In this videoconference talk from 3 July 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses mindfulness and clear comprehension.
Note: One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
In this videoconference talk from 20 July 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses kamma, impermanence, and an event where many died in a boating accident.
Note: One can read talk transcripts with Q and A here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/
Ajahn Anan encourages us to be inventive and use whatever means that allow us to let go of our destructive emotions, all the way from going out shopping to recollecting our mortality. Letting go, after all, is more important than anything we may hold onto.
If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk every day via Zoom from 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7), you can send an email to wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link.
What would happen if you put down that which is heavy?
In this videoconference talk from 10 August, 2018, Ajahn Anan discusses a zen story on letting go.
Note: One can read this talk and others, including questions and answers, here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/zen-letting-go/
In this videoconference talk from 5 June 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses peace and the mind that is unaffected by sense objects, like clear water.
“The mind is luminous by nature. But we can see that when the mind gets involved with sense-objects, then the mind changes its quality.”
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan ‘Reflections’ page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
Ajahn Anan explains how we can gain a taste of nibbana.
Talk given on 3rd of May 2020 via Zoom. If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a 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.
In this videoconference talk from 29 May 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses generosity, especially as it relates to the Covid-19 pandemic. The story of the great disciple Queen Samavati is told in part.
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan ‘Reflections’ page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/
Ajahn Anan teaches us to have discernment around our thoughts and emotions, not getting dragged along by them, but also not getting pulled into trying to be the perfect practitioner.
Given on 2nd May, 2020 via Zoom. If you would like to join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a 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.
Just preceding Visakha Puja, Ajahn Anan talks about joy that can arise from recollecting that an enlightened being has come into this world.
In this videoconference talk from 22 May 2020, Ajahn Anan discusses the story of the great disciple Venerable Punna Mantaniputta Thera – his past aspirations and practices and his life during the Buddha’s time.
Note: One can read this talk and others at the Wat Marp Jan ‘Reflections’ page, which also includes questions and answers with Ajahn Anan, which are not in the audio files. See: https://watmarpjan.org/en/dhamma-reflections/reflections-archive/