The truth is right in front of our nose, so why don’t we see it? It’s because our minds are dark. Just as if there is no external light, we can’t perceive forms; when our minds lack radiance, they can’t understand Dhamma. When we settle our hearts down, however, they grow bright, and here wisdom can emerge.

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In this videoconference talk from 19 February 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses Magha Puja, a holiday falling on February 26 this year.

This is the day the Lord Buddha gave the Ovada Patimokkha (which can be roughly translated as "Teaching on the Entryway to Liberation) to a group of 1,250 bhikkhus who had come together without any prior arrangement on the full moon day of the third lunar month (the Magha month), who were all fully enlightened with psychic abilities, and who were ordained by the Buddha himself. The Ovada Patimokkha contains the heart of the Buddha's teachings, which is to refrain from evil, do good, and purify the mind.

Are we able to realise the fruits of this practice? Can we reach Nibbāna? This depends on us—how firmly we set our hearts on walking this path. And we can do it, no matter who we are, because the Dhamma is there for those who practise the Dhamma.

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If you were asked what the purpose of your life is, how would you respond? Most people in the world can't give a good answer because they don't know. But, as Ajahn Anan tells us, the answer we can give depends on the energy in our hearts. As we practice further and our minds gain more clarity, we begin to uncover the highest purpose of them all.

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2021.02.08 | Like leaves falling, the lives of beings in this world all must pass away. When we truly understand nature in this way—that it’s not sure—our hearts become sure.

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Reaching our goals in our studies, professions, or in transcendent liberation, requires resolve and setting our minds on the task at hand. If we can do this without giving up, one day we will meet with success.

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In this talk, given on the Uposatha day, Ajahn Anan speaks about how to use wisdom to develop the factors of enlightenment.

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Some people read the texts and wonder whether certain objects of meditation will lead to true insight, but as Ajahn Anan points out in this talk, all of them reach peace and knowledge.

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In this videoconference talk from 12 February 2021, Ajahn Anan discusses Chinese New Year, the topic of blessings, stories of Great Disciples, and more.

"So let us look at these blessings, that whatever the blessings that are given to others, everything comes down to having causes and conditions. So we need to practice ourselves as well. Like if we want to have a long life. Everyone wants to have a long life, of the type where we are strong. Then we need to have a mind of metta, loving-kindness, and not killing living beings, not harming living beings. This is the practice to gain long life."

All the actions we create get stored in our mind, like how a single seed stores roots, leaves, branches and fruit within it. All it takes are the right conditions, and those things will manifest. Therefore, creating goodness and abandoning evil are of great importance.

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