Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions
AJAHN BRAHMMeditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.
More Ajahn Brahm Quotes
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Just do nothing and love this moment. Its very beautiful and very deep.
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It’s just people being people, the world being 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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Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway
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Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it’s free!
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When you have abandoned all past and future, it is as if you have come alive. You are here, mindful…the nature of all types of consciousness reveals itself.
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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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Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.
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The secret of life is… everything is out of control.
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One can say that the underlying creed of most Western democracies is to protect their people’s freedom to realise their desires, as far as this is possible.
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The selfless giving, the service, the kindness which you give out into this world that is the currency of (the) meaning (of life).
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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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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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It is remarkable that in such countries people do not feel very free. The second kind of freedom, freedom from desires, is celebrated only in some religious communities. It celebrates contentment, peace that is free from desires.
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When life falls apart always remember that this too will pass. Life will have its unexpected turns.
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