2021.09.22 | When we are generous and virtuous without expecting anything in return, what we gain is inner wealth, happiness and emptiness. So, we shouldn’t desire any plane of birth or state of becoming, but set our hearts on the highest happiness instead: Nibbāna.
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2021.09.21 | In this talk, Ajahn Anan tells the story of Lady Uttarā and Lady Sirimā, and how it is possible to go from a heart afflicted by very strong, painful emotions to seeing the Dhamma.
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2021.09.19 | The mind that sees the truth enters into the stream of Dhamma, a stream which is cool and peaceful. One disciple during the Buddha’s time, upon receiving a teaching from Venerable Ananda, saw that he must die and separate from all his material possessions. His mind gathered together and cut the first three fetters. If we practise ourselves, it is not beyond our ability to enter the stream of Dhamma.
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In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains to us the many ways we can build goodness, including generosity, virtue, meditation and humility. As this merit grows in our hearts, so too does our joy and vitality. It gives us an energy that propels us along the Noble Path.
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2021.09.18 | For those who can easily be generous and virtuous, it shows they have cultivated these qualities and deeds in the past. And as difficult as it is to find someone like this, it is far more difficult to come across someone interested in meditation and who can bring their minds to peace. But whatever the case, we must ensure that we are one of those people.
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2021.09.16 | Ajahn Chah often said to his monks, “If you know how to eat, you know how to practise.” In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains this teaching and how we can implement it.
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The timeless truth that the Buddha pointed to is the most amazing thing there is. If we humbly bow our hearts into this Dhamma, we can experience a wondrous inner joy.
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2021.09.15 | Is the body permanent or impermanent? Impermanent. Is that which is impermanent sukha (pleasurable) or dukkha (stressful)? Dukkha – it cannot last or endure. That which is changing and stressful is unsuited to be called ‘self’. The same is true for feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness.
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2021.09.14 | The real nature of our minds is one of brightness and purity, but because we are deluded by the sense impressions we experience, we never see this radiance. We need to bring our minds to peace in order to know what they are really like.
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2021.09.13 | If we are sincere in our studies and work, using effort, mindfulness and wisdom to overcome all the obstacles we encounter, we will be able to find success and wealth in this world. What we will also find out, however, is that these things cannot give brightness to our hearts. Even though we may build a mansion for our bodies, this cannot offer shelter to our hearts. So we should endeavour to seek out a home for our hearts as well—our real home.
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