When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass.
AJAHN BRAHMMy first meditation teacher told me that there is no such thing as a bad meditation. He was right. During the difficult meditations you build up your strength, which creates meditation for peace.
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Fear is finding fault with the future.
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Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.
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It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights.
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How many times have you tried to solve “the problem”? you’ll be trying to solve it not just until you die but for many more lifetimes. .
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When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
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If you know how to let go and be at peace, you know everything you need to know about living in the world.
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Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don’t like.
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Love, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding.
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It’s just people being people, the world being the world
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Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.
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My first meditation teacher told me that there is no such thing as a bad meditation. He was right. During the difficult meditations you build up your strength, which creates meditation for peace.
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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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What are people searching for in life? God. In the christian scriptures, it says ‘Be still and know you are God.’ What is this? You are peace, compassion, truth, Love, freedom. Real love.
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Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
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Instead, understand that this world is just the play of the senses. It’s the five khandhas doing their thing; it has nothing to do with you.
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