Being caught in doubt is like being lost in a dark cave without a torch. We need a guide to lead the way, to show us the right path that will take us out of darkness and towards the light of truth.
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2021.02.24 | When we take inner peace and purity as our highest ideal, we then devote ourselves to this path that the great teachers have practised and taught. Reaching Nibbāna is not too difficult for us. We can get there in this life.
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In this videoconference talk from 5 March 2021, Ajahn Anan talks about the quality of khanti, patient endurance, described by the Buddha in the Ovada Patimokkha as the supreme incinerator of defilement.
“…especially coming to Dhamma practice and bhavana [mental cultivation], then we must have patience towards the practice and bhavana – standing, walking, sitting, and lying down with effort. To aspire to Nibbana, we must be determined to practice seriously. Then ultimately we will gain peace in the mind. We will then know and see the Dhamma.”
2021.02.22 | Every single Buddha teaches the principles of abandoning harmful acts, bringing skillfulness to completion, and making the mind pure and bright. In this talk, Ajahn Anan expands on what it means to put these principles into practice.
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2021.02.20 | In the Ovādapatimokkha Sermon, the Buddha laid down the ideals that we aim for: Nibbāna and purity of mind. To get there, however, we need to put into practice the methods of the Path.
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Beginning with highlighting the importance of forbearance, Ajahn Anan then goes on to relate an occasion when Luang Pu Chah taught a couple of Catholic nuns who came to see him. He said that really all religion is emptiness.
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2021.02.21 | In this talk, Ajahn Anan emphasises the importance of everyone pulling their weight and doing their part in the community.
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2021.02.17 | As the Buddha emphasised, whoever sees the Dhamma, sees the Buddha. By realising that all conditions are inconstant, we see his Dhamma body. We understand that the Buddha and the Dhamma are the same thing.
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In this talk Ajahn Anan explains how there is a natural path to the practice: getting lost in worldly pleasures, seeing the pointlessness and suffering inherent in that kind of happiness, seeking a way out, finding that path, and finally, going beyond dukkha. It can take time though, and we may get lost in worldly delights for a while. But if we stick with it, we’ll make it.
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A talk on the occasion of Magha Puja (February 26, 2021) by Venerable Ajahn Anan Akincano.
“Whether lying down or sitting in a quiet place, one must put down all sense stimulation. Be determined to train one’s mind, to make one’s mind peaceful, and to be concentrated in samadhi. Make the mind greater than the ordinary level that already possesses goodness, such as giving alms and keeping the moral precepts. But the thinking still doesn’t stop, so we then train the mind to be concentrated in samadhi. Then we will see the enormous value of the teachings of the Lord Buddha. This is the principle of Dhamma practice and of developing the mind (bhavana). However you practice, may you all, the monks and laity, see the Dhamma in this life.”