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 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/