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..."