Ajahn Anan Podcast

Everyone wants to be happy, and we can see that in our lives we experience many different kinds of happiness. Those that come from external things have their drawbacks, however. Because they don't last, they can easily turn into disappointment. So true happiness—one that we can rely on—has to be found within our own hearts. The first two chapters of this book were posted on the podcast least year, but we never got around to posting the rest. So, we'll start again from chapter one, adding a new chapter each Friday.

The introduction to Ajahn Anan's book Simple Teachings on Higher Truths.

Beginning with instructions on how to settle our minds on the breathing process, Ajahn Anan then goes on to explain how our minds create conventions, imposing a supposed meaning on the world around us. He also relates stories from his practice as a young monk.

Meditation instructions from Ajahn Anan on how to settle our minds down and bring them into a firm, collected state that is ripe for the arising of wisdom.

In this videoconference talk from 14 August 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses gratitude for one's parents, repaying the debt of gratitude to one's parents, and two types of rare people in the world. One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/

In this second half of the talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how penetrating insight into Nama-Rupa, Name-and-Form, gives rise to a vision of Awakening.

In this first half of the talk, Ajahn Anan explains how we can open our Eye of Dhamma, just as Ven. Añña Kondañña did.

In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how, through using and "attaching" to certain aspects of the practice, such as formal meditation, we reach a point where everything, including the quality of knowing itself, must be let go of.

In this videoconference talk from 7 August 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses working with guilt/the feeling that one has done wrong. One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/

In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how to use the three sources of merit - giving, morality, and meditation - to raise the mind to a level where it can develop dispassion for the conditioned world and experience the deathless.

In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how contemplating the fact that all beings are subject to their kamma can help us forgive their unwholesome actions.

In this videoconference talk from 31 July 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses the successful management of one's time. One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/

In this talk Ajahn Anan teaches us about the nature of the human world--a place of both ease and strife stuck in the middle of the realms. He also talks on what lies above and below us in the cosmos. If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a translated Dhamma talk every day from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Given on May 20th, 2020

In this videoconference talk from 24 July 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses using our time well. One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/

A translation of a recorded talk given 15 or so years back. Here Luang Por Anan describes the dangers coming from the belief that we have attained something. If we think we're a Sotapanna--that's not sure! After all, where is a Sotapanna to be found? In the body? In feelings? In perception, thoughts, or sense-consciousness? If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a translated Dhamma talk every day from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.

Ajahn Anan teaches us to understand our experiences in line with truth, and not in terms of a preconceived notion of self. This path of understanding and insight leads us to freedom and real peace. If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a translated Dhamma talk every day from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.

A talk about Asalha Puja, given around the time of Asalha Puja, in 2017. This is also the time that the monastic Sangha typically enters their yearly rains retreat.

In this videoconference talk from 18 August 2017, Ajahn Anan discusses the love of a mother and a disciple of the Buddha, Venerable Angulimala. Note: One can read this talk transcript with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/a-mothers-love-and-the-story-of-venerable-angulimala/

In this videoconference talk from 5 January 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses magnifying wholesomeness or unwholesomeness with technology, among other points of Dhamma. Note: One can read this talk transcript with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/using-youtube-wisely/

In this videoconference talk from 8 June 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses the direct way to freedom. Note: One can read this talk here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/the-direct-way-to-freedom/