Ajahn Anan Podcast

In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how to contemplate and practice with food in order to let go of attachment to it. 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).

Beginning with a reflection on the benefits of contemplating Dhamma, Ajahn Anan then tells stories of his teachers. Firstly, Luang Pu Boonnaa and the joy found in being verbally harassed by a nun. Then many beautiful tales of Luang Pu Chah and his skill in guiding his disciples. One of them is about a train ride they had together to Bangkok, which illustrates the reverence and admiration Ajahn Anan has for his teacher. 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).

When we endure the difficulties that present themselves in the initial stages of the practice, our hearts start to gain peace and clarity. They stop swinging between attraction and aversion, staying settled and centered, like a still pendulum. 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 the same way as our minds, it’s like our dwelling or house is on fire with ageing, illness and death. We are in the house while it is on fire all around us, and we try to escape. This is seeing the drawbacks of our situation, that death is coming. 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).

Whatever we attach to will be a cause of stress for us. So Luang Por Chah taught that no matter how important anything might be, letting go is more important. 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).

One needs to see the drawbacks of Samsara, the endless cycle of wandering on. Time passes; the days are passing by and life is uncertain. When our time runs out, we are unable to do acts of merit anymore. So we need to train our minds to be firm in the doing of goodness, not to let go of one’s effort and get lost in the various moods and sense objects of the world. 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).

Faith, effort, mindfulness, samādhi and wisdom give strength and energy to our search for freedom from suffering. In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells us how they work. 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 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 7pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).

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 world is much more developed. These days you can learn the Dhamma, and there is all the technology (communications) to support it. But for those who don't know and are deluded, there are many dangers."

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 link. Daily live sessions at 7pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).

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 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).

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. 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 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. Daily live sessions at 7pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).

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, 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).

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 email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).

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, 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 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: 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).

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://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 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 can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).

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 email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).