With the steady passing of time, our lives are getting shorter and shorter. Therefore, we must use our time as best we can.
In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how practice consists both in the creation of an internal refuge through the practice of the 8-fold path as well as the destruction of self-view.
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In this talk, Ajahn Anan speaks about how one can harness the energy coming from fear to spur one on in practice, referencing his own experiences in charnel grounds and with wild animals as a young monk.
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In this videoconference talk from 25 December 2020, Ajahn Anan talks about lovingkindness and compassion and how all religions teach compassion.
Even though we may have gained much learning in various academic subjects, this knowledge isn’t able to cure the stress and discontent in our hearts. So, we need a new kind of knowledge: clearly seeing dukkha along with its cause, and the cessation of dukkha and its cause.
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Ajahn Anan talks on how samatha and vipassana work together as a pair in the practice, enabling the mind to cross to the shore of Dhamma. Even though we may have read about these states, the lived experience is different – a wordless and direct inner knowledge.
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In this videoconference talk from 18 December 2020, Ajahn Anan describes the merit and goodness that arises from listening to and teaching Dhamma, with stories and examples of each.
“By listening to Dhamma, we will gradually change our views from being wrong view to right view. We will gain understanding into the foundations of Dhamma practice, understanding about merit doing merit, about practicing bhavana, developing the mind, understanding about meditation and samadhi, knowing the in and out breath, knowing how to contemplate the breath, and the gaining of varying degrees of Dhamma for each person. Ultimately, the result from developing bhavana is for the mind to have emptiness and the body to have emptiness arise. This is the result from listening to Dhamma.
And when listening to Dhamma, the mind is radiant and serene constantly. So listening to Dhamma has good results…”
“We are looking for peace, looking for the mind to settle down and be still. So why won’t it be still?” If we are constantly seeking happiness in the world—in things external to us—our hearts will never find peace. We’ll constantly be tossed around by the changing, uncertain nature of life. But if we direct that search inwardly we’ll discover a joy that lasts and is far beyond anything we have experienced before.
Preface to Venerable Ajahn Anan’s book, ‘The World and the Heart.’
Ajahn Anan tells us how an intelligent mind is similar to a lichen in a tree that’s able to get its sustenance from the surrounding air.
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