Ajahn Anan Podcast

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. To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma...

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. To join Ajahn Anan and...

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. 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, Indochin...

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. 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 l...

2021.12.01 | We have incredible good fortune to meet with teachings that, if practised, can bring about the end of suffering. 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).

'Welcome to the New Year 2022' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 31 Dec 2021. 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).

'May You Fill This Year with Goodness' - A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Anan on 1 Jan 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).

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. To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamm...

Taking on the special practice of staying up and meditating all night long helps us to cultivate our powers of faith, effort and mindfulness. 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).

By raising up our energy and resolution, we can gain freedom from suffering. 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).

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. 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, G...

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. 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 th...

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. To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and...

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. 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, Indoc...

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 p...

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. To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, medi...

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. 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...

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.

By turning our thoughts to the Buddha and his disciples, our minds will grow joyful and radiant. 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).

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. To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjd...

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. To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Commun...

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. 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,...

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. 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).

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. 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, GM...

2021.11.28 | Having built the external temple through faith and effort, what we now need to do is build our inner temple. 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).