Ajahn Anan Podcast

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. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/ajahnanan 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).

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. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/ajahnanan 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).

"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. 

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."

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.

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.  

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. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/ajahnanan 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).

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. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/ajahnanan 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).

2021.04.04 | 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. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/ajahnanan 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 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. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/ajahnanan 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. Live sessions everyday from 7pm to 9pm. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).

2021.03.31 | A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on his Birthday. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/ajahnanan 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 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."

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. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/ajahnanan 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).

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. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/ajahnanan 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 talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how the path, strengthened, can transcend the defilements and issue into a vision of emptiness. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/ajahnanan 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. Live sessions everyday from 7pm to 9pm. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).

In this translation from a recorded talk, Ajahn Anan tells us a story about the next Buddha from the time of our own Buddha. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/ajahnanan 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).

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. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/ajahnanan 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).

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. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/ajahnanan 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. Live sessions everyday from 7pm to 9pm. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).

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. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/ajahnanan 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 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."