Welcome to all the monks and novices, and blessings to all the laity. We have practised meditation for a long time for the purpose of gaining inner peace. As we know, peace is important–having some peace of body, some peace of mind. But what is it like when we are with outer conditions or surroundings?…

Welcome to the faithful laity. Today we learn Dhamma that is called, ‘Talent vs Persistence’. As we are aware, people are born with many things that are not equal. Some people are born into wealthy families. Some into middle class families, or some of poor status. Some people are born and they have everything ready…

Welcome to all of you with interest in the Dhamma. This Friday, we learn about Dhamma practice as normal. As we may know of already, the root that makes our mind be lowered and distressed are the qualities of greed, hatred, delusion, lobha, dosa, moha. Just this. The mind that is bright is the mind…

When us people are born into this world, we want to have completeness in all things and all aspects. We want to have a barn full of rice. We want plentiful water for drinking and use. We want nice clothing, so that after looking at it and wearing it, it will make our complexion look…

We should contemplate that having been born, what is the cause that makes us have suffering, difficulties and troubles? We can see that people differ, having a lot or a little, having a lot of wisdom or little wisdom. We are born and have differences according to our merit, vassana, parami, and spiritual development and…

Q and A with Lay Disciples 2021 Answers by Ajahn Anan Akincano Q: Can you please explain about letting go and using intention? Yes, when anger arises one must use intention to cut it off and let it go. One also tries to avoid anger arising in the first place, another of the four right…

Q and A with Lay Disciples 2021 Answers by Ajahn Anan Akincano Q: Can you please explains about letting go versus contemplating? A: If one can let go, then one just lets go. If one can’t let go, then one contemplates for the sake of then letting go. In the end, one lets go. With…

Q and A with Lay Disciples 2021 Answers by Ajahn Anan Akincano Q: Please might you explain the difference between samadhi and jhana?  A: Samadhi means the firmly established mind. Samma samadhi, Right Samadhi, is the  mind firmly established for the the sake of contemplating in order to understand the  Dhamma.  Jhana is happiness of…

Welcome to all the monks and novices, and blessings to all the laity. I believe that to be born as a human being means that we have a lot of merit and spiritual development. And we also have the opportunity to further build more goodness, which develops our minds to be higher. Yet there are…

In this world these days, there are many things coming up to make people discouraged, disheartened, lose hope, and become bored of everything. We call this state burnout, whether in learning, studying, or doing various work. As the state of the world these days isn’t normal, people feel more discouraged, lose hope, and become disheartened,…