2021.03.27 | If you heard that the Buddha was one million kilometres away, you would travel to see him, right? Even if it meant passing through immense hardship, and possibly losing our lives, we would still go. But actually, this isn’t necessary as the Buddha is right next to us all the time.
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In this morning talk, Ajahn Anan teaches about establishing mindfulness, contemplating emptiness, the benefits and rare opportunity of ordination, building merit, heedfulness, and more.
When we see for ourselves the nature of reality, we know that the Buddha is real and his teachings are genuine. We know that walking this path actually leads us out of suffering. It doesn’t matter what other people say, we know that the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha are real.
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2021.06.08 | All forms are not self, and so they are empty. And within that emptiness, there is the convention of form.
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In this talk, Ajahn Anan gives us guidance on how to develop our hearts in the quality of compassion.
In the world there are many paths that we can travel along—dangerous ones, difficult ones and smooth ones. It’s the same for our minds. We can choose to take them along a path that leads to difficulty and darkness, or a path that leads to happiness and light. It’s up to us.
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In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains the correct method to purify negative kamma in line with the teachings of the Buddha.
We have a coarse outer body that all people can see, but we also have a subtle inner body that is invisible to our eyes. This is the body of our minds, and it’s important for us to develop this one to be higher and better.
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In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains how the world is completely composed of conventions. When our minds understand this, they can put the world down and abide above it.
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In many places they teach to focus solely on vipassanā (insight), but really, in the initial stages, every aspect of the practice is samatha (tranquility). When we develop this way of bringing our hearts to peace, then investigating reality, we’ll realize the highest happiness that the Buddha himself gained.
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To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Live sessions everyday from 7pm to 9pm. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).