Ajahn Anan Podcast

2021.08.01 | Time swallows all, and old age, sickness, and death are inevitable results of birth - considering this, we strive to put down the causes of suffering. Suffering arises based on causes, and with the cessation of those causes, suffering ceases. Seeing clearly, then in no long time, we can understand the Dhamma like Venerable Sariputta. To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).

2021.07.31 | Right now, we still have life and breath. So we should use this opportunity to create as much goodness and cultivate our hearts as best we can, because we simply don’t know when we will die. To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).

There are many kinds of goodness that we can cultivate, and one of them is being humble. Just as how a rice plant laden with grains bows over, so too, when we are able to be humble and respectful, it shows our hearts are filled with goodness, and the Dhamma is about to blossom.

2021.07.29 | Sacca adhitthana, or determinations of truth, play a role in our Dhamma practice. For example, the monastics determine to stay in one place for the annual rains retreat and may make additional determinations for this time period, as well. Our Buddha, as a Bodhisattva, had immense truthfulness parami, as demonstrated in the story of the baby quail. To join Ajahn Anan and the Wat Marp Jan Community online for daily chanting, meditation, and a Dhamma talk, you can email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for the link. Daily live sessions at 7pm - 9pm, Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT+7).