Our actions of body, speech and mind form the central principles of the Buddha’s teachings. There’s no point in seeking happiness outside of ourselves; if we create good kamma, the result will be happiness.
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2021.06.09 | If we live our lives as we always have, then nothing changes. But it’s when we try to improve our acts of body, speech and mind that our lives get better and we grow in goodness. When we develop our minds well enough, we’ll be able to pass the test of samsāra, and not have to come back and be reborn in order to retake the test.
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In the scriptures the process of ignorance and stress—dependent origination—is mapped out in great detail. In the practice, however, all we need is to have mindfulness over our hearts when they begin to attach to anything at all.
When we look at our lives, and see how they are steadily passing by, it will be clear to us that we must be heedful. We must use the time that we have left as best we can in order to cultivate as much goodness and peace as possible.
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The strength of the Buddha Sāsanā depends on the faith and practice of the fourfold assembly—the lay men and women, monks and nuns. By devoting ourselves to practising the teachings of the Buddha, we are helping to strengthen the religion.
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As we develop mindfulness over feelings, we come to see how they’re conditioned by the worldly winds. The mind then puts all of it down—returns the whole lot—and gains freedom.
2021.06.03 | Eight days after the Buddha’s passing into final Nibbāna, many of his disciples, kings and devas gathered to pay their final respects and cremate his body. Ajahn Anan gives a talk of the 2564th anniversary of this day, relating the events that took place around this occasion and their importance.
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2021.05.31 | What is right samādhi? How can one obtain it? How can it give rise to wisdom? In this talk, Ajahn Anan gives the answers to these questions.
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We practise sharing merits with those who have passed away, like King Bimbisara did in the time of the Buddha. But we shouldn’t wait until we are dead to get merit; being alive now we have the great opportunity to build goodness through giving, virtue, and mental cultivation. This gives us an inner wealth that cannot be stolen away and goes with us when we die.
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As the Buddha said, it’s effort that releases beings from suffering. As we carry on skillfully applying our effort, it turns into a factor for awakening that, when combined with the other factors, are able to permanently destroy the defilements.