Ajahn Anan Podcast

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. 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).

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. 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).

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.

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. 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).

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. 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).

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."

Having come into this world, shortly we must depart. Given this, what should we do? We build goodness and practice virtue, collectedness, and wisdom.

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."

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. 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).

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. 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).

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. 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).

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?

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. 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).

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. 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).

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.

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).