Ajahn Anan Podcast

2021.03.11 | In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells us of a vision he had of a Dhamma discussion with a Chinese Zen master. 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 7p...

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...

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. 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 lin...

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

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....

2021.03.09 | In this question and answer session of the online retreat, Ajahn Anan explains many aspects of meditation to clarify doubts. 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. Dai...

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. 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, meditati...

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. 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...

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. 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, an...

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

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

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. 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...

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. 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 e...

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

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. 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@gma...

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. 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, meditati...

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...

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...

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

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

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. 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.co...

Meditation instructions given by Ajahn Anan. 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).

Meditation instructions given by Ajahn Anan (Translated to Chinese). 阿姜阿南静坐指导（中文）。 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 (...

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. To listen to most recent talks, you can...

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. 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 wmj...