2020 • 19 minutes, 6 seconds
The World is Swept Away (Part 1)
In this talk, Ajahn Anan expands on the four reflections contained within the Ratthapala Sutta (MN 82), one of the most profound discourses in the Pali Canon. Ven. Ratthapala relates the Buddha's teachings on how the world
"is swept away and does not endure", "is without shelter, without protector", "without ownership" and "a slave to craving." These disenchanting reflections lead towards liberation.
8/30/2020 • 24 minutes, 55 seconds
Overcoming Obstacles
In this videoconference talk from 28 August 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses overcoming obstacles.
One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
Presented here are the foundation meditation practices taught by Ajahn Anan, leading to collectedness, stillness and joy. Initially, he talks about posture and methods of watching the breath, then explains how to use a mantra. When we develop this practice, feelings of bliss and increasingly refined levels of concentration will naturally arise within us.
8/28/2020 • 10 minutes, 26 seconds
Humble Seeds, Great Results
In this talk, Ajahn Anan teaches about how small, consistent acts of effort on the path lead to profound results and a transcendent happiness.
8/26/2020 • 20 minutes, 4 seconds
The Direct Way to Freedom
In this videoconference talk from 8 June 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses the direct way to freedom.
Note: One can read this talk here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/the-direct-way-to-freedom/
8/23/2020 • 19 minutes, 36 seconds
Staying Close to the Wise
Ajahn Anan teaches us the importance of being close to those who have seen clearly into the truth for themselves, and how they can help guide our lives, transforming tragedy into opportunity.
Recorded on May 4th, 2020
8/23/2020 • 26 minutes, 35 seconds
Laziness
In this videoconference talk from 21 August 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses laziness, its causes, and ways to overcome it.
One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
8/22/2020 • 18 minutes, 36 seconds
Happiness—Out of Suffering (Simple Teachings on Higher Truths Ch. 1)
Everyone wants to be happy, and we can see that in our lives we experience many different kinds of happiness. Those that come from external things have their drawbacks, however. Because they don't last, they can easily turn into disappointment. So true happiness—one that we can rely on—has to be found within our own hearts.
The first two chapters of this book were posted on the podcast least year, but we never got around to posting the rest. So, we'll start again from chapter one, adding a new chapter each Friday.
8/21/2020 • 8 minutes, 2 seconds
Introduction to Simple Teachings on Higher Truths
The introduction to Ajahn Anan's book Simple Teachings on Higher Truths.
8/19/2020 • 7 minutes, 36 seconds
The Mind that Gives Meaning
Beginning with instructions on how to settle our minds on the breathing process, Ajahn Anan then goes on to explain how our minds create conventions, imposing a supposed meaning on the world around us. He also relates stories from his practice as a young monk.
8/19/2020 • 35 minutes, 9 seconds
Bringing the Mind to Peace
Meditation instructions from Ajahn Anan on how to settle our minds down and bring them into a firm, collected state that is ripe for the arising of wisdom.
8/16/2020 • 23 minutes, 27 seconds
Gratitude for Parents
In this videoconference talk from 14 August 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses gratitude for one's parents, repaying the debt of gratitude to one's parents, and two types of rare people in the world.
One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
8/14/2020 • 9 minutes
Seeing Through Name and Form to Nibbana (Part 2)
In this second half of the talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how penetrating insight into Nama-Rupa, Name-and-Form, gives rise to a vision of Awakening.
8/14/2020 • 27 minutes, 50 seconds
Seeing Through Name and Form to Nibbana (Part 1)
In this first half of the talk, Ajahn Anan explains how we can open our Eye of Dhamma, just as Ven. Añña Kondañña did.
8/11/2020 • 28 minutes, 23 seconds
When to Grasp and When to Let Go
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how, through using and "attaching" to certain aspects of the practice, such as formal meditation, we reach a point where everything, including the quality of knowing itself, must be let go of.
8/8/2020 • 18 minutes, 54 seconds
Working with Guilt
In this videoconference talk from 7 August 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses working with guilt/the feeling that one has done wrong.
One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
8/7/2020 • 13 minutes, 10 seconds
Using Youtube Wisely
In this videoconference talk from 5 January 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses magnifying wholesomeness or unwholesomeness with technology, among other points of Dhamma.
Note: One can read this talk transcript with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/using-youtube-wisely/
8/6/2020 • 13 minutes, 5 seconds
Raising the Mind to Transcendence
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how to use the three sources of merit - giving, morality, and meditation - to raise the mind to a level where it can develop dispassion for the conditioned world and experience the deathless.
8/5/2020 • 18 minutes, 13 seconds
Kamma and Forgiveness
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how contemplating the fact that all beings are subject to their kamma can help us forgive their unwholesome actions.
8/2/2020 • 14 minutes, 9 seconds
Managing Time for Success
In this videoconference talk from 31 July 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses the successful management of one's time.
One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
8/1/2020 • 14 minutes, 49 seconds
In the Middle of the Cosmos
In this talk Ajahn Anan teaches us about the nature of the human world--a place of both ease and strife stuck in the middle of the realms. He also talks on what lies above and below us in the cosmos.
If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a translated Dhamma talk every day from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.
Given on May 20th, 2020
7/29/2020 • 28 minutes, 36 seconds
Time
In this videoconference talk from 24 July 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses using our time well.
One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
7/23/2020 • 13 minutes, 50 seconds
To be Known for Oneself
A translation of a recorded talk given 15 or so years back. Here Luang Por Anan describes the dangers coming from the belief that we have attained something. If we think we're a Sotapanna--that's not sure! After all, where is a Sotapanna to be found? In the body? In feelings? In perception, thoughts, or sense-consciousness?
If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a translated Dhamma talk every day from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.
7/22/2020 • 29 minutes, 2 seconds
A Mother’s Love: The Story of Venerable Angulimala
In this videoconference talk from 18 August 2017, Ajahn Anan discusses the love of a mother and a disciple of the Buddha, Venerable Angulimala.
Note: One can read this talk transcript with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/a-mothers-love-and-the-story-of-venerable-angulimala/
7/21/2020 • 11 minutes, 52 seconds
Asalha Puja
A talk about Asalha Puja, given around the time of Asalha Puja, in 2017. This is also the time that the monastic Sangha typically enters their yearly rains retreat.
7/20/2020 • 21 minutes, 44 seconds
In Terms of Truth
Ajahn Anan teaches us to understand our experiences in line with truth, and not in terms of a preconceived notion of self. This path of understanding and insight leads us to freedom and real peace.
If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a translated Dhamma talk every day from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.
7/19/2020 • 34 minutes, 24 seconds
The Feedback Loop of Concentration and Wisdom
In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains how concentration and wisdom practices, or samatha and vipassana, support and strengthen one another.
If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a translated Dhamma talk every day from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.
7/17/2020 • 20 minutes, 8 seconds
Venerable Sariputta Maha Thera
In this videoconference talk from 25 August 2017, Ajahn Anan discusses the right hand disciple of the Buddha, foremost in wisdom, Venerable Sariputta Maha Thera.
Note: One can read this talk's transcript with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/venerable-sariputta-maha-thera/
7/12/2020 • 12 minutes, 19 seconds
Four Elements, Six Senses, One Liberation
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how to strengthen mindfulness through practice until one can see reality in terms of nature and the four elements rather than the proliferation of the deluded mind.
If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a translated Dhamma talk every day from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.
7/11/2020 • 18 minutes, 23 seconds
Motivation
In this videoconference talk from 10 July 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses motivation. The story of the great disciple Venerable Yasa Thera is highlighted.
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts, with Q and A, here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
7/10/2020 • 13 minutes
Eight Precept Ceremony
At the beginning of the annual three month Rains Retreat, some of Ajahn Anan's devoted lay disciples asked to take the eight precepts from him via Zoom. This is a recording of the ceremony, along with a short Dhamma talk on the benefits of keeping this level of Sila, and Ajahn's own experiences with them as a layman. Lastly, Ajahn Anan and the Sangha give a blessing.
7/9/2020 • 12 minutes, 32 seconds
Against the Grain—Beginning the Monastic Rains Retreat
Just before the monastic community began the ceremony for determining to spend the three months of the annual Rains Retreat at Wat Marp Jan, Ajahn Anan gave this Dhamma talk on the Duthangas —practices that go against and steadily wear away at the defilements. Among them are the practices of eating all one's food in one bowl, eating only the food offered on alms round, and not lying down.
7/8/2020 • 14 minutes, 44 seconds
Asalha Puja 2020 Talk
Asalha Puja commemorates the first teaching of the Buddha.
One can watch the replay of the entire Wat Marp Jan ceremony here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiRJ-q_VpVk
7/7/2020 • 11 minutes, 50 seconds
Knowing the Body to Transcend the Body
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how to use the first foundation of mindfulness, mindfulness of the body, in order to calm and then direct the mind towards seeing through form. Such practice prepares one for physical difficulties and illness that are inevitable in life.
If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a translated Dhamma talk every day from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.
7/6/2020 • 19 minutes, 56 seconds
Asalha Puja Ceremony Chant
This chant, in English, is for the day of Asalha Puja, July 5, the full moon day (2020). Asalha Puja commemorates the first teaching of the Buddha, The Discourse of Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion, the Dhamma-cakkappavattana Sutta.
One can watch the replay of the entire Wat Marp Jan Asalha Puja ceremony here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiRJ-q_VpVk
This Sutta is found on pages 96-108 of the Wat Marp Jan chanting book, found here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/Wat-Marp-Jan-English-Chanting-Book-2562-Edition.pdf.
On this day the Buddha taught the group of five ascetics, and Anya Kondanya became the first disciple to see the Dhamma.
7/4/2020 • 2 minutes, 57 seconds
The Virtues and Conduct of the Awakened One
In this videoconference talk from 3 July 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses the great compassion of the Buddha, the limitless virtues of the Buddha, how the Buddha went to go give the first teaching, the conduct of a Buddha, and a typical day in the life of the Buddha.
Note: One can read talk transcripts, including Q and A, here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
7/4/2020 • 16 minutes, 45 seconds
The Path to the Bodhi Tree
After speaking about how the Buddha used mindfulness of breathing to cultivate insight on the night of his awakening, Ajahn Anan goes on to expound the path of practice from its most basic insight into the benefits of giving to its highest of emptiness.
If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a translated Dhamma talk every day from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.
7/1/2020 • 21 minutes, 24 seconds
Venerable Patacara Theri
A talk about the great bhikkhuni disciple of the Buddha, Venerable Patacara Theri, who was the bhikkhuni foremost in the Vinaya, the monastic discipline. She is known for her story of overcoming great loss and suffering.
Note: One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
6/26/2020 • 15 minutes, 50 seconds
Happiness, Suffering, and Freedom
In this videoconference talk from 26 June 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses how we all want happiness, we all suffer, and how to realize true and lasting happiness.
Note: One can read talk transcripts, including Q and A, here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
6/26/2020 • 16 minutes, 19 seconds
With Mindfulness and Wisdom Together—Meditation Instructions by Ven. Ajahn Chah
During a retreat Ajahn Chah led at the Insight Meditation Society in the U.S., he gave this advice on how to practice meditation. Through his quick wisdom and skilled use of memorable imagery, Ajahn Chah describes how to calm down and collect our minds by using the breath, how to deal with wandering thoughts, and the importance of mindfulness and wisdom working side-by-side.
6/25/2020 • 11 minutes, 24 seconds
Boundless Compassion
A talk on the great compassion of the Buddha, and all he had to go through to be able to show us the path out of suffering.
If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a translated Dhamma talk every day from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.
6/24/2020 • 16 minutes, 26 seconds
Meeting The Buddha
Ajahn Anan tells us how we can meet the Buddha in this life.
Recorded on April 30th, 2020 via Zoom. If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk every day from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.
6/21/2020 • 25 minutes, 11 seconds
Venerable Dhammadinna Theri
In this videoconference talk from 8 December 2017, Ajahn Anan discusses the bhikkhuni foremost in Dhamma teaching, Venerable Dhammadinna Theri.
Note: One can read this talk transcript with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/venerable-dhammadinna-theri/
6/19/2020 • 10 minutes, 25 seconds
A Night of Shining Prosperity
In this videoconference talk from 19 June 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses letting go of the past and future in order to live with peace and happiness in the present.
Note: One can read this talk transcript here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/a-night-of-shining-prosperity/
6/18/2020 • 13 minutes, 57 seconds
Peace Beyond Fear and Prejudice
In this talk, Ajahn Anan talks about the nature of fear and anxiety, and how to overcome them, along with the necessity of the four Divine Abidings, especially in those that lead nations. He then goes on to tell us what the Devas think when they look upon the human world.
If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk every day via Zoom from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.
6/17/2020 • 27 minutes, 22 seconds
Chant of the Ten Perfections
The ten parami, or perfections, are qualities that a Bodhisattva cultivates to a supreme level in order to become a Buddha, an awakened one. All spiritual practitioners cultivate these qualities to some degree.
The chant translates as: "The perfection of giving/generosity (Dāna pāramī), the perfection of giving to the utmost, the perfection of giving to the supremely utmost, lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity perfection. Thus, indeed, is the Fortunate and Blessed One..."
Then as above for the remaining pāramīs:
Sīla pāramī : virtue, morality
Nekkhamma pāramī : renunciation
Paññā pāramī : wisdom
Viriya pāramī : energy, vigour
Khanti pāramī : patient endurance, forbearance
Sacca pāramī : truthfulness
Adhiṭṭhāna pāramī : determination
Mettā pāramī : loving-kindness
Upekkhā pāramī : equanimity
Finishing with Dasa (ten) pāramī: recollecting all of the Buddha's perfections.
6/16/2020 • 7 minutes, 38 seconds
The Diamond in the Swamp
In this videoconference talk from 7 September 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses searching for a diamond in a swamp.
Note: One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
6/15/2020 • 10 minutes, 57 seconds
Watching the Moon but Missing the Dhamma
Ajahn Anan explains the process of purifying the mind, and tells us of Ven. Subhadda who experienced awakening while gazing at the full moon... so after having spent many hours looking at the moon ourselves, why aren't we enlightened?
If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk every day via Zoom from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.
6/14/2020 • 19 minutes, 46 seconds
The Noble Deer King and a Loyal Dog
In this videoconference talk from 12 June 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses animal rebirth, a Jataka tale, the qualities of a good leader, racism and the sense of self, an example of a great friend, and more.
Note: One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
6/13/2020 • 16 minutes, 41 seconds
Sati and Sampajanya
In this videoconference talk from 3 July 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses mindfulness and clear comprehension.
Note: One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
6/12/2020 • 13 minutes, 43 seconds
Kamma and Impermanence
In this videoconference talk from 20 July 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses kamma, impermanence, and an event where many died in a boating accident.
Note: One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
6/12/2020 • 10 minutes, 39 seconds
Shopping or Death?
Ajahn Anan encourages us to be inventive and use whatever means that allow us to let go of our destructive emotions, all the way from going out shopping to recollecting our mortality. Letting go, after all, is more important than anything we may hold onto.
If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk every day via Zoom from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.
6/10/2020 • 30 minutes, 24 seconds
Letting Go into True Happiness
What would happen if you put down that which is heavy?
In this videoconference talk from 10 August, 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses a zen story on letting go.
Note: One can read this talk and others, including questions and answers, here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/zen-letting-go/
6/6/2020 • 12 minutes, 15 seconds
Inherently Luminous
In this videoconference talk from 5 June 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses peace and the mind that is unaffected by sense objects, like clear water.
"The mind is luminous by nature. But we can see that when the mind gets involved with sense-objects, then the mind changes its quality."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
6/6/2020 • 15 minutes, 42 seconds
A Taste of Nibbana
Ajahn Anan explains how we can gain a taste of nibbana.
Talk given on 3rd of May 2020 via Zoom. If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk every day from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.
6/3/2020 • 27 minutes, 15 seconds
The Tradition of a Generous Heart
In this videoconference talk from 29 May 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses generosity, especially as it relates to the Covid-19 pandemic. The story of the great disciple Queen Samavati is told in part.
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
6/2/2020 • 18 minutes, 47 seconds
Being Wise Around Thoughts
Ajahn Anan teaches us to have discernment around our thoughts and emotions, not getting dragged along by them, but also not getting pulled into trying to be the perfect practitioner.
Given on 2nd May, 2020 via Zoom. If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk every day from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.
5/31/2020 • 21 minutes, 16 seconds
Just Hearing the Buddha’s Name
Just preceding Visakha Puja, Ajahn Anan talks about joy that can arise from recollecting that an enlightened being has come into this world.
5/27/2020 • 10 minutes, 30 seconds
Venerable Punna Mantaniputta Thera, Foremost in Giving Dhamma Discourses
In this videoconference talk from 22 May 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses the story of the great disciple Venerable Punna Mantaniputta Thera - his past aspirations and practices and his life during the Buddha's time.
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
5/25/2020 • 17 minutes, 16 seconds
The Mind Matters More
To highlight the importance of mindfulness, Ajahn Anan teaches us to not let our cow eat all the rice.
Given on 28th April 2020
5/24/2020 • 17 minutes, 56 seconds
The Heart of a Bodhisattva
In this videoconference talk from 22 December 2017, Ajahn Anan discusses how to give and receive with wisdom, the unity of religions, a special reflection regarding Christianity, and more.
Note: One can read this talk at https://watmarpjan.org/en/giving-and-receiving-the-unity-of-religions-and-lovingkindness/ which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files.
5/22/2020 • 21 minutes, 30 seconds
Covid-19 and the Workings of Kamma
In this videoconference talk from 24 April 2020, [updated as the previous audio file was incomplete] Ajahn Anan discusses the workings of karmic cause and result, how the nature of the human body is to get sick, how Covid-19 has helped reduce human overconsumption and greedy behavior, and how we should not steal from or harm others but should practice generosity and helping each other.
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
5/22/2020 • 9 minutes, 40 seconds
The Drawbacks of Bodies
After the evening chanting, Ajahn Anan tells us how seeing the stress and danger in clinging to physical forms brings beauty into our minds.
Given on 22nd April 2020
5/19/2020 • 22 minutes, 11 seconds
Paritta Chanting for Blessing and Protection
This chanting, led by Ajahn Anan, is done regularly at Wat Marp Jan. Chanting is a skillful way to quiet the mind and reflect on liberating teachings. This chant is traditionally used for blessings and protection, especially on holidays or other auspicious occasions, though it can be recited at any time.
One can listen peacefully or chant along in the Wat Marp Jan chanting book (pages 163-211): https://watmarpjan.org/en/audio-books/books/ (English translation included).
5/17/2020 • 32 minutes, 57 seconds
Bones Blossoming Into Flowers
On a stormy and thunderous night, Ajahn Anan tells us of the terror he faced as a young monk when went to stay in charnel grounds, and what we can all gain by not giving in to our fears. Unfortunately the thunder had ceased by the time the translation was given, but you can use your imagination.
Given on 23rd April 2020
5/16/2020 • 24 minutes, 36 seconds
Giving to Abandon Greed
Ajahn Anan tells us how to deal with unwholesome tendencies when they come up strong.
Given on 20th April 2020
5/13/2020 • 17 minutes, 25 seconds
Firmly Established in Body and Mind
With the outbreak of covid-19, Ajahn Anan let us know how the various forms of being collected and grounded can keep us safe. Firstly, there's staying grounded within the regulations that the governments set up, then keeping our minds collected in our breath.
Given on March 31st, 2020
5/12/2020 • 23 minutes, 30 seconds
The Drama of Life
After the evening chanting, Ajahn Anan teaches that the fickle nature of wealth and status is especially obvious during difficult times such as these, and we are really no different from actors in a play.
Given on 19th April 2020
5/10/2020 • 20 minutes, 33 seconds
Venerable Ananda Thera
In this videoconference talk from 8 May 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses the Buddha's foremost attendant, Venerable Ananda Thera, who was also foremost in memory and known as the 'Guardian of the Dhamma."
Note: One can read such talks at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
5/9/2020 • 14 minutes, 37 seconds
The Importance of Kamma
Ajahn Anan uses the covid epidemic to explain how our actions can make the difference between life and death.
Talk given on 18th April 2020
5/6/2020 • 16 minutes, 38 seconds
Visakha Puja Chanting (English)
This is chanted at Wat Marp Jan every year as part of the celebration of Visakha Puja, on May 6th this year, 2020.
One can join the Wat Marp Jan community for the celebration online here: https://youtu.be/G2s4ZerAQ3E
Visakha Puja is the anniversary of the birth, enlightenment, and parinibbana of the Lord Buddha.
5/4/2020 • 3 minutes, 49 seconds
Waking Ourselves Up
During the evening meditation period, Ajahn Anan outlines the Buddha's methods for overcoming drowsiness, then talks about the importance of morality, relating a story from the time of the Buddha.
5/3/2020 • 14 minutes, 38 seconds
The Awakening of the Awakened One
In this videoconference talk from 1 May 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses the enlightenment of the Buddha. This is in preparation for Visakha Puja on May 6th, the anniversary of the birth, enlightenment, and parinibbana of the Lord Buddha. One can join in the Wat Marp Jan community for the celebration online here: https://youtu.be/G2s4ZerAQ3E
Note: One can read such talks at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
5/2/2020 • 17 minutes, 42 seconds
The Buddha’s Boundless Virtues
Ajahn Anan reflects on the wonderful qualities of the Buddha and how fortunate we all are that he had the compassion to teach the way out of suffering.
Given on 26th of April 2020
5/2/2020 • 26 minutes, 34 seconds
A Special Day
Ajahn Anan talks about the importance of the upcoming Visakha Puja, focusing on the Buddha's compassion in developing the paramis and teaching us all the path to purity.
5/1/2020 • 32 minutes, 36 seconds
Reaching Our Original Purity
During the evening meditation, Ajahn Anan talks about simply knowing good and bad thoughts as such; being wise to them and not just wanting them to go. "If we don't follow our bad thoughts," he says, "they can't harm us in any way."
Even though this path may be difficult, it is something that we can do and if we put in the effort then we will reach our original mind.
4/29/2020 • 19 minutes, 33 seconds
Choosing the Right Path
From this videoconference talk from 26 April 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses choosing the right path.
An excerpt: "Here we look in the Buddha’s teaching, of those that had effort and eagerness to learn, like Ven. Rahula, who had ordained as a novice at 7 years of age. He did not eat in the afternoon from that age. But he had a keen interest in learning and study. Every day he would put a fistful of sand in his hand and make the determination that he would gain knowledge and he would learn from his senior teachers and preceptor, to the amount of the grains of sand in his hand. He set up his vow of truth, that he would learn and have effort and diligence in learning to a high level. This was why the Buddha bestowed on him the title of being foremost in being eager to learn."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/29/2020 • 9 minutes, 32 seconds
We Can All Do it
During this evening talk, Ajahn Anan emphasises the importance and use of samadhi and that it’s something that we are all capable of achieving. It’s natural for us to have many doubts, but if we carry on following this path of practice without stopping, we will see the results for ourselves.
4/25/2020 • 13 minutes, 9 seconds
Shining Light Into Darkness
During the evening meditation, Ajahn Anan tells us how the Dhamma is what brings light into our hearts. He then goes on to talk about the kamma of covid.
Given on 21st April 2020
4/24/2020 • 25 minutes, 38 seconds
The Worth of Inner Wealth
After the evening chanting, Ajahn talks about the hindrances that obstruct the natural brightness of our minds. He says that being freed from them is like coming home after a long journey, or buying our freedom from slavery. He then goes on to talk about different kinds of wealth. Viruses can easily destroy our possessions in the world, but they can't touch the wealth in our hearts.
4/22/2020 • 15 minutes, 48 seconds
The Story of Venerable Kisa Gotami Theri
In this videoconference talk from 17 April 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses the story of Venerable Kisa Gotami Theri and relating to Covid-19 skillfully, such as through reflecting on impermanence and the inevitability of death.
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/21/2020 • 17 minutes, 9 seconds
Harmony and Reconciliation
In this videoconference talk from 19 October 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses harmony.
An excerpt: "It is normal that our views are different and our likes are different. But we won't argue because of these differences of views. This makes us able to live together happily. Even in one family living together - for a husband and wife, it is normal that their thoughts won't be the same on everything. But they both need to listen to the reasons behind their views and be able to live together."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/21/2020 • 11 minutes, 59 seconds
Going the Right Way and Avoiding Fools
From this videoconference talk from 4 January 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses avoiding fools and choosing the right path in life, among other topics.
An excerpt: "So then for the people who love to improve themselves, who love to have happiness in their lives, then it is necessary to establish one’s goal in the correct way first. From there, they go and search and look for the knowledge and skills or having the effort and perseverance to make sure that one gets to that correct goal in one’s life. Here, this is called establishing oneself rightly. It is one of the highest blessings out of the 38 in the Mangala Sutta."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/20/2020 • 11 minutes, 25 seconds
Venerable Rahula, Son of the Buddha
From this videoconference talk from 19 April 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses Venerable Rahula, the son of the Buddha.
An excerpt: "Venerable Rahula had made a lot of parami in uncountable lifetimes. He had made the determination in the past to be foremost in being intent in learning and training. Upon coming to this life, his aspirations were realised through his spiritual determination."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/19/2020 • 9 minutes, 36 seconds
The Wisdom of Recollecting our Goodness
During the evening meditation session, Ajahn Anan explains how even though many people may be confined to their houses now, we can still create merit by remembering all the good actions that we have already done. These wholesome deeds are stored within us, so we can bring them out to lift up our hearts under any circumstances.
4/19/2020 • 14 minutes, 7 seconds
Harmony, Zen Style
In this videoconference talk from 29 March 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses concentration and communal bonding.
An excerpt: "Sometimes people may ask, in this life will I be able to have concentration? If one has effort and diligence, then one will be able to gain concentration. If one is determined to make their hearts have peace and inner happiness, then they must keep trying and putting forth effort. If concentration arises then the mind is cool. It’s like planting a tree and the tree slowly grows bigger."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/18/2020 • 9 minutes, 56 seconds
Training to Give Up Selfishness
From this videoconference talk from 11 January 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses training, self-giving, and discipline.
An excerpt: "Because when we sacrifice already, then when there isn't anything more left to do, we are at ease. We can sit meditation, we can practice training the mind, and the mind is spacious and serene. Because we have reduced and given up our selfishness. Self-sacrifice is something that destroys selfishness. It destroys the sense of self, and ends this holding onto ‘this is me’ and ‘this is mine’."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/17/2020 • 15 minutes, 11 seconds
From the Dhamma Videoconference #10
This videoconference talk with Ajahn Anan includes the questions and answers after the formal talk.
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/16/2020 • 36 minutes, 55 seconds
Short Meditation Instructions and Encouragement
Brief instructions to the monks and laity to start off the evening meditation period.
4/16/2020 • 2 minutes, 19 seconds
Where Are You Going?
In this evening meditation Dhamma talk, Ajahn Anan tells a story of a wise young girl answering questions that the Buddha put to her, and how those answers are especially relevant to our lives now.
Given on 11/04/2020
4/16/2020 • 13 minutes, 43 seconds
From the Dhamma Videoconference #9
This videoconference talk with Ajahn Anan includes the questions and answers after the formal talk.
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/15/2020 • 37 minutes, 12 seconds
From the Dhamma Videoconference #8
This videoconference talk with Ajahn Anan includes the questions and answers after the formal talk.
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/14/2020 • 33 minutes, 50 seconds
From the Dhamma Videoconference #7
This videoconference talk with Ajahn Anan includes the questions and answers after the formal talk.
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/13/2020 • 29 minutes, 27 seconds
Right Attitude in Relationships – The Mountaintop
From this videoconference talk from 12 April 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses having the right attitude in relationships and discusses a Zen story on this topic.
An excerpt: "Last week we learned that for the mind to have happiness in life, it must have the 4 divine abidings of metta, or loving kindness, karuna, or compassion, mudita, or appreciate joy, and upekkha, or equanimity. When the mind has these 4 divine abidings to a good level, then the 5 moral precepts can be maintained with ease. This is because, with the four divine abidings, we are happy when others do well, and when others make mistakes out of delusion, we don't punish them for it and we have equanimity. We wait for the time when we can help them according to our ability."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/13/2020 • 8 minutes, 15 seconds
From the Dhamma Videoconference #6
This videoconference talk with Ajahn Anan includes the questions and answers after the formal talk.
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/12/2020 • 28 minutes, 53 seconds
Letting Go Even of This
A translation of a talk given by Ajahn Anan on February 16th, 2020. In it, he speaks about what a practitioner must do to cultivate refined states of concentration and, once they have attained them, what they must do to uproot the sense of self that attaches even to these.
4/10/2020 • 16 minutes, 15 seconds
Coping with Covid-19 through Virtue and Concentration
In this videoconference talk from 10 April, 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses virtue and concentration as ways to help deal with the virus pandemic currently affecting the world, Covid-19.
An excerpt: "...if they uphold sila, then this leads to peace. What are the benefits of sila? silena sugatim yanti- sila leads to happiness. Silena bhoga sampada - sila leads to wealth in one’s mind - it is a noble wealth. Sila leads coolness (peacefulness) to arise - that is nibbana."
Note: One can read other talks at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. One can read this talk here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/april-10-2020/
4/10/2020 • 18 minutes, 44 seconds
Contemplation for Joy During Hard Times
A talk given during the evening meditation on how to use the active mind to recollect the Buddha or investigate the nature of form to bring up feelings of calm and joy within. Ajahn Anan then explains how viruses and crises like these are nothing new, in fact they are normal.
4/10/2020 • 18 minutes, 29 seconds
The Wisdom of Children
In this videoconference talk from 28 September 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses the wisdom of children.
An excerpt: "Those of us who are old should reflect that we should cultivate noble inner virtues, as well. We should see that those younger than us may be older in their hearts with the wealth of noble virtue. Let us contemplate like this, for us to let go of our ego and views within our heart. This is the path to meet with true happiness."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See this talk's transcript here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/the-wisdom-of-children/
4/9/2020 • 12 minutes, 9 seconds
Three Old Men
In this videoconference talk from 23 November 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses a parable about three old men: love, wealth and success.
An excerpt: "In our daily lives we may meet with many types of suffering. If our money and wealth lessens, then suffering arises. But it’s not that if we have more money and wealth, then we will have more happiness. Because we will have clinging arise, right? So if we have no wisdom, then suffering will arise in our hearts."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See this talk's transcript here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/three-old-men/
4/9/2020 • 13 minutes, 44 seconds
Create Goodness While You Can
This Dhamma talk was recorded on the night of April 7, 2020. In this talk, Ajahn Anan discusses how to reflect skillfully on the Covid-19 pandemic with teachings on death reflection, building goodness, and heedfulness.
4/9/2020 • 15 minutes, 9 seconds
Merit Saves Bunrod the Dog
From this videoconference talk from 3 May 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses a dog, Bunrod, miraculously surviving in the ocean.
An excerpt: "The workers helped to nurse the dog. They helped to wipe the dog down, because the sea water that was in the fur would make the fur fall off in some areas. The dog had some minor wounds. But they gave the dog water and food. They named the dog Bunrod, which means ‘merit saves’, because, by the power of the dog’s merits, it was able to escape danger."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/7/2020 • 9 minutes, 33 seconds
Perception – Seeing with Dhamma
From this videoconference talk from 24 May 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses perception and a Zen story about seeing with the eyes of Dhamma.
An excerpt: "So can you see that the way we see things is different. The true monk or the true Dhamma practitioner, they will see all things according to Dhamma. But if our mind is not yet true, and the mind still has attachments, then one will see things according to worldly ways."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/7/2020 • 7 minutes, 33 seconds
Visakha Puja and The Four Noble Truths
From this videoconference talk from 17 May 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses Visakha Puja and The Four Noble Truths.
An excerpt: "This week we are approaching the commemoration of the Visakha Puja... And we know well that this is the day that the Buddha was born, became enlightened and entered parinibbana, or final enlightenment, on the full moon of the 6th lunar month. The Perfectly Awakened One was born as a Bodhisattva on the full moon of Visakha, with his parami, or spiritual perfections, completely full. And this would allow him to fulfil an aspiration to become enlightened as a Buddha in this very life. But to get to this day the Buddha needed to build the 10 paramis such as effort, endurance, sila, metta, wisdom, and so on, to the level where he was willing to sacrifice his own bodily parts, and even his own life for the purpose of becoming enlightened as a Buddha.
Can we see that the virtue of great compassion that the Buddha possessed is unlimited and unbounded?"
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/6/2020 • 7 minutes, 35 seconds
Winning the Lottery and Merit
From this videoconference talk from 10 May 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses winning the lottery and one's merits.
An excerpt: "This topic today should teach us that we should be firm in goodness, we should have virtue, maintaining the 5 moral precepts. We don't steal from others. We have lovingkindness (metta) and compassion (karuna) to others."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/6/2020 • 10 minutes, 19 seconds
Mudita – Sympathetic Joy
In this videoconference talk from 5 April 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses his recent birthday celebration and the quality of mudita.
An excerpt: "Today on the occasion of my birthday, all of you, the monastics, lay men and women, are intent to show your respect and ‘mudita’ (sympathetic joy). This pali word, mudita, also translates as tenderness. It is the mind that has tenderness. When we meditate by bringing up thoughts of sympathetic joy for others good fortunes, this can lead us to experience a very blissful state of mind. Developing this mind of mudita is very difficult to develop in meditation. This is because it is the nature of the mind to have regular thoughts of envy, ill-will, and harm. When we have delusion in the mind, then we have this feeling of “me” and “mine” and then there is no acknowledgment of the goodness of others."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/5/2020 • 11 minutes, 18 seconds
Desire for Enlightenment
In this videoconference talk from 5 October 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses the proper way of practice - how to relate to the desire for enlightenment, how to let go with wisdom, and more.
An excerpt: "It is important to be able to enter the stream of the Dhamma of the Buddha, and for us to become an ariya puggala, a Noble being, in the Buddha-sasana. But when we practice Dhamma, we have desire (craving) arise. This desire becomes an obstacle.... Because the desire that arises is like a rock that lies on top of our heart and makes it heavier. And it makes Dhamma practice progress slowly. The real practice must purify the mind, or it takes away the heaviness."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/5/2020 • 16 minutes, 46 seconds
Persevering Through Illness – Two Sick Monks of the Buddha’s Time
In this videoconference talk from 30 November 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses the stories of two monks from the Buddha's time who dealt with different sicknesses but both succeeded in their practice in the end.
An excerpt: "Though his body wasn't strong and his health was no good, but with his wisdom and intelligence, he could listen and receive the Dhamma of the Buddha, and could have knowing and clear seeing arise instantly. He could overcome his mental defilements, and there was no need to be born again into samsara, this round of birth and death and suffering, again. Can you see that wisdom and intelligence is important to fully cut off the mental defilements."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. This talk's transcript can be found here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/two-sick-monks/
4/5/2020 • 16 minutes, 30 seconds
Benefits of Eating Vegetarian
In this videoconference talk from 12 October 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses the vegetarian festival and the benefits of vegetarianism.
An excerpt: "So may we be confident that the good things we do in the present will certainly have good results which will arise, and the bad things that we receive are from the past bad actions that we have done. May we be confident in this and then be determined to give up unskilful actions, to do meritorious actions , and to purify the mind."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/5/2020 • 16 minutes, 40 seconds
Metta and Giving
From this videoconference talk from 14 February 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses the importance of lovingkindness, or metta, and giving.
An excerpt: "It’s like the trees in a drought—the trees are dry because they lack water. It is similar to a tree standing upright but close to death, like it has no life, the leaves have all fallen. This is like the mind of a person that is dry and that has no goodness. One can feel that life doesn’t really have much value. When we become aware of this, then we come and search for the way out. When we can meet with goodness, meet with Dhamma, and then practice Dhamma, then this will moisten and freshen up our minds. Just like when it rains, the ground becomes moist, then the trees and grass become green. The rivers and dams become full. Underneath the ground, the soil is fertile."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/5/2020 • 15 minutes, 19 seconds
Positive Lessons from Covid-19
From this videoconference talk from 3 April 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses positive things that we can learn from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Note: Much of this talk is talk is taken from a social media post that was originally mistakenly attributed to Bill Gates. The post has been revealed to not be from Bill Gates but from an unknown source.
An excerpt: "So Covid-10 makes us change the way we do things and encourages us to protect each other and to have self-sacrifice and loving-kindness to each other. It is the quality of metta, loving kindness that supports the world, which is a truth the Buddha taught."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/4/2020 • 15 minutes, 20 seconds
Kathina Talk 2018
In this videoconference talk from 26 October 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses the annual Kathina ceremony, which is a ceremony held after the end of the rains retreat when 5 or more monks have spent the rainy season retreat together in one monastery.
An excerpt: "The Buddha said that the benefit of the Kathina offering is not just for the people offering the cloth, but to every person in the ceremony. Every mind coming together with harmony will have the same benefit. This harmony has great benefit - in the worldly way and in the Dhamma, one will meet with success. May all your minds be intent to have forgiveness to each other and to have harmony."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. One can read transcripts here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
4/4/2020 • 11 minutes, 42 seconds
Clinging, Truthfulness, and the Five Blessings
In this videoconference talk from 7 December 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses clinging, truthfulness, and five types of blessings that the monks often chant.
An excerpt: "Ven. Cakkhupala become totally enlightened, free from having to go around the never-ending cycle of birth and death again. But those with clinging and attachment must be born and die in this cycle of samsara. The spiritual perfection of truthfulness is important. Because if one has the perfection of truthfulness, then khanti parami, the spiritual perfection of patient endurance, will follow. If we keep our vows, this becomes strength and power that helps our mind progress well."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. One can read this talk's transcript here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/clinging-truthfulness-and-the-five-blessings/
4/3/2020 • 17 minutes, 41 seconds
The Goodness that We Build
From this videoconference talk from 14 December 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses inner wealth, generosity, the building of chedis, the preciousness of human birth, and more.
An excerpt: "May the results of the goodness that you have done be the cause for you to succeed in all things – being born as a human already, may you have no obstacles or difficulties. By these good causes and the parami you have made, may you succeed according to your wishes. Following the Bodhisattva path may you succeed in your wishes that you have made in your heart. Practicing for the goal of the paths and fruits of nibbana (enlightenment), may you all meet with success."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. One can read this talk's transcript here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/the-goodness-that-we-build/
4/2/2020 • 12 minutes, 17 seconds
The Four Imponderables
From this videoconference talk from 1 March 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses the four imponderables that the Buddha taught.
There are four things that the Buddha taught should not be thought about, because they can drive one crazy:
1) The knowledge and power of a Buddha.
2) The abilities of those with deep concentration (jhana).
3) The details of how karma works.
4) Speculation about the universe (origin, etc.).
An excerpt: "It's beyond the ability of humans to be able to think about and comprehend... And to think too much about it, one’s views may become distorted."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. One can read this talk's transcript here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/the-four-imponderables/
4/2/2020 • 16 minutes, 58 seconds
Supporting Oneself in the Practice
From this videoconference talk from 31 May 2019, Ajahn Anan how to support oneself in the practice.
An excerpt: "And now, we will look at the saying from the Mangala Sutta, “To see a samana, a renunciant, is one of the highest blessings of one’s life.” Seeing a samana also means seeing inner peace, which means seeing the mind, our mind. When our mind knows the truth, then it has inner peace. This is a virtue, so we need to be intent to train our mind a lot."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
3/31/2020 • 6 minutes, 40 seconds
Honoring Luang Pu Chah and Our Teachers
From this videoconference talk from 18 January 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses honoring Luang Pu Chah and one's teachers.
An excerpt: "It’s like [The Lord Buddha] planted a great Bodhi tree of Dhamma. And we all come under its support, under this Bodhi tree of Dhamma. We are just 1 person coming to be supported under this Bodhi tree of the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha, and Bodhisattvas. So, I ask you to reflect a lot on the virtues of the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha in your hearts. Chant and meditate. This is the limitlessness of the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha in one’s heart. Have inspiration in the heart and reflect on their virtue, and then determine to practice - sitting and walking meditation, determine to maintain sila. Here, we will have happiness and prosperity."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. This talk's transcript can be found here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/honoring-luang-pu-chah-and-our-teachers/
3/31/2020 • 16 minutes, 2 seconds
Veneration of Chedis and Other Holy Sites
From this videoconference talk from 20 December 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses the veneration of chedis (stupas) and other holy sites.
An excerpt: "We venerate the Maha Bodhi tree where the Buddha attained enlightenment, the requisites of the Buddha, of which the important ones are the bodily relics of the Buddha that are still in this world, like the hair relics, or his bone relics. When we recollect these as Buddhanusati, we recollect the virtues of the Buddha – the virtues of great wisdom, great purity and great compassion – then our minds will feel joy and will have feelings of inner peace and happiness."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See this talk's transcript at: https://watmarpjan.org/en/veneration-of-chedis-and-other-holy-sites/
3/30/2020 • 12 minutes, 56 seconds
Bodhi Trees and 4 Impossibilities
From this videoconference talk from 8 March 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses Bodhi trees and the four things a Buddha cannot do for others.
An excerpt: "The essence of the Dhamma cannot be conveyed through language. Ultimately, one needs to practice for oneself to see the reality of the universe. There is only one path that will lead one to experience the truth of Dhamma. Whatever nationality or language one has, if one is only learning the scriptures, one won’t be able to gain understanding into the Dhamma. It is just like the spoon in the curry, which is unable to taste the curry. One must practice to gain proof of the truth, and then one will truly understand the Dhamma."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See this talk's transcript at: https://watmarpjan.org/en/bodhi-trees/
3/30/2020 • 13 minutes, 30 seconds
Magha Puja and the Monk with Dull Wisdom
From this videoconference talk from 22 February 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses Magha Puja and Venerable Cula Panthaka.
An excerpt: "“My Lord Buddha, my brother drives me away, so I am going to disrobe.” The Buddha then said to bring up awareness in Cula Panthaka, “Cula Panthaka, when did you ordain for your older brother? Didn’t you ordain for yourself? When your older brother told you to leave, why didn't you come to me? Come. Stay with me.”"
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See this talk's transcript here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/magha-puja-and-culapanthaka/
3/30/2020 • 17 minutes, 44 seconds
Magha Puja 2020 – Talk for Monks
A translation of a talk given by Ajahn Anan to resident monastics on February 8, 2020 on the afternoon of Magha Puja. In it, he discusses how the basic teachings in the Ovada Patimokkha may be applied in ones' life, and gives detailed instruction as to how one should contemplate the body as the 32 parts, the 4 elements, and in progressive states of decay.
3/29/2020 • 26 minutes, 46 seconds
Lady Visakha and the Power of Virtue
From this videoconference talk from 28 December 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses the foremost female lay supporter of the Buddha's time, Lady Visakha, and the power of virtue.
An excerpt: "...Lady Visakha...wanted to make merit and do goodness within the dispensation of the Buddha. She had the state of mind that wanted her heart to have cleanliness and purity, that which we call nibbana. She saw the happiness in the present, she made merit and also gained the results of that merit."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. This transcript can be found here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/lady-visakha-and-the-power-of-virtue/
3/28/2020 • 15 minutes, 8 seconds
Covid-19 Contemplation and Preparedness
From this videoconference talk from 27 March 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses Covid-19 and a Bill Gates TED Talk from 2015.
Much of this talk is a reading of the transcript of a TED talk given by Bill Gates in 2015, which can be found here: https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_the_next_outbreak_we_re_not_ready/transcript?language=dz
An excerpt: "Being born into this world, life follows according to the nature that all things arise, persist, then cease. When there is birth, there is aging. When there is aging, there is sickness. When there is sickness, there is death. This is the sacca dhamma, the truth of life."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
3/28/2020 • 13 minutes, 13 seconds
Never Give Up
From this videoconference talk from 15 March 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses putting forth effort, developing wisdom, meditation, and more.
An excerpt: "We go about the practice where if even in 1000 times or 10,000 times, we can win just once, it is still good. Later on, we should be able to win more and more. And each time one wins over them, each step we take, it is not easy at all. It's really difficult. Because the kilesa are very firmly rooted. This is called sakkaya ditthi - seeing as “I” and mine. This is very deeply embedded. But this is the first barrier that is very firmly rooted! If we can penetrate this barrier, then the rest of the barriers are not that difficult."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page. These include questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
3/26/2020 • 17 minutes, 30 seconds
Viewpoints and Keeping Harmony
From this videoconference talk from 28 June 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses having harmony despite having different viewpoints.
An excerpt: "There was no one who was wrong. Everyone was wondering and had doubts. They still did not understand. They had to keep going and keep practicing. Later on, they may be able to understand this matter."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
3/26/2020 • 9 minutes, 21 seconds
The History of “Sadhu”
From this videoconference talk from 21 June 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses the history of "Sadhu".
An excerpt: "The monks anumodana with the lay people, the lay people anumodana with the monks. Each person gives their anumodana and is joyous at the goodness that all of us have done. And this sadhu has a history behind it."
Note: One can read Dhamma talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
3/25/2020 • 11 minutes, 3 seconds
What Anya Kondanya Knows
From this videoconference talk from 19 July 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses the Venerable Anya Kondanya, a great disciple of the Buddha, as well as advice for our own practice.
Two excerpts: "The Venerable arahant Anya Kodanya, what was it that he knew? The Buddha gave the sermon of a very ordinary nature. He taught that all things of the nature to arise have the nature to cease.
"He listened to the Dhamma just once and he succeeded to attain to becoming a sotapanna, a stream-enterer."
Note: One can read talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
3/25/2020 • 13 minutes, 19 seconds
Magha Puja 2020 – Talk for Laity
A translation of a talk given by Ajahn Anan on February 8, 2020 on the evening of Magha Puja. In it, he discusses what the day symbolizes and how we can use it as a recollection to spur us forward in practice. The talk moves from the higher levels of Dhamma practice to the fundamentals of cultivating mindfulness.
3/25/2020 • 24 minutes, 12 seconds
The Blind Men and the Elephant
From this videoconference talk from 5 July 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses the story of the blind men and the elephant.
Two excerpts: "In this world, there are more people who talk than people who take action. The people that like to criticise and ridicule others don’t have real knowledge about what they are saying. It can be compared to a bamboo tube that has no water. When it is hit, it makes a loud sound. And this is like the words of people who don't know clearly according to truth. But they like to criticise and ridicule others according to their misunderstandings. They are like the “blind man feeling the elephant.” Let us look at the story behind this.
"There is no need to argue within the teachings of different traditions. Each of the traditions say they are right, but in reality it comes down to having mindfulness, having concentration, and beginning with the correct view of things."
Note: One can read talk transcripts at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
3/25/2020 • 10 minutes, 19 seconds
Ratana Sutta in English
In this podcast, Ajahn Larry reads the Ratana Sutta in English.
The Ratana Sutta, or the Jewel Discourse, is a sutta that Ajahn Anan has recommended chanting particularly in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. This sutta was taught by the Buddha as a way to help alleviate a plague afflicting the city of Vesali. When the monks chanted the sutta, the plague was dispelled and the city returned to prosperity.
One can listen peacefully or chant along in the Wat Marp Jan chanting book (pages 176-79): https://watmarpjan.org/en/audio-books/books/ (English translation included).
One can also see teachings in text form if one wishes: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
3/24/2020 • 2 minutes, 33 seconds
The Benefits of Samadhi – Collectedness
From this videoconference talk from 22 March 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses samadhi, or concentration, and its benefits.
An excerpt: "Concentration can help the mind to have radiance and become more subtle. It helps to reduce stress. It reduces anger and aggression. Concentration gathers the mind together and makes it strong. When the mind has the peace that comes from concentration, then there is also the quality of metta, or loving kindness, too."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
3/23/2020 • 12 minutes, 39 seconds
Patient Forbearance and Gentle Composure
From this videoconference talk from 6 March 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses the importance of patient forbearance and gentle composure, stories from the Buddhist texts, and the relevance to the current outbreak of a coronavirus, Covid-19, around the world.
An excerpt: "The other quality that makes one beautiful is soracca. This translates as being gentle and composed in body, speech and mind. One makes the mind radiant and joyous. The body is composed because when one has patiently endured, then one doesn’t show any abnormal, harmful gestures."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
3/19/2020 • 18 minutes, 34 seconds
Giving, True Refuge, and Covid-19
From this videoconference talk from 13 March 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses metta and giving, what our true refuge is, and the Covid-19 virus.
An excerpt: "May you take refuge in the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha as the highest refuge in our hearts, as our highest jewel and highest wealth. It is a noble wealth in our hearts. Each of us that has metta and self-sacrifice, then spread this heart of metta to ourselves and to all living beings, to all the people in the world. May all beings be free from dangers, and free from sickness."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
3/16/2020 • 13 minutes, 47 seconds
Sigalamata Theri and Sigala
From this videoconference talk from 21 February 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses the great Bhikkhuni Sigalamata Theri, foremost in faith out of the Bhikkhuni Sangha, and her son, Sigala.
Two excerpts: "The Buddha knew she was there and that she had a still mind, her faith was at a good level, and then the Buddha gave a talk about the foundations of faith. Sigalamata understood and attained to arahantship. The Buddha established her as being foremost out of all the bhikkhunis in gaining liberation through faith.
"If our faith drops, then think of arahant bhikkhuni Sigalamata, and this can raise our faith. Our faith grows bit by bit, like drops of water falling into an open vessel."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
3/12/2020 • 15 minutes, 32 seconds
Helping One Another
From this videoconference talk from 28 February 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses helping one another with sincerity, honesty, and generosity, especially in relation to the current outbreak of a coronavirus, Covid-19. A story of Bill Gates learning from a newspaper vendor is highlighted.
An excerpt: "The people who have received help are very grateful. In times of difficulties and crisis, if one still has friends that extend their kindness and compassion to each other, then our world will still be worth living in. We will live in a world where there are still people that give and where the receivers show appreciation. They become friends with each other. When different people cooperate like this, then they will be able to overcome obstacles and difficulties, like the spreading of the Covid-19 virus."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
3/12/2020 • 11 minutes, 39 seconds
Venerable Khema Theri, the Bhikkhuni Foremost in Wisdom
From this videoconference talk from 20 September 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses a story from the Buddha's time, the story of Venerable Khema Theri, the Bhikkhuni foremost in wisdom.
Two excerpts: "And at that moment, the Buddha read Queen Khema’s mind and he made the beautiful maiden’s body gradually change little by little. From a young age to middle age, and gradually changing to old age. Then the Queen grew dispassion at seeing that when the beautiful maiden changed to being old, that her beauty disappeared.
"...Queen Khema, who had full spiritual development, attained to becoming an arahant with full mindfulness and wisdom, imbued with all the psychic powers, right at that time she was standing there."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
3/12/2020 • 10 minutes, 56 seconds
Consistent Effort in the Practice
From this videoconference talk from 23 August 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses making consistent effort and uses a Zen story to illustrate this point.
Two excerpts: "When people come to practice Dhamma, they want results quickly. The quicker the better. We don't want patience, we don't want effort. We want it easy.
"So, can we see? That the ones who will gain freedom from suffering do so from their effort. This is as the Buddha taught. All the Buddhas, whose virtues we praise, had great compassion that is unbounded and unequalled."
Note: One can read this talk and others, including questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/making-effort/
3/11/2020 • 10 minutes, 58 seconds
Making the Mind New
From this videoconference talk from 27 December 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses a range of topics under the theme of reflecting on the past year and preparing for the new year. An interesting analogy that Luang Pu Chah used for the 4 Noble Truths is referenced.
An excerpt: "So we have to come to train the mind. And in this new year that is approaching, we have to be determined to make our mind new. We will have new things come in. The new exterior things are normal for the world, but we need to make the new things arise in the mind. Make the mind better than in the past. And this comes from mental cultivation.
May you be very determined in this life. We have a very good chance to train in the Dhamma. We have met the Dhamma of the Buddha. And the chance to meet the Dhamma and to have faith in it, this is not easy to get at all. It relies on our having built spiritual accumulations and merit. If you still have birth, then may you have completeness, until you reach Nibbana. May you grow in blessings"
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
3/10/2020 • 16 minutes, 33 seconds
New Year’s, Impermanence, and Chanting
From this videoconference talk from 3 January, 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses the topics of the new year's holiday, change, and the benefits of chanting.
An excerpt: "All the things of this world are of the nature to change. For a very long time, the bodies of the people who have been born into this world have been evolving according to nature. But the mind that has not been trained, doesn’t evolve. It doesn’t develop and improve.... So this year, we will come to improve our minds. We will have an unwavering determination to build goodness."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
3/4/2020 • 15 minutes, 23 seconds
Respecting Those Worthy of Respect
From this videoconference talk from 10 January, 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses the topics of homage and of relating to the new year.
An excerpt: "In this era we don't hear the direct words of the Buddha, but his Dhamma is still here. If we learn it, it will be like we learn Dhamma in the Buddha's time. So now is a good opportunity that we have good fortune and have this excellent wealth to meet the Jewel of the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha. When he taught on this good thing already - about how to respect and give honour, then we should practice following it, and then we will gain benefit in the practice. This will be our great merit and goodness. We need to do this because, though we are good people and our minds are imbued with sila, morality, and goodness, but it is normal that our minds are not strong enough yet to see deeply into the Dhamma."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See here for this talk's transcript: https://watmarpjan.org/en/puja-respect-veneration-and-homage/
2/28/2020 • 16 minutes, 27 seconds
The Other Shore – Q & A Jan. 7th, 2020
In this question-and-answer session held on January 7th, 2020, Ajahn Anan teaches about the inability of an arahant to remain in lay life, the realization of the fruit of stream entry, and other issues dealing with the transcendent.
2/21/2020 • 21 minutes, 44 seconds
Disease and Development
From this videoconference talk from 31 January, 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses the development of the world, the spread of diseases, the Ratana Sutta, and other topics.
Three excerpts: "...material development means that darkness in the mind also develops."
"...if we are at the end and we have no other refuge, then we have to hold on to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha as our highest refuge."
"The Buddha had Ven. Ananda chant the Ratana Sutta, and well-being arose in the Licchavi Kingdom."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
2/18/2020 • 16 minutes, 45 seconds
The Body and the Transcendent – Q & A Jan. 4th, 2020
In this question-and-answer session held on January 4th, 2020, Ajahn Anan gives a detailed exposition on how to contemplate the body in order to see its illusory nature.
2/14/2020 • 26 minutes, 55 seconds
Magha Puja 2020
From this videoconference talk from 7 February, 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses the special qualities of the Magha Puja holiday and the teachings of the Ovada Patimokkha.
An excerpt: "But if future generations of Buddhists and disciples, if they practiced following these teachings, then they would be able to see the Dhamma, attain to Dhamma, and attain to the supreme, which is Nibbana.
Nibbana is the supreme teaching, and this is what differentiates Buddhism from other religions."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
2/10/2020 • 20 minutes, 14 seconds
“Simple Teachings on Higher Truths” Audiobook Chapter 1 – Happiness out of Suffering
The first chapter of the recently-uploaded audiobook, "Simple Teachings on Higher Truths". The book includes talks aimed at capturing Ajahn Anan’s ability to help us overcome everyday difficulties and grow in skillful qualities of heart through the practice of Dhamma. The full audiobook may now be found on itunes. For more information, visit www.watmarpjan.org/en.
2/7/2020 • 7 minutes, 10 seconds
“The World and the Heart” Audiobook Chapter 1
The first chapter from the recently-uploaded audiobook, "The World and the Heart". The book includes talks given by Ajahn Anan over the last 23 years exploring the wisdom gained from practicing the Buddha’s path and the integration of that wisdom into daily life. The full audiobook may now be found on iTunes. For more information, visit www.watmarpjan.org/en.
1/29/2020 • 16 minutes, 51 seconds
“Sotapattimagga” Audiobook Chapter 1 – The Middle Way (Part 1)
The first chapter of the recently-uploaded audiobook, "Sotapattimagga." The book includes Ajahn Anan’s detailed exposition on the direct path of practice towards stream-entry. Geared towards the more serious practitioner. The full audiobook may now be found on iTunes. For more information, visit www.watmarpjan.org/en.
1/21/2020 • 22 minutes, 4 seconds
The Changing and the Unchanging – New Years Eve 2020
In this talk given on New Years Eve 2020, Luang Por Anan speaks about that which does not change with the passing of years: the truth of Dhamma and the necessity of the practice. Along with reflections on the supramundane, he speaks about the basics of practice.
The first chapter of the recently-uploaded audiobook of teachings from Ajahn Anan, a disciple of Ajahn Chah and abbot of Wat Marp Jan Monastery in Thailand. The book includes four Dhamma talks, progressing from the basics of meditation to more advanced stages of the Path. Includes a talk giving detailed accounts of Ajahn Anan’s own experiences in the practice. You may find the audiobook in its entirety on itunes now. For more information, visit www.watmarpjan.org/en.
1/5/2020 • 23 minutes, 49 seconds
Vows of Truth
From this videoconference talk from 26 July, 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses truthfulness and determination.
An excerpt: "All the people born in the world, whether a monk or layperson, must follow the law of karma. One does good, and one gets good results. One does bad, and one gets bad results. No one has the power to overcome the results of karma that one has done. But additana, determination, is building the power of one’s mind to be strong to set a goal, locking that goal in so that we will succeed in that. This sets the compass of one's life, so that it is straight. So, if we have enough strength of determination, then we will be able to succeed. Our minds need to build parami - build dana, giving, build sila, morality, build bhavana, mental development, build goodness, then our determinations will succeed."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
12/24/2019 • 15 minutes, 52 seconds
The Cup that Overflows
From this videoconference talk from 2 August, 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses the value of that which overflows from the mind, like the value of that which overflows from a teacup.
An excerpt: "Venerable Nan-in said, “For you as well, how can I put any more in to you? You are full of thoughts and views, following your own attachments and opinions. These two things will make you unable to understand Zen Buddhism. This is called 'the teacup that is overflowing'.”
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
12/21/2019 • 9 minutes, 4 seconds
The Beautiful Giving and Relinquishment of the Heart
From this videoconference talk from 9 August, 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses the topic of giving and helping others.
An excerpt: "Today we learn about the Dhamma topic of self-sacrifice. The Buddha said this quality of self -sacrifice is something good for getting rid of the mental defilements and the sense of self. When we stay together in a group, each person needs to have this sense of self-sacrifice and metta, the love and compassion to help one another."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
12/19/2019 • 10 minutes, 44 seconds
Understanding the Law of Nature
From this videoconference talk from 16 August, 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses the way of practice and understanding nature.
An excerpt: "When we have wisdom, then we will be able to understand the truth of life, the truth of nature - that there is arising, persisting, and ceasing. Regardless of whether the Buddha becomes awakened, or doesn’t become awakened, the nature, the way things are, already exists. Our Buddha is the one who finds, understands, and becomes awakened to that nature. And after the Buddha has passed away into parinibbana, the nature of truth that is here already, is still here."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
12/16/2019 • 12 minutes, 35 seconds
King Asoka and the Spread of Buddhism
From this videoconference talk from 15 November, 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses the history of King Asoka and some great disciples of the Buddha.
An excerpt from the end of the talk: "Then we can see the sacca Dhamma, the truth of reality, that there is changing of compounded things. All things are in this breath of ours. When we have the breath, we have everything. When the breath stops then everything ends with it, as well. The decay and ending of all things comes from this decay and ending of the in and out breath first. So when we travel, we sit, stand, walk and lie down, we have the breath there with us, and these breaths that we have left are getting less and less in each passing moment. So may we establish ourselves in not being heedless. May you all grow in blessings."
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
12/12/2019 • 13 minutes, 13 seconds
Chapter 4 – Maraṇānussati: Keeping the End in Mind
12/11/2019 • 46 minutes, 50 seconds
Chapter 3 – Awakened Awareness
12/11/2019 • 54 minutes, 34 seconds
Chapter 2 – Samādhi for Liberation
12/11/2019 • 34 minutes, 50 seconds
Chapter 1 – Developing Samādhi
12/11/2019 • 23 minutes, 49 seconds
Introduction
12/11/2019 • 1 minute, 35 seconds
4 – The Path of the Sotāpanna (Part 2)
12/11/2019 • 28 minutes, 2 seconds
3- The Path of the Sotāpanna (Part 1)
12/11/2019 • 28 minutes, 9 seconds
2 – The Middle Way (Part 2)
12/11/2019 • 35 minutes, 13 seconds
1 – The Middle Way (Part 1)
12/11/2019 • 22 minutes, 4 seconds
0 – Introduction
12/11/2019 • 5 minutes, 37 seconds
Developing Awakened Qualities Q & A (Vintage Talk)
In this talk translated by Ajahn Kalyano, Luang Por Anan speaks of the proper way to look at the Triple Gem, how to contemplate necessities such as food, and how to approach duties such as raising children.
12/8/2019 • 11 minutes, 13 seconds
The Way to Happiness
From this videoconference talk from 6 September, 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses a Zen story about the way to true happiness.
An excerpt: "If we have no goodness, then, even if we are breathing, then we are careless. It's like we are someone who is already dead. Have you seen a dead person that is still breathing? They are walking around everywhere. They are already dead, because they are careless. Careless in building goodness and virtue."
Note: One can read this talk and others, including questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/the-way-to-happiness/
12/4/2019 • 9 minutes, 11 seconds
The Role of Buddhism in a Material Society (Vintage Talk)
In this talk translated by Ajahn Kalyano, Luang Por Anan speaks about the challenges and necessity of practicing sincerely in today's age of growth and technology.
12/2/2019 • 57 minutes, 23 seconds
The Complete Path of Practice (Vintage Talk)
In this talk translated by Ajahn Kalyano, Luang Por Anan gives a sweeping summary of the entire path of Buddhist practice, from the early stages of meditation to refined states of concentration and insight.
11/23/2019 • 19 minutes, 30 seconds
Embarking on the Path – Nov. 5th 2019 Q and A
In this question-and-answer session, Ajahn Anan speaks on how one can begin walking the Buddhist path in a dedicated manner through doing good, making determinations, and staying in a good practice environment once one has found it. Additionally, he speaks on how a formal meditation practice can assist in other aspects of one's life.
11/6/2019 • 11 minutes, 55 seconds
Keeping Continuity In Practice
In this talk given at the end of the traditional rains retreat, Luang Por Anan speaks of the importance of maintaining the practice even as the monastery enters its usual schedule. He reflects that, if the practice is going well, all other regular comforts cease to occupy one, and so encourages the monks to put forth effort.
11/5/2019 • 10 minutes, 22 seconds
Kathina Origins
In this Friday night videoconference Dhamma session from October 18th, 2019, Venerable Ajahn Anan discusses the Kathina ceremony that occurs after the annual monastic rains retreat. He talks about a story of a great donation made in a past Kathina and the origin story of the Kathina ceremony.
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
11/2/2019 • 11 minutes
Great Invitation Day – Harmony and Unity
In this Friday night videoconference Dhamma session from October 11th, 2019, Venerable Ajahn Anan discusses the Great Invitation Day that occurs at the end of the annual monastic rains retreat. He talks about the 7 factors of group harmony, the importance of forgiveness, and more.
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
10/28/2019 • 11 minutes, 4 seconds
Fast Motorcycles and Quick Wisdom – Q & A Oct. 12th, 2019
In this session, Luang Por answers questions about the nature of mindfulness versus clear awareness, cultivating sati in the midst of daily life, developing specific insights into oneself, and giving up the habit of street racing.
10/22/2019 • 13 minutes, 43 seconds
Venerable Sariputta
In this Friday evening video-conference talk from 4 October, 2019, Ajahn Anan discusses the biography of the right-hand chief disciple of the Buddha - Venerable Sariputta, the bhikkhu foremost in wisdom. Venerable Sariputta is known for his gratitude, as well. The Kalama Sutta is also discussed.
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
10/22/2019 • 11 minutes, 9 seconds
Effort Towards the Unconditioned
In this talk, given on the Uposatha Day of September 28th, 2019, Luang Por Anan reminds the monastics and laity that the 2019 rains retreat has almost past, and that the fleeting nature of time, our possessions, and our bodies demand that we look with urgency towards that which does not decay. While he acknowledges continuity of mindfulness during daily life as a cornerstone of practice, on this occasion Luang Por Anan encourages those present to put forth special effort in sitting together through the night, not rising from the posture for a period of at least five hours. To practice occasionally in such a way, he reminds all present, represents a method of crossing over painful feeling and achieving a peace of mind above and beyond painful feeling.
10/10/2019 • 11 minutes, 32 seconds
Khujjuttara, Foremost in Learning
A translation of a talk given at the Friday night videoconference, 27 September, 2019, in which Ajahn Anan describes the life of Khujjuttara, the foremost female lay disciple of the Buddha in terms of learning. Her story is one of difficulty and unexpected blessings that led her to become a source of liberation and inspiration for many, from her time until the present day.
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan 'Reflections' page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
10/6/2019 • 12 minutes, 23 seconds
Making Balanced Effort: Venerable Sona Thera
This Friday videoconference talk was given 13 September, 2019. The topic is effort. The story of the monk foremost in effort from the Buddha's time, Venerable Sona Mahathera, is given as an example.
Note: One can read this talk and others, including questions and answers with Ajahn Anan here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/making-balanced-effort/
10/2/2019 • 9 minutes, 5 seconds
Venerable Khema Theri
The translation of a talk in which Ajahn Anan describes the life of Venerable Khema Theri, a prominent bhikkhuni during the time of the Buddha. Declared one of the chief disciples, Venerable Khema Theri came from a royal family and, after renouncing her wealth, achieved awakening and became renowned for her mindfulness and wisdom.
9/28/2019 • 10 minutes, 57 seconds
Straight from the Heart
A talk given one Saturday morning by Venerable Ajahn Anan. This talk covers a range of topics, from contemplating the body in terms of the four elements, Christian ideas of salvation and how they relate to Buddhism, the nature of nibbana (nirvana), the meaning of not-self, and more.
9/18/2019 • 19 minutes, 38 seconds
The Days Are Relentlessly Passing – Using Our Time Well
A translation of a talk given by Ajahn Anan to the monastic community on the weekly lunar observance day. In concise terms, Ajahn Anan stresses how time's relentless passage mandates that we apply ourselves to formal practice now, not taking our fortunate conditions for granted. Apart from urging the monks to maintain their foundational practices, such as attending daily chanting and participating in the monastery's regular routine, Ajahn Anan also speaks of the higher insights one eventually can gain into the nature of the body and mind.