Ajahn Anan Podcast

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? 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).

2021.05.17 | 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. 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...

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.

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 medic...

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...

In this recorded talk, Ajahn Anan tells stories of monks’ encounters with snakes and dogs, elephants and monkeys. 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).

2021.05.12 | 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. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page: https:/...

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.

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 o...

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. To listen to most recent talk...

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. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTub...

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. 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 wm...

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. 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 Ja...

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? 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 Communi...

Seeing the slow but steady nature of deterioration of the body allows our hearts to grow in 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. Every day 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok...

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. To listen to most recent talks, you can visit our YouTube page:...

2021.05.04 | The lunar observance days—noble days—are a good opportunity for us to cultivate our hearts and bring them to nobility. 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 liv...

Through cultivating goodness and sharing the blessings that arise, we can aid the spirits of those who have passed away.  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. Indoc...

2021.05.02 | When we see what’s normal as being normal, we’ve seen 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...

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...

2021.05.01 | With each step we take, our bodies are moving towards illness and pain. What are we doing now to prepare ourselves? 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 s...

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

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. 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 w...

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

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. 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...