2021.04.14 | Reflecting on the Thai New Year, Songran, we reflect on the Dhamma. We are fortunate to be alive and to meet with the teachings of the Buddha. We reflect that all conditions are unstable and we practise to purify our hearts. We contemplate that all phenomena arise, stay for a little while, and pass away—we can be confident that this is the way to see the Dhamma for sure.
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2021.04.13 | Some people ask, “Why do we have to take precautions with COVID-19? Won’t the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha protect us?” But it doesn’t work like that. The Buddha taught us to be heedful, to see how everything is uncertain.
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2021.04.12 | What we are doing when we sit in meditation, is making new friends, getting our hearts closely acquainted with wholesome objects that lead to peace and wisdom. The problem is that we also have old friends—the qualities that prevent inner calm and stability. We need to break away from these old, bad friends, and be faithful to our new ones.
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In a talk the day prior to Ajahn Somchai’s birthday, Ajahn Anan tells us of children’s capacity for realising truth, if only we can get them to listen to the Dhamma. He then speaks about the pain hidden within our bodies, and Ajahn Chah’s great bravery and endurance in getting all of his teeth pulled in one go.
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2021.04.10 | On the occasion of Markus’ ordination as a novice, Ajahn Anan teaches about the meditation objects he received from his preceptor.
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2021.04.08 | The five khandas are like heavy rocks. If someone carries them around everywhere they go, never able to put them down, they will always suffer. Even happiness can be suffering, if we cling to it. The Buddha was able to put all of these things down, and realized the peace and joy of an unburdened heart. This is something that we too can realize, if we walk this path.
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If we live our lives day by day, finding money to eat and drink then going to sleep, we’re no better than chickens. Many people in the world live in this way. But having gained a human birth, we should set our hearts on growing in goodness and cultivating our minds. In doing so, we give true value to our lives and honor this great opportunity.
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“Is this right for me? Am I doing it correctly? Maybe I should use another method…” In this talk, Ajahn Anan explains the nature of uncertainty in meditation, and how much doubt he had himself. He teaches us that the contemplation of emptiness is an effective way to not only cut through doubt, but also transcend all deluded clinging to a self.
In this videoconference talk from 30 April, 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses the topic of training in discipline, together with a story of venerable Upāli Thera.
“In times of disaster, during this world pandemic, we have to be careful. We have to have the 5 precepts to protect and look after our minds. And when we have sila, this sila will protect us to not fall to a place where we will receive suffering, difficulties and troubles. So we should know that being well-trained in discipline is one of the highest blessings of our life.”
When we see conventional reality as being absolute truth, we’re in trouble. We believe that this body—a collection of protons, neutrons and electrons—is really me. We fixate on labels like male or female, human or animal. All of this causes us endless struggle and distress. It’s when we see that these conventions are mere creations of our minds that we transcend them and discover the happiness of Nibbāna.