Anathapindika and Lady Visakha were declared the foremost lay supporters of the Buddhasasana. They were stream-enterers and firm in their practice of the 5 precepts and 8 precepts on lunar observance days. For the laity, one practices following their example – practicing dana, sila, and bhavana to see clearly for oneself the Buddha in one’s own heart.
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There’s a certain equanimity that comes through not knowing, not understanding and not caring, but it’s not right. What we’re after is the ability to put things down through wisdom.
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2021.11.30 | Even though we haven’t been born during the Buddha’s time, we have come into this world while the Buddha’s Dhamma is still here.
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2021.11.29 | Inner calm is necessary for awakening to the Dhamma. In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells us ways of bringing our minds to peace and stability so they can gain wisdom.
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2021.11.28 | Having built the external temple through faith and effort, what we now need to do is build our inner temple.
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2021.11.23 | Delusion cannot affect the mind with wisdom, just as dark cannot affect the light. One trains the mind in a meditation object like loving-kindness or the in and out breathing, then one can contemplate the body. The well-trained mind brings happiness.
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2021.11.22 | The four divine abidings of metta, karuna, mudita, and upekkha are qualities a Dhamma practitioner cannot go without. Loving-kindness cools the fires in the heart and is directly linked to generosity, virtue, and the development of wisdom.
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2021.11.21 | The path of sila, samadhi, and panya is like a boat we use to reach our destination. Having arrived, we leave the boat and do not use it anymore. We practise with continual effort, wisdom, and patient endurance. Seeing the Dhamma is not hard.
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In this videoconference talk from 8 Oct, 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about the results that come from past lives, and the effort that has to be made in this life, in order to meet with success.
“So talent could be called an old merit, which has been done in the past. The merit that has been done in past lives, this is merit, this is talent. But persistent effort must be made in this lifetime, and this must be imbued with Dhamma.”
After chanting the Buddha’s first sermon, Ajahn Anan gives a talk on how whatever is of the nature to arise, is of the nature to cease.