When we suffer, we mostly look to the world outside of us to find a cause—the nasty things people say; the inconsiderate things they can do. But this is looking in the wrong place, as the cause is inside of ourselves.
In this videoconference talk from 15 January 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses the practice and quality of mudita, sympathetic joy/appreciative joy.
“…mudita is a meditation that looks after our mind well. Our sila will be complete, and our samadhi concentration will be able to be firmly established. Wisdom will be able to arise. We will be able to see the truth of Dhamma.”
Ajahn Anan teaches us of the importance of giving metta to oneself first, because if our hearts are full of suffering, we aren’t able to relieve the suffering of others. Keeping good morality is also a way of developing kindness, as through this we harm neither ourselves nor others. Ajahn then goes on to tell stories from the time of the Buddha that illustrate the importance of kindness and morality.
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In this videoconference talk from 8 January 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses compassion.
“In reference to the compassion as in the virtue of Great Compassion of the Lord Buddha, this is extremely vast, boundless, and incomparable. Wise people have given a simile that if we praise the great virtues of the Lord Buddha, it’s like a little bird that chirps into the infinite universe. This is because the virtue of great compassion of the Lord Buddha is incomparable.
‘So let’s talk about compassion, in terms of the compassion that we cultivate as a meditation, or the compassion of the 4 Brahmaviharas, sublime abidings. When we want to practice or meditate by developing compassion, then this is the mind that thinks to help free others from suffering.”
Beginning with an explanation of one of the Buddha’s most famous and succinct teachings to, “Refrain from all wrongdoing, bring goodness to perfection and purify the mind,” Ajahn Anan then goes on to talk on the importance of grounding our minds in patience and kindness. Upon this foundation we can build the mindfulness and wisdom that will allow us to directly and clearly understand the nature of our lives.
In this translation from a recording of the talk Luang Por gave during his 66th birthday celebration in March 2020, he tells us we should use the time we have left in this life to persuade the highest, most noble goal there is.
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In this evening talk, Ajahn Anan tells us how to approach this new year with wisdom that allows us to let go and solve our suffering.
Ajahn Anan talks on the how to use patient endurance and the various objects of recollection to bring our minds to peace and allow us to let go of all physicality and mentality.
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We all experience stress and pain in life, and how we try to escape from that depends on our mindfulness, wisdom and pāramī. Those who lack wisdom will use unwholesome routes—drinking alcohol, for example—that just work to dig themselves into a deeper mess. But for those with true intelligence, they’ll seek out the Dhamma—that which is actually able to cure our suffering.
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In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about the importance of dedicating merit to those who have passed before.
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